Morning fish

[Little_Flatty]

Have mostly been lying low fishing-wise during lockdown, but when doing one of my grocery shops recently, I decided to buy a few slimeys and salt them down ready for when we can get out more.

This week my eldest asked me to take her fishing. She even promised to wake up early and get ready quietly so that it would only be the two of us. So this morning we got our chance. Woke up early, found everyone else asleep, so we took a slimey fillet out of the fridge and headed down to our local spot.

Not sure if it was the rain or tides, but there wasn't the usual level of activity bite-wise. But reeling in to check on my bait, I came up tight on this model:

No giant, but I think it felt bigger than it was because of the element of surprise. Was good to get a fish after so long, I think you could see my smile behind the mask! Happy snap and then back in the drink it went.

Apart from that, my daughter got to experience a proper bite. Happened on the drop, so it took us both by surprise. She's relatively new to this fishing business so it is probably a good thing that we didn't connect - it was probably another legal bream and would have given her a run for her money on her little alvey rod.

After that I was hankering for a coffee and had to get ready for work, so it was time to go home.

Here's to things getting better so we can get out again!

[bessell1955]

Great story.  This is the way to get our children engaged in fishing. 

[Rebel]

Great report.

Nothing better than fishing with kids.

[BigHorse]

Nice fish there well done!👍

[Isaac Ct]

Good to see the kids getting stuck into fishing.

[leonardgid]

that looks like a very relaxing spot there , thank you for sharing