This 20 pounder is my 6 month old son Mason with his favorite rattle toy. An 8" Jake crankbait....
yes, the hooks are removed & it has never seen water

Nice!!

My 1-1/2 yr old nephew was introduced to grandpa's boat this weekend. Does he ever LOVE motors. Went right for the recoil and tried to pull it over. Could only get the rope out 3" or so but I think he knew what it was for.

Atta way- start 'em young!

haha thats awesome

Congrates FFG.

hopefully the Jake's paint doesn't have lead in it.

Yeah, nothing like starting them out young. My father in law & I have been joking about setting some record for the youngest person to boat a 40" fish. We've even thought of how to rig up a trolling settup for him that will be stationary so he will just have to crank the reel. Also, we were thinking of ways we could ramp up the cranking power on reels so he could bring it in. Longer handle, tweek the gearing ratio, etc. He is my wife & I's first child and I just cant wait till he's old/big enough to be my fishing buddy.

congrats. it's always nice to see the young ones interested in fishing, even if they don't know it yet! My 10 month old loves touching and playing with daddie's rods and reels. Mommy tries to tell him that they're "owies," but I let him play all he wants. I can't help but smile when he crawls over to the rods and reels and wants to play with the reels. With the way he reacts when we take him fishing and gets to see a fish, he's definitely going to be daddie's little fishing buddy!