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But you only need so many crawfishand I gathered the boys up and we headedfor a big pool upstream. It was pretty spotsurrounded by cottonwood and willowand nobody else around. I helped them tobait up, we got two lines in the water, andit didn’t take long and we had a bite. Inthe end we caught three nice smallmouthbass, and with the big one of 16 inches ittook all three boys taking turns to get himin. They said it was almost as much fun aschasing those crawfish.The year before Bud and I had a greatadventure at the same pool. Again weused a crawfish as bait, and this day hehad stood and watched me hook and landa 30" carp. With the flimsy fly rod I wasusing it took me 1 1 ⁄2 hrs. to get the fish in.I needed Bud to help net the fish at thebank. Carp are great fighters and afterlanding and measuring the fish we let thisfellow go. Watching the struggle, Bud gotintrigued by carp fishing and a few weekslater we were back at the same pool.This time we used the fine-mesh net tocatch some hellgrammites, turning overrocks and holding the net downstream.Bud had a lightweight spinning rod, butwe rigged this spinning rod up for baitand put a hellgrammite on the bottom.He hooked a huge fish, especially hugefor a 7-year–old. But where I had laboredfor 1 1 ⁄2 hours, it only took Bud 20minutes to land a 30" carp. Bud said,“Dad, it’s the same fish!” Probably so;they looked exactly alike. Only this timewe took the fish home, used the filetknife, and finished the adventure bycooking up some fine fish patties.Trout like the colder water. Catfishand carp like the warmer water. The bassand panfish are somewhere in-between,and may overlap in places. All these fishare fun, catching the bait to lure them isfun too, and now is the time to take akid fishing.See me for Car and Home Insurance and save.Gabriel Ramos, Agent502 Silver Heights • Silver City, NM 88061Bus: 505.388.1969gabriel.ramos.j8qm@statefarm.comLIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, STATE FARM IS THERE.Providing Insurance and Financial ServicesState Farm • Home Offices: Bloomington, ILM.H.“Dutch”Salmon is a writer living near Silver Citywho will take any excuse to go fishing with his kid.www.ziapublishing.com – 53