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Went fishing with my on today. He caught a bunch of blue gills and while he was realing one in, I saw a nice 4lber chase his fish. I had one of my rods in the truck, so I took the blue gill and put it on a hook. I threw the bg in the water and left my rod on a prop. My son was fishing with his rod when I noticed my line going out. I grabbed my rod, waited about 20 seconds (longest 20 seconds of my life) then set the hook. I landed this fatty, 4.2lbs on my berkley digital. I haven't caught a good fish like this in a long time. Good times.

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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.

Justin

billybass · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 315

Dude ,,really sweet.....good idea with the bluegill
tell the little man congrats also

Bass Addict · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject:

thanks. He has been sick and basically confined to the house. We watched fishing shows this a.m. and by 9am he was begging to go, so I took him. We hit CT Outfitters for some night crawlers andI bought him a new shimano voltaeus plus a daiwa silver cast 80 reel. The new combo worked great and my son as quite happy..
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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.

Justin

SeaDog1 · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629

Hi!

The smile on a kid's face with whatever size fish they catch is PRICELESS Exclamation

SeaDog1

cthonkerheaven · Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Posts: 142

very ncie fish, congrats, what a lucky kid to have a father like you

Old Mud · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 1048 Location: Bath, Maine

Way to go Justin, nothing better than fishing with you son !! Thumbs Up

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metalfish · Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 330

Congrats Little man. Nice Bass Thumbs Up

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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

Nice looking bass!!!

Johnny Skeeter · Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 700 Location: Vernon Ct

Thats so awesome. More adults need to "take a kid fishing" way to go!
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slimecoat · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 1576 Location: Newington, CT.

Way to get him out there Bass addict, quality time with the little ones. Nice looking fish too!
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Stratos17 · Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 372 Location: Bristol, Ct.

Ba, That is cool!!!

Phish · Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 454 Location: West Hartford

Is the fish still alive?

Bass Addict · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:09 am Post subject:

of course phish. I was fishing from shore so he got pulled through some mud and leaves thats why he had the dirt around his mouth. I put him the water and he darted away. It was a real healthy fish. Put up a hell of a fight.
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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.

Justin

Phish · Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 454 Location: West Hartford

I figured as much. It was the 2nd photo that had me wondering. Kinda looked like one of those photos in front of the house before the filet knife comes out. Hey, even if you had eaten it, that's your right...I was just curious. Pretty fish. Looks heavier than 4 lbs. Great job.

Bass Addict · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

I was fishing at a condo complex but don't live there.i catch and release all fresh water fish Wink

. I will keep saltwater fish like Tuna, striper, fluke, sea bass, black fish, durado, and occasionally a mako (but i hate harvesting sharks, even though Mako is my favorite fish to eat).

The second photo was actually the first 1 took. I was fishing from shore, caught the bass and ran to my truck to get the scale. We weighed it while my son was holding it, then took another couple of pictures and sent it on its way. It was back in the water in 2 minutes.

I don't know anyone that eats large mouth, I tried it once and it tasted like swamp. The only freshwater fish I ever tried and liked was catfish.
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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.

Justin