First Father and Son Wade Trip
Yesterday was a day I had been waiting on for a long time. At dinner my son as if we could go fishing this evening, but he didn’t want to go down to local public lake. I asked him if he was ready to for a wade trip with me to catch some smallies. This would be a huge step for him as he as some fear of the water and not the best swimmer around. So after a little coaching he was ready to give it a shot. We headed off to one of my favorite spots not far from the house, only to find it packed with cars. Lucky for us all of them where up the river swimming.
After getting set up and showing him how we were going to catch them the fish decided to make me look like I knew what I was doing in front of my son. On the first cast I have a smallie pecking on my jig. I got a good hook set in him and tell Jacob to take my pole while I try to get his unstuck. After a good fight he has his first SM of the trip…
Doesn’t take to long for him to settle in and start working his tube bait
The next cast out another peck is on the line. This time we pull a rock bass out of the same hole. With two fish in two cast I really hope we are on to something. We seemed to have hit the river at just the right time as the afternoon showers had put some good color to the water, which a couple days earlier had been gin clear. On the 4th cast out there is another peck on the line and this time a little bigger smallie…
Now he is ready to catch on his tube bait…
As we get read y to finish up the day he want to change lures out and give a jerk bait a try. First cast he is in business…
It was a great day on the river. We ended up with 7 or 8 fish in less that 2 hours and I know there could have been more if I wasn’t untangling line or or getting lures unstuck, but I wouldn’t have traded any of those extra fish for the smile on his face and the “I had a great time today, Dad” at the end.
