wasilvers
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Went to my my lunchtime spot to fish at a dam in downtown. There were about 15 people fishing in a small area, so I went to a hole I knew of a 1/2 block downstream. The smallmouth were simply stacked in this little hole, and I caught a pike on my first cast with a buzzbait. 2 more casts and I moved on to 'fish with the masses' as the smallmouth were about 13 inches and not my target.
A bit later a family with an 8-9 year old kid were looking for a place to fish and coming by me in 'no man's land' of the river. I was there 'super casting' with the wind and reaching my targets, but the poor kid would never have caught a thing there - it was 6" of water and no fish (you could see). So I shared with them my secret honey hole. I've kept this secret from everyone around there - as far as I know, only me and one other person have fished it on purpose.
It really was ideal for them, there is sidewalk to set up on, and partial shade overhead, but not enough to get hung on - the breeze was blowing a bit and it was cool in the afternoon sun. I counted 5 bass and 1 pike hanging on the outside of the hole and I know there were more in there.
I have had an awesome afternoon as I just keep imaging that kid reeling in smallie after smallie - and those suckers are river smallies - they can Really Fight!
Anyway, just had to share the joy - you can't always take a kid fishing, but you can help them along
A bit later a family with an 8-9 year old kid were looking for a place to fish and coming by me in 'no man's land' of the river. I was there 'super casting' with the wind and reaching my targets, but the poor kid would never have caught a thing there - it was 6" of water and no fish (you could see). So I shared with them my secret honey hole. I've kept this secret from everyone around there - as far as I know, only me and one other person have fished it on purpose.
It really was ideal for them, there is sidewalk to set up on, and partial shade overhead, but not enough to get hung on - the breeze was blowing a bit and it was cool in the afternoon sun. I counted 5 bass and 1 pike hanging on the outside of the hole and I know there were more in there.
I have had an awesome afternoon as I just keep imaging that kid reeling in smallie after smallie - and those suckers are river smallies - they can Really Fight!
Anyway, just had to share the joy - you can't always take a kid fishing, but you can help them along
