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[Coachman]

I invited a co-worker and her 11 year old son out for some fishing this morning. I arrived at the Canal at about 7:54am and was immediately into fish. Lisa and her son Jake arrived around 9:00 and they were so busy catching fish that I spent almost as much time lending a hand as I did fishing. Jake got into a couple scrappy little bullheads that had a big grin on the kid's face. I did manage one nice bullhead myself. . . just over 2 pounds by the scale.

After the sun passed the zenith we moved over to the harbour shoreline near the Canal entrance, the idea being that I wanted to get Jake into some bass. After about twenty minutes, Jake decided he had to go to the loo. The closest "johnny was about a 10 minute walk, so off he went, asking me to watch his float while he was gone. He was out of sight about two minutes when his float went under. I grabbed it and set the hook, to be rewarded with a hard pull and an explosion of water. The result was a solid 4-pounder! I felt so bad for the kid. . . he missed the best fish of the day! Of course he took credit for it anyway, seeing as how it was his rod.

[Bassmaster]

Holy! Look at the size of that yap on that bass! That would have been something for sure! As far as kids go they don't care what's on the end of the line as long as it's a fish.

[Tony]

Great report, Coachman........That young boy, looks like he's very proud of his catch.................

[smerchly]

Very nice report and good on ya Coachman for coaching the young lass and taking him & his mom fishing . Those memories last a lifetime ....I know !

[Coachman]

When I took Jake fishing for the first time a couple months ago, the first thing I told him was "if you bring something with you, it leaves with you." So you can imagine how pleased I was that he packed away his empty drink bottle, his candy wrappers and discarded fishing line without being prompted. He even helped his mom fill two shopping bags with trash from the shoreline to be deposited in the trash.

He was a bit squeamish about holding the fish, especially after I showed him the spines on a catfish's fins, but he was a real trooper! He even expressed concern over releasing a fish that had been too deeply hooked to safely remove the hook. When I assured him that the hook would eventually rust away with no long-term harm to the fish, he said that was good because he couldn't bear to think of killing a fish!

I think we have a true conservationist in the works there!

[hammercarp]

WTG coachman!

[Coachman]

ANNNNNND. . . . we made it into today's paper! At least a photo of us did!



Hamilton SPec Article

[hammercarp]

Pretty cool coachman.
The other guy mentioned in the article must have a good set of chompers.
"Almost every time I catch fish - -- carp, catfish, silver birch. I especially like the channel catfish."

He eats them all, "

[Coachman]

Yup. Must have some beaver in his genes if he can chow down on a silver birch.

I know I've hooked a few silver birch in my day. Pine, maple, oak, beech too. . . usually on a back-cast.

[Dark_Edge]

Coachman, on Jul 5 2010, 10:04 PM, said:

Yup. Must have some beaver in his genes if he can chow down on a silver birch.

I know I've hooked a few silver birch in my day. Pine, maple, oak, beech too. . . usually on a back-cast.

I've hung into a few unidentifiable logfish before. Sometimes a stick bass, or grass bass. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, that's all I've pulled out of the drink in the last week...

[crazyben789]

has it heated up there now? the fishin good right now?

[Coachman]

crazyben789, on Jul 6 2010, 11:17 PM, said:

has it heated up there now? the fishin good right now?

I can't speak for everyone, and of course a few days can make a difference, but Saturday was a very good day in the Hammer for us.