fish-aholic Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 18/01/23 G’day Raiders Easter 2021 holiday time I took my 3 yrs old Son for beach fishing for the first time and he caught few Whiting. He got natural instinct to reel a fish nice and slow while keeping that tension on; or should I say he couldn’t reel any faster because he was a tiny little man. Now he thinks he is a big boy (5yrs old) ; so took him to one of the local wharf last night. Gave him choice of few lures that I know will work in these areas ( tested and proven before) and asked him to choose one. He chose a “Halco Laser Pro 45 trout” Yellow colour lure because he is a Bumblebee fan. I showed him how to cast, and reel back in to create different moments of the lure. Different retrieve creates different movements without giving you a sore arm (learned from the great sifu @DerekD Passing your knowledge to the young fella as I’m sure you’ll be proud to hear his laughter). Rest of the arvo he just screamed with excitement and laughed with joy. We got 14/15 tailors in an hour, varied from 20cm all the way to 35cm and it was a catch and release session only, so all of them went back to live another day. He got around 10 fishes and kept me busy with measure and release. I let him enjoy his day, no interruption for photos but when I saw him a bit tired I thought to record his last catch. Please keep him in your prayer so that he become a respectable human being as well as a great angler. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 That’s awesome @fish-aholic! First fish on a lure can be challenging for a kid (heck, it can be challenging for us grown ups too!). So well done to your boy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Great to see that a young bloke loves his fishing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Hey DM, great report, a great way to spend the day with your son, knowing you - your young bloke will continue to be respectable human being “Raise up a child n the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it”. (POV 22:6). 10 fish is a great start for him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekD Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Hi @fish-aholic That was a beautiful report and it put a big smile on my face. Thank you for sharing and you were right, the joy in his voice was a pleasure to listen to. Looking forward to more reports. Derek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 What a great experience for you both, sharing the delights of catching so many fish. He will grow up having a healthy respect for living creatures, and carry that through life. bn 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Great post and so nice to see a father/son session with plenty of action! Keep it up🙏🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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