Thread: Rember when

Originally Posted by B10gone

Remember when my father would pull the anchor (concrete block) around on the bottom tell he felt it catch the brush-pile.

My daddy did the same thing, but with a window weight. That's how I learned most of Guntersville Lake.

I thought a window weight was a fancy anchor till I was 16. When I was 6 my father was killin em tight lineing- I didn't have the touch- after arguing for 20 min. He finally let me take em off and bait his hook! I'm 52 and that's still the Best trip of my life!

Had a fellow give me 6 window sash weights last year... He thought I was crazy to use them for an anchor....I asked him where were the windows he was using them on ?.....

I have a window weight for the kayak anchor.

For me it was my uncle I lived with. It was the Western Slope of Colorado and trout fishing. He had been fishing those lakes, creeks and all the interconnecting weirs that carried water to the farms and apple orchards below that most folks did not know even existed since he was a kid in the 40s and 50s. We always had a creel full of fish. I sure miss him. Gone but still alive in my memories.

My Paw Paw and my Dad, South Mobile county. Brackish and salt water. Green trout, Brim, Speckeled trout, White trout, and Flounder. Oh Yea, Soft shell crabs by the basket full.

Originally Posted by pescador

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My Grandparents instilled the LOVE of fishing in ME! Especially Grandpa, Crappies were mainly fished in Springtime where we lived. Also we didn't even have any kind of motor, just an old wooden rowboat! Anchor rope had knots tied every couple of feet to mark depth. Used to catch some nice Jack perch using soft shell crabs and or perch bugs. Walleyes trolling homemade Feather flies, Northern Pike using mainly creek chubs. Our fiberglass rods and old baitcasters with many a backlash and Dacron line. First spinning reel was made in France, the famous Mitchell "300".

THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND--- ahhhh you know the rest.

I had one of those Mitchell 300's....couldn't wear it out......

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I have a window weight for the kayak anchor.

we used those when I was a kid......brought them with us and rented an aluminum boat for the day.....brought our own paddles.....finally bought a 5 1/2 Evinrude when I was 21......