Rowan took his familiar place behind me in the Old Town Predator 13 on a small footstool. It is an ideal seat for either boy to ride along on and fish from. Fynn was placed in my 12 foot Old Town Dirigo along with a rod holder. Obviously this kayak is way too big for Fynn, but the water was pretty calm, and I had a rope tied between the two kayaks so I could tow him around.
Well I figured it would take 20 min for Fynn to get comfortable, or decide this wasn't for him. Well less than 5 min on the water, with Fynn just having made is first cast, he calls out "I got one!". Sure enough, he had a small pickerel take after his spinner/worm! From there on, Fynn was all in!
We made it across to the far side of the body of water we were fishing, and while I was unable to land any pickerel, Fynn managed to nab a perch! Once he had the perch, he put the rod away and tried to paddle and tow me around for a while, while Rowan played with the perch!
Not a bad outing for the first kayak fishing trip! Way to go Fynn! Looks like I'll be investing in my forth Old Town boat soon.... likely the 8 foot Old Town Heron Junior!
Update: On Father's Day I had both boys out again, this time in the Kennebacasis River in Hampton. While Fynn wasn't able to catch anything on this outing, we did see a big salmon jump, and Rowan reeled in a catfish, even with one arm in a cast!