I've been fishing a couple times since my last post. Nothing big. Just a couple quick trips to the local ponds with no success.
Today I wanted to take my son to the local pond and get him to hook and land a fish on his own, even if it was a little one. Until now, all the fish he's caught have been hooked by someone else. I wanted him to feel the sensation for himself. So we grabbed some hotdogs and started searching for bluegill. Now bluegill are not the biggest fish, but they are fairly easy to catch at the pond. Plus, the ones we have at the pond are much larger than normal bluegill. Add on top of that a super sensitive ultra light rod and I knew he'd be able to experience a nice enough fight from those little guys.
We fished for about an hour trying different spots, working our way towards the far end of the pond but he was only getting bites from the turtles.
Finally at the far end of the pond he had some luck. He hooked a decent sized bluegill that actually bent his rod quite a bit and did a couple of jumps and tail walks (that was interesting).
