Newbie Story With an answer

dugEfresh · 08-11-2005, 03:19 AM

My story really started last year, my son Pat who was 10 at the time, myself and a good friend decided to go SALMON FISHING.
This was to be his first trip in a boat with someone who knew what they were doing. I'm pretty much a once in a while boater. Work, home and hunting are my pleasures. (not in that order..) I have taken him out for sturgeon around tongue point with only a few shakers ever caught. Anyway we got the chance to fish Nehalem Bay last year about this time of year, after a short time I heard Pat say that he thought he had a bite. Sure enough the tip of his pole kept bouncing in and out of the water. He set the hook like he has been doing it for years and fought the fish well. After about ten minutes, in the net slides a 15lb chinook. Hooked for life,and I now have a new fishing partner. We ended the day with myself landing a 25lb and a 40lb fish. Guess I'm hooked for life also! Like I said that was last year about this time, and we just got back from making the same trip again this year. I don't now what or why but I got a 12 and then a 30. I handed the pole over to Pat on the 30, he fought it well but had a few problems and told me to finish it off...
My biggest concern now is how to explain to him that those days are just the exeption and not the norm.

Dullhook · 08-11-2005, 03:42 AM

What a way to break into salmon fishing!

Welcome to ifish and may you and your son have many more
fishing and hunting trips together!

Fshklr · 08-11-2005, 04:22 AM

Welcome to the show!!!

for some people (the 10% that catch fish) it is the norm!!

the other 90% watch and struggle

Maybe you and Pat need to consider

...Your in the 10%

PapaHog · 08-11-2005, 04:24 AM

Nice story.

Time will answer your question for you.

Fossil · 08-11-2005, 06:59 AM

Thanks for the story and welcome to Ifish.

FisherJack · 08-11-2005, 07:06 AM

Welcome aboard, dugEfresh.

Thanks for the story.

That was indeed a great salmon-fishing day. I hope you and your son do as well again this year.

3riversBob · 08-11-2005, 07:22 AM

Welcome!

Great to have new ifishers and good start to your sons salmon fishing days. Be sure and share ifish with him as well. Let him read some of the posts on fishers not catching fish. Let him check out some of the tech tips and read about the fish that ARE being caught and how they are doing it. Soon he will be outfishing you on a regular basis.

Bob

Slayerofthefishies · 08-12-2005, 03:53 AM

Welcome... Advice to all Ifishers, Never take a sandwhich from Dougs wife!!!! Slayer... It about time you stopped lurking.

shalom · 08-12-2005, 10:27 AM

Welcome Aboard !!!!!