Daughter School's Me

[Big Sky]

Yesterday my youngest daughter and I decided we needed a daddy/daughter day fishing. She graduates next month and every minute can spend together is cherished. The wind was brutal but the fishing was great. We are both anxious to go back and do it again. We caught so many fish we lost count and my arms actually are sore this morning. It is a good kind of sore though. While I may have caught a few more than her, she held her own pretty good, and ended up catching the largest fish of the day.

So without further delay here's a handful of pics from what we actually caught.


I got a couple okay fish.


...and this pig...


Shortly after this my daughter caught her big fish for the day. This is one nice 25" toothy monster from the deep. The closest I came was with a 23" fish.

One more just for fun.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Caught on jigs? They should be cruising the shallows pretty hard right now.

 

[Big Sky]

JLS, yes all on the jigs. Funny side story. There were several fly fishermen there. Between all of them they caught 3 fish. One guy caught two and his partner caught one. None of the others caught anything. I exchanged some information with some of the fishermen. One guy that has been a hard core fly fisherman for 50 years I loaned an extra rod too and showed him how to jig fish. He caught a nice 24.5" trout. Last night he calls me and was in the middle of setting up his own jigging rod set up. Another, convert see's the light.

 

[Festus]

Way to go Dad! Never tire of your fish pics.
Spin em, girl!

 

[duckhunt]

Great stuff

 

[kansasdad]

Troy, your "pig" looks like his teeth are in need of dentures.
That was a fantastic afternoon with delightful company. Congratulations

 

[jrabq]

Wow, that looks like an awesome time fishing, and cherishing time with your daughter!

 

[bobbydean]

I would think the Dad is probably happier than the daughter. He taught her well.

 

[Big Sky]

Bobbydean, you would be correct.

 

[Art Vandeley]

Excellent pictures, I think I know one of the fly fisherman that were skunked there !

 

[Gunner46]

I need to move.......

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

I need to move.......

Depends on what type of fishing you want to move toward......



Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread

 

[Bambistew]

I was just day dreaming about doing the same thing in the same lake... THose are some really nice fish!

Depends on what type of fishing you want to move toward......
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Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread

Come on now. Snaggin' isn't fishin'. hahaha I'm ready for June 11 to get here...

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Come on now. Snaggin' isn't fishin'. hahaha I'm ready for June 11 to get here...

hahah! I'm coming back home to snag a few the 15th. I try to do a trip every year to scratch my fishing itch.

How long have you been in Chugiak? I grew up there myself.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Your fishing threads always inspire and congrats on some great monsters and the time well spent with your daughter!

 

[Bambistew]

How long have you been in Chugiak? I grew up there myself.

Coming up on 10 years next month. Hard to believe its been that long already.

 

[cgarner]

Great father-daughter experience. Nice fish too.

 

[Northwoods]

Looks like an awesome day! You’re dialed in on some big rainbows.