Cody and I took our first female entry winner, Megan Robinson of Claremore, on a bass fishing trip at Ft. Gibson Lake. My plan was to start early by throwing fast moving baits in search of those elusive green fish. It just so happens that a crank bait is also Megan’s favorite bait to throw as well. Of course I would always check the flooded timber and then move out to deeper water to try our hand at Carolina rigging later in the afternoon, which is one of my favorite ways to fish.

We packed up all the gear along with the camera and headed straight to one of my favorite spots, that has always produced a fish or two. Megan didn’t take long to impress me with her skills as an angler by matching me cast for cast with her favorite crank bait. She was throwing, what looked to me, to be the old trusty zebco. As with most kids she did try to catch a few fish out of the trees but we retrieved all of the errant casts with little or no problems.

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I attempted to give her a few lessons on how to control a baitcaster, which she really picked up on pretty easily. The only down fall is; although I am not left handed, I have learned to throw left handed. It is hard enough to throw a baitcaster, not to mention trying to learn how to throw left handed as well. So we gave up on the lessons and she was content to chunk that crank bait with her trusty zebco.

The crank bait bite wasn’t to be, so we regrouped and headed into the flooded bushes. It was her dad that landed the first fish from the back of the boat by throwing a jig in front of the brush and also giving me a clue as to what they were looking to feed on that day. So we re-rigged the kids and headed to a nice spot to where the kids could get on some fish.

The fishing was pretty slow and holding the attention of two young anglers was getting to be quite a task.  Although when the fishing gets tough it is easier to get to know a person.

Megan is definitely not afraid of the camera and with her and Cody paired together you don’t get to do much talking and you lose a lot of baits. Not from fishing, but the two of them found a way to make a few worm races, with the looser ending up cut in half by a pair of scissors. I must have gone through a half a bag of worms that day with never tying one on the end of my line.

All was not lost as we managed to bag a few fish out of the bushes and even managed to find a few with the old trusty Carolina rig on secondary points.

The highlight of the day was when we moved all the way back into a long cove and started pulling out some very nice sized fish. They were hanging a little closer to the brush as the sun had gotten higher. The kids forgot about their worm races long enough to catch a few fish themselves, the fishing was heating up and the day was coming to an end.

Cody made himself another fishing pal and we all enjoyed the day. With fall just around the corner the fish are beginning to move into the shallows in search of an easy meal. So grab your gear and take a kid fishing! Don’t forget to check the backs of the coves for fish hanging tight to the brush. You may be surprised what is lying in only a foot of water.

Grab your gear and take a kid fishing. You will create a memory that will last them a lifetime.

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