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| One of my 3 kids has developed an amazing set of skills in the field of fish catching. She's 15y/o and won the "2007 Kalamazoo Gazette Big Fish Contest, Walleye Division" with a 31" fatty that will soon be on the wall in my house.
Now check this out....she caught that walleye bottom fishing next to the boat on a little jig/live leach using a 4.5' microlight rod with a Pinnacle Ice Reel loaded with 3# braided superline. She hooked it in 30' of water and it took over 10 minutes just to get the fish to come off the lake bottom. Then another 15 minutes bringing her up, and up, and up. I kept the boat right on top of the fish and I netted that wallye the first time she appeared and rolled on the surface near the boat. 3# test line!!!!! She also caught and released about 15 walleyes between 25" and 30" over the last season. All of these fish in a lake that's not suppose to have hardly any walleyes at all.
Check this out.....you know how bass hold in the shade under piers and attached ski boats/pontoon boats in the summer mornings? Walking along the shore, she'll get one or two bass from every pier she hits. She says walking on the pier spooks the bigger bass so she only fishes from shore. She's learned to underhand flip a tiny jig, from shore, under and all the way to the a$$ end of a moored pontoon boat. Distance-wise, she can toss that little jig 30 or so feet without the jig ever rising more than 2 feet above the water. I can't do that and I bet you can't either. Sheet, Kevin Van Dam, aka Mr. Vacume Cleaner, can't do that.
Man, she can fish and I'm so proud of her, and love her so much, well, I get dizzy when I think of it all.
Any cool stories of yer kid?
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| Dern it, don't you guys have any cool stories of your kids? Or, are you just spooked that my kid can probably outfish YOU!? 
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Location: The desert | Thankfully, I have no kids! My dad would probably share some good stories of me growing up though... |
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| Not my kid, don't have any of my own yet, but my nephew...
Instead of having a traditional rattle he would carry around a burt, jake, or shallow raider without hooks on it. Kids like to chew on stuff, instead of toys, teething rings, etc., this kid would walk around chewing on a hookless bulldawg.
By the time he was three he could go through a tackle box and name muskie baits. When Merckid saw him doing this he couldn't believe it. He would pull baits out of boxes and wouldn't tangle them, would be careful of the hooks, and would sit there telling you exactly what each bait was.
My brother took him into Rollie and Helen's and he just shook with excitement and walked around naming almost every bait there was.
Kids his age normally watch kids shows. Not this one. If a fishing show, any fishing show comes on he'll pull up a chair for him and his dad to watch it.
This pic is from a stocking project where we took him along. He was not shy at all about reaching in and grabbing little muskies to stock. As he's dumping them over the side of the boat he was telling them "grow bigger so my daddy can catch you someday." Pretty cool stuff.
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| RIGHT ON ULBIAN! That's the stuff, way cool!!!!!
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| Thanks, Guest.
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| Another quick Rachel story....
Rachel and I occassionally fish a nearby river for carp. And we target big carp only; 20 pounds or more is our quest. We've learned that, in the river we fish, we can't use anything lighter than my jig/creature muskie rod/reel loaded with 30# PowerPro. Even steelhead hooks straighten out while playing a big carp in the current.
My biggest is like 12-15#. Her biggest would have tipped the scales at 25# or better, and by the time she finally landed the fish there were cars stopped on boths sides of the river, a bunch of folks watching this 12y/o land a fish that weighed maybe more than half of her.
Fishing for really big (20# or more) carp is tricky stuff, not like what you would think if you've never tried it.
Ah, kids. Ah, kids with big fish.
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| "This pic is from a stocking project where we took him along. He was not shy at all about reaching in and grabbing little muskies to stock. As he's dumping them over the side of the boat he was telling them "grow bigger so my daddy can catch you someday." Pretty cool stuff."
The best cool stuff, sez me.
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | ulbian - 1/26/2008 3:52 PM
Not my kid, don't have any of my own yet, but my nephew...
Instead of having a traditional rattle he would carry around a burt, jake, or shallow raider without hooks on it. Kids like to chew on stuff, instead of toys, teething rings, etc., this kid would walk around chewing on a hookless bulldawg.
