After spending the day Friday, June 14, at Busch Gardens with family, it didn't take long for 13-year-old Jackson Waller to talk his dad, Philip, into going to that neighborhood pond where the latter caught a big bass earlier this week (see my blog post for June 12th). Daylight, however, was fading quickly, so the father-son duo just grabbed two rods each, rigged with new Whopper Ploppers that had been a birthday present from Grandfather and Great-Grandfather Jim Bauer.
In any event, it seems that young Jackson was standing basically in the same spot as his dad had earlier when he hooked into a bass weighing an estimated 7 pounds...a new personal best for the boy. He hollered for his dad to come help him lift the fish the 6 feet from the water to the drain pipe, where he was standing.
As a result of the latest catch, Jim Bauer learned why his kin haven't been taking a set of scales with them to their fishing site. Seems that every time they carried scales with them in previous years, they had lousy luck. Given their recent successes, however, the duo are thinking about changing that philosophy.
According to Great Granddad Jim Bauer, 13-year-old Jackson was one happy camper last evening over his new PB. I gotta believe most young fellas his age would be the same way. Oh, incidentally, like his dad, Jackson released his big fish after his dad snapped a quick photo of the boy with his latest catch.
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