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| Hawlin_bass
Crappie Username: Hawlin_bass Post Number: 335 Registered: 1-2005  Rating: N/A |
many years ago my grandpa had passed on, i was 14. not having a dad around, i looked to him and learned a lot of things. the meaning of a handshake! keeping your word, hard work, hunting/fishing, gardening, being a man and providing for the family....much, much more. we spend countless hours playing dominoes and listening to him get aggravated that a punk kid would beat him  after he passed, his dominoes went to me. box still in decent condition that he had bought back in 1972. well, somewhere in the moves that i had made, they came up missing! have been looking for them for the past 5-6 years!!!! they have finally turned up i set here tearing up as the memories come flooding back isn't that funny that a little box of dominoes can do that to a fellow.... sure do miss him and granny.... | ||||||||||||
| Ghost_minnow
Bluegill Username: Ghost_minnow Post Number: 262 Registered: 4-2008  Rating: N/A |
I can certainly relate.It sonds like we had the same Grandpas!!! My Pa-pa would come and pick me up every other Friday night. We would spend the weekends together fishing on his stock tanks, or working in his huge garden.Every time I put a fishing rod in my hands I think about him. Man I miss him. We will fish again!!! I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Phil 4:13 | ||||||||||||
| Texfisher
Bass Username: Texfisher Post Number: 818 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Congrats on the find. Good memories for sure. My bass club webpage http://texbass.8m.com/ 
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| Picou
Wall Hanger Username: Picou Post Number: 3519 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Glad you found it HB. My fishing trips with my grandfathers are some of my favorite memories. Sometimes it saddens me because my daughters do not have a grandfather to spend time with. They do have grandmothers to spoil them rotten but nothing can take the place of being with paw-paw.  Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish
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| Ozziefish
Lunker Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 1214 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
I never got to do those things my Grandpa was sick all my childhood...I never really knew him because he was alway in bed. He died when I was still small. I so glad you found them OzzieFish "Glory to GOD in the Highest" www.visionlure.com www.doublezzcustomlures.com | ||||||||||||
| Nyyankee
Bluegill Username: Nyyankee Post Number: 260 Registered: 8-2008 Rating: N/A |
"Ricky ya gotta know where the fish are gonna be before they know where their goin." Pa almost killed me the first time I released a trout. He had to quit school in the sixth grade and hunted, fished and trapped to feed his 8 brothers and sisters. After I explained catch and release he just patted me on the head and gave me a nod -yep ya want your grandson to come here with you some day I get it. You make sure to tell him bout me when your here ok. The locals still call it Pa Baker's Hole. | ||||||||||||
| Needabiggerboat
Minnow Username: Needabiggerboat Post Number: 12 Registered: 8-2008 Rating: N/A |
my grandfather also took me fishing at stock ponds on his farm. every time we caught a fish he would spit in its mouth and then release it. said that the fish would remember you and bite your hook again in the future. i was about 4 at the time, but still do it to this day. only difference is the fish gets a little Copenhagen now. |
