Topsail Angler's Fishing Blog

Jack’s first king mackerel!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Holy mackerel, Jack caught his first king!  then another.  Jack is only 8 years old.  Do you see the smile on his face?  I think it will be there for many days to come.  The memories will last even longer.  When I was a kid there were few things I enjoyed more than fishing.  I think it is that way for Jack too. 

Last week I wrote a column about fishing with Andrew and his brother Phil.  If you remember I mentioned Andrew’s son who really likes to eat fish.  Well that is Jack.  He not only likes to eat ‘em, he likes to catch ‘em.  And he likes to spend time with his dad doing both.  Here’s the story as relayed to me from Andrew:

“Jack and I went out the past two mornings from 7-10 am trolling off the beach at Hotel Ledge and the Jolly Roger numbers that you gave us and caught 3 kings. He caught his first yesterday and was so excited. Then today, he caught a bigger one - about 30” - and really had to fight it. He’s walking tall now.”

Congratulations Jack!  Way to go!  I hope you catch many, many more but I’m sure that first king mackerel will always be special!