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Blacksburg’s Nino Ripepi and his son, Luca, recently rode their bikes to a neighborhood pond for a little fishing.
You’ve got to love a kid who is so eager to fish that he doesn’t even bother taking off his bike helmet.
And you’ve got to love it when that kid pulls in a giant bluegill like this one.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Really great pic. Even with Luca’s very small hand as a reference, you can still tell that fish is a monster! Thanks for posting, and Nino, Thanks for sharing it!
Good golly Mrs. Molly!! If your gonna catch whoppers like that then it makes sense to wear a helmet! That thing could flog the little guy. Nice catch Luca.
Luca caught a nice fish, but I’d wager that fish just hooked a future angler. Nice job, Luca!
That is my kind of pic! Great job young man! Hokies, even the toddlers, can fish.
Great Job Luca. Using an ultra-light and 2 lbs test can be a lot of fun. I surely miss those days. Take a Kid fishing!
Great job catching that fish Luca! That is one huge blugill! Great picture Nino!
Little ponds can hold BIG surprises! Well done little man!
Fine job young man! That is a keepa’!
Thanks Mark for posting the photo and thanks for all of the great comments. Luca and some of his friends have caught about a half dozen citations out of this pond, but this was definitely the biggest. Wish I had brought a scale to see how big it actually was. I think it was around 1.75 pounds if I was guessing. I thought it was a bass the way it was yanking and fighting.
@Nino – Well, looks like you can weigh Luca, then divide that weight by 2, then that would be the weight of the fish. lol