So my oldest son has gotten the fishing bug pretty bad at about 10.... He's been literally waiting on the daily on when dad "says" the pre spawn is here ... Bought his own swimjig with his own money he earned shoveling snow and everything .... He was furious when mom caught her 4lber last week on his rod and his red eye shad he also purchased lol .... So to enable him I often surprise him at aftercare and just say we're going fishing for an hour then homework and whatever else we have to do .... So we get to the lake .. My youngest heads straight for the playground and we're off fishing .. Trying to get my own first fish on my Scorpion .. And after one cast and one Mark Davis youtube lesson on the rage blade later ...

After which my son says Can I take a selfie with your fish lol .... Sure son

Got a backlash after the fish and said lets go get some snacks lol

Awesome fish, awesome story.  From the looks of that picture, I'd say its not long before your younger son gets the bug.

 

- Dale

A story with a picture is great, having your son(s) there with you when it happens, awesome! Nice fish.

very nice!

Yea ... He caught a 4lb catfish on 4lb line and a micro spinnerbait in ga last year and is starting to say things like I need more spinnerbaits to cover different water lol