Had a chance to take son in law Tom and 7 year old grandson to the southern inland sea for some trolling Saturday. Late start got us a chance to view a great salmon that meangreen had landed earlier and he gave us all the intel we need to get Lucas right into the fish:)
We setup outside the fleet and trolled in as we setup and got settled in for a sunny mid morning troll…
1st salmon came on a slide diver down 30 back 50 with a silver and black crazy Ivan on it.
Lucas jumped right on the rod and fought the fish like a pro. After 2 nice jumps and a nice fight the salmon was slid into the net for a happy kid to celebrate.
This got his interest and sprits peaked. We trolled by Chawk who snuck under the bridge to find silver in the sea. He had a whole crew on deck and had struck silver alder already. This gave Lucas a chance to talk to someone in the radio and make him really feel like a salmon troller swapping results with a boat off out bow.
Hot dogs, chips and Candy were the menu today. As you can imagine, Lucas had a say in that:)
Since he called the shots all day we ended up beaching for a swim due to the hot weather. While I would say this is not an option I would entertain in a normal trolling trip. It turned out to be a great idea!
looking forward to the next adventure with Lucas on Reelax. He seemed to really show some passion after the 1st salmon jumped multiple times on him. maybe he is hooked. Time will tell:)
Fish on!
