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schoolie monster · 06-17-2003, 12:27 PM

My dad was up this past week and we had another great trip.

My dad was a big fisherman and had me fishing as soon as I could hold a rod. I have very vivid memories of catching sunfish and perch off the docks at Cuka lake in NY (one of the finger lakes, not sure of spelling)... my parents say I was 3 on that trip.

I don't want to paint the rosiest picture... I remember getting yelled at alot and particularly remember a "snag" at Weslemkoon Lake, Ontario... "how can you get snagged on a @#$%'n *&%$... there's nothing here..." In those days we used live frogs... the snag turned out to be a huge snapping turtle... I don't remember an apology.

When I was a teen we did really well in local BASS tourny's and were always a threat in the local buddy tournaments. We were talking about all the b#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&s from those days this past weekend. We did yearly trips to Canada and into the PA mountains for trout... those trips were with my two cousins and my uncle.

We have a great relationship now. This was the third year that he's come up to fish and we shared a week in Nantucket last fall. He's amazed with saltwater fishing compared to fresh.

He's more into golf now and admitted he almost never fishes unless its with me. I'm the one that has to drag him out of bed to fish at 4am and now its me yellin' at him for losin' fish because of dull hooks and getting snagged or getting a big bird's nest in the middle of a blitz. I don't mind returning the favor.

He's probably coming back up in the fall and we are hoping to do a long weekend in florida... possibly late fall, early winter.

I feel pretty fortunate that we are both in a position to do things like this and he's still pretty young and healthy at 57. My great grandfather on my dad's side was still lucid at 96 when he passed away a few years ago... my grandfather is 80 and is still a workhorse. Golf's 18 holes and just built a new deck or something last summer and was bi$%in' cause he threw out his back and was on the shelf for a few weeks.

I hope my dad and I share those genes cause that gives us alot of years to enjoy together.

Very nice posts from everyone.

06-17-2003, 12:27 PM	#22
schoolie monster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,195	excellent post bigfish My dad was up this past week and we had another great trip. My dad was a big fisherman and had me fishing as soon as I could hold a rod. I have very vivid memories of catching sunfish and perch off the docks at Cuka lake in NY (one of the finger lakes, not sure of spelling)... my parents say I was 3 on that trip. I don't want to paint the rosiest picture... I remember getting yelled at alot and particularly remember a "snag" at Weslemkoon Lake, Ontario... "how can you get snagged on a @#$%'n *&%$... there's nothing here..." In those days we used live frogs... the snag turned out to be a huge snapping turtle... I don't remember an apology. When I was a teen we did really well in local BASS tourny's and were always a threat in the local buddy tournaments. We were talking about all the b#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&s from those days this past weekend. We did yearly trips to Canada and into the PA mountains for trout... those trips were with my two cousins and my uncle. We have a great relationship now. This was the third year that he's come up to fish and we shared a week in Nantucket last fall. He's amazed with saltwater fishing compared to fresh. He's more into golf now and admitted he almost never fishes unless its with me. I'm the one that has to drag him out of bed to fish at 4am and now its me yellin' at him for losin' fish because of dull hooks and getting snagged or getting a big bird's nest in the middle of a blitz. I don't mind returning the favor. He's probably coming back up in the fall and we are hoping to do a long weekend in florida... possibly late fall, early winter. I feel pretty fortunate that we are both in a position to do things like this and he's still pretty young and healthy at 57. My great grandfather on my dad's side was still lucid at 96 when he passed away a few years ago... my grandfather is 80 and is still a workhorse. Golf's 18 holes and just built a new deck or something last summer and was bi$%in' cause he threw out his back and was on the shelf for a few weeks. I hope my dad and I share those genes cause that gives us alot of years to enjoy together. Very nice posts from everyone.