Graduation Day

After a well, deserved day off, I was back out with David and his son George today. They were eager to catch just about anything but the little guy was really hoping on catching a sturgeon. With the winds still blowing hard from the NE, I wasn’t sure if it could happen.

We made a long run to start the day in big waves and settled on a partially calm area to fish. I had hoped on catching a bunch of bass from here and wasn’t disappointed. David hooked up almost immediately and after a little coaching, so did George. He was use to the spin cast reels but was graduating to a spinning rod today. I showed him how to hold the rod properly and how to cast the reel and it didn’t take long before he was casting like a champ! George may have been only 7 but his casting skills were great. He was throwing soft plastics and managed to hook into a few on his own. He was also given the rod on several occasions, with fish on the end. Watching him fight these bass was amazing too. It looked like he had been fishing for many years!

I moved around the shallower water this morning and found fish everywhere we casted. George was content just catching anything that swam and brought to net pike and walleye as well. At one point, they both hooked up at the same time and managed to catch a double header. Of course, George’s bass was bigger! I’m not really sure how many fish they landed but the numbers were high.

The winds had subsided slightly by late morning and I decided to give sturgeon a try. We moved to where I knew we’d have a chance and David hooked into one quickly. H fought it with the aid of George, or was it the other way around! They finally brought it to net and officially had their first ever dinosaur! Several pics before the release and off it went.

We spent the rest of our afternoon on bass and many more were landed before we were done. David had a long drive back and they were both tired from all the action today. After one more bass, I headed back to the ramp to take out. Today went as planned, despite the NE winds and the fish really cooperated for David and his son George. The action was nonstop for the most part and the little guy really graduated. He went from using a spin cast outfit to a spinning rod & reel in a very short time. With his skills, it won’t be long before he’ll be teaching the teacher! Great times were had by all today!!