In honor of Father's Day I would like to give away this "Trout" colored "Prey" swimmer!!:drool: Here is the deal.....its not going to be as easy as "I'm In"! To qualify I would like you to post a picture be it with your Dad, your Son's or Daughter's, if for some reason maybe your Dad was not present and there was another "guiding force" in your life such as a GrandFather or an Uncle......lets have some fun with this thread in honor of all of the Dad's out there who may still be with us or who may have passed! Pics fishing is a plus but not necessary! Lets see your "Dad" pics! I will choose a winner Sunday evening!! Happy Father's Day guys!:wave:

These pics were taken I think about 1968? I was about 5 or 6 and my Dad's company (Hood's Milk) was featuring him in their newsletter and they sent a photographer out to take some pics! I am quite lucky we were given the original 8 by 10 photos which I have and I cherish for obvious reasons!

Pic 1: We were a swimming family and my Dad was a great swimmer, won many awards in his day, is in the "L" Street Hall of Fame in Southie, gave much of his time to the Boys Clubs of Boston for many years when he was young! Also coached Men's swim teams at Tuft's University and Brandies! Here is a pic of my Dad strapping on my new swim fins!!

Pic 2: Watching my Dad make a shot on our old basement pool table!

Pic 3: Me with my Dad and my Mom! Who do you think was "Dad's shadow"?

I'm in....

Nice pics Larry, cherished moments for you I'm sure.

Gansett beach last summer teaching the youngsters how to swallow some salt water...

My older son, Mike JR doing some ice fishing...

Well, someone needed to take the picture:

Thats what I am talkin' about BB!:)

Well, someone needed to take the picture:

Where did the tin end up?:wave:

yes, i always end up taking the pics but you remind me that it would be good to have some with me and the kids ....scuppping with my twins, plugging with my oldest....every trip is the greatest possible time well spent....

BF...very nice of you to do this

Happy Father's Day guys....

Teaching early the principles that is not size that matters and that fishing is a equal opportunity sport. My daughter lands a sunny.

I'm in. Taking a stroll at the ditch 6 weeks old.Thanks

Me and my youngest chasing the boo's last summer

This is from last XMass.

Posted this one before. This is dad from a while back. He can't really do it anymore. I sure do miss fishing with him.

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Larry - here's a picture of Sydney - my little girl last summer.34545

Ahh, how times flies! For the Dad :)

At the 2nd TFCTFN, believe I was about 12- 13 here.
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This past Tuesday at Aerosmith
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Larry - here's a picture of Sydney - my little girl last summer.34545


Working to make an angler out of her though ... we probably will be fishing in my parent's back yard this Father's Day - get her to catch a small largemouth.

Thanks for the opportunity Larry.

Cheers,
Andy

First time out fishing... he didnt do bad... :) 2 1/2 years old

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Took my daughter out with her soldier bf, great spending time with them!

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Not the most current, but...it's the two of us.

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having frys at my grandsons birthday party with great grandpa

My Sons first largemouth

Here is my Dad and I quite a long time ago...
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Me and Pop (like my 2nd father...RIP) quite a long time ago...
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And my first deer in '97...we tagged out a day apart with nearly identical twins (only mine was 4 lbs bigger!)
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This was my grandfather with my son two years ago. My grandfather passed several months after this picture.

The second picture is my son with his first fish. A nice Western Mass. brookie. The same river I caught my first trout as a young lad.

Me and my two chilluns:

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Here's my future fisherman. He absolutely LOVES the water as I'm sure you can tell by his expression.

Pictures were very limited while I was growing up, although my dad was my tutor from a very early age,,, he was not a fan of the camera. Not infront of it, nor behind it...:huh:

However, I plan on taking as many pictures as possible so that my son can look back years from now and have the photographs rejuvenate his memory.....

Thanks for the chance to win Bigfish....Thanks PERIOD! ;)

what's with all the trophy's in the back ground BF?

Hard for me to pose with him...
just in time for the fall run.
Due 9 Oct.

Hard for me to pose with him...
just in time for the fall run.
Due 9 Oct.

Congrats dude. Your 1st?

I'm In

what's with all the trophy's in the back ground BF?

