My Boys First Fishing Trip

I got the opportunity recently to bring my son's on board The Deadliest Kast Sportfishing boat for a crew day that Captain Steve and I had been planning for some time. (I work most weekends as a deckhand.) Logan 11 and Henry 6, have been wanting to go fishing on the boat for awhile and this would be the perfect opportunity!

We couldn't of had better conditions on the water that day! Low wind and a great tide. We launched out of Oyster Point and decided to skip the live bait, even though it has been on fire lately. Swimbaits, jigs, and the custom tolling leaders that Steve and I make was our game plan for the day!

Got the Boys all rigged up with trolling setups with some frozen bay herring from cast netting earlier this year. Within 10 minutes of trolling Logan's Rod goes off, pulling drag. I help him hold onto the rod and he starts slowing reeling in. Nice size Hali, Steve nets it and Logan has his 1st halibut of his young life!! The look on his face is ingrained in my soul. He jumped for joy. Another couple of minutes goes by and Henry was up! Half the size of his brother but determined to reel his own fish in. With me holding the rod he managed to reel in his 1st Halibut at 26". When it came time to take pictures he was all about it. Didn't want the fish grips, said he can hold it better than his big brother Not sure how but he manage to hold onto his fish for some great pics but he did! And what a great shot it was!!!

The rest of the afternoon only got better. The boys kept trolling out the back with Herring as we kept fishing our jigs and swimbaits of the sides. Steve hooked up a nice Hali on a jig as well as a big ole booty, 36" on the hoochie, trolling! Henry was the first to limit out on Halibut (season was still at 3) Logan kept getting 22" Hali's and we wanted to size up a little bit. He ended the day with a solid 2 buts!

To end the day and close out our striper limit we started chasing down striper boils and throwing swimbaits and jigs. Hook up after hook up and the boys we stoked to get there 1st limit of stripers. Boys went into the cabin for nap time as Steve and I had a blast getting the last few fish to end our trip. We ended it with an epic double hookup. Way to much fun!

The best part of this day was that we had a GoPro rolling! Steve just got some editing done and posted our trip on YouTube. Been sending the family the link. So great to have their first boat fishing trip documented!

Check it out, was a great day on the water! Maybe join us on a trip some day. If I'm not Kayak fishing I'm working on the boat! See ya on the water.

Trevor

Logan's 1st Halibut

Henry's 1st Halibut!!

Thanks for the report and pictures Tpowell707.  I bet they will remember this trip for a long time.

Report of the year right here! Congrats on so many awesome things!  What a nice haul and the look on your kids faces are priceless!

the look on your kids faces are priceless!

Priceless indeed! Look at so cute and sweet smile little boy face, it bright my day too

Getting them hooked early and one Hell of a day on the water! 👍🏼