Fishing In Texas

Brendan caught his first fish in Texas on Mom and Dad's ranch. I would bait his hook, cast it out and then taught him how to watch for the cork to bob down when a fish was nibbling on his bait. Naturally, he was impatient and kept pulling up the hook to see if he had a fish.
Finally, I got him to leave the bait alone long enough to catch a tiny bass.

He was so excited to catch a 'real fish.' We landed it and I tried to teach him how to unhook the fish but, he was afraid to hold it so Dad had to unhook it.

The next step was trying to convince a 4 year old boy why he should release his newly caught prize. I finally convinced him that we needed to release the fish back so it could grow up bigger so he could catch it again.