Went to the Annual Fishing and Outdoors Expo in Suffern, NY today, and went to see a seminar about swimbaits with this guy... My son was very excited as you can tell, but he did enjoy the seminar. He even picked out his own swimbaits to try out this season, and Brandon was impressed. Brandon is a real down to earth person, very approachable. I had mentioned that I enjoyed the Episodes he did with Dave Mercer on Facts of Fishing, and he says "Which one, the last one? Man that was a mess" I said  "Yeah Dave is a nut..."

 

 

 

Konnor paying very close attention to the "Technique"

 

 

The bass thinking this is a tasty crawdad.

 

 

 

 

Also got to meet Mike D from Lunkerville at the WFN booth. 

 

Never done one of these events, had a blast. The Bait Monkey didn't get to me though, even with all the deals on tackle (already have enough tackle...Plus my wife was there also to keep me grounded  ). I asked my son what he liked better Disney World or the Expo... He said the Expo.. Yep, he has his priorities straight  . So we will definetly do it again next year.

Good Dad's do what good Dad's are supposed to do and that makes you a great Dad. "Take a kid fishing"

Nice...wife's do that

Good Dad's do what good Dad's are supposed to do and that makes you a great Dad. "Take a kid fishing"

 

Yeah, he loves this stuff.

Sounds like it was a hit! Keeping kids entertained at that age is always a chore.

that's cool!  i met palanuik at BPS last year here in GA just after he put on a seminar (which i did not get to see).  i approached him on the sales floor as he was scoping out some electronics.  as you said, very approachable and very nice guy.  i wish him better luck this year than he had in the classic!

That's awesome. Palaniuk is one of my favorite guys in the elites. I'd love to meet him someday.

I met him at the Delaware tournament last year, nice guy for sure

that's cool! i met palanuik at BPS last year here in GA just after he put on a seminar (which i did not get to see). i approached him on the sales floor as he was scoping out some electronics. as you said, very approachable and very nice guy. i wish him better luck this year than he had in the classic!

That's funny, he was scoping out electronics when he took this picture with us.