Kids and big fish

Since the kids had today off, I decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather, ditch work and earn points toward an upgrade in my potential retirement home. 
"You wanna catch some big fish guys?" says I
"Where?" says they, without looking up from their respective electronic distraction devices.
Three choices were offered, complete with pictures and maps.  The pictures (specifically Jammer's and Craigs pictures) got their attention.
"There!" says one.
"Wherever..." says the other

Queue the stacatto images of kids mowing the lawn and dad loading 3 people's worth of gear into and onto a mid-size sedan, stops by the bank, bait runs, and a rushed lunch, all punctuated by laughter, video games, facebook, rough housing and goofy dancing to new re-mixes of old songs.

I must admit, 2:00PM was not the hour I had in mind for our 1st drop, but today was about time spent with my sons, not just the fishing, right?  Whatever, that's how I can justify all that work for an hour and a half of fishing.  But, what an hour and a half!

Finally on the water


Taylor Scores the 1st Bendo


Taylor's 1st Keeper size Dino


Kai Bends a Broomstick


A Quarter Mile Sleigh Ride!!!!!!


Kai's 1st Oversize.  Gotta love it when your kid beats your personal best!


-Spot-

If I'm half the dad you are ... my son will catch a keeper!!!   

Nice work all around Team Spot.

-Allen

So great! What cool pics. Nice work, dad. I'm looking forward to getting my grand kids a sturgeon.

iHop

That's such an awesome report!  Great pics!

Great report Spot.  I can't wait until my boys are old enough to get out there with me.  Kai has an awesome lucky fishing hat, as well!

Way to go!  Big fish with the kids?   

Great job dad!

Oh yah, "cool dad"!  Awesome.

That is awesome.  Way to go Kai.

Way to show up the ol' man Kai.  Speaking of which, where's the picture of your Dino, Spot? (not that I have any room to open my piehole)

Great Post Mark.  And great fish Kai.  You know they're big when you can only get a pic of the nose.  Right on.

Thanks Guys!  It was a lot of fun and the scenery below the falls is amazing.  Big thanks to craig and Jammer for the incentive to finally explore this area.

I had a couple of missed chances to put one on the board but mostly caddied for and took pictures of the boys. 

Allen, I have no doubt we'll be seeing your son with a shark in his lap.

-Spot-

That is completely awesome Spot! I love taking my kids fishing and I have been thinking about trying to rent a second kayak and take my daughter out with me. How did you manage the anchoring? I was trying to decide how that would work if I had my daughter in a second kayak. My thought was that I would drop anchor and then perhaps have her either beside me or trailing down stream from me. Any tips on this would be fantastic.

The only bad thing about your post is that after seeing it I am having a hard time drinking my coffee out of my #1 dad mug

I was trying to decide how that would work if I had my daughter in a second kayak. My thought was that I would drop anchor and then perhaps have her either beside me or trailing down stream from me. Any tips on this would be fantastic.

The solution is ridiculously simple.  Just make a Y in your buoy line.  Instead of a single stern line clip I have two seperate clips, each on a 2 foot long lead.  This set-up allows each person to drop off anchor independently.

Lowest tech solution is to simply hang on to the anchored person's yak.     Aint that right DC? 

-Spot-

Now that is cool. Spot, I'm very impressed by your kids. Shredding waves one day and catching big sturgeon the next. You guys hammered 'em. I forgot you had a son named Kai. That's also my 2 year old sons name. Nice job guys!

Spot, you-da-man! That looks the best day ever till tomorrow!


Please note that I'm insanely jealous and wondering if you would be willing to swap one of yours for my just barely not a teenager. She does really well in school, sings and plays the trumpet?!?!?

(totally dis-interested in any fishing though)