Help!!! I am losing him to Green Carp

Well my Grand son visited over spring break, and said PawPaw we always go Crappie fishing. Then the dreaded words came out ..teach me how to use a bait caster and take me bass fishing. Well after 30 minutes of practice on the bait caster it was time to take him out. After trying to still persuade him to go Crappie fishing he was not having it...soo off to the lake with bass poles, plastic baits in hand we went. I watched this young man catch a 4 lber and a 5 lber both his biggest bass to date in about 15 minutes, he looked at me and said PawPaw... I like bass fishing better than crappie fishing, and before it was over he said Paw Paw we need to enter some Bass Tournaments and The Big Bass Bonanza came up, and it was BASS BASS BASS all the way, on the ride home. I can't help to think I am going to lose my Grandson to Green Carp. We caught 15 fish 3-5 plus lbs in about 4 hrs of fishing. It tried to have him let them go but NO!!! I want to take four big ones home to show MAWMAW and Mom Help!!! I think my Grandson is Going Green Carp.

KVD!! Look Out!"IF ya big bass bound let me tell ya" it's a long hard ride'!! you can see the spark in his eye.How many kid's his age has caught a 5 lb,er not many!!He's holding 2!!!

It happens, let's just hope he comes back someday. I went thru the green carp phase for 18 years (from 12-30). Something about the fast pace and the chance to catch a 10lb plus fish is exciting to a young man. And iffin' your gonna sling a bait caster all day from sunup to sundown you best do it while your young, plus when your young we all make mistakes :biggrin Nice going PawPaw and young feller!!

Russ you need to change your name to FishPro. What cant you catch?! Good job with the grandson. As others have said, its best to chase bass when your young. He will come back one day. They always do...

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It happens, let's just hope he comes back someday. I went thru the green carp phase for 18 years (from 12-30). Something about the fast pace and the chance to catch a 10lb plus fish is exciting to a young man. And iffin' your gonna sling a bait caster all day from sunup to sundown you best do it while your young, plus when your young we all make mistakes :biggrin Nice going PawPaw and young feller!!

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X2!! I like that when your young part!

Way to go. Great teaching. Let's hunt and fish what they want. It keeps them outdoors and out of trouble. Well, kinda. I remember some adventurous outings I had with my growing up buddies hunting and fishing. :fish

Bring him to the coast and put him on some redfish. He will never care for bass again, at least that's what happened with me.


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Originally Posted by Snubbys

It happens, let's just hope he comes back someday. I went thru the green carp phase for 18 years (from 12-30). Something about the fast pace and the chance to catch a 10lb plus fish is exciting to a young man. And iffin' your gonna sling a bait caster all day from sunup to sundown you best do it while your young, plus when your young we all make mistakes :biggrin Nice going PawPaw and young feller!!

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LOL well said Snubbys...

What can I say guys, me and Midms share a common bond, we have high litterary steam and them editorial skills to pay the bills.... :Rofl

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I like to bass fish too. Used to do it a lot with my father-in-law on Lake Columbia. Top water bass action is great! BUT, with that being said, I would rather eat a crappie over a bass 100 to 1. We caught several bass yesterday while casting banks for crappie. Sorry, but the bass went back and the crappie came home. We also caught several white bass......talk about a serious tug on your line. Felt like I threw around the neck of a bull yearling!

I wouldn't worry too much about your grandson liking bass fishing. Just be glad he enjoys spending time fishing with you instead of spending his time in front of a TV or cel phone. Enjoy it PawPaw. You're creating memories with him that he'll never forget AND you're teaching him outdoor life skills that he'll appreciate someday. Good job. GTT

Tell him.....Once you turn to the dark side forever will consume your destiny.....but maybe with a little bit of luck he'll come around

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Them are some dandies! There are good opportunities with bass fishing now with collegiate teams offering scholarships so it's not all bad. Plus think of all the crappie lives you saved today!


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My son started out that way...nothing but bass. By the time he was 10 he had mastered a baitcaster. He was the runner-up in a jig pitching competition at the Boat and Tackle show. A crowd gathered and I could hear them saying "Watch that little kid"!
I can remember all the holes in my jacket and fishing my hat out of the lake a few times as he was standing on my little deck on my stick steer boat learning how to chunk a topwater plug.
He's 33 now and has pretty much settled into crappie fishing. But his soon to be wife is all bass and used to fish on the female bass circuit. I guess he'll have to dust off his old bass rods.

those are some dandies, but not sure he is going to be able to perfect the 4 fish hold with 5 pound bass :dono

As long as he is hooked on fishing and the outdoors you are blessed. Those are some pretty fish CP.

Chris

What a great day you had with your grandson! That's Awesome!

You never cease to amaze CP. "Train up a child up in the way he should go: and when he grows old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 Maybe this will apply to crappie fishing too. It did for me anyway.