Great feeling

[Gordie]

Once again I am so pround of my oldest son as he walked up and told me last night. " Dad, dadm I got my spearing license today"

Things like this warm a guys heart.

Nothing else seem to matter at the moment other than getting out on the lake and spearing a pike

[TroutYammer]

Teach your children well....

[Spike76]

Gordie, that is great to have your children want to do things you like. I have three boys and a girl, and my two youngest like to spear. My daughter has speared more than my son. My wife doesn't even care to fish. My daughters two sons have both speared fish, and my sons three children , I think have all speared fish. If you live on a lake and the kids can walk back and forth from the house to the fishhouse, it is great. When they get bored after a half an hour, they go in. They come and go as they like. Now, if you have to drive to another lake, walk out to your house and they're ready to quit after an hour, you have to go and drive them home. Then you go back to spear, after another hour you get a call to go get another grandchild, for their short stint. This is where I'm coming from, and why I don't like the experimental slots on the lake they live on. My grand children don't want to spear on this lake because they don't want to make a mistake. The reason I always complain about the slots is because I read on the forum, that if you are for the slots you have to be heard, and being against the slots I want to be heard. When the slots first came on, I went and talked to Gene Merrium, he told me that he didn't think they pertained to spearing. Than he had someone in his office contact me and tell me they were for spearing also. I'm getting older and don't know how many more years of spearing in me, but I'll go along with the regs. Good luck spearing with your son this year.

[mrklean]

Why is it every topic that gets started you need to bring up slots, we all know your not a fan

[Spike76]

mrklean, I thought I just explained it. I will try to not bring them up again.

[Gordie]

If they can't spear the lake we live on they will spear on a different lake with or without me.

My kids are old enough to know how to make the proper decissions and they have not had any problems with the slots as they are not a problem for us and when we go to a lake with slots, they don't complain about its the rules and thats how they are taught.

Spike you will drive those kids away from spearing if you keep beating that subject down and you don't even know your doing it.