alumacraftjoe
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This years addition of fishing camp was a huge success! Lower numbers this year, but a great group that learned a lot. We spent three days at school learning about safety, tackle, rods/reels, knot tying, casting practice, etc. Each participant learned to tie the improved cinch knot and the Palomar knot. Each camper received a folder with everything we learned in camp and a small tackle pack (hooks, weights, bobber, and a few jigs I tied or received in swaps, as well as a fishing rod.
We targeted gills with red worms and crickets. Several nice gills and one nice red ear were taken by the kids....:
About 30 minutes in everyone had caught a fish except for one girl.... she finally hooked up and the fish wrapped her around a tree under the water. Our gracious host couldn't let that happen and hopped in the 8ft. jon boat and got the fish unwrapped and now everyone was on the board:
Many bass and catfish fell for the kids presentations and the kids were psyched to here the drag singing :
My daughter didn't participate in camp, but came on the final day for the fishing! She really enjoyed her custom rod I got her for her birthday and she handled her new spinning reel like a champ! (got it last Oct. and hadn't gotten to use it much until today) Taylor caught all her fish on a couple of jigs I tied. She picked up about 6 bass and 8 gills on the day and pretty much stayed to herself so I could work with the other kids. She did help get fish off the hook for others when I was busy. I did manage to sneak over to her side and get a pic with one of her nice bass.
Kids at the end with their tackle packs and binders... total haul for the group - 29 gills, 1 red ear, 6 catfish, and 19 bass ... pretty good couple of hours at the pond this morning!
We targeted gills with red worms and crickets. Several nice gills and one nice red ear were taken by the kids....:
About 30 minutes in everyone had caught a fish except for one girl.... she finally hooked up and the fish wrapped her around a tree under the water. Our gracious host couldn't let that happen and hopped in the 8ft. jon boat and got the fish unwrapped and now everyone was on the board:
Many bass and catfish fell for the kids presentations and the kids were psyched to here the drag singing :
My daughter didn't participate in camp, but came on the final day for the fishing! She really enjoyed her custom rod I got her for her birthday and she handled her new spinning reel like a champ! (got it last Oct. and hadn't gotten to use it much until today) Taylor caught all her fish on a couple of jigs I tied. She picked up about 6 bass and 8 gills on the day and pretty much stayed to herself so I could work with the other kids. She did help get fish off the hook for others when I was busy. I did manage to sneak over to her side and get a pic with one of her nice bass.
Kids at the end with their tackle packs and binders... total haul for the group - 29 gills, 1 red ear, 6 catfish, and 19 bass ... pretty good couple of hours at the pond this morning!