As I said my Dad won many swimming competitions in his day! We still have his awards/trophies and they number well over 50....some heavy duty hardware too! Swimming was always my Dad's thing but we have "the water" in common! He swam always, competitive diving, he was also a "Frogman" in the US Navy!

my girl

Great stuff guys, Larry excellent idea for a thread. I will try and get some up later.

Congrats dude. Your 1st?

yup

Awesome thread, Larry! Great pics from everyone! And CONGRATS to RIROCKHOUND!

Here's the only picture I can find of my dad, my son and myself. My dad has been my fishing partner my whole life and I don't have any pictures of us fishing.:huh: I'll be sure to get the camera out with us this year for sure.

The second pic is from 1973 on West Island with my uncle, who I still fish with a lot. This is one of my favorites.

The last one is one I posted here a few weeks back of my son and myself from this year. We're looking forward to our annual Father's Day fishing trip on Sunday (weather permitting).

Hard for me to pose with him...
just in time for the fall run.
Due 9 Oct.

Congratulations!!!!

Paul, That is not fair .

CONGRATS, Bryan!!!

GREAT Pix, from ALL.
i can't get to my pc til Sat.

THANKS for the chance BF,
and an awesome idea, me bruddah!!
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Dad, around 1945, during the Second World War. I wasn't around yet to be in the picture with him.:) Dad, is still around, and not in the best of health today. But I have fond memories, as a child, just being with dad.
Times I'll always remember.

Me and my dad on Father's Day @ Cutty.
Me and my boy Jayden.
One big happy family Opening Day with my boys Jayden and Cameron w/mom.:)

Larry, my wife says hi. The wood stove worked out great this winter.

Andre'

she stole one of my favorite hats :hee:

My Dad on PI

FANTASTIC idea for a post BigFish. These pictures are priceless! Here is the picture I have with my daughter and I from Father's Day in 2007. Her first bass!

Here's one of my Dad and my daughter bass fishing in Kansas last summer. We spent a month visiting him there as he has liver cancer and undergoing chemo for about 6 months prior to our visit. He's still on chemo (on again/off again) and probably will for as long as he lives.
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Second pic is me, Dad, my son Jonathan and daughter Christine with the bass we caught.
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3rd pic is me and my girls after trout fishing.
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Great pics folks! Lets see more!:uhuh:

here are a couple of me and my dad at Salisbury State Park and one with me and my Daughter at Coast guard beech in Turro

At the beach with pops, we caught about 50 nice fish that day dragging sand eels. He looks at me and says I'm tired can we just sip a little scotch and smoke a couple of good cigars while the sun sets, best day of my life. . .

Some more of me and my Daughter, when I used my boat

One with my son and a some great advice to tell your son

florida trip with paps :btu:

Just a couple of my kid and I...




a small video of his first bass..

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my daughter Julia and I fishing some......thanks for the opportunity.

My little man last year, boy does he love the water and fishies. Wonder where he gets that from:rolleyes:

Thanks for the opportunity Larry!

Larry,thoughtful offer. :)
Do Grandfathers showing off their twin Grandsons count. :huh: :D

Larry,thoughtful offer. :)
Do Grandfathers showing off their twin Grandsons count. :huh: :D Grand dads are Dads! too


i once hooked a kid by his ear lobe and he was crying very loudly

i did not know he was standing behind me watching me fish

i felt so bad for hooking his ear poor ear...on a back cast

that i gave him around 4 bucks in change...allot of coin in those days
and then he was the happiest kid in the world :tooth:

Thanks Rav, not trying to hog but just found one of me and my Dad. Prolly asround 1952, Old Harbor, BI. Dad with cig in forefront, me rear transom.

My Dad catching a nice bass off Brewster. Special because the 1963 Whaler we are in used to belong to my uncle (his Brother) and they fished all the time together.

And my boys fishing at a private pond loaded with bass. We go every year for their birthdays.

here's a coouple with my chilluns~~~

the first one is my son's first time on
the sweet water with Dad, he was stoked!!

the second one is daddy and daughter with one of
my 30#'ers from last year, she was still in her pj's!!

thanks for the opp, Big Larr!!
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Here's one my Dad is taking of my first fish and one of him on his 70th. He can't fish anymore but is thrilled when I can bring him a fresh one.
This is a great thread! Thanks

Cool thread.....I dont even care if I win, I just like seeing all these pics....here is a pic of my 2 girls and I......they do some freshwater fishing....but, not ready for the surf yet....I was lucky enough to get doubles....X-Mas morning.

