I had my grandson Tyler meet me at SanV this morning to do a little catching. As we are leaving the dock, he says "Papa" we should have a bet on first, biggest and most..........you are on!!! Ten minutes into our first stop, I announce that you just lost the first bet. I told him our goal for the day was 20 fish. Couple of minutes later I land a nice 2.6 and let him know that he is down on all three bets and that he had better get going. He then lands the next three, and I am thinking maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. I then go up 4-3 in the next half hour, and he says maybe we should make a move. Alrightee, that we shall do lad. We get to our next stop, and first cast, he gets one, next cast, another, then another. Not suppose to be going this way. He lets me know that I am now down 6-4. Hmmm, better get going old man! I get the next three and take a commanding 7-6 lead. A pelican shows up and starts following us everywhere we go, and proceeds to start trying to get our baits right next to the boat. Stayed with us for quite awhile, was hoping to get one and feed him just to get him away. He finally leaves and we get back to catching. Over the next hour the score goes to 7-7. 8-8, 9-9 and now we are both anxiously trying to get #10 first. He hooks up with a nice fish (about 3lb) and it jumps about 6 ft from the boat and spits the hook, bummer for him, lol! A minute later, I land #10. Now we just need one more for our 20. I manage two more, and it is getting close to leaving time. He says he really want to catch his 10th, so I tell we will head toward the dock and make one stop near there so he can try for that fish. On his first cast , you guessed it, he hooks up and lands a nice 2+ and we head for the docks. I am also in the process of teaching him how to tow the boat and put it in and out of the lake. He did his first successful backing the trailer into the water and hooking the boat up. Proud Papa here!!! I know the story is a little lengthy, but we don't get many days like this so decided to share. Enjoy the pics!

I had my grandson Tyler meet me at SanV this morning to do a little catching. As we are leaving the dock, he says "Papa" we should have a bet on first, biggest and most..........you are on!!! Ten minutes into our first stop, I announce that you just lost the first bet. I told him our goal for the day was 20 fish. Couple of minutes later I land a nice 2.6 and let him know that he is down on all three bets and that he had better get going. He then lands the next three, and I am thinking maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. I then go up 4-3 in the next half hour, and he says maybe we should make a move. Alrightee, that we shall do lad. We get to our next stop, and first cast, he gets one, next cast, another, then another. Not suppose to be going this way. He lets me know that I am now down 6-4. Hmmm, better get going old man! I get the next three and take a commanding 7-6 lead. A pelican shows up and starts following us everywhere we go, and proceeds to start trying to get our baits right next to the boat. Stayed with us for quite awhile, was hoping to get one and feed him just to get him away. He finally leaves and we get back to catching. Over the next hour the score goes to 7-7. 8-8, 9-9 and now we are both anxiously trying to get #10 first. He hooks up with a nice fish (about 3lb) and it jumps about 6 ft from the boat and spits the hook, bummer for him, lol! A minute later, I land #10. Now we just need one more for our 20. I manage two more, and it is getting close to leaving time. He says he really want to catch his 10th, so I tell we will head toward the dock and make one stop near there so he can try for that fish. On his first cast , you guessed it, he hooks up and lands a nice 2+ and we head for the docks. I am also in the process of teaching him how to tow the boat and put it in and out of the lake. He did his first successful backing the trailer into the water and hooking the boat up. Proud Papa here!!! I know the story is a little lengthy, but we don't get many days like this so decided to share. Enjoy the pics!

I had my grandson Tyler meet me at SanV this morning to do a little catching. As we are leaving the dock, he says "Papa" we should have a bet on first, biggest and most..........you are on!!! Ten minutes into our first stop, I announce that you just lost the first bet. I told him our goal for the day was 20 fish. Couple of minutes later I land a nice 2.6 and let him know that he is down on all three bets and that he had better get going. He then lands the next three, and I am thinking maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. I then go up 4-3 in the next half hour, and he says maybe we should make a move. Alrightee, that we shall do lad. We get to our next stop, and first cast, he gets one, next cast, another, then another. Not suppose to be going this way. He lets me know that I am now down 6-4. Hmmm, better get going old man! I get the next three and take a commanding 7-6 lead. A pelican shows up and starts following us everywhere we go, and proceeds to start trying to get our baits right next to the boat. Stayed with us for quite awhile, was hoping to get one and feed him just to get him away. He finally leaves and we get back to catching. Over the next hour the score goes to 7-7. 8-8, 9-9 and now we are both anxiously trying to get #10 first. He hooks up with a nice fish (about 3lb) and it jumps about 6 ft from the boat and spits the hook, bummer for him, lol! A minute later, I land #10. Now we just need one more for our 20. I manage two more, and it is getting close to leaving time. He says he really want to catch his 10th, so I tell we will head toward the dock and make one stop near there so he can try for that fish. On his first cast , you guessed it, he hooks up and lands a nice 2+ and we head for the docks. I am also in the process of teaching him how to tow the boat and put it in and out of the lake. He did his first successful backing the trailer into the water and hooking the boat up. Proud Papa here!!! I know the story is a little lengthy, but we don't get many days like this so decided to share. Enjoy the pics!