After waiting over an hour and a half for public parking, my better half and 2 YO daughter met me and we trolled Sunday on Squam. In just 15 minutes, I caught her very first fish, a nice rainbow (just as I was going from 4 to 5 colors, 1.9 GPS, Sutton 61 ‘gun’ purple, blue, shiny). “Fishy, fishy, fishy!” Once I put it back, she said ‘again, again, fishy…. again.’ I say, ‘its not that easy honey’ and bang, another on the other line, this time a little tiny perch on a white db. She didn’t discriminate… ‘fishy, fishy, yeah!’ I think she is hooked. Trolled for a few more hours and caught a couple bass, a couple small perch and another decent rainbow. After 4 years of fishing Squam, I still have never caught a salmon. But, I also never caught 2 nice rainbows in the same day. So, perhaps the lake and I are getting along better now. When we got home my precious little girl said, ‘fishy, later daddy, fishy?’ Yes, honey, I’ll take you fishing again later…soon. Priceless!
