FINALLY! A BITE!

One day last summer my fiance and I took my jon boat into a private pond to go fishing. When we arrived to the pond there was a young boy (probably 11-12 years old?) hanging out by the water all alone. He watched us load our boat into the water and asked several questions while we were doing so. "you guys going fishing?" "what are you fishing for" things like that... I could tell he was very excited to see us fishing.

My fiance and I fished the pond for a couple of hours. The entire time the boy stood on the bank, never taking his eye off of us, in hopes to see us catch a fish. Well unfortunately we didn't catch anything so we called it a day returning to shore where the boy greeted us with more questions. "did you guys catch anything?" "you think there is fish in here?" "how come you didn't catch any?"... He really wanted to see us catch a fish! so after loading the boat on the trailer I stood on the shore beside the boy fishing for awhile longer trying my best to catch a fish for him.

FINALLY! A BITE! so I set the hook and reeled in... it was a little white perch caught on a gulp minnow. The boy was soooo excited! "can I hold it?" "what kind of fish is that?"... So I showed him the fish and let him hold it and release it. After that I said goodbye to the boy and headed back to my truck. As I was about to leave something inside me told me to go back to the little boy.

I asked him if he has a father or older brother that takes him fishing? He said he has an older brother that goes fishing. I asked him if he has a fishing pole of his own? He said he didn't... So I went back to my truck and grabbed one of my fishing poles as well as an assortment of hooks/weights/and lures.... went back to the boy and gave it all to him. Before I left I taught the boy how to tie an easy knot and how to rig up the hooks and lures. Then I showed him how to cast and how to jig the lures and what to do when he gets a bite.

I don't think I have ever seen such a huge smile on somebody's face before! After his many "thank you's" we said goodbye and went on our separate ways.

Also there was 2 very friendly ducks by the pond that I hand fed. I thought it was the funniest thing ever when they bit my fingers thinking it was food!