Quote Originally Posted by Counselman
Know where I am going wrong. Got to get me some of them colorful rods and reels. Are those available locally or do you special order those frow far away? Do they come with that pretty figurine? Please let me know ASAP with Crappie Camp just days away. Wish to be on a level playing field with the locals.
Just kidding, great catch and I am sure a wonderful meal was enjoyed by all.
Great story behind that picture. It is of my neighbor who LOVES to fish. I have been trying to be a mentor to her about crappie fishing. I didn't have clients that day, so we went out scouting around. The little trophy is a family heirloom, so to speak. Once or twice a year their family gets together and plays a card game call Pitch. They have tournaments that lasts for days. So much so that they rent an extra motel room just to play the card game in. I'm told they start playing as young as 8 o 9 years old. The winner gets the trophy. It has dophins on it because they do a "dolphin dance" to rub a winning hand in other's faces and the brass plaquard says something about "a chicken only being a bird" when someone is taking too long to bid, etc. This is the first time the trophy has left Missouri and the first time a girl has won it. So, she is taking the preciously coveted family heirloom on a year's jouney. Thusly, it has been fishing, they've taken pictures of it on a SeaDo, next to a BBQ grill doing a cookout, at a nightclub with a cigar, etc. for the whole extended family to see it's great adventure in Arkansas. I thought the story was so great, I just had to put it on my website. We all should have familial ties like that!!! What great fun!!!