Kade was finally old enough to join Brent on a full day fishing trip. After waking up and leaving the house at 3am, the boat was pulling away from the dock at first light in Atlantic Beach.
North Carolina is THE place to fish for King Mackerel in October - just so happened that weekend was the King Mackerel fishing tournament out of Morehead City. These are all the boats lined up 2 by 2 waiting to be released out for the tournament.
Brent said they rode out about 15 miles offshore to the first fishing spot. They hung around there for a bit, got some bites, but nothing stuck, so they ventured closer in.
They started fishing at a different spot, only 3 miles off shore and put in the "secret weapon." On our family fishing trip to Nags Head in August, we caught 2 ribbon fish. Brent knew that mackerel love ribbon fish, so kept it until now. He set it out and within FIVE MINUTES, he was hooked up! The boys caught a HUGE King Mackerel! (Unfortunately no pictures until they arrived home)
Brent gave Kade several opportunities to drive the boat.
After a nice nap in the truck (and fueled up with some Smithfield hush puppies), he was all pumped to show off his big catch!
It's even taller than Kade!
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| Photo by Kade |
And like a responsible fisherman, Kade stayed out there with Brent to clean the entire boat. We were very impressed with his commitment - he fished, so it was his responsibility to help his Dad. So proud of you Kade and your first big catch!!
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