William Bould
- POND FISHING WITH A 6 YEAR OLD PRO
- I was invited to fish some of the farm ponds of The Great
Texas Bass Club by, Todd Orsak. One of the members, Stanley Bould and his six year old son
William met
us there with their Bass Buster boat. William and his father have been fishing together
for about a year.
Stanley backed the trailer down and launched the boat, William held the rope to the boat
while Stanley
parked; their standard routine. Stanley was in the front of the Bass Buster, I was in the
back and William
was working the middle. I was using a white 3/8 oz. Nichols, double willow leaf
spinnerbait, with a Uncle
Josh white pork spinnerbait trailer. Stanley was using a Bass Assassin, William had a
Zebco 33 on a 5 l/2
foot rod and started with a Bass Assassin with a small weight on the front. William caught
the first bass and
started an afternoon of fun fishing. I was very impressed with this young man, he was very
polite, and
interested in learning more about fishing. He did his own casting, knew the difference
between the feel of grass, wood or moss and a hit from a bass. He would set the hook, reel the bass in and
take it off of the lure
all by himself. This is a 6 year old pro bass fishermen. His father has done an excellent
job of teaching him
the basics. I caught several on the spinnerbait and William saw me using the
Kick'n Bass fish attractant,
asked what it was for and said he would like to use some on his lure. He sprayed some on
his lure, casting out
and set the hook almost as soon as it hit the water. He was so excited about that fish
because he had used my Kick'n Bass and it worked on the first cast. He asked his father to change to a
spinnerbait like I had been
using, sprayed it with the scent and caught another bass. When he would set the hook, I
would ask him if it
was a fish or moss, he would say, "No, it’s a bass", I would say, "Are
you sure?" He would come back, "Yes
ma’am." I would tell him that there was a bass over by that stick up and to cast
there, he would, work the bait
back and most of the time set the hook on a bass. William watched me casting a buzzbait
and the noise it
would make coming across the water. He looked at me and said, "I don’t know why
anyone would use a bait
like that, it makes too much noise and that I was scaring the fish." I explained,
that the noise both attracted
the basses curiosity and in some cases just made them mad, and they would strike just to
shut the noise up. We fished for about five hours and William was still eager for more and was not ready to
go home. When you are fishing small ponds, smaller lures work better for numbers of fish and this is what
keeps these young
people from getting bored. We used spinnerbaits, Bass Assassins, buzzbaits and Venom
lizards flipped in
brush along the shores. But top waters, Texas rigged worms, small black jigs and small
in-line spinners would
be a good choice also. Lures that these kiddos can cast and retrieve easily. We caught a
lot of bass with
about a four pounder as the largest. We really had a good time and I want to thank Todd
Orsak for inviting
me. Pond fishing can be done from the shore or from a small boat with a trolling motor.
You don’t have to
have a big boat to catch fish and have a good time with your kids. Don’t leave the
kids home, take them with
you and they will carry these memories with them the rest of their lives and then pass
these traditions on to
their children. You can get more information about farm pond fishing from The Great Texas
Bass Club by
calling :214-954-1818 or 888-303-4822 William you make your parents very proud. Take a Kid
Fishing Bonita Staples.
and have the time of your life.
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