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