By the time he was three he could go through a tackle box and name muskie baits. When Merckid saw him doing this he couldn't believe it. He would pull baits out of boxes and wouldn't tangle them, would be careful of the hooks, and would sit there telling you exactly what each bait was.
My brother took him into Rollie and Helen's and he just shook with excitement and walked around naming almost every bait there was.
Kids his age normally watch kids shows. Not this one. If a fishing show, any fishing show comes on he'll pull up a chair for him and his dad to watch it.
This pic is from a stocking project where we took him along. He was not shy at all about reaching in and grabbing little muskies to stock. As he's dumping them over the side of the boat he was telling them "grow bigger so my daddy can catch you someday." Pretty cool stuff.
Rock On brothers, rock on.
U, My grand Daughter vanessa is doing the same thing.
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Location: Wausau, Wisconsin | Last night Sarah and I went down to the Dells to the NWTF state banquet. They asked me to give a presentation to the kids about fishing. It was an awesome time. This one girl who was about 9 showed me a picture of a 47" on her phone that she caught, and then a kid spent about 15 mins. telling me about the 58 POUND crappie he and his dad caught. I want to fish crappies with him!
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Location: Chaska MN. | when my daughter was 8 we went to the sportsman show in St. Paul and checked out the Ron Schera kids clinic he does at the show, well my daughter walks up to the casting area that had a big bulls eye on the wall and on her first cast put a little Velcro fish dead center while there were about 4-5 12 yr old boys working the wall with numerous casts showing very limited luck, the guy who was working with her called out to the others doing the same with the boys and hollered to check out this little girl! Yes I was very proud of her but no more than when I watch her bait a hook with a leach cast and catch a nice walleye on her own She was one that that would when not at the lake stand in the back of my truck and work on her casting, well it has paid off for her because now at the age of 11 she loves to fish for what ever is biting how ever I don't think shes quite ready or patient enough to cast for the big girls yet but we will work on that one. |
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| Love the kids stories !!! My son is 5 and he can put some fish in the net !! He knows every muskie bait around ( and thanks to my wallet !! ) and owns almost as many as I do !! He picks his baits when we go bass fishing , and picks them well !! FORTUNATELY I spend more time releasing his fish than I do fishing !!! He's definitely hooked on hunting and fishing , and his little sister is right in his tracks !! She's only 2 1/2 but learning fast , she wants to play with all of the baits all the time !! Takes after me , she loves the Bulldawgs !! I can't wait until they're a bit older and can stay in the boat with me all day , and can't wait until they can out fish me !!! |
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Location: Grafton, WI | She's only 2, but off to a good start I think... we can sit there all day, at least until the worms are gone. And I would trade those days for anything.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | if this works you'll see ... Carter Grimm, Jackson Grimm and David Solberg .... the pikemasters ...
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Location: Racine, Wi | Scott, that's awesome!!!
I took one of my little ones out yesterday. She's a little over 1 1/2. She sat in the sled and we popped from hole to hole "shshing" for bluegills. She was a tad nervous at first when I showed her one, but was petting them before we let them go by the end.
She then proceeded for the next hour to ask "where did shshy go?"
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Here is CPainters boy Kyle with a big bad channel cat at 34.5"s....(no it's not a blue)
I don't think he's tangled with a big ski yet...but I'm sure he will soon!
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Location: minocqua, wi. | that looks like a seal pup!!! ... might make a great pet eh? |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | My kids catch all kinds of fish... especially my youngest. He's got the fishing bug.
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Location: Bloomington,MN | dont have a kid since im only 15 lol but heres me with a 51" ski caught this fall
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Location: Appleton | These pics are of my daughter and I ice fishing earlier this year. She'll be 2 in a few weeks.
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Location: Madtown, WI | Jlong....you can only post that one pic on GARFIRST.... Man those are ugly 
Thanks BN for posting the big kitty...Brad got me into that bite...and the kids have loved doing it ever since then....
my favorite photo from last year of my son...his biggest smallie to date...got an 8X10 hanging up at the cabin of this one....
Nice to see a lot of kids getting into fishing!!
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Location: Wausau, Wisconsin | Best post ever. For all of you parents out there of 8-16 year olds, please have them enter my essay contest. I'd love to have a fellow M1ster in the boat. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | This will be the year of less muskie fishing for me as my son loves to go pan fishing. I never thought I would find myself on Vermilion fishing for blue gills but I wouldn't change a thing.
