I had a ton of fun today. My dad came all the way over from Brazil just to hang out with me.

 

He has been fishing for at least 40 years and as we do down there, it was always fresh bait.

 

This morning he arrived at the airport and the first thing he said was: Take me fishing! I had been telling him all the stories of my new adventures with the artificial baits and how sometimes a lure that looks completely non-natural catches fish. Of course he was skeptical.

 

Well, I took him to a pond near my house that has some nice bass, it was windy but hey, you gotta work with what you've got!

 

I gave him a chartreuse spinner and the very first thing he sais was: "I've seen hookers who look less flashy than that"

 

Needless to say he was not putting a lot of faith in it. 5 mins in and he got something in the line, a very nice 3lb largemouth!

 

He was speechless and said that he wants to take 50 of those spinners to Brazil. After that we went home and I showed him all my tackle boxes and lures. He went to bed now, he took both of my tackle boxes with him to bed and is now "evaluating" the lures! lol

 

I did it, one more for the team!

did your father just forfeit his wallet to the bait mankey? what a man, took 1 for the team.

I had a ton of fun today. My dad came all the way over from Brazil just to hang out with me.

He has been fishing for at least 40 years and as we do down there, it was always fresh bait.

This morning he arrived at the airport and the first thing he said was: Take me fishing! I had been telling him all the stories of my new adventures with the artificial baits and how sometimes a lure that looks completely non-natural catches fish. Of course he was skeptical.

Well, I took him to a pond near my house that has some nice bass, it was windy but hey, you gotta work with what you've got!

I gave him a chartreuse spinner and the very first thing he sais was: "I've seen hookers who look less flashy than that"

Needless to say he was not putting a lot of faith in it. 5 mins in and he got something in the line, a very nice 3lb largemouth!

He was speechless and said that he wants to take 50 of those spinners to Brazil. After that we went home and I showed him all my tackle boxes and lures. He went to bed now, he took both of my tackle boxes with him to bed and is now "evaluating" the lures! lol

I did it, one more for the team!

One more for the bait monkey..he works alone. Sounds like a memory making day for all 3 of you..nice job!

I had a ton of fun today. My dad came all the way over from Brazil just to hang out with me.

 

He has been fishing for at least 40 years and as we do down there, it was always fresh bait.

 

This morning he arrived at the airport and the first thing he said was: Take me fishing! I had been telling him all the stories of my new adventures with the artificial baits and how sometimes a lure that looks completely non-natural catches fish. Of course he was skeptical.

 

Well, I took him to a pond near my house that has some nice bass, it was windy but hey, you gotta work with what you've got!

 

I gave him a chartreuse spinner and the very first thing he sais was: "I've seen hookers who look less flashy than that"

 

Needless to say he was not putting a lot of faith in it. 5 mins in and he got something in the line, a very nice 3lb largemouth!

 

He was speechless and said that he wants to take 50 of those spinners to Brazil. After that we went home and I showed him all my tackle boxes and lures. He went to bed now, he took both of my tackle boxes with him to bed and is now "evaluating" the lures! lol

 

I did it, one more for the team!

Now you need him to take you on a peacock bass trip in on the Amazon. That's a dream of mine. Maybe one day before I'm too old to enjoy it.

Sounds like a fun trip! Great story!

Now you need him to take you on a peacock bass trip in on the Amazon. That's a dream of mine. Maybe one day before I'm too old to enjoy it.

Peacock bassin in Amazon would be awesome. Saw the video of Casey Ashleys trip after the Classic and it was great. They went to some remote pockets of the river and caught some nice fish

did your father just forfeit his wallet to the bait mankey? what a man, took 1 for the team.

 

Bait Monkey?  It sounds like he has two tackle boxes to "shop" through already

Such a major change in the attitude of bass fishing once you go from live bait to lures.

 

An aunt of mine just posted a picture of my grandfather to Facebook, who loved to bass fish, and who gave me my first boat and took me fishing many times. I saw it the other day and it is my grandfather in his (mine now) boat with a 2lb bass and a big smile. He has been gone over 5 years now and I truly miss him. That picture made me so happy, but I noticed a bobber on the line! Maybe we can photoshop that out of the picture. 

Bait Monkey?  It sounds like he has two tackle boxes to "shop" through already

You bet, he already put in his suitcase 2 lipless, 4 spinners and 8 bags of plastics. Jesus, I might have to go to basspro again! lol

Remember, he has to go back through a TSA checkpoint on his way home.  Imagine what a non-fishing inspector might think when he or she looks at several packages of soft, slippery rubber thingies labeled "Fuzzy Beavers."  Or worse yet, "D-Bombs."

 

:-)

 

Glad to hear you dad enjoyed himself while in the states.

 

Tight lines,

Bob

That's a great story! I'm glad your father found out how exciting fishing with lures can be.

Since your father is from Brazil I'd highly recommend getting him some large top waters for Peacocks.

Thanks for sharing that story. I wish my Dad was around to take out fishing. Enjoy those times while you can.

Great story! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the nice messages guys! I translated them to my dad and he loved it! He told me next time we go to Brazil he will take me fishing for peacock bass!