| When I was about 6 years old I had wondered | | | | I got it out of the water and took it back to |
| away from my brother who was visiting and | | | | where my brother was fishing and you should |
| fishing for carp for the sport of it and | | | | have seen his eyes when he seen my fish. He |
| decided I would try fishing with this lure. | | | | couldn't believe it. He had caught some nice |
| The reason I chose this lure was because it | | | | carp but my bass was bigger than any of his |
| had little propellers in the front and back | | | | carp. We went home and my mom and dad just |
| and I liked watching them turn as I would | | | | carried on about this nice bass. I was |
| drag it through the water. It looked really | | | | really proud of it and they boosted my ego by |
| cool. | | | | going on about the big fish. |
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| I was fishing at a elderly woman's house and | | | | Later, I went out to tell my friends about |
| her name was Mrs. Blair and she lived right | | | | the big fish I caught and how everyone liked |
| on Buckeye Lake. Well, where Mrs. Blair | | | | it. I took my friends to my house to see the |
| lived an old cement wall had fallen in the | | | | monster but dad said they couldn't see it |
| water and I was fishing (playing) around it. | | | | now. I did my little temper tantrum and |
| I had his little lure and was dragging it | | | | asked why and he said they cleaned it and we |
| along the wall and a big splash came out of | | | | were going to have it for dinner. Can you |
| nowhere and was right by my lure. I thought | | | | believe they ate my bass? |
| that was funny and cast my lure out again by | | | | |
| the wall and another splash by my lure | | | | Anyway, that's the first bass I remember |
| occurred. Hey, this is fun I thought. Well, | | | | catching but I knew one thing... I wanted to |
| the third splash not only was fun but I had a | | | | catch more, so, for over 50 years now, I have |
| fish on my lure and a big fish at that. I | | | | been catching more bass all due to that big |
| knew what a carp was as I seen my brother | | | | one I caught when I was six. I have caught |
| catch them but I didn't know what this thing | | | | over 6,000 bass in my life and I want to tell |
| was but I liked it and it sure was fun | | | | you one thing, when I hook a monster bass, |
| watching it splash. Eventually, I brought it | | | | it's like being six years old all over again, |
| in and it was a whopper and I knew it. | | | | I'm just as excited now as I was back then. |
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