Son has been begging to go surf fishing ever since our recent camping trip. I invited his best bud, Landon, to come along as he needs an escape from some family things that have unfortunately been weighing on him. He's a complete novice, never even held a fishing pole.
We hit the the beach. They body boarded for about an hour while I rigged up the rods and cut up the bait. Brought market shrimp as back up in case we couldn't find sand crabs. Gave Landon a quick, but an in depth lesson on the use of a spinning combo and hooking the bait. The fish gods were pleased with me, as Landon was the first to hook up, all on his own! I think I was more stoked than him! Lol!! Several "hell yeahs" and high 5s conveyed my excitement. UL spinning gear made the fight far more challenging, but they were legit winter time fish as the were consistently 10"-16". They landed about 15 fish with several missed bites in 2hrs of fishing.
Hearing my son tell his friend, "see fishing is so much fun!" and then hearing this reply, "when can we go again?" made my day ;D
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Well done Mike
Nice! Really good quality too. Great memories. Reminds me of taking my friends out there when we were pre-teens. I don't think I got any of my friends addicted but I always remember those sessions and more often than not even the super newbs caught something.
Pretty cool they got into some quality fish, great day 8)
Simply priceless Mike, this report made my morning. Thanks for sharing
Right on Mike! Super cool to see the kids with big smiles! (I always hate hearing when kids are going through tough family times)
Cheers boss!
Good karma coming your way!!!
Thanks for all the kind words guys!! Kids need to be outdoors more doing things like fishing, hiking, exploring... what have you. Especially the kids who never do that sort of thing. I'm getting older. At some point, I won't be able to do this sort of thing. Doing my best to pass it along.
He's hooked! Well done Mike. 8)