loosescrews
05-22-2017, 03:39 PM
Yesterday morning my buddy Horatio and I ran out looking to do some livelining but could only find slammer blues off longbranch. Came back in to pick up my son Clayton 3 1/2 and Horatio's son Andrew 4 around 230pm to do a few drifts in the river for opening day. The river was dead so we made a few between AH and highlands where I picked up one earlier. Clayton had his rod in the holder when I see it get doubled over and start bouncing. Up until now he was holding his rod but apparently the trick was dead sticking. Lol. I handed him the rod and he starts cranking. He tries passing me the rod and "I say no bud this one is all you". Luckily we were only in 10' water so up comes a 18 1/2" beauty. Put a huge smile on his face and a bigger one on mine. We've caught sunnies and snappers before but this is a step up for sure. I think he's hooked.