Nathaniel Learning to Bait a Hook, Cast, And Reel in The Big one.

I’ve been really busy with the wedding plans, but find time in-between to teach my 8 year old the basics. First taught him how to cast , then how to cut the night-crawler in half (dull pocket knife) and thread it on the hook. We began at 5am, according to the feeding graphs 6am would be a great time to catch fish at. So we filled up with gas, breakfast, and coffee and juice. Met Nate (My Fishing Partner) then headed of to lake Arrowhead, but not our usual spot cause that was weeded over something terrible we went to a new location i had discovered while exploring one day. set up camp and got my son fishing ASAP. I wasn’t long before he was pulling in Perch, Sunfish, and Bull Head.

He had so much fun he only stopped to play with his army-men when the fish really stopped biting. When the bite was on he was at the front line catching fish before we could get out of our chairs.  He reeled in (acording to the new Masters Of Angling program Vermont has started) a Trophy sized Bull head. I’m so proud, he will be receiving a certificate for his trophy catch.

Nathaniel's Trophy Bullhead

Now he’s ready for his next fishing adventure before he goes back home to Nebraska for the school year It’s These fishing trips that will make an impression for a lifetime. Take a kid fishing and inspire them!

The Happy Fisherman

Hello Everyone , I know it’s been awhile scence my last blog but things have been crazy busy in my life so I thought I’d catch you all up with what I’ve been up to and what I’ve been catching. So Those who follow me on facebook know I have been non stop busy Scence the ice fishing season which ended with us catching the biggest perch we’ve caught and discovering the sweet taste of white perch.

End Of Ice Season Catch

Then we worked continuously on our boat which worked then died every time we put her in the water by the third time, the motor we thought to be an expensive fix just needed to be JB welded and set for 24 hours. (will be posting boat launch success video  on getreeled.com today.) We tested the boat and all it’s gear that day so no fish but we will be taking boat out again soon to really fish from it this time, now that the testing phase is over.

Old Busted Motor

Fixed working Motor

On top of all that I’m planning my wedding, but still managed to squeeze in a day of fishing once every weekend, problem is here in Vermont the spring weather has really been Funky and what I mean is that one day the weather would be in the 80’s and the next would be in the low 60’s threw spring fishing way out of wack, the only fish we caught worth mentioning is a nice size pickerel caught in the shallows from shore.

The last few weekends we went night fishing from shore at Limoil river in hopes of catching channel cats, we caught one small channel cat that night. but before the night was over a ” Mystery” fish doubled over my 8 foot surf rod and put up one heck of a battle I was netting and my buddy Nate was working the fish when he tried to adjust the drag and Snapped the line.

Limoil River

The following weekend we went back, this time loaded with 65 lb sonic braid ,at first the night Started out the same way nice and slow and relaxing, then Nate got his line tangled in the rocks so I went to help. while doing so my rod began to double over and bounce violently, Nate was Lighter and faster than me so I sent him over to catch the rod, He reached it just in time as the rod itself was coming out of the holder and the first battle ensued. Drag screaming, Hearts pounding, Adrenalin flowing. The Beast reached the net to our amazement it was a 13lb freshwater drum (better known as a sheephead) , almost 3 feet long. shortly after that I reeled in a 9 lb that was 2 feet 4 inches. Awesome fish and wicked battle. The Following photo are our victory and trophy poses from that night.

Nate's Victory Pose

My Victory Pose

"Nate's Trophy Pose"

My Trophy Pose

well that should catch us up for the moment, and I’m almost Finished with installing our pool, which was eating up alot more time than anticipated. and only a few more months left till the wedding i should be back in business and blogging more often. thanks for your time and patience.

Hey guys – I just wanted to share some funny stories posted by some GetREELed.com members when I asked them to tell me about their fish that got away…

I’ve only posted some snippets of their stories here on the Ultimate Fishing Directory Blog so make sure to click through to read the entire tale.

You never know… it may help you next time you’re fighting to keep your catch!

Scott H:
“The best fishing trip of the year for me and my friends from SBD Kayak Fishing was our trip to Antero Reservoir in Colorado. This placed was stocked regularly with BIG trout and constantly produces 4-7 pounders almost daily.

We went there in our fishing kayaks and started getting into some big trout in the edge of this tall weed bed. All in a row we each hooked into giant trout- but MINE…oh that fish…” Read More

Ira B:
“t was so sad. I grew up on Long Island and never really fished for Striped Bass because the size limit was 36 inches at the time. I have always preferred blue fish myself, to eat and to catch…” Read More

Jesse:
“All I can say on this one is this…..Me and two friends were fishing about 3 miles outside the Boyton Inlet drifting finger mullet…” Read More

Steve G:
“It began like many other days. The weather was a nice warm late spring day, clear skies and the sun shining bright. I made my way down to a hole on the North Saskachewan river just outside and upstream from Edmonton. We have been fishing there for many years and it was usually good for some goldeye, walleye, pike, sauger and some red-tailed suckers…” Read More

Cheers to everyone for sharing

If you’ve got a great story to tell, stop by GetREELed.com and share with us!