So Bob stocked my little 3.5 acres with 5K 2-3 inch CNB, 1500 3-4 inchers 1500 red ear, 2-3 inchers 3 months ago...

tons of FHM, already had FHM and golden shiners growing,

300 8 inch feed trained bass!

It is cooling down now, and the bass are being crazy aggressive on the aquamax feeders now.

My boys 5 and 7 year old are now addicted to fishing.

We have been using small jigs with the barb bent down to catch these bass. so far i have not seen any of them harmed, but the boys want there independence in the fish they catch. Do you think if i get them a Boga grip they could remove the hooks and or handle the fish with less trauma.

Any chance to make these bass hook shy at an early age?

I want to encourage the boys to love fishing, but i also want to be very careful with my original generation of feed trained bass.




Any thoughts on balancing the two? i think teaching proper fish handling along with caution and not using treble hooks will be the best thing...

Thanks

Dustin