Time to Take the Kids Fishing

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Since most kids get bored fishing when the bit isn't really hot I always consider summer to be the best time to take them since the White Perch are stupid hungry it seems. And they can always jump in the water for a few minutes of fun if the fish develop lockjaw somehow.

Yesterday I took the kayak out again and was able to catch a ton of decent White Perch (biggest at just over 11 inches) in shallow water on nothing but one old metal lure.

Also, yesterday was the first time I kayaked out in any real deep bay water. It wasa little weird at first since it was really hard to check for any forward progress. I was paddling against the tide and wind it deemed, and with all of the landmarks being so far away it was near impossible to feel like i was actually making any progress.

Oh and the waves and boat wakes were considerably more obnoxious out there.

Tons of fun, but I'm sore today for the first time from paddling.