Call me crazy, I think it’s a nice looking fish
That’s my boy, never pass up an opportunity to get in a fish photo
A trip to my parent’s home today, meant a chance for the family to do some fishing. We were on the Sandusky River, north of Fremont, targeting White Bass with minnows. The action was okay, but quite a bit slower than what I was expecting. In order to generate a few more bites, I opted to use Nightcrawlers on the second rod. I figured two different kinds of bait might get us a few more strikes. This would be especially important to keep Bryce’s attention. The decision ended up being a good one, as I ended up reeling in a rather large Common Carp. The hard fighting fish took me about 7 minutes to bring in and went 30″ on the tape. It has been quite awhile since I caught a Fish Ohio Award qualifying catch and it was fun that Bryce was right there getting to see and touch (actually hugged) the fish.
The carp was the showstopper today, but plenty of White Bass, Sheephead and White Perch also were caught by day’s end. Bryce has gotten pretty comfortable around the fish and became increasingly insistent on being able to handle them. Jill did a great job getting some photos of him trying to be patient and taking instruction from me. He was very happy to hold a fish on his own and even throw it back in the water for his first ever unassisted catch & release. His form could use some work but at least he enjoyed letting them go.
Attempting to show him how to lip a fish, but he just grabbed it
He was fortunate the dorsal spines stayed down, or bye-bye smile
The release
So there you have it, a memorable day with the family on the Sandusky River. I appreciate everyone’s tolerance as I am sure I will post every ‘first’ that Bryce does as it relates to fish and/or fishing. What can I say, I love my boy!, and I know other dad’s understand.
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