Youth Bass Tournament on the Gasconade River

[Seth]

I took a couple middle schoolers fishing in a youth bass tournament on the Gasconade this past weekend. They both popped their smallmouth cherries. The one had only caught 4 fish in his entire life (four trout that he caught with me on a youth day at Maramec Springs a few years ago). All of the untangling and retying was worth it to see these boys getting pumped up after catching those smallies.

 

 

[Flysmallie]

Nice job Seth. That was great of you to do that and document it so well. 

[fishinwrench]

Awesome job, Seth! 👍 

 

And the best part.....No 6-pack license required. 😅

[Seth]

6 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Nice job Seth. That was great of you to do that and document it so well. 

I hope they show their buddies and it gets more of them interested in fishing. That’s the goal anyways.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Seth said:

I hope they show their buddies and it gets more of them interested in fishing. That’s the goal anyways.

Right on!    

But no more complaining about crowded waterways.   😅

[snagged in outlet 3]

3 hours ago, Seth said:

I hope they show their buddies and it gets more of them interested in fishing. That’s the goal anyways.

Maybe they’ll like golf.  Should get em involved in that😁

[fishinwrench]

30 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Maybe they’ll like golf.  Should get em involved in that😁

Badminton is pretty cool, that's what I try to get folks into that bug me about teaching them about fishing.  

[Seth]

15 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Right on!    

But no more complaining about crowded waterways.   😅

I never gripe about too many fishermen. I guess all those openers at Maramec Springs and fishing around Short Creek on Taneycomo over the years have made me numb to crowds. Most really aren't that good at fishing anyways so they aren't hurting much.😁

[Seth]

13 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Maybe they’ll like golf.  Should get em involved in that😁

I have avoided golf my entire life because I know I'd enjoy it and I don't need another expensive addiction to go along with hunting and fishing. 😆

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Seth said:

I never gripe about too many fishermen. I guess all those openers at Maramec Springs and fishing around Short Creek on Taneycomo over the years have made me numb to crowds. Most really aren't that good at fishing anyways so they aren't hurting much.😁

That's a surprising take on it. 

I feel the worse they are at it, the more they are hurting.   Banging around, getting hung up and trying to retrieve baits, sloppy casts, ect.    

Going in behind all of that is usually a recipe for a skunkin' for me.