DHaun
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I finally had a chance to take my kids out on the kneeboard that I got them for Christmas from 2:00-4:00pm today. After giving them a quick verbal lesson they were both riding it within 5 minutes on their first try. We decided to take turns and have each one to ride for 30 minutes. After both had their turns I said I wanted my turn...to fish for 30 minutes.
I went to a nearby river hole and started a drift and hooked a nice cat after about 5 minutes in 45ft. My new ugly stick was bent way over so they all knew this was a big fish and gathered up next to me to watch the fight. After marveling at its size when I got it to the surface there was a slight panic as I saw it was barely hooked in the corner of its mouth and no one could figure out how to operate the grippers in time so I said grab the net as it went back down for another run.
When it resurfaced my sweetie helped me with the net and we got it onboard. They had never seen Dad catch a big cat before on such short notice and as I picked it up with the grabbers to weigh it (just under 20 lbs) for a picture the big cat decided it was time to take a huge poop all over my boat and it seemed to lose about 1-2 lbs as I sat there holding it! emoLaugh
They were all downwind on the bow and as soon as they smelled it the shrieking began. Two of them started laughing and gagging spitting over the side of the boat . Nikie said we would have to go on home that she couldn't stand that smell and the nasty mess it made splattered in tiny dots of liquid cat mess basically all over the boat. I said everything was fine that I had a towel and told my daughter to get it for me from my tackle box. About that time, the smell hit me too as I was trying to get it off of my arms and my hands and I joined in and started gagging and spitting as well - this stuff was nasty!
Suddenly my daughter really surprised me and said it's not so bad and just started cleaning up the boat! She said I won't get sick unless I have to watch one of you get sick. I of course immediately Promoted her to First Mate and after repeatedly thanking her I told her that this was the best Father's Day gift she could ever give me!
I am still in amazement as she normally acts like she is easily grossed out... but today she cleaned the whole bottom of the boat rinsing out the towel in the river as I continued heaving and spitting. We then went for a few more rounds on the kneeboard and called it a day at 4pm. This may be the last time they'll ever go cat fishing with me but we were fortunate enough to remember to take a few pics of this memorable ordeal in order of occurrence
I went to a nearby river hole and started a drift and hooked a nice cat after about 5 minutes in 45ft. My new ugly stick was bent way over so they all knew this was a big fish and gathered up next to me to watch the fight. After marveling at its size when I got it to the surface there was a slight panic as I saw it was barely hooked in the corner of its mouth and no one could figure out how to operate the grippers in time so I said grab the net as it went back down for another run.
When it resurfaced my sweetie helped me with the net and we got it onboard. They had never seen Dad catch a big cat before on such short notice and as I picked it up with the grabbers to weigh it (just under 20 lbs) for a picture the big cat decided it was time to take a huge poop all over my boat and it seemed to lose about 1-2 lbs as I sat there holding it! emoLaugh
They were all downwind on the bow and as soon as they smelled it the shrieking began. Two of them started laughing and gagging spitting over the side of the boat . Nikie said we would have to go on home that she couldn't stand that smell and the nasty mess it made splattered in tiny dots of liquid cat mess basically all over the boat. I said everything was fine that I had a towel and told my daughter to get it for me from my tackle box. About that time, the smell hit me too as I was trying to get it off of my arms and my hands and I joined in and started gagging and spitting as well - this stuff was nasty!
Suddenly my daughter really surprised me and said it's not so bad and just started cleaning up the boat! She said I won't get sick unless I have to watch one of you get sick. I of course immediately Promoted her to First Mate and after repeatedly thanking her I told her that this was the best Father's Day gift she could ever give me!
I am still in amazement as she normally acts like she is easily grossed out... but today she cleaned the whole bottom of the boat rinsing out the towel in the river as I continued heaving and spitting. We then went for a few more rounds on the kneeboard and called it a day at 4pm. This may be the last time they'll ever go cat fishing with me but we were fortunate enough to remember to take a few pics of this memorable ordeal in order of occurrence
