New to The Sport

Rabih & his son wanted to try fishing for their first time and joined me for a half day trip, this afternoon. I wasted no time and headed directly to the deep-water area that had been producing lately and set them up to fish. The weather was spectacular, with bright sunshine, warm temps and almost no wind. Totally different from what I had seen lately! After a brief orientation on the operation of the rod and reel, they were ready to go. It didn’t take long for his son to hook up but unfortunately it came off while reeling the bass in. Soon after, he was into another one and this time able to land the bass. This was his first fish ever and hopefully not his last!

We spent a while, making drifts over the deep shoal and both of them landed several more fish. They even had a double header that made for a great pic!

Things had slowed a bit and I decided to try their hand at casting the shallows with soft plastics and made a move. Although the fishing wasn’t great, they were able to learn quickly how to cast and managed to hook into a few more bass. One of them was a real good one and his son received another pic of his catch.

Time went by quickly with a half day trip and it wasn’t long before we were done. Their first experience was a success, with several quality bass being landed. I’m not sure if they will continue to pursue this again, but they definitely have the basics under their belt now. Great day, with great times fishing today!!