Bm 5/4/12

Took my 23 year old son on his first-ever, crappie fishing trip. After a few quick lessons, I gave him a picture of the lake, and a hand held GPS, and put him in the hot-seat at the front of the boat:

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I was a good dad and told him, "push these jigs around, keep the boat on the spot, look out for snags, slow down, speed up." I was kiddin' around and crappie slave-driving! But I think he had a great time:

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The rag is a funny story--It is my fishy, hand-wiping rag that I have had in the boat for 2 years, (without washing, except for an occasional rinse in the lake). Well, after a couple of hours frying in the 90 degree heat, he was sun-burned enough that he probably would have wrapped my boxer shorts around his head. But with a highly respectable display of the Right Stuff, he pressed on!

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He pushed jigs in the front of the boat, and I pulled minnows, under corks, out of the back of the boat:

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Being in the back made me realize that I needed to turn my crappie-slaying focus aft: How do you like those rod holders? How about the stern light? Would they chase me out of Cackalacky with this rig?

Anyway, it caught fish:

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We ended up the day with 71 crappie, 12 yellow perch, 1 shad (golden colored--don't know what kind), 1 pickerel, and one 9" bream. The jig colors were money, pearl, and chartreuse. Fish were caught in 5 - 8 feet of water, about 3 feet down.

We had a great time. Hopefully, my son will go again sometime--and when he does, it won't be soon enough!

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Good luck, everyone.

ID

It's great to take your son fishing, I know ya'll had a great time. Nice pictures

Adda boy on getting Your son out fishing. Yall slayed them. good job. Jury still out on getting run out of Cackalacky. If You come down and don't catch none, then come all You like. Come down and catch 70, then You might make folks round here look bad and get chased out.:biggrinCF

Great Report!

Good report. I always enjoy taking my son. know what you mean. Looks like you enjoyed yourself!

Looks like you and your son had a good day on the water!

Blake