Lil X @ CANYON Lake a couple 1sts for him!!!

[Xman2000]

Hey all just wanted to share are fishing excursion to Canyon Lake last Sat night .we have been planning this trip for a couple of weeks since some of our catfishing trips haven't bore much fruit, and not sure about any one else on here that does fishing float tubes in Arizona for Bass but I have for a couple of years now and man to me ,and now I can say us! Its a very comfy way to fish all night in 100+ deg weather in AZ. Any ways for the past couple of years when I have been going out tube fishing and Lil X sees me getting all my gear ready to go wet a line and is always a heart break seeing the tears roll off his face knowing his older brother and I are going tube fishing while he has to stay home with Mom . ( if you know my youngest he lives and breathes fishing its all he talks about ) so this time I told him you are old enough Son its time. He's been practicing in our pool with an old browning tube of mine that is now his. I tie him to my float tube with 40 foot line and put a life jacket on and drag him around the no motor area of the lake .So all day he was reminding me of the trip and when are we going to go well we finally got the around 12 and put all our gear together lil x his brother Jay and me.We met some friends in the parking lot that we fish with and started for the water got our gear snacks poles and tackle on the tubes put our fins on and headed for open water. Being it was Lil x's first time I decided to get away from every one else and head to a different spot than I would normally fish mainly to work out the logistics of pulling my kid ,setting up lures lures and teaching him how and wear to cast last thing I wanted was my 6 year old to hook a friend ,me or a fishing tube .So it seemed like a long night with out any action so Lil X switched to crawlers and started to target blue gills and it was not long before he could detect a gill on his line and set the hook all in the dark! It is really funny watching his instincts work naturally while fishing we got to just hang shoot the breeze and talk about the morning bite .He told me he loved listening to the frogs croaking and the crickets chirp and the birds flying from one spot to the next. Well he must have caught half a dozen or so gills and put em back because there were no size to them and finally the morning crest started to show and the fish started to bust in the area we were in I put on a popper and bang my first bass of the day so little X said to me Dad I want to catch one on top water I putt on a mini spook for him and he gave it a couple of twitches and bang a feisty little Bass nailed his lure it was a fist for him on top water and just to see the excitement in his eyes and the hi fives that's what it is all about. His brother was with his friends catching bass as well down the ways so it was just little X and I trying to get more explosions to happen but it soon stopped as fast as it started so we began to make are way back to our buddy and my son Jay when Lil X said hey I want to change back to crawlers I know there are Bass around that point so I pulled him next to me rigged him up and we started for the big point he was talking about .All the gang was around the corner and I wanted to get to my other kid because he had the cooler on his boat and I was dying for a drink of water since I was my kids trolling motor all night But lil X told me Dad slow down I want to hit this point I know there is a bass here stop so I stopped let him cast perfectly next to a stump he gave it a couple of gentle twitches and said I got a bite then he reared back with a giant hook set and said Dad its a toad!!! lol we sure enough the bass busted out of the water trying to shake the hook and poor Bass he was in my kids wheelhouse now he played that thing till the bass tapped out and he had everyone's attention in our party and on the shore I got close enough to him I was able to lip him for him and every one cheered He was happiest kids on the lake it was the big fish of the day 4 pounder!!!! like he likes to say so we took lot of pics and of course my boys smoked me again hope u enjoy are excusion!!!!

[hoghntr]

Nice!

[wayno945]

Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing!

[tjhunt2]

Now that's the way I like to start my morning off reading a good story. Especially when it comes to kids out fishing Dad. Great job Lil X and kudos to Dad. I always enjoy reading about your fishing trips and know we're going to see some pictures. I can't wait till the next adventure. Getting them kids out there is saying alot for you Big X.

 

TJ

[twigsnapper]

Love it!! Nice work little man. You've got a lot of years of out fishin the ole man ahead of you.

[CouesWhitetail]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your adventure!!

[firstcoueswas80]

That is friggin awesome!

[Big Browns]

Awesome! Great job! He might be the next Kevin Van Dam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chef]

That's the way it's done right there!

 

LOVE these posts on the forum!

 

Way to go Dad!

[Xman2000]

thanks Guys he all ramped up u can guess where will be this weekend lol

[bonecollector]

That is too cool. Lil X is quite the fisherman.

[Mocha1545]

Awesome! Way to go little X. Great job Dad! Love to read of your adventures.

[jackshoe]

Great write up and Pics. Kudos to you for getting the young'uns out and started right. If more parents would do what you're doing, our country would be in a lot better shape in a few years.