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Nik's 3 biggest (his first and biggest was when he was 4), and Dane's first (he was 3 at the time).
Proud times indeed.
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Location: (South of the 218) | I've been waiting for a chance to brag about my kids... Thanks Ranger - great Post!
My oldest son, Tyler, boated 3 big Northerns in just over 15 minutes during an honest "boat ride" on LOTW last August. All over 36" and the largest was 41.5" It was an unbelievable series of events to watch his PB go from a 6 lb. Northern to a 20+ pounder right in front of our eyes...
Tyler, his sister Emma, Uncle Hayden, and Grandpa Tom and I left the dock only intent on a quick ride out on the lake. I threw 3 rods and 3 baits in the boat - just cuz that's who I am and when we hit the channel my Dad (Grandpa) looked at me and said, "well, should we throw for a minute while we're here?" DUH - and it was the highlight of my summer.... my second cast of a TopRaider and Emma reeled in a nice mid 30" snake and then Big brother, Tyler, worked his magic on a 4 dollar Flea Market Spinner bait.
Crappies through the ice last Sunday, Suckers in the St. Croix on a hot summer day, or casting for Esox.... my 2 oldest kids have done me proud and we're waiting for little Logie Bear (16 mos.) to be able to palm his first reel and join us...
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Location: (South of the 218) | Side note on the Mount - Released Fish -
but my wife's Dad (Grandpa Ray) carried a picture of his Grandson's big fish around with him for weeks.... Ray, not being a fisherman, knew nothing about Mounts or Replicas for that matter. After bragging up his grandson at the Cafe and having to to tell everyone that we let it go...."It's just what my son-in-law always does. Makes Tyler put them back." Ray decided that he wanted to get a mount of the big fish.
Now, you'll have to take my word, Ray doesn't have the kind of bank account to go making rash decisions like this and I knew absolutely nothing about his quest.... you can imagine how swelled up I got when Tyler opened up the "LAST" present on Christmas morning and the card that went with it was a real "tear-jerker". My father-in-law hit a HOMERUN... the big lived to swim another day, and Grandpa got a mount for all the right reasons -
to Remember the day
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and to keep for a lifetime to remember Grandpa by......
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Location: The desert | LOTWbeachbum,
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The mount - A fella out of Big Lake Minnesota I think.... don't know right off hand but if you're interested, I'll find out for you.
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Location: The desert | It's not a huge deal, was just curious is all. I bet Tyler looks at it every day! Cool stuff! |
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| Fun looking at the kids and their fish. My youngest daughter was 12 when she landed this 43.5 incher at Pomme de Terre in Missouri.
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | 
Great post. Who doesn't like to talk about their kid(s)?
I'm actually starting to get jealous of mine... he's caught more muskies at the age of six than I had by the time I was 18 - I wouldn't have it any other way!
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Location: (South of the 218) | Jon - Andrea's 43.5 is GREAT!
Did you see Emma KIRBY about 3 posts prior... - Maybe there's some long lost relation.... those two Kirby girls sure catch fish eh?
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Location: South Dakota | Here are my boys with their first crankbait bass. This year we will see if we can get on some muskys.
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Location: The desert | sodaksker - 2/1/2008 3:16 PM
Here is my oldest last summer with her first topwater bass. This Year I hope to get her onto some musky.
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Location: South Dakota | Pointerpride102 - 2/1/2008 3:42 PM
sodaksker - 2/1/2008 3:16 PM
Here is my oldest last summer with her first topwater bass. This Year I hope to get her onto some musky.
Um, taking a look at that picture, I dont want to be the bearer of bad news or anything, but...you do realize you had a son right? ; )
I thought I had changed the text on that post, once I realized I did not have the pic of my daughters first topwater bass. I guess I'll have to post that one from home..
