07-31-2004, 07:23 PM
Freshwater species upgrade
smallmouth bass , 1-1/2 pounds , 16" long
cought at the beaverton powerplant dam 7-31-04
bottombouncing a leach .
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now lemmy tell you about my helper . a family group arrived shortley after i did taking care to carry their kid down the steep bank to the fishing site . i , already having cought a couple dosen undersized fish and them not having much luck , decided to let " lil' L " reel in some of my fish .( i call him lil L because the parents don't wish to have his name or pic posted on the web )
well i asked the parents if they would mind letting him reel in a fish or two when i cought them , "sure , no problem" was there reply .
so on comes another smallie , i called for him to come down and the father picked him up instead and brought him down , after all he couldn't have been more than 4 , understandible i thought .
well the father held lil'L the entire time he fought that 10" smallmouth , you shoulda seen his face and heard all the sounds of excitement he made , after all this was his first fish ever . the young lad is now hooked on fishing for life .
well the dad took him back to there spot , then back again a few times for another one of my fish . lil L never got up , roamed around or did much but concentrate on the end of his snoopey rod .
on the next fish he landed for me thats when i noticed something that almost broke my heart to see . lil L couldn't walk down on his own , and couldn't stand on his own , the braces told his story for him .
from that point on each and every fish i had was walked down to my junior fishing buddy for his expert landing tactics , after all it isn't much fun fishing if you don't give out a good proper " wowey , i got one " .
well later his snoopey pole finally paid for itself and he reeled in a nice 11" smallmouth of his own , it dosen't get much better than that . then it finally came time for them to leave but , before going i gave my new pal a big ol' thank you for getting in all those fish for me .
he gave me a "your welcome very much " and then added " now i can do something , i can help out big people to fish ".
it wasen't even noon yet and i knew the day couldn't have gotten anybetter that it already had .
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smallmouth bass , 1-1/2 pounds , 16" long
cought at the beaverton powerplant dam 7-31-04
bottombouncing a leach .
now lemmy tell you about my helper . a family group arrived shortley after i did taking care to carry their kid down the steep bank to the fishing site . i , already having cought a couple dosen undersized fish and them not having much luck , decided to let " lil' L " reel in some of my fish .( i call him lil L because the parents don't wish to have his name or pic posted on the web )
well i asked the parents if they would mind letting him reel in a fish or two when i cought them , "sure , no problem" was there reply .
so on comes another smallie , i called for him to come down and the father picked him up instead and brought him down , after all he couldn't have been more than 4 , understandible i thought .
well the father held lil'L the entire time he fought that 10" smallmouth , you shoulda seen his face and heard all the sounds of excitement he made , after all this was his first fish ever . the young lad is now hooked on fishing for life .
well the dad took him back to there spot , then back again a few times for another one of my fish . lil L never got up , roamed around or did much but concentrate on the end of his snoopey rod .
on the next fish he landed for me thats when i noticed something that almost broke my heart to see . lil L couldn't walk down on his own , and couldn't stand on his own , the braces told his story for him .
from that point on each and every fish i had was walked down to my junior fishing buddy for his expert landing tactics , after all it isn't much fun fishing if you don't give out a good proper " wowey , i got one " .
well later his snoopey pole finally paid for itself and he reeled in a nice 11" smallmouth of his own , it dosen't get much better than that . then it finally came time for them to leave but , before going i gave my new pal a big ol' thank you for getting in all those fish for me .
he gave me a "your welcome very much " and then added " now i can do something , i can help out big people to fish ".
it wasen't even noon yet and i knew the day couldn't have gotten anybetter that it already had .
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