my son was around 10 when had him and his buddy over a bluegill bed. I hooked big bull bluegill handed to my son and while he was playing with it big bass hit and held on. son brought him all way in and it is still biggest fish he has caught and he is 34 now. His friends dad had a cow when after admiring and weighing it, 7 lbs I tossed it casually back in. he had never even saw one that big but we caught lots out of that lake that size.

Son still tells that story, so it was a great experience