My nephew and I were catfishing, and after he'd lost my last dip bait hook, I tied on a Ned rig for him. He fished it for a bit, and I just so happened to look over to see his line going side to side. I told him to set the hook...twice. I had to give him a visual to get it across. He ended up hooking into a three pound bass, way larger than any bass he'd caught before. He got it up to the bank and the line broke. I went into the water after it, but was not successful in the retrieval. He hasn't stopped talking about it since. He's nine years old and loves to fish. Hopefully I can get him on something larger soon. Other than that, the only action we had was about a ten inch channel catfish.

You now have a fishing companion for life.

If there is anything I enjoy doing more than fishing, it's getting a youngster hooked on fishing. BTW, did you tie on another Ned for him and one for yourself?

When I was 9, braid was non existent and line breakage was common but the desire to fish never ceased. 

Introduce your companion to braid. 

17 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

You now have a fishing companion for life.

If there is anything I enjoy doing more than fishing, it's getting a youngster hooked on fishing. BTW, did you tie on another Ned for him and one for yourself?

 

Unfortunately, it was nearing his bedtime and we had to leave. I felt bad for leaving on that, but there will be fish there when we come back.

 

5 minutes ago, Bird said:

When I was 9, braid was non existent and line breakage was common but the desire to fish never ceased. 

Introduce your companion to braid. 

 

I'm planning to get him some before this weekend. Him, my brother-in-law, and I have a camping trip scheduled for Saturday. Hopefully he hooks into something bigger.

Hopefully he’ll land the next one. Keep on trying.

On 4/28/2021 at 10:38 PM, papajoe222 said:

If there is anything I enjoy doing more than fishing, it's getting a youngster hooked on fishing

☝️This! In an age of video games and garbage television, what better gift can you give a young boy or girl? Take a kid hunting or fishing. Or just teach them about the outdoors and to enjoy nature.

He's hooked.  May the two of you have a lot of good trips together.