By Dawson Kai McMahon
Hi! I’m Dawson Kai McMahon. This might be your first time seeing me, but I’ve actually been featured in this magazine a couple of times before. And right now I’m going to tell you about the day I caught that huge snook!
So first, my stepdad and I decided to go kayaking. I used my special blue kayak. Why is it special? Because my Pappy made it for me, and on the back it says “Kai-yak” instead of “kayak” because my middle name is Kai. Cool, right?
Anyway, we went out into the flats and headed to one of my favorite fishing spots, near High Bridge. On the way, we saw tons of fish jumping, and a few even jumped right in front of my Kai-yak!
Before we left, I threw the cast net and caught a crab and some bait, which was awesome. Then, when we got to Stomach Lake, I just knew we were going to catch something.
And then BOOM! My bobber shot underwater faster than a bullet! I couldn’t believe it because it was only my first cast! But we didn’t start celebrating yet, because that snook had a good fight in him. He pulled me back and forth on my Kai-yak and it took about two minutes before we finally got him up to the boat.
We didn’t catch anything else the rest of the day, but I didn’t even care. I was still super happy that I caught that snook!