Bream / red ear trip with my fishing partner 4/26/15

As soon as church was over today, we ran home, hooked up, and took my daughter fishing again. Couple of weeks ago we went and caught some nice bream, so she was excited to go back and I was too! :)

Went to Black Bayou and first thing we caught was a moth that wouldn't leave us along. lol She enjoyed him so much, he was named after a few minutes.
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After that, she caught something a little bigger, and was super excited!
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For a while, she switched back and forth between worms and a small black beetle spin, but wasn't having a lot of luck, while I was in the front of the boat catching them here and there. :biggrin

Here's one of mine.
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She had a nice one that she picked up on the right side of the boat, but was so excited, she picked him out of the water and swung him all the way across to the other side, where he decided to jump off the hook. She was a little disappointed, but we laughed it off.
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(Didn't realize I caught this pouty lip until I got home and looked through pictures. Makes me laugh each time I look at it!)
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All in all we ended up with about 20 of these pseudo-slab red ears! :) Caught all of them in about 2 feet of water, right off the bank. Not collected in one spot, but scattered here and there. I keep hoping to get on a bed of these big ones and really make her day! She's a good fishing partner...baiting her own hook and taking off the fish. Even wanted to be the one to throw them in the ice chest. :ThumbsUp Works for me!!

Picture of the box after we got home.
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Had a great time fishing with my little one. Hope to do it again soon and maybe Mama will go with us next time.

Great times!! Nice post and pix.

Great trip and post dad! Some good story telling there. Homepage material. :)

Very nice Scott, love the pictures. That's a respectable box of fish my friend and to have caught it with your daughter makes it extra nice.
"gene"

Nice bream and great pictures. Thanks for posting.

Great pictures Scott! Thanks for posting!

Those are real nice fish and the area looks nice too. Great to get out with your daughter for a fishing trip.

Man, that is some good ones.!!!

Awesome trip.

That is a very awesome day with the daughter Scott, thanks for sharing

Thats awesome! Looks like yall had a blast. Great Pics! I gotta get my girl back on some fish soon before she goes and grows up on me. Its happening too fast!! Enjoy every minute of it.

Very nice trip , congrats !

Thanks everyone. When I first had my son, I was really excited that I'd have a fishing buddy, but turned out it's just not something he finds as fun as I do. :) He'll keep me company sometimes as long as he doesn't have schoolwork to get done. But now it's turning out my little girl is all gung ho about it, so I'll be taking her every chance I can. Before now I'd have a boat full with 4 of us, and you know siblings can't always get along in small spaces... lol

But she does very well with just the two of us and isn't afraid to handle her part of the fishing. Really loved getting out there with her the past few times, and yesterday she asked if she could fish with me one day at the next D'Arbonne gathering. Sounds like a winner to me!

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Originally Posted by LouisianaFishNut

Thanks everyone. When I first had my son, I was really excited that I'd have a fishing buddy, but turned out it's just not something he finds as fun as I do. :) He'll keep me company sometimes as long as he doesn't have schoolwork to get done. But now it's turning out my little girl is all gung ho about it, so I'll be taking her every chance I can. Before now I'd have a boat full with 4 of us, and you know siblings can't always get along in small spaces... lol

But she does very well with just the two of us and isn't afraid to handle her part of the fishing. Really loved getting out there with her the past few times, and yesterday she asked if she could fish with me one day at the next D'Arbonne gathering. Sounds like a winner to me!

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Sounds alot like my story Scott. Devin enjoyed fishing with me unless he had something else to do. Laikyn still likes going with me if she isn't working or at her boy friend's house. Enjoy it while you can, they grow up WAY to fast!

Very nice write up, I enjoyed it!

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Very nice Scott, love the pictures. That's a respectable box of fish my friend and to have caught it with your daughter makes it extra nice.
"gene"

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PPG, I put the knife to them this morning and got about 2/3 gallon of filets off them. Only place I've ever caught bream big enough to filet, and I feel the pictures don't do them justice. Many were 2 inches across the back! :) Next weekend weather is looking great, so may have to go try again...gotta see how long the yard sale/Natalie's lemonade stand goes on Saturday. Neighborhood sale is cutting into my meager fishing time! LOL


Dwyane/Progator, I know what you mean. They both grew up way too fast and I'm already dreading the day they don't have time to do things with me.

Scott, I like to scale them and then fillet them. If I had a choice between that and sacs, I go crazy trying to decide which one.
"gene"

Me too! Love them bream, especially that size.

Nice pics and a great write-up Scott. Good to see ya'll catching some of those big ole bream and chinks. Pics brought back a lot of memories for me. I never had a son, only 2 girls, but both of them loved to fish with daddy. That is until they fell in love with the boys. LOL. Enjoy her company as long as possible. By the way, I agree with 20Watt, the article is definitely front page worthy.

Awesome Scott! Like Shadow said enjoy it all you can as I cant even remember the last time my daughter went with me!
STEVE

Nice catch I love catching those fish

Great trip Scott. Glad she is turning out to be a great fishing partner for you. Take her all you can. My son never really wanted to fish with me unless we were going to fish off the back side of the dam on Darbonne. Then he would beat me to the truck. Usually out fished me too.

Nice catch there. hoping to spend lots of time on the water with my 16 year and my new deep v.

Nice bunch of fish you and your daughter caught there Scott. It's always fun to take the young un's fishing. They get so excited and have a great time. Nice post