Gone Fishin' ...

My wife doesnt like fish either, but my daughter does

I believe Robert has a heart of Gold.

Eric

[QUOTE=69ch;404994]I believe Robert has a heart of Gold.

Eric[/QUOTE]

Seems like it eh? Nice enough chap, it was nice meeting him at the Convention last year!
This thread has me really missing fishing...where I grew up I was walking distance to the where the Sacramento River originates and would go almost every day after school...just a kid with his pole, gear, and his creole...mom would come pick me up at dark. I love catching trout, but hate the taste of it, so my caught fish would end up in our freezer, or someone else's!

You guys who i met were all really pretty nice to me, scott jeff was right that was some good pizza.

Sweet! Unfortunately, I only have a couple pics and I don't even know where they are. Most all my memories are in my mind/heart.

I was the guy, though played all sports and was well liked in school, would go fishing right after it was out. It was my "escape". About 6 miles from my home in Story City, Iowa was a nice rock quary. Really big bass (for the area) and super sized Crappie. Me and my Dad would take the little two man bass boat and fish this 10 acre quary. The best fishing was in early spring...there were a few downed trees in the place and we would normally pull 12-17" crappie from it consistatly...with some smaller in between. Anyway, we caught all kinds there...walleye, northern pike. Anyway...we were fishing the north eastern cove one time and I had on a MONSTER crappie...it came off right before we got it in the boat...but dad says it would have taken the state record. He thought it was in the 22" range. Anyway....we'll just never know... Loved to fish for bass on top water there....they loved the Zara Spook.

I built my house here in central Iowa... we have a 4 acre pond about 1 mile from here we can fish anytime. Lots of bass and crappie... Then the other 3 acre pond is on my shops grounds, so at lunch time when I need a brake, I take the mini bike down to the pond to snag into some nice blugill and bass. Supposed to have catfish in it...we stocked it about 5 years ago....but most of them must have went out the drain tube when we had floods a couple years ago.
Lots of times I'll take the RC sailboat down there and cast a bobber and sail the boat.... most of the time I have to take the helm of the fishing pole, as they are usually very active!
Fun stuff....its one of my favorite hobbies. Me and my boys have caught many fish together....and have some great memories..

(I had on a MONSTER crappie)

One of the city lakes here where i live (Lake Lucas) holds the N.C. state record since 1983 for a white crappie that was right under 6 pounds..

Great story hotwheelscrazz.Waddya say Robert.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.

Eric

Pics need PICS!!! Here ya go, a few from the last walleye tourney here...forecasting another killer school of eyes for 2011!!!

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Collin all eyes are on you now :D

I have a stock pond with bass and a few catfish.
Its like fishin' out of a pail.
No pics of the fish but the pond is about 40' out my backdoor.
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