hawgenvy Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Took Paul, my daughter's soon-to-be father in law, for a little LM bass fishing at a local residential pond today. He had never caught a bass -- ever. Had to show him how to cast the spinning rig. His first bass was 6 lb 2 oz, second fish was 5-0, third was around 4. On a gold trap. In 2 hours of fishing. I caught a dozen fish, all under 3 pounds; he caught just those three beauties. His assessment: "Fishing is fun." No kidding, Paul! 9 Quote
Super User senile1 Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 Wow. What a way to start. It was either beginner's luck or you just got hustled. 6 Quote
JDJ Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Wow! What a great first outing!! His fishing bar is now set pretty high! Now where did you say that pond was??? ? Quote
Super User Gundog Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 Just another reason why I want to move to Florida. I fish 40 yrs to catch a 7 pounder and Paul almost beats it on his first day of bass fishing. That ain't luck, that's the universe telling me I'm in the wrong state. 3 Quote
hawgenvy Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, Gundog said: Just another reason why I want to move to Florida. I fish 40 yrs to catch a 7 pounder and Paul almost beats it on his first day of bass fishing. That ain't luck, that's the universe telling me I'm in the wrong state. Hey, he's from New Hampshire, just down here for the wedding and a few extra days of R&R. So, come on down for a long weekend if you can and catch a few. March thru May are my favorite months for bass. But even here there's no guarantee. 2 Quote
Super User Gundog Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 1 minute ago, hawgenvy said: Hey, he's from New Hampshire, just down here for the wedding and a few extra days of R&R. So, come on down for a long weekend if you can and catch a few. March thru May are my favorite months for bass. Yea my boss would love me taking a vacation. The last time I asked for a vacation day he told me "that's what weekends are for". He's a real humanitarian. 2 Quote
Ski Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 How's that saying go? "Better to be lucky then good" Look @ it this way, Your rod, Your reel, Line, bait and you probably tied the knot. You put him on the fish, all he did was reel em in. R/ Chris 1 Quote
hawgenvy Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 9 minutes ago, Ski said: How's that saying go? "Better to be lucky then good" Look @ it this way, Your rod, Your reel, Line, bait and you probably tied the knot. You put him on the fish, all he did was reel em in. R/ Chris ...and I jumped up and down and told him to reel steady and picked up the fish by the lip from the water's edge and high fived him and all kinds of exclamations and praise, and de-hooked, weighed, photographed, released it; and later edited the photo and ordered an 8 x 10 print for him. Yeah, I get a little credit. It's still his fish, though -- and secretly a little bit mine. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 LOL... Is always the person who has never even held a rod before! Big congrats to Paul, though. May he be forever hooked and a forever friend. 2 Quote
AC870 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Always cool to help someone else enjoy fishing, especially someone new or who doesn't get to go much. 1 Quote
KyAngler_1120 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 It is always good to see someone in the fishing sport exposing a new person who has no real experience. 1 Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 If this kind of thing keeps happening to you, you might want to change your user name. Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophesy. 3 Quote
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