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bk005 · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject: Fishing Pictures - Oldies

I should use the term oldie's loosely, becasue most of you old salts were proably wearing coduroy shorts, and drikning budwiser from red igloo ice chests, and having the time of your lives. Anyways there oldies for me...

Well my sister took all my old fishign photos one christmas, and made a book out of them. I have to admit it was one of the coolest christmas presents I have ever recieved, and get alot of joy out of turning the pges. I always llike looking at other people fishing pictures so I thought I would share.

The book cover is a cool shot I tookof my dad on cold morning in the 30's out of Port Mansfied.

I grew up fishing the LLM and my Granddad had a key thru the oilfield gates to get back into Cullens bay. Spent my summers wading and bank fishing there. Even after 20-25 years I can run back in there with a boat, and know every point and hole.

I can still hear my Granddad yelling at me to turn that penn #09 over and reel it in right. Little did he now I would later find left handed baitcasters for outcasts like me.

We also had an old beat up cabin on the Aroyo, and would spend tons of time there. Flonder under docks and sheepheads of the sea wall all durrign the day, and a pint of shrimp for under the lights at night.. What else do you need when your a kid.

My dad worked hard and took me out fishing all the time, we didnt have money for nice boats, but when your a kid all that matters is that it has a steering wheel. From aristocrafts, homeade scooters we ran them all. Learned alot of my mechanical skills from tinkering with boat motors. Never had one newer than probably 15 years old.

I know there was alot of time my dad would have liked to gone out on his own with his buddies, but he lways took me along. Now that Im a dad I know what that means, and hope I am smart enough to do the same, cuz you only have a few years to make those kind of memories.

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Bigrock · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

Very cool...and you are so right about the short amount of time we have to build those memories.

Stoner150 · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject:

Hats off to you sir. First, for sharing some special memories and pics with all of us on the board and second for recognizing the importance ofkeep the tradition alive. I think I have a year or so on you but my dad & grandad & I fished many hours in my early years andwhenI had a son(he's 28 now) I kept the trend going. He does not have any kids yet, but I know he will continue the tradition when he does

thanks again

jeff
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Purefishn · Horse Mullet Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 219

Great pictures. It's amazing how those old pics will bring back memories. That picture book is a great idea. I'm gonna steal it and make a book for my dad. Thanks.

2salty4U · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject:

BK005: Those memory books are cool. As is yours. My wife has made a few.

I had to laugh at the part where you talked about when you're a kid, all you care about is that the boat has a steering wheel. It's all relative, I guess - back in Louisiana I never rode in or fished from a boat with a steering wheel until I was an adult. I remember feeling a little underprivileged at the boat ramp. But we had fun fishing in the old homemade flatbottom boat that my dad built, with a beat up little Johnson outboard, and we seemed to catch as many fish as anyone.

Certainly brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.

Blast-n-Cast · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1142

Very cool

ccbobber · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:01 am Post subject: fishing

when i first started fishing, it was a 6' rod with a zebco 33, tackle box had about 12 hooks, 3 bell sinkers and maybe 2 spoons. caught a lot of fish.
bought a 12' alum boat with 7 1/2 hp motor, cartopped it, spent a lot of fishing time exploring lake, added tackle to box, and caught less fish.
upgraded to 14' fiberglas with 75 mercury, depth finder, (gas Hog) cruised the lakes looking for fish/structure, expanded the rods, reels & tackle, spend all my time deciding what would be the killer combo for the day, and caught less fish.
upgraded again, 18' alum inboard/outboard, ship to shore radio, compass, fish finder, downriggers, planer boards, and had to expand rods, reels & tackle. much greater range of lakes, rivers & great lakes to explore. you guessed it, more time spent picking weapons and less fish caught.
problem had to be bad boat, SO i upgraded again to a 28' pacemaker cruiser with twin chevys, moved all equipment onboard, added gps and off we go. saw a lot of scenery traveling and caught even less fish.
i'm now back to a cane pole with about 3 hooks and a bobber and starting to caught fish again.
What a lovely second childhood.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:32 am Post subject:

Cool pics, was your cabin in Arroyo city or at the Circle X area? We had a place many many years ago at the Circle X near the yaght club. But there was no yaghts.
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snakecan2 · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:05 am Post subject:

make sure you keep all your pics with you, mrs and your little one.. wait to you are an old salty dog and your kid pulls out the pics... Very Happy

auhhh... memories..
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bk005 · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:06 am Post subject:

frayed · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:08 am Post subject:

Very cool
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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

awesome pics man. Your blessed to have had those memories. I grew up very far from the coast In all my years my dad brought me down to corpus one time to fish when I was 11 years old and that was at red dot I was hooked after that. Didnt get back down here for 13 years and I probably wont ever move unless I have too..

5moreminutes · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:13 am Post subject:

We used to fish when I was little and then as I got older other things just got in the way. My dad has passed away at 52 y/o and a couple of years ago my last trip out we went to Wilson's Cut. With a beer in one hand and a rod in the other we had a good time. As a boat was coming back in the female driver didn't have any bottoms on. My dad spit his beer out and said "No wonder you like to fish here!" Hilarious.
I dug up 2 old rods and reels and dropped them off at Roys to be revived from the dead. They are worthy of catching a shark and that is the plan for summer's end in memory of my dad. Have to hook a big one!
Now to start memories with my 2 y/o daughter.
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Uncle D · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

Those are great pictures, thanks for sharing.

MJW · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Great Pics
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