SeaThruLens Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Convincing a 7 year old he has to get up at 5:30 to go fishing (his first time offshore) is not as hard as I thought. We met Rodworks at the ramp at 6:15 and headed out SLI. Loaded up live well by 7:30 and headed out to about 120'. We pushed through a few early bonito and hooked into a sailfish that put on quite a tail-walking show for for our junior angler. He held tight and with a little ***istance he leadered the fish. After a few pics of this proud father/son moment we successfully released the fish. After one more sail for we headed out to bluer water looking for dinner around 9:30am. Gave it a valiant effort until about 1pm with not much happening besides a refreshing deep water swim. On the run in we encounter a group of mantas and Rodworks made quick work picking 2 nice cobes off of them. Dinner is served. My son's first bluewater experience was stellar! Nature put on quite a show with turtles, bottle-nosed dolphins, rays, and the angling was even better, other than a lesson in patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaThruLens Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Not sure why images show up and others are just links, but the sailfish is in there lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyshon Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well done! Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonV Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Outstanding!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVuPlay Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Awesome time with your new fishing buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reel Loco Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 It doesn't get any better than that! Great catches and thanks for sharing this special time with us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmotion Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 dangit, that's cool... the bloody ice chest.. DIG. and no, it isn't hard to get them up early. i used to camp out in my dad's boat, because i thought they would leave me if i didn't wake up! had both of my daughters out this weekend. 22yrs old and 7yrs old (don't ask) anyone else play 'hide and seek' while swimming around the boat... my youngest thinks i'm aquaman because i can swim under the boat... and then sneak up on her. yeah. well. ok... i'm aquaman. yeah. i can own that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffscout Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Looks like a great day and a life long memory with your son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobiasco Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Pretty dang awesome. I was 33 when I caught my first. lucky kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaThruLens Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I consider myself a lucky Dad to be able to experience these things moment my boys. I think I was closer to 13 when I got my first one and back in those days only the rich folks had cameras :-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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