Bigfishes first

[bigfish4me]

Thanks to the inspiring thread created by the boxman himself...i got to thinking...what was my first fish, so i did some digging and stopped to talk to my pop and we got to looking at some pictures and i remember it like yesterday. June 10th 1980 according to the date on the back of the picture....i was almost 5 years old being born 7/14/75, we went up the street to pick mullberries because we were going catfishin. The late 70's and early 80's was a tough time for this area, my father was an architect for allen wood steel and when they went under thousands of hard working men and women lost thier worlds. I remember this from that era as well because my father worked himself to the bone to provide for our family....and he still made time to take me fishing....THANKS DAD. Any way to get back on track here we are me and my pop.

[bigfish4me]

Intrestingly enough, i had my first experience with archery around this age.....once in a while my father would have to light the smoke stacks at the coke plant....he did this with an old fiberglass recurve with a sparkler taped to the end of it.....it was pretty cool to see, my job was to fetch the arrow afterwards. After going with him to light the stacks a few times i finally pestered him enough to buy me a cheap little recurve that we would take to a field across the street and he would let me have at it.

[WAHOONBOX]

COOL PIC...

YOUR DAD REMEINDS ME OF A THEN YOUNG... "THE NEWLYWEDS" TV GAME SHOW HOST

[Fighting Irish45]

Nice post, How did you get that old pic on the computer? I work on a boat out of avalon, I noticed you have TI in your profile. The boats name is NEV-R-ENUF.

[bigfish4me]

I scanned it, pretty sure i have seen you guys around....you fish on the playmaker too? We didnt get the boat in the water this year due to the guy that was painting it totally dragging his feet....but if you see us out give us a hollar, usually fishing on my uncles blackfin

[Jer]

Nice post, How did you get that old pic on the computer? I work on a boat out of avalon, I noticed you have TI in your profile. The boats name is NEV-R-ENUF.

These days you can take a digital picture of the old pic
The best would be to use a scanner.

[Jer]

I don't remember about my first fish

I do remember the first fish I caught surf fishing

[bigfish4me]

figured you would like the catfish pics jer

[Jer]

Indeed. God bless the catfish!

[sportfishingusa]

NICE PICS MAN.. BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.. I REMEMBER MY father taking his boat out and coming home all the time with big tuna hanging from the tower!!

we used to throw the eye balls at each other.. lol

i dont think he ever thought i would be the fisherman i am today.. he watches me go offshore for 36 hours and pull into the dock smiling like a little kid on crack..

then i start slinging tuna guts all over.. you can tell it makes him proud!!