The Wrecking Crew is on the board...

[Bubba_Bruiser]

...not the forum board, but on catching a few fish. I got the opportunity to take my oldest and middle sons fishing Saturday. I got an invite to a water shed in the county and jumped on it with both feet when they said bring your boys and boat. I have taken them fishing a couple of times to the local state lakes but falling short of getting them hooked up on artificial.

I got them up at 430 Sat morning and we cut out. I stopped and let them pick up their favorite snack. We talked about what they wanted to use. The have a collection of Storm lures they have been buying at Walmart. I tried to get them to throw a Senko, but they kept insisting on using the Storms. After about 2 hours of hauling water and watching me catch a couple on a fluke and senko; Dylan, oldest, finally broke and asked if he could have 1. I saw some fish rolling on a point and eased up to it and told him to cast out. I caught a small one and was putting it in the livewell and Dylan said I think I have something. I saw the line zipping off and we got the fish boated. I was so proud of him. Then Tanner wanted to change. So while I was rigging him up, Dylan caught another. We got Tanner lined up and he boated 1 in the first couple of cast. Again, another proud moment for this poppa. I watched them through the day. Their casting and awareness improved 2 fold over the day. I was so glad to finally see them get the bug. We chased the school around a while and they had 3 a piece. There is no telling how many we lost through the morning though. But we will.work on that ratio over the next couple of years I hope. When I get my computer fired up, I will post some pics.

On top of watching them fish, I was flooded by memories of me and my Grandpa fishing this lake over 20 years ago. We were there weekly drowning crickets and he eventually moved me up to artificial. I also caught my first fish on a chrome/blk back Devils Horse in the same lake.

It was a good day to say the least!