New Jersey angler Roger McLaughlin and his family were one of my last charters of the season on Vieques. Here are a few of the great photos that they sent me from our trip back in April. Both boys, Brendan and Owen, scored on strong pulling bar jacks and teamed up on a nice baby tarpon. Dad won the hard luck prize by loosing a couple of mid-size tarpon and breaking my same spinning reel two years in a row.
Fishing with kids is always a great experience, especially when they get to land something special like a tarpon. It's even better when they get a chance to show dad how it's done.
But seriously, Brendan and Owen's dad is actually a very good angler and breaking gear is not uncommon when we're tarpon fishing, especially when we're using light tackle.
The company who's reel Roger broke twice just sent me two brand new models and an admission that their earlier graphite had some flaws. I suspected as much but to hear it from the source was really remarkable and encouraging at the same time. I'll have a full report on this tackle company and their new reels in a few days.
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Fishing with kids IS a great experience since you not only get to witness the surprise and excitement in their faces when they hook a fish by themselves(doesn't really matter how large it is really)but it immediately takes you back to the first time you experienced this joy and the reason you are still coming out to the water to experience another adventure....And yes, when your kids outfish you it proves the point that you cannot predict who will be the most successful based on years of experience and the most expensive equipment-which makes the sport all the more intriguing, humbling and FUN!
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