Dad had NOT fished for 14 years....

[Steve McBasser]

We caught fish very well on our men's camp out last week so I decided to take my 85 year old Dad out and see if I couldn't get him in on some of the fun. The first couple of spots I took him to had boats all over it so I had to go to plan B. When we got settled in to one of my other spots, that didn't have boats on it, it wasn't long before we started catching fish. About my 5th cast I got blasted by a 15" white and we were off to the races. For the next 2 hours we caught them pretty regularly and they were running big. A 15" to 16" white will give you all the fight you want on light tackle. Dad hadn't caught a fish for a long time so we both did a lot of hootin' and hollarin' every time he caught one. To say we had fun would be an understatement. I did everything I could to make it as little work for him as possible. Twenty years ago we were in Canada and my grandad, (his dad) went with us. The whole trip, Dad and my uncle Les did everything they could to make sure grandad had a good time. I am so grateful I got to return the favor..... Here's a few snapshots of the day.... (Just as a side bar here, Dad acted like this trip was pretty much his last hurrah for fishin' even though we had a ball. But.......Yesterday he came in to where I work and sit down at my desk and started talking about going again next year as soon as the top water bite starts... I think I may have started something....Awesome.)

[Steve McBasser]

[Steve McBasser]

[Johnsfolly]

Nice catching! Spend as much time with your dad as you can. Time passes so quickly.

[Foghorn]

Awesome !

[MOPanfisher]

The smiles say it all!  Well done.

[Mitch f]

Looks like dad loves it! Great times!

[3DHUSKER]

Well done..  Lots of smiles.

[Terrierman]

Beautiful.  What more needs to be said?

 

Well, there is Go Redbirds!

[Hunter91]

Very nice! Looks fun