Day On The River With My Son

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Day On The River With My Son

Post by njcatchrelease » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:22 am

Since my son was home from college for the holidays and we had a free day we hit the river for a few hours. Air temp was 36 and the water temp was 38. The river was running high but clear.

We managed to land 8 nice rainbows and 1 brown in a few hours of fishing. Even though the water temp was cold these fish seemed very active and were slamming our lures and once hooked put up a great fight! All fish released as always.

Here are a few photos...
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Re: Day On The River With My Son

Post by robtf » Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:01 pm

nice shots, always good to share time on the water with family!
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Re: Day On The River With My Son

Post by coaltrout » Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:57 pm

Nice fish and way to find em !
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Re: Day On The River With My Son

Post by BiggerThomas » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:58 am

Great shots. The best ones are with family imo.

I am looking forward to taking my sons this spring. They are 8 and 10.
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Re: Day On The River With My Son

Post by njcatchrelease » Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:22 am

BiggerThomas wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:58 am
 Great shots. The best ones are with family imo.

I am looking forward to taking my sons this spring. They are 8 and 10.
When I started taking my son at a young age (now 21), I made sure to make the day not just about fishing but about exploring the river area. Basically give them time to be kids!
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Re: Day On The River With My Son

Post by coaltrout » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:14 pm

If you dont see immediate interest with your kids in fishing, give it time. My dad took me out a few times as a kid. Took me years later to actually get into fishing. Just randomly one day wanted to, I think having my own car helped with that.

I think ways that my dad could have done better showing me the sport; not give your kid the spare leaky waders :mrgreen: Dont do the same lol!
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