Went fishing with the wife and boys yesterday. Nothing fancy, just bank fishing with worms and bobbers. Went to a local park, a harbor on the Arkansas River, and a bay on Lake Ft. Gibson (about 20-24' above normal). I was sitting on a picnic table and fishing in some trees. Sam caught 1 perch at the park; I caught 1 perch at the Ark. River; Sam caught 2 more perch at Lake Ft. Gibson, I caught 1 more at Lake Ft. Gibson, and Isaac finally caught his first after 7 hours of fishing.
We were getting ready to go and Isaac started crying cause he hadn't caught anything and I had to break his line because he got hung up. I took Sam's pole and put the line at the base of a tree under water (for Isaac). The perch were camping around the base of the trees. Isaac started getting a nibble instantly, then nothing, nibble, then nothing, wait, nibble, nothing for a minute or so, nibble, nibble, nibble, I started praying to God in my head "put a fish on the hook please", hard nibble, "Now Daddy", "no, not yet, wait until it goes under", nibble, nibble, nibble, then wait, hard hit, "now Dad", "NO", pray, nibble, nibble, I lost faith and thought it wasn't going to happen, BOOM, bobber goes under, "Now Isaac", fish on and on land!!!!!!! He was smiling, jumping, and screaming. Made my day. I slept good last night.
