Thread: 2015 Slabfest at Talquin

Big thanks to everyone that had a hand in putting this together. Me and the boys had a great time. As usual the food was great. It was nice to see some old friends and meet some new ones. Fishing was a little slow but I got to spend three days fishing with one of my kids and a friend of his. I was a little worried because I couldn't seem to get the boys on the fish and stay on em. We caught a few each day, lost a few and caught a few stripers but we worked as hard as ever to get them. By day three as we were pulling out at sun up my spirits were pretty low, but I looked back in the boat and seen two 12 yr olds starting the day with just as much optimism and excitement as day one. That re-taught me something...Its easy for us to get caught up in big fish and numbers but if you let the success of a fishing trip hinge on whether you load the boat or not, you're missing the point. Funny sometimes how you set out to try to teach a kid something and in the end it's you who does the learning. lol
Sunday morning as we were packing up to leave, they asked me if there was gonna be another "Crappie" camp next year. I told them I reckon so and both of em at the same time said can we come back? So for me and my family it was a success and another big thanks to everyone involved, everyone that gave the boys stuff and everyone that made us welcome. You can go ahead and sign us up for next year. Life is good


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