Thread: First Solo Catch

If you guessed that my grandson was a little proud of himself in this picture you would be correct. While the little lad has been out with me several times-this was his first unassisted crappie catch. My son and I took him out this past Friday afternoon and our first stop was on a brush pile in 8 ft. of water. I stripped out about 6 ft. of line on a 10 ft. jig pole and handed it to the little one. I turned around to get another rod and the fight was on or as much fight that a 11 inch fish can give a 5 year old. Later on that afternoon we managed to catch several decent fish. My son and I returned to the scene of the crime and caught a decent mess Saturday morning. Instead of the traditional Easter ham we enjoyed a fish fry with all the trimmings. Closed out the weekend with a meaningful Easter worship experience with the entire family - doesn't get much better than this.