TAKE A KID FISHING....YOU'LL LOVE IT!
Today I had the pleasure of helping with “Take A Kid Fishing” a program that was sponsored by the Itasca Sheriff’s department and Pat Medure. I also believe that the Minnesota DNR assists in the program. I hope I’m giving credit to the right people, I congratulate all who help in the event because the smiles on the kids faces made our time well spent.
I have a small boat so I wanted only one youngster in the boat so Timothy was my first trip of the day. A soon to be third grader from Grand Rapids he said he was a season fisherman. We trolled with some crawler rigs and saw some perch action. After an hour of fishing we were 2 fish to two fish, a real tourney here….hehehehe. Sad to say the guide caught the next fish and off to the shore lunch we went. Thank-you very much Timothy for making this a great fishing trip for me.
Back on shore I touched base with the coordinators and looked down at my boat and saw someone sitting on the bow waiting. As I approached the boat I asked if he was ready to go fishing and Corey said you bet. He said my K-mart special boat parked next to 3 other boats that were $25,000 + was the boat he wanted to fish in because it reminded it of his Grandfathers boat. WOW it doesn’t get any better than that. Corey was going to be a tenth grader in International Falls and said he loved to fish Rainy Lake when he had a chance. We trolled along the island that Tim and I had caught fish earlier and had a few bites but no fish. I asked Corey if he wanted to sit in the weedbed and catch panfish, 20 or 30 fish later I said we had to leave because lunch was being served on shore. Corey said he wasn’t hungry and could we stay a while longer. Hard ass that I am we sat another 15 minutes and caught another half dozen fish and then off to shore lunch.
The only regret is that I couldn’t take more kids in my boat, there was a shortage of boats and some kids did not get to go out on the lake. Each kid got a rod, reel and tackle box to keep. Again I have say this is a great program and I hope that next year more fishermen can make themselves available. WTG sponsors.
Take a kid fishing!!
Steelheader
I have a small boat so I wanted only one youngster in the boat so Timothy was my first trip of the day. A soon to be third grader from Grand Rapids he said he was a season fisherman. We trolled with some crawler rigs and saw some perch action. After an hour of fishing we were 2 fish to two fish, a real tourney here….hehehehe. Sad to say the guide caught the next fish and off to the shore lunch we went. Thank-you very much Timothy for making this a great fishing trip for me.
Back on shore I touched base with the coordinators and looked down at my boat and saw someone sitting on the bow waiting. As I approached the boat I asked if he was ready to go fishing and Corey said you bet. He said my K-mart special boat parked next to 3 other boats that were $25,000 + was the boat he wanted to fish in because it reminded it of his Grandfathers boat. WOW it doesn’t get any better than that. Corey was going to be a tenth grader in International Falls and said he loved to fish Rainy Lake when he had a chance. We trolled along the island that Tim and I had caught fish earlier and had a few bites but no fish. I asked Corey if he wanted to sit in the weedbed and catch panfish, 20 or 30 fish later I said we had to leave because lunch was being served on shore. Corey said he wasn’t hungry and could we stay a while longer. Hard ass that I am we sat another 15 minutes and caught another half dozen fish and then off to shore lunch.
The only regret is that I couldn’t take more kids in my boat, there was a shortage of boats and some kids did not get to go out on the lake. Each kid got a rod, reel and tackle box to keep. Again I have say this is a great program and I hope that next year more fishermen can make themselves available. WTG sponsors.
Take a kid fishing!!
Steelheader
posted by steelheader at 6:41 PM
1 Comments:
WTG, Dad! Glad to hear you ahd a great day fisihing and helping out with the kids.
Love and Miss you!
Lyss
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