My Daughter’s First Salmon – 11-11-10

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My Daughter’s First Salmon – 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.



Smiling and getting ready.

We arrived at about 9:30 a.m., and had the pleasure of bumping into fellow members of a local fishing forum.

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 local fishing forums and other research. I have to give a huge thanks to those members for helping us out.


Chasing the chums.

It was on about my daughter’s fourth cast that her bobber went down. “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.


Daughter’s first salmon, caught with a float and homemade jig, and a piece of shrimp.

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.
Location: Green River, WA
Gear:
Daughter: 6’6” Rapala Spinning Rod and Reel -- Float, Shrimp, and homemade marabou jig.
Dad: 8’6” Lamiglas Norwest Special and Shimano Curado 201, homemade marabou jigs.