Bonne Idee 3/21/14 Me and the wildman

Jaythan's been after me for three days to take him fishing so today was his turn. Wanted to go to Poverty but decided we better avoid the crowd today, it get's rough and rowdy sometimes having a three yr old in the boat with you....

Caught a decent mess, maybe 25 or so mixed fish all on the bank. We could not find the big fish on the bank today, don't know if they've came and gone already or what the deal is. Did catch a decent green trout right before we quit.

It seems like i lost or missed three or four to every one fish i caught today. Started out fishing Jokers on 1/8th heads and after missing what seemed like a dozen straight bites i switched over to a 1/16th and a midsouth tube. I still missed fish but it didn't seem AS bad. Last year i run into the problem of crappie striking the tail on Jokers, even pulled one fish out of the water with him only holding the tail. Has any one else experienced this?

All in all we had a good day and Jay didn't mind one bit that we weren't catching two pounders......

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I almost came up there today but went to wollen lake at Hebert instead.... Fished there 7 hours without one bite

Excellent post, I sure like looking at pictures of that boy of yours.

Way to go......that boy is loving it.....take him every chance you get

Great day with the little man

Creating memories, awesome

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Originally Posted by Fish on Line

I almost came up there today but went to wollen lake at Hebert instead.... Fished there 7 hours without one bite

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How far is wollen from farmerville? I would think that's quit a drive.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

Excellent post, I sure like looking at pictures of that boy of yours.

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And if you look close at the last pic you can see he's learned how to long arm fish. his papaw must have taught him that trick...

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Originally Posted by Fish on Line

I almost came up there today but went to wollen lake at Hebert instead.... Fished there 7 hours without one bite

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shoulda, coulda, woulda...gone to bonne idee

I'm glad you got the lil fella on some. Man you're a good dad.

....and a good fisherman.

Glad to see you both had a great time

Great post Jimmy.
That boy will be out shining his Dad soon.

That little man is one happy dude!!!! He sure has learned how to "long arm those fish"!!! Great trip and report!!!

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Originally Posted by Southern Chuter

Great post Jimmy.
That boy will be out shining his Dad soon.

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Yep, won't be many years before I put him in charge on the front of the boat like dad did with me...

But what he don't know is in a year or two he'll be in school during the week like his sister is now and it will be Abram's turn then...

Way to go 20watt. It sounds and looks like an excellent day. Your son's smiling face says it all. I remember, when I lived at Swartz, many memorable days on the Bon Idee. It was always a great place to go and relax while catching a mess of fish. It is very beautiful as well. I am glad ya'll caught some even if they weren't 2 lbers. It's like you said, your son didn't care. Maybe some of the grownups could take a lesson from him.

If that lil'ns face doesn't make you smile, nothing can. Way to go dad.

Jay gets cuter every time we see him. Congrats on the great day.