Pond Fishing, But with a twist and a Happy Ending

I wanted to let you know the young man with the nice big bass is John Knight. John and his parents came out to Kid's Day at Harris Saturday with the Colonial Cub Scout pack and fished a little then. He and his dad went and bought some fishing gear to come out Tuesday night with Colonial Outdoors Pond Fishing night. John caught a few small crappie. He kept chunking and winding and working on his casting technique when I heard a splash. When I looked down toward where he was fishing I saw his rod tip bent over and I knew he had hooked a nice fish. I went down to help him and saw the fish "WOW John, hang on buddy that's a huge fish". He landed it like a pro, and well the rest is history. (Editor: chunking and Winding is a David Fritts Technique).

When I saw the pride on his face as well as Johns Dad William, I was reminded again how special fishing can be for all of us young and old. And I was also encouraged at Johns attitude and spirit as he never gave up. He just kept fishing and His reward was that beautiful fish. (Editor: I asked Ed how big it was and he said around 5 lbs. note: that means when you tell the story, it could go 8 or so ;-))

I have a feeling that will not be Johns last big fish. I am just thankful we have a ministry at Colonial that can help foster the passion in a young man like we all have for the outdoors. I must confess, sometimes I get a little discouraged that we don't have better participation for some of our events like this one. But on this night, John was there and so was the fish and we all got to enjoy that special meeting between them two.

John! You keep chunking and winding,

Ed

John 21; 2-8

Here are some other pictures, they speak for themselves I think.