Happy Fathers Day Guys!!

3 Generations charter trip: grandfather (inlaw) from Iowa, grandfather (NJ), my son and myself. Couldn't believe it when the big striper hit the pollack they said I could take the line.

You can't relive these moments in time.

Plug is a work of art Larry. Some very nice pictures here making it difficult to juge who should get the plug. Good luck everyone and happy fathers day.

This doesn't qualify me for this giveaway I know but on this day I can't help but have a heavy heart remembering the man who first took me fishing. Although it wasn't for monster Bass on the cape, those days on the islands off Wollaston beach soaking sea worms slamming flounder were some of the best days of my life. Those experiences planted the seeds that make me the avid angler I am today. Dad I love you, I miss you, and you will always be #1 in my heart. Rest in peace pops.
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GREAT THREAD Larry!!!
Congrats RIROCK
TattoBob's Dad has him beat on the tatts
Enjoy your family everyone

Wow,nice pic's by all:lama:
I don't have any of my Dad & I fishing.....He really hates fishing:fishslap:,so here's one of me & my daughter kennedy Grace the wife took the shot of us fishing the Canal.


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GREAT THREAD Larry!!!
Congrats RIROCK
TattoBob's Dad has him beat on the tatts
Enjoy your family everyone

Thanks SD.

Any shots of my kids fishing with me, and of my late dad are locked on a dead computer's drive....
But here's one with the twins at my fiftieth, a few years ago.. 16 is such a lovely age....

GREAT THREAD Larry!!!
Congrats RIROCK
TattoBob's Dad has him beat on the tatts
Enjoy your family everyone

I guess you haven't seen me lately :musc:

Not for the contest, but here are a couple of pics from our second annual Father's Day weekend fishing trip from yesterday. the first one is my son with his first fish on his first cast. The second pic is my son with my neice an nephew.

Great pics and great thread!! Here is a pic of me and my son Brady down in Fla during christmas last year, has to be the winner!!!!!!!!!!

Picture #1 My father and I with my first deer. November 2004, Maine.

Picture #2 My son Otto and I with our matching fishing vests. (with same deer)

My passion for fishing was given to me by my grandfather when I was 4-5 years old. Unfortunatley he passed when I was 10 and I only have a few pics of the times we had. I can still remember them though. I also remember the smell of a fresh cleaned trout and the wet newspaper. My father does not fish and has little interest in it. I have been raising my kids to love the outdoors and not get too influenced by the video game craze. All of my friends on here are very supportive of the boys fishing and have been so generous to them in many ways. Thanks everyone! As I sit here my 6yr old is begging to go fishing right now. I told him the weather outside and all he says is, " so fishing is better in the rain" . :buds: So I plan on getting him geared up to stay dry and we will go start a fathers day tradition. First pic is my Grampa and Uncle and myself. Second pic is of me and the boys two falls ago in RI. 3rd is my youngest Conner at 2 years old with his first stringer.

Some of my favorites from the past couple years. Conner all smiles. My son at 4 struggling to hold on to a blue while my wife is beaching her own. Tynan at 5 this past fall with a schoolie he landed.

The picture of us on the beach won me a set of VS pliers 2 falls ago and can't forget the googles. Larry, great idea for an annual thread on Father's Day.

Great thread -

See front page for pic of my Dad. The man who taught me how to fish and play hockey. I thank him every day for giving me those two things. From tying my skates at 5:30 in the morning, to tying up leaders for me at sunset. Thankfully, now I can do both on my own.

Happy Father's Day.:)

out fishing me

my son with his first fishing pole that we got today and him and i on the deck this afternoon. he hasnt caught his first fish yet but his time is coming quick

:love: "The greatest gift a father can give his children is to walk in the footsteps of God and Fish". Happy Father's Day to all Dads. And pray for all Dads that are no longer with us. We miss you

me & cecelia

CLOSED! Announcing winner momentito!!:wave:

Si ............Senoir Pezcado grande':rolleyes: