Girlfriends First Trip of 2017

[WIGuide]

A few weeks ago, my girlfriend was home from college on break. She ended up getting an extra day off out of the deal due to her class schedule, so she had asked if we could go fishing. You REALLY have to twist my arm hard for that, so I took the day off work and took her down to the Mississippi River as I had a tournament coming up and needed to do some prefishing for that. Conditions weren't that great with on and off rain, high winds, cool temps, and water getting dirtier and faster moving by the hour. Couple all that with the fact that I had only spent a total of 6-7 hours on this pool and it was looking like it could be a tough trip for her. I give her huge props as she hung in there though and shook off some of her rust and did catch a few. They may not have been big, but she kept the skunk out of her end of the boat. Here's what we managed to get on camera.

 

I'm not going to lie, I'm a lucky guy. I've got a girl who I've managed to get somewhat addicted to fishing. She's still green to a lot of it as I just got her into it a little less than a year ago, but she's getting better every trip and it's been awesome watching her grow in the sport! Looks like I've got a keeper!

[A-Jay]

Enjoyed that one my friend.

Nicely Done.

A-Jay

[WIGuide]

Thanks, A-Jay!

[RoLo]

 

Nice video!

Takes a wise man to realize he's a lucky guy; a more loyal partner will be hard to find   

 

In the beginning, my wife inundated me with a steady stream of questions, and I answered each to my best ability.

Nowadays the tables have turned, and I'm asking more questions than she is!  (where did I go wrong?) 

 

Roger

[WIGuide]

19 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

Nice video!

Takes a wise man to realize he's a lucky guy; a more loyal partner would be hard to find   

 

In the beginning, my wife inundated me with a steady stream of questions, and I answered each to my best ability.

Nowadays the tables have turned, and I'm asking more questions than she is!  (where did I go wrong?) 

 

Roger

 

Thanks, I appreciate it. Haha she's the same way, she's asking me questions all the time even when we aren't fishing. She's also very competitive and when she beat me one afternoon last year you would have thought she won the Bass Masters Classic. It was quite comical (and made the losing more tolerable haha). 

Also, it sounds like you didn't go wrong at all! It just turned into one of those "when the student becomes the teacher" type deals. It takes a great teacher to get a student to that level 

[Fisher-O-men]

Very nice!  Who's running the drone?  Or is that an angel with a smart phone?

[WIGuide]

7 minutes ago, Fisher-O-men said:

Very nice!  Who's running the drone?  Or is that an angel with a smart phone?

Thanks, I took a little time out from fishing to run it for a bit and get the cut shots. On the last fish catch my drone was in a mode called "active track" I put it at the height and distance I want it at and it'll follow without anyone having to control anything. I can also turn the collision sensors off and it can stay out in front of me or off to the side as well instead of following me.

[JustJames]

Good GF there man, kudos to you. One thing thou you gotta keep her enjoy bass fishing more and more.

I started off taking my GF to trout fishing because I thought it would

be easier for her with bait and wait type fishing. 12 years later now she become a lovely wife and still only fish bait and wait type and refused to walk around with me for bass.

[WIGuide]

30 minutes ago, JustJames said:

Good GF there man, kudos to you. One thing thou you gotta keep her enjoy bass fishing more and more.

I started off taking my GF to trout fishing because I thought it would

be easier for her with bait and wait type fishing. 12 years later now she become a lovely wife and still only fish bait and wait type and refused to walk around with me for bass.

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Thanks! Mikaila's dad and grandpa usually go panfishing more than anything so that was her fishing background. For our first date I took her fishing for bass and northerns which was all pretty much new to her and she really liked it. Shes stuck with it on some pretty slow days so I think she's in for the long haul. 

Even though your wife would rather fish for trout, it's still awesome that she goes out there with you. It's an experience more couples need to share!

[Dwight Hottle]

Cool video. I really liked the drone shots giving an aerial view of the water & boat. You're right about the girlfriend being a keeper. 

[jbw252]

Congrats.  I enjoyed the video, especially with the drone footage.  WTG.

[N Florida Mike]

My wife used to go with me a lot.One of our first dates was wade fishing the st Johns river.She was one of a few that went and wasnt "skeered" of gators,moccasins etc.

She was exceptionally good at bream fishing.She would give me a run for the money in numbers each time.

We would go fairly often on the home lake until she lost the " bass of the lake" A huge fish she hooked at one of my best spots.The fish was actually towing my Jon boat with me and her in it. And it just came off.

That kind of took the wind out of her sails and she hasnt been with me much since.

Looks  like youve got a keeper there!

[WIGuide]

5 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

My wife used to go with me a lot.One of our first dates was wade fishing the st Johns river.She was one of a few that went and wasnt "skeered" of gators,moccasins etc.

She was exceptionally good at bream fishing.She would give me a run for the money in numbers each time.

We would go fairly often on the home lake until she lost the " bass of the lake" A huge fish she hooked at one of my best spots.The fish was actually towing my Jon boat with me and her in it. And it just came off.

That kind of took the wind out of her sails and she hasnt been with me much since.

Looks  like youve got a keeper there!

 

Sounds like you need to remind her that she was good enough to fool that big one once, she can do it again. Giving up on it is letting that big bass win!

[lonnie g]

nice to see two people having fun! CONGRATS on the fish ,and the relationship. believe you have already won