#2 was an ugly, skinny 5 lber i caught in the pouring rain so i won't post that one.  #3 was pretty special though.  my lil' niece came over for some fishin' and we had a blast.  of course i don't fish much when i'm with one of the young 'uns.  those trips are all about having fun and making memories.  it's just so cool to experience a fishin' trip through the eyes of a child.  Putting the "magic" sunglasses on them for the first time and then watching their jaw drop when suddenly they can see right through the water and look at all the cool stuff underneath is priceless all by itself.  then there's catching the bait which seems so fun to a child that they would be happy to forgo everything else and just catch minnows all day.  then there's the complete pandemonium that breaks loose when a bassin' rookie hooks into a good fish and wins a hard fought battle.  and finally there's the high fives, the pics, the bragging, naming the fish, and watching her swim off upon release knowing you might just be lucky enough to hold her again another day.     it's a shame that sometimes we get so caught up in how big or how many and we forget the simple pleasures that addicted us to the sport in the first place.

after catchin' several fat little fish on my favorite numbers lure, i asked her if she wanted to go after a big one.  of course, who says no to that?  so i started showing her how to catch little bluegill, explaining that we'd use those for bait.  i really thought i'd lost her there because she momentarily decided that catching tiny fish was the coolest thing ever.  but she got back on track and we went on the hunt for a biggun.  i spied a nice one cruising, urged her to be still, and cast a little bluegill close.  she took it from there.  this fish was nice and healthy, somewhere between 5 and 6 lbs.  i intentionally did not weigh the fish because i do not want it to be about that for her.  she said it was huge and that's all that matters.  great day.

Great day, indeed! Nice bass she's holding there.  

Sweet! Love seeing girls in the sport. Got two little ones myself that love it. Congrats man

Awesome!

I nominate this as post of the year so far!

 

Jeff

Nice fish!

WOW!

Nice fish, great pic and a wonderful story!

 

awesome fish!

A story, a fish, & a picture. Good going Uncle Paul.  Priceless...

15 hours ago, 00 mod said:

Awesome!

I nominate this as post of the year so far!

 

Jeff

X2

Great story and Pic !!

R/ Chris

 

that's awesome Paul!  really liked that line about the "magic glasses".  just a week ago while trout fishing with the old man, i told him to put my glasses on to see under the water a little bit and he couldn't believe his old eyes!  

great fish too, i bet she's making some boys jealous!

By far one of the best reports I have read since I joined the forum!

Awesome story and awesome post!