6-14-2011--Yesterday. members of the Coastal Bend Guides' Association took children from STCH fishing. My two boys caught 8 keeper trout, several small trout, gaftop and hardheads and missed over 30 trout bites.
It took most of the morning for me to figure out a way for them to hook fish. We started out holding the rod high and trying to follow the fish down in order to have time for the bait to be totally swallowed before the hookset. But that didn't work because the boys couldn't resist jerking the minute the bite started. Next I had them hold their finger on the line with the bail open but they just couldn't make themselves turn the finger loose quickly when the bite came. The final solution was to put the rods in the rod holders with the bail open and then I would tell them when to pick up the rod and close the bail. That worked but it still got complicated when they both got bites at once.
The boys seemed to have a great time and expressed great appreciation for the opportunity to go fishing. The total catch of trout from all boats was much better this year that in other recent years. In fact there were not enough nails on the picture taking rack to hang all the fish. A couple of boats caught redfish and one caught 2 sharks, a large black drum and a jack.
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