Ever try to catch a large catfish on a kiddy pole?

[DanB]

My son wanted to go fishing last night(3 years old). He wanted to catch a whale.

Using the 5' kiddy pole baited with hotdogs we pulled in a couple 10" catfish. when we were running out of light something took the bait and started running. I had to take the pole so he wouldn't end up in the water. Kind of hard to catch a strong fish on a pole that you can't find the control to tighten up the drag. I finally gave up and just used my thumb to hold the line to the rod. After 2 hours(read maybe a minute) or so we finally landed the whale.

The look on my son's face was priceless. He was so excited. Of course he had to be coaxed into touching the fish.

I can't wait for more whale fishing expeditions with him. Hopefully he will master setting the hook and pulling in his own fish soon. I'll have to get pics from my Step-Mom later to post.

 

[dennishoddy]

That would have been fun to watch What do you figure the fish weighed?

 

[DanB]

The fish was around 20-24" long. probably 3-4 pounds. I'd like to say more but they always get smaller when they leave the water.

I just like how it took the hook and ran.

 

[HMFIC]

That's awesome! Building memories that will last a lifetime.

 

[zoomaster1]

Not intentionally, but seems to be the way it happens.

 

[Perplexed]

Definitely a memory that will last a lifetime! I remember wading in a lake with a HS friend while we were fishing for crappie, and he asked me the location of a submerged boulder I'd been standing on for a while. I extended the tip of my fishing pole into the water to probe for the rock, and voila - I had a huge crappie on the line. Talk about a surprise

 

[rebelracer79]

been there, I caught about a 3 1/2 pounder on my ultralight 3' crappie pole, I thought the pole was gonna break in half

 

[bigcountryok]

Sounds like a blast. I would have loved to seen his face. You two will remember that forever. Great job on getting him out there and taking the time to show him the outdoors!!!!! I have more fun fishing/hunting with kids than anything else. Those smiles seem to last forever.

 

[n423]

Sounds like you had a lot of fun,,,,,,enjoy your son. I remember when mine caught a big drum fish. he thought he had a shark. lmao

 

[beast1989]

My uncle always took me fishing and I cherish those memories. Is glad to see that your son wants to go fishing at that age.