Share in Our Joy Celebrating a Six Year Old Montana Super Angler

Montana anglers, when you're out fishing, is there anything more heartwarming than seeing a little kid reel in a whopper?

EMERSON SLAYS SALMON AND WALLEYE

Our thanks to Bill Zahradka, an extremely accomplished angler at Fort Peck Reservoir, for sharing the adventures of his grandson, Emerson Copenhaver, who is obviously consuming the skills being handed down by his grandfather.

Emerson is 6, but proudly points out that he will be 7 in October. On July 1,he was out with his grandpa, and the duo started the morning hauling in walleyes until they hit their limit. But instead of packing it in, they decided to go after the big stuff.

Emerson ended up hooking into an absolute monster of a Chinook salmon. He fought it, landed it, and the thing weighed in at a massive 20 pounds. He actually had a second giant salmon on the line right after, but it slipped off right at the boat. (Every fishing story needs the one that got away, right?)

To top off an already incredible day, Emerson wrapped things up by landing two separate 30-inch walleyes. He got a quick photo and let them go so they could keep growing.

FORT PECK FISHING REPORTS

From a full cooler of walleyes to a trophy salmon and two absolute river monsters, it was basically the perfect day.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

The two were back at it the next day, and Emerson caught an even bigger whopper, weighing in at 22 pounds!

FORT PECK FISHING REPORTS

You can bet Grandpa Bill is going to be bragging about his grandson’s fishing magic for a long, long time. Huge congratulations to both of them. This is pure core-memory material right there!