unior Angler

Team

By Christopher Sprague

Hello anglers!

I hope you all have been out on the water a lot lately. Recently I was gifted a small used 16’ flats boat from my parents. I was so happy to finally have my own boat to use and run by myself. The first thing my family and I did was go out to the Everglades to see how the boat ran. We got the boat in the water with ease and loaded everyone on and took off! The prop was a little too large, so the hole shot was long, but other than that, it ran beautifully! We cruised around and saw countless alligators and different types of wildlife. We brought two poles rigged with a Senko just in case we saw anything. We got to this one spot that looked amazing and we casted out our lures. On my second cast I got a decent largemouth bass. It was such a good feeling to get my first fish on the new boat. We kept fishing a little more, but with no luck we headed back in. The next weekend I went out with some of my friends and this time we came prepared. We bought three dozen shiners and more rods. We hooked onto fish almost immediately. Our first fish was a peacock bass. We loaded up on fish, a mix of peacocks and largemouth bass, all safely released. We couldn’t stay out for too long but the time we spent out there was an absolute blast.