Bass on hot dogs

[NCYankee]

I supervised several kids fishing a small man-made pond at a relative's house on Memorial day. The only visible structure or cover is a small dock that covers about 15 sq ft of the pond. I had the kids fish off of the dock because I figured there would be some panfish under it. Within the first five minutes, my eleven year old nephew caught two bass in the 2+lb range. He caught them using a bobber and hot dog. Go figure. I helped him by lipping them and pulling them out of the water. I tried to get him to hold the first bass so I could take a picture of him and the bass, but he wouldn't touch it. An elven year old boy who is afraid to touch a fish!? I'm going to have to fix that.