And so ends your first guide trip.

When that's going on, sometimes you just gotta put your rod 'n reel down, sit back on the trolling motor and guide. If you get questioned by your dad as to why you're not fishing, just tell them that you're tired, or thirsty, or whatever. Make it up - lie.

Then you concentrate on putting him on fish. Nothing else matters. You position the boat so that he is in the strike zone. The next thing you know, you're calling out bites. There's one. Missed that one. There's another one. Hit it. Set the hook. You gonna catch the next one or what? Oh..culling as you go, I see.
Find your style of 'coaching'.

The next thing you know, your dad has put a couple of fish in the boat and you weren't concentrating on your own fishing so much that you didn't miss his smile.

Because THAT is what fishing is all about. The smiles. Especially those of a loved one when they get to, on the oft occassion, do something that you love to do so often. And you get to be a vast part of it.


Congrats on the trip with your dad.

Hey Tom you know I was just kidding. Glad you got to spend a day on the water with your Dad.

Well said

Way to front end your Dad on his birthday Tom!