i think i got the kids trained.

fiver

Well-Known Member
recently I have been doing more fishing and less shooting and such.
I put the big boat away and have bee using a 15' aluminum boat rigged up with a foot controlled trolling motor to chase small mouth bass and walleye's around a lake just south of my place here in Idaho.
the fishing has been picking up pretty good the last week or so and I have been out every chance I get.

I got home from work Monday morning and was going to take the wife out for the afternoon when the youngest called and asked what I was doing for the day [which meant she wanted to go fishing in my boat]
anyway she brought her new husband along so he could get a taste of fishing out of a boat.
as the day progressed he started picking up on what we were doing and how to change his technique as the wind and terrain changed [and why I keep 4 fishing poles rigged up in the pole holders on the side of the boat]

now here is how I could tell she was my kid.
at one point he broke a hook on a lead jig head when he got caught up in some rocks.
he reeled in his line and changed out the jig head.
and I hear her voice from the back of the boat say.
"you better put that in your box and take it home so dad can melt that down, you know I make balls for my revolver out of the soft lead."
I almost fell out of the boat I was laughing so hard..
 

smokeywolf

Well-Known Member
You say, "the youngest", so I'm optimistic you didn't make just one. We need more young adults like her to give us hope for the future.

Nice job Dad.
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Nice to hear that some kids just have common sense.