Saturday Morning Bassin'
Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 2:53PM 
I headed back to Pingjhen with my son in tow to kick off the long holiday weekend. We managed eight bass, all in the 12 to 13-inch range. Josh even took a nineth with the landing net, but I don't think we'll count that one. The weather is warming up nicely. The bite wasn't as wide open as it was during the "super moon," be we weren't complaining. I had at least two well-meaning local anglers come up and inspect my wacky worm rig and try to tell me I was doing it all wrong. One guy wen't so far as to re-rig me on the spot before I could stop him. Ironically, it was another local that put me onto the wacky rig a few weeks ago. To be fair, if you have never seen a wacky rigged worm, it looks like the the kind of thing someone with no clue what they are doing would do with a plastic worm.
Reader Comments (2)
Hey Chris, awesome site. I just discovered thanks to a link from Turton's blog. Our brains work the exact same way. I have 2 girls and my oldest is about at that age where I want to start taking her fishing, but where to go? I am eager to peruse your site here and learn what is available. It just isn't good enough heading back to Nebraska to do some fishing once every other year.
Anyway, thanks for making this blog. It looks like your kids have tons of fun. Hope I can provide the same for mine in the future.
Thanks for the feedback, Jason. I'm still scratching the surface of what Taiwan has to offer anglers and its great to hear from other people who are in a similar situation. As far as kids are concerned, pay-to-fish ponds can be a great way to get them started since the chances of catching something are a bit better than wild spots. In what area of Taiwan are you currently living? If you are in the north (Taipei/Taoyuan/Hsinchu), I can recommend a few places.