Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 7/5
A few weeks ago I had an inquiry from Will. His nine year old son wanted to learn how to fish – would I take him out (with his parents) and teach him the ropes? My original response was that I felt it’d be more sensible for Will to just buy a couple inexpensive fishing outfits, some basic tackle and some worms and go give it a shot at a local pond. We discussed the idea and he still felt it would be most convenient for me to take them all out on Cayuga Lake. I told him we could do some basic angling then set up for lake trout so they would get some bang for their buck. That’s what we did.
I showed Jonah how to rig for panfish and got him casting pretty well. He was a quick study. We wound up catching some perch close to shore. Later on we set up for lake trout and he managed to hook, play and land a nice 27″ lake trout all on his own (all I did was net the fish for him.) So everything worked out well.
Lo and behold I had a call from regular client Kevin, who wanted to get his 8 year old daughter Emma onboard to do some boat fishing. What a great coincidence! So we did both trips today. Emma also did a good job with the casting and caught some perch. With a slight bit of help from her father she caught her first lake trout. It was around 23″ long. She was super-stoked about it! Just as we wrapped up the day a pop-up storm came up and we hurried off the lake.
I enjoy showing kids the ropes on fishing. I’m happy to offer parents advice on ways to get into the sport as well. It’s a very simple pasttime at its most basic and there’s a lot of good info online as well.