Took Paul, my daughter's soon-to-be father in law, for a little LM bass fishing at a local residential pond today. He had never caught a bass -- ever. Had to show him how to cast the spinning rig. His first bass was 6 lb 2 oz, second fish was 5-0, third was around 4. On a gold trap. In 2 hours of fishing. I caught a dozen fish, all under 3 pounds; he caught just those three beauties. His assessment: "Fishing is fun."   No kidding, Paul!

Wow.  What a way to start.  It was either beginner's luck or you just got hustled.  

 

 

 

Wow! What a great first outing!!  His fishing bar is now set pretty high!

Now where did you say that pond was??? ?

Just another reason why I want to move to Florida.  I fish 40 yrs to catch a 7 pounder and Paul almost beats it on his first day of bass fishing. That ain't luck, that's the universe telling me I'm in the wrong state.

8 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Just another reason why I want to move to Florida.  I fish 40 yrs to catch a 7 pounder and Paul almost beats it on his first day of bass fishing. That ain't luck, that's the universe telling me I'm in the wrong state.

Hey, he's from New Hampshire, just down here for the wedding and a few extra days of R&R. So, come on down for a long weekend if you can and catch a few. March thru May are my favorite months for bass. But even here there's no guarantee.

1 minute ago, hawgenvy said:

Hey, he's from New Hampshire, just down here for the wedding and a few extra days of R&R. So, come on down for a long weekend if you can and catch a few. March thru May are my favorite months for bass.

Yea my boss would love me taking a vacation. The last time I asked for a vacation day he told me "that's what weekends are for". He's a real humanitarian. 

How's that saying go?

"Better to be lucky then good"

Look @ it this way, Your rod, Your reel, Line, bait and you probably tied the knot.

You put him on the fish, all he did was reel em in.

R/ Chris

9 minutes ago, Ski said:

How's that saying go?

"Better to be lucky then good"

Look @ it this way, Your rod, Your reel, Line, bait and you probably tied the knot.

You put him on the fish, all he did was reel em in.

R/ Chris

...and I jumped up and down and told him to reel steady and picked up the fish by the lip from the water's edge and high fived him and all kinds of exclamations and praise, and de-hooked, weighed, photographed, released it; and later edited the photo and ordered an 8 x 10 print for him. Yeah, I get a little credit. It's still his fish, though -- and secretly a little bit mine.

The 8x10 is a awesome gift !!

R/ Chris

LOL...

Is always the person who has never even held a rod before! 

Big congrats to Paul, though. May he be forever hooked and a forever friend. 

Always cool to help someone else enjoy fishing, especially someone new or who doesn't get to go much. 

Nice!

It is always good to see someone in the fishing sport exposing a new person who has no real experience. 

If this kind of thing keeps happening to you, you might want to change your user name.  Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Must be nice!

Congrats to him!