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11/11/2010
Float Fishing
Chum Salmon
Jig
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11/11/2010
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My Daughter’s First Salmon – Metzler Report 11-11-10

Today was the day! After a long while, I finally had a chance to go fishing. To make things even better, my daughter accompanied me and was excited to catch her first salmon. Honestly, as amped as was, I think I might have been more excited than she. My primary goal today was to help her catch her first salmon and my secondary goal was to catch a chum or two with just a jig.

We arrived at Metzler at about 9:30 a.m., and had the pleasure of bumping into Wannafish and meeting Flotnfly and his sons.

I got my daughter rigged and ready to fish shortly afterward and filled her in on the etiquette and on how to attack the water. Yeah, right! I have not yet tried the float, jig, and shrimp rig yet and all of my knowledge of it was gained through this site and other research. I have to give a huge thanks to Wannafish and Foltnfly for helping us out.

I don’t think fifteen minutes had passed when my daughter’s bobber went down. Wannafish says it was probably my daughter’s fourth cast. “Yes! Alright!” I thought to myself. For those that don’t know, my daughter has the knack of catching her first fish on just about every outing when I am preparing my rig. She certainly lived up to her reputation again.

My daughter was very impressed with the fight the chum was giving her and I told that is why everyone else is also here. She brought the salmon in as close as she could to the bank and I did the rest. I have say thanks to the gentleman who took our photograph with the chum.

I didn’t do half as well. I went 0 for 2. The first salmon was foul hooked in the tail (bummer!). The second one was hooked fair and square in the kisser but got away. Still, this was a great outing. I suppose that my daughter’s success will have to carry the day. I dedicate this to our veterans. If it weren't for them and the sacrifices they made, we would not have the liberties that we possess. Take care, and God bless them.


-ib

Conditions: Partly Sunny, Cool.

Gear:
Daughter: 6’6” Rapala Spinning Rod and Reel -- Float, Shrimp, & homemade marabou jig.
Dad: 8’6” Lamiglas Norwest Special and Shimano Curado 201D, 1/4 oz. homemade marabou jigs, and one of wannafish’s homemade jigs.


Comments

Toni
11/12/2010 6:57:00 AM
As always a great report.
Gringo Pescador
11/12/2010 7:35:00 AM
Nice job Island!
knotabassturd
11/12/2010 9:16:00 AM
Alright ib! Nice to see U getting out. LOL when I read your reports I think 'hmm, sounds like me' with not getting out as much as want but still very happy to enjoy it when the time permits.
jens
11/12/2010 11:42:00 AM
Awesome!
jens
11/12/2010 11:43:00 AM
Did you foul hook your salmon with a Jig??
islandbass
11/12/2010 12:45:00 PM
Jens, unfortunately, yes. I fished just a jig and let it drift. The foul hook up was made sight unseen. The pole bent down and the line took off just seconds after the jig splashed down and disappeared under the water's surface. I didn't even set the hook and felt that something was not right. There were two other foul hooked chums in the same time frame by other anglers, but they were using a float and jig.
fishingmaster911
11/12/2010 1:33:00 PM
Hey, your daughter did a great job. She was fishing right next to me between Wannafish and me. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that my Dad who was next to me also said she did great for it being her first fish. He says congrats and hopefully we will see you out there again this weekend maybe.
jens
11/12/2010 3:20:00 PM
Now if you can get your daughter dialed in with bobber/jig for Steelies...

I have my 2 yr old daughter saying, "bobber down, bobber down.."
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