6/20/2010 Father's Day

I knew this Father's day I was going to take my dad fishing in Boerne on Cibolo creek and I wanted my stepson to come along. Normally the boy is doing the teenager thing, staying up late, playing games with friends, or spending the night with friends so we don't get to go fishing much. this morning he got up and we picked up my dad to head to the creek. My son hadn't been here before and he was impressed with the beauty of the place.

It wasn't long before I was on a few fish to my son's frustration, to add to it when I was showing him where to cast and watching him I noticed a few crawfish in the water. Putting my rod tip in front of a crayfish, it grabbed onto my lure and wouldn't let go, I was able to grab it and show my son. "Your even catching crawfish, man!" he exclaimed, "I'm going to try that". So he did catch a few crawfish and was going to walk down the creek where we fished earlier giving up on fishing. I told him he would never catch fish if he gave up and that he should cast down the the pool we were fishing earlier.

Well the boy listened and on his first cast caught a very nice foot long Guadalupe bass, he got it up and out of the water before it shook the hook loose. This raised his spirits and he began fishing more, catching a very large perch not long after and another perch before the day was done. It's funny, but him catching fish and seeing him enjoy himself there was the best Father's Day gift I've had in awhile.

My dad had a good day as well, catching a few bass and many perch. I got dad a Crossman 1377 pistol as he had been wanting one for awhile, it is a good little airgun and looks like many neat modifications can be done to it down the road if wanted.