Keeping her interested

[pbrussell]

Promise to buy her a new pair of shoes every time she decides to come with you and fish the whole time. 

[AK-Jax86]

When i first moved to FL and my girlfriend was pregnant with our child she always wanted to go the shiner route. She would fish them and I would throw lures. Then after our son came out she caught her first bass on a lure, I believe it was 4 and change on a storm swim bait. After that she didn't want to use shiners she felt same way as me they are boring and catching a fish on an artificial is more satisfying.

Only thing is that she HATES throwing soft plastics they are too boring for her. She much rather throw something with constant action like a crank, spinner bait, frog, etc. I'll never forget her first frog bass at night I was in the car saw & heard her freaking out jumped out and ran over to her and she was laughing because te fish came unhooked on shore and rolled back in she was so excited and she credited herself with the "catch". Then next night we went back and she landed a 5+ pounder with my help this time lol.

It's great when you significant other enjoys your hobby as much as you do, when our son is old enough it will be time for a real bass boat!! I can't wait for those trips

[WIGuide]

You have to teach her to fish just like you would any beginning angler. When you start out, you have to take short trips a most importantly CATCH fish. Bass fishing probably isn't the way to start things out. You'll want to start out panfishing, or crappie fishing, or get her on a school of white bass. It doesn't matter what's on the end of the line, but you wanna make sure that the action is steady. Again, keep the trips relatively short, maybe 2 to 3 hours at the most. From there maybe transition her into bass fishing. You could take her in the late afternoon starting out fishing for whatever is easiest to catch and as the lower light period starts to begin and the bass become more active, go ahead and switch over. Give her something easy to start out with, something like a spinnerbait. Also, if you can find a good topwater bite I think you can get anyone hooked. There's just something about a bass blowing up on top that can hook anyone. If she's made it this far you can then start to lengthen up the trips a bit and transition more into bass fishing most of the time.

 

 

Most Important Key Points

• You MUST stay patient. No matter how many lines you have to untangle or hangups you have to retrieve etc, etc You HAVE to stay a gentleman and keep your best foot forward
• Keep it fun and entertaining and don't be afraid to take breaks. Maybe pack a lunch to bring along and stop and enjoy the day.
• Probably the MOST IMPORTANT  thing to remember is that fishing is not for everyone. If she likes it, that's awesome! If not, you have to be ready to be ok with that. Also, remember that people can like fishing in different capacities so she might still like it, just not as much as you do. Again you need to be ok with that and not force it on her. If you do, you will ruin it for her, along with the chances of her ever really getting into it.

Best of luck to you!