Minden caught her first fish today

[ttown]

She's 3 years old. While her grandpa was catching another grass hopper. A big one took her pole 25 ft offshore, my daughter went out to the cork to save my little pony.

In an hour and a half I pulled in 3 large catfish, 1 bass, and 3 crappie on a yellow roster tail spinning bait.
I couldn't believe the catfish.

 

[retrieverman]

Sounds like y’all had a great day! Congrats!!!

 

[Shadowrider]

I couldn't believe the catfish.

I saw my BIL catch about a 4lb channel cat on a texas rigged Larue Salt Craw. I think he hit the fish in the mouth with his cast, the water just exploded when that plastic bate hit. The fight was on! We were bass fishing on Arbuckle.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Nice making those memories! Love fishing.

 

[Jason Freeland]

She's 3 years old. While her grandpa was catching another grass hopper. A big one took her pole 25 ft offshore, my daughter went out to the cork to save my little pony.

In an hour and a half I pulled in 3 large catfish, 1 bass, and 3 crappie on a yellow roster tail spinning bait.
I couldn't believe the catfish.
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Used to catch catfish all the time on Road Runners, at a private lake, growing up. About every 25% or so of fish caught, loved that lure.

 

[swampratt]

Great job on all of you.
Looks like you caught a tasty drum.
I like those.
Of course folks around here know my opinion on food.

 

[caliberbob]

. . .Of course folks around here know my opinion on food.

 

[hunter966]

That’s awesome getting to take her fishing, looks like ya’ll had fun.

 

[dennishoddy]

Great job on all of you.
Looks like you caught a tasty drum.
I like those.
Of course folks around here know my opinion on food.

Drum are good eating. A little tough to clean with that weird bone up by the gills, but once someone fillets a couple, they learn how to get around it.
They only eat live food preferring crawdads, but they will eat any minnow or a lure that gets close.
People think they look like a carp and throw them back.
Drum along with blue catfish are one of the only predators on the zebra mussel that is an invasive species.

 

[jimeradams]

That's awesome! I couldn't get my girls interested in going fishing to save my life lol!