04-20-2007, 02:39 AM
Well it was the first of the 6 week course for the kiddies through Murray park n rec. I was harnessed to 6 kids, 2 of em had dad with em he took care of them, one more had dad show up..now I have 3.
fished the ole worm n bobber setup after the lesson on fishin safety (no one likes a worm hook ear ring) and casting practice. I was the one that taught (scary me teachin) them all how to tye the Improved Clinch Knot. that was fun.
I had the kids us the BFT Hooksafes TD sent me []for casting practice i just clipped em on ever the weights (thanks a ton TD, they were a big hit and i told the parents about the website when they need to answer the kids questions). after I was sure they could all hit the water, we went to the edge of the pond.
I cheated a bit here, i left work early and started fishin @ 4:30 till 5:30. I caught 4 Bows in the 1.5 to 2 pund range, and had 3 others unbutton themselves before i could lay hand on em i jsut tossed a acme lure silver with flo. green tape on it, kastmaster. I do this to scope where to take my kids...but sure nuff as soon as i put the rod in the jeep the "locals" moved in to the spots i was fishin and took over with no room for the kids [unsure]...so i went to plan B, pick a spot and pray the kids hook up.
It payed off, all 3 caught fish from a 8 inch dink[unimpressed], he though it was a whale, he said his first ever, to a decent pan size 1.5 pounder [cool] if i had to stick a weight to it. not a bad hour and a quarter fishn for the kidds, the ones with dad got skunked dad(s) said next week they would hang with the group and listen up to catch sumpin.
We started off with a little sun but it was chilly out probaly low 40's slight north wind and every kid complained about gettin cold at one point or another, i sent them to the rest rooms to blow the hand dryers on em for a few minutes to take the chill off, one kids mom dragged him to taco bell at 7:30 cause she was too cold after sittin in the ladies room air stream for 20 minutes. she said next week dad was coming.LOL.
next week lesson 2 will post when completed.
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fished the ole worm n bobber setup after the lesson on fishin safety (no one likes a worm hook ear ring) and casting practice. I was the one that taught (scary me teachin) them all how to tye the Improved Clinch Knot. that was fun.
I had the kids us the BFT Hooksafes TD sent me []for casting practice i just clipped em on ever the weights (thanks a ton TD, they were a big hit and i told the parents about the website when they need to answer the kids questions). after I was sure they could all hit the water, we went to the edge of the pond.
I cheated a bit here, i left work early and started fishin @ 4:30 till 5:30. I caught 4 Bows in the 1.5 to 2 pund range, and had 3 others unbutton themselves before i could lay hand on em i jsut tossed a acme lure silver with flo. green tape on it, kastmaster. I do this to scope where to take my kids...but sure nuff as soon as i put the rod in the jeep the "locals" moved in to the spots i was fishin and took over with no room for the kids [unsure]...so i went to plan B, pick a spot and pray the kids hook up.
It payed off, all 3 caught fish from a 8 inch dink[unimpressed], he though it was a whale, he said his first ever, to a decent pan size 1.5 pounder [cool] if i had to stick a weight to it. not a bad hour and a quarter fishn for the kidds, the ones with dad got skunked dad(s) said next week they would hang with the group and listen up to catch sumpin.
We started off with a little sun but it was chilly out probaly low 40's slight north wind and every kid complained about gettin cold at one point or another, i sent them to the rest rooms to blow the hand dryers on em for a few minutes to take the chill off, one kids mom dragged him to taco bell at 7:30 cause she was too cold after sittin in the ladies room air stream for 20 minutes. she said next week dad was coming.LOL.
next week lesson 2 will post when completed.
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