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Location: The desert | Haha, I figured this was the case, but in any event it gave me a good chuckle! Your boy looks mighty proud of that bass! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | This picture is from the first year my son had started catching muskies. He was 8 at the time and using a baitcaster like a pro. Not long after he caught this fish he somehow managed to let go of the rod on the cast loosing his favorite Weagle that he'd caught all his muskies on that year. As I'm watching a $200 combo sink out of sight he's crying about his Weagle. LOL It had a happy ending though when I managed to find line that'd tangled on the trolling motor and pulled the whole thing back up. Since I didn't get arrested I assume nobody on the lake thought I was beating him (because of how upset he was over the weagle). He caught seven muskies that year, all but two on a Weagle, and this one was the biggest at 41"!  |
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Location: South Dakota | Here is the picture of my oldests 1st top water bass. Hopefully this year I will get her on some skis.
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Location: South Dakota | Here she is outfishing her brother........again!.....and he is getting a little jealous.
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Is that what the look on his face is, jealousy? LOLOL
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Location: Iowa | My daughter's first fish. She has as much fun throwing them back and watching them swim away as she does actually catching them. Always a blast when she wants to go fishing. Hope to get her out after muskie this year, maybe at least let her see one so she can start catching the sickness!!
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| My daughters 1st ski , when she was 6 , was a 48 incher. She was holding the rod when it hit. We don't use rod holders. She battled it all the way including one of those highlight reel , full body out of the water jumps. Landed with a huge crash and splash. She held until it started during power dives under the boat and I helped her. 1/2 way in she said "dad I can't hold it, I said YES you can , you do it ! . It was priceless and at that time tied me for PB. LOL She's a sauger slayer with a jig/minnow at age 12 now. MD |
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| Many of you know Pointer and might agree that he is a pretty darn good fisherman.
Well, he has been an angler from day one. Some memories...
There was our first trip to Canada as a family. Mike was certainly in his element. There were 6 of us, my wife, mike, step kids dave and michelle, and niece kristy. We had two boats to use, so at the age of 12 mike captained one boat, and I captained the other.
It was a great week of fishing, we always stuck to the same areas, but he was flawless in keeping every safe, and helping the others in his boat catch fish. At the age of 12 he was already helping others catch fish.
As much time as he would spend helping others... he was still nailing them on his own. There were no muskies in the lake we were in, but he caught his share of nice pike, walleye by the boat load, and some awesome perch.
Up to that point I knew he loved fishing, but with that trip I knew he would be doing more than just fishing. He loves the sport, and gets just as much enjoyment helping others get fish than himself.
Some other stories... we would do some salmon and steelhead fishing in the Root River. We were sporting waders, and walking the river... never seemed to fail that he would be the first to get a fish. Some of my favorite times were when we would fish the river in winter. Not many people around, and could still walk the river, sight fish and find steelhead.
A funnier story, Mike and I were fishing Pelican lake. We were along a shoreline, that was a good spot for smallies, nothing big, but usually some good action. I think Mike was maybe 5 or 6 at the time. Well he casts out, two turns of the reel and bam, he gets hit, sets the hook and starts reeling. The rod doubles over, and I hear "dad, I got a big one here!" I pick up the net, the rod is doubled over, and you can just see the bounce of the rod, and the weight underwater. He is fighting the fish on the right side of the boat, then a run to the left, it stays there, then a run to the right, back and forth... this was going to be quite the fish! Well a few minutes of fighting, and finally comes into view... and it was one heck of a rock. Yep, a rock. I think we were over a hole, and when he would free the rock from one side, it would swing to the other, pulling drag then resting on the other edge. The swing was always erratic because of the shape... I tell ya, I still chuckle over that one.
Mike has caught his fair share of big fish, numbers of fish, and everything from perch to muskie. He has always been a great fishing partner, and I enjoy every moment we can get on the water.
As a dad, I could not have asked the good lord for a better fishing partner. I look forward to new memories, and more great times! I am as proud of him as any dad could be for a son.
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Location: Breezy Point, MN | Here is my oldest son, John posing with his first two muskies, one of which was captured on film on the "We Live Outdoors" TV Show when he caught and released his first ever thity-eight incher! My other son Matthew shows off his first ever musky, a thirty-eight inch fish from Eagle River, WI. Enjoy...
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| I've been hanging with MuskieFirst for quite a while. I think that this thread is one of the very very best that's ever been created, with credit due to all you folks who posted such great pics and stories of your wonderful kids. I'm so very pleased to read the proud tales and see the fantastic pictures. Way to go everybody everyone who contributed.
How about some more!!!!!
There should be a "Hall of Fame Threads" page and this one should be the very first.
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