This was my daughter's first fish on a jig. I had taken them to Tahuya to crab and brought a couple rods along to kill time. While the kids were swimming, I was casting away and missed a fish. That was enough to pique my daughter's interest and, while I was rigging the second rod, she had a light hit. I told her to lift it one time higher, pause, and then give it a smaller flip.

When the jig came to rest the rod was nearly ripped from her hand. At first she thought she had the fish under control, then all Hell broke loose. Line ripping, chasing the fish around crab pot bouys... all three kids jumping around the boat... it was chaos.


and of course I didn't have a net.


When that fish first flashed in the sun about three feet under, it looked like someone lost a dressing mirror and all three kids gasped.


She and I were both pretty proud of this fish but for completely different reasons.

Ever since, she is a believer in jigging.