Hope You enjoy this short story that happened to me on Lake Conway

[CrappiePro]

I first met Homer Smith in a shallow cove laden with lilly pads. He was in his late 60's and I was in my early 20's. We were both long poleing with jigs in the cove, only problem was he was doing all the catching and I was doing all the watching. After a couple hours of this, I finally broke down and from a distance,"Sir do you mind telling me what your doing". With out hesitation he said sure come on over. He showed me a yellow and white skirt, white/red eye 1/32 oz jig and said only fish two feet deep and around where the pads are thickest. Not having the right Jig head he quickly said he ya go try a couple of these with that skirt. I did what he said and soon enough I was on em too. A couple months later I was on a deep water bite with minnows under a bridge on our home waters. I saw Homer jig fishing around the bridge without much luck. He asked they biten minnows, I quickly said yes gave him some of my minnows and we fished together catching slab after slab until dark. We become friends for the next 25 years or so, fishing together and meeting each other at the different patterns on our lake and always sharing to help each other catch fish. Homer fished right up to his passing at 93 years old, and I will always remember and miss my friend in that little oneman fiberglass boat, who taught me so much over the years. A couple years ago in the fall, fishing that same cove and pattern me and Homer fished so often, I heard off in the distance a young man yell, "hey Mister you mind telling me how your catching those fish" Every now and then when im fishing on the water alone and I reach into my net and grab that big slab I look up to the Good Lord and say to myself, "This one's for you Homer" and I know somewhere in heaven he is smiling. Next time your on the water take the time to remember those kind souls who fished with you. God Bless you all and have a wonderful Christmas. Take Care Crappie Pro...

[L.A. stumpjumper]

A good story crappiepro, thanks for sharing with us.

[bugman]

Grat story i really enjoyed it....i too have had a few homers in my life and i think of em everytime i'm on the water.

[Vince Gray]

thats the way fishin should be!

[crappietyme]

Thanks for the story CrappiePro. When we are younger we generally think the world revolves around ourselves. As we grow older we learn to realize that life is much better when we share it with other people.

It was my Grandfather that introduced me to fishing as a child, and there was nothing he enjoyed more than taking his Grandchildren fishing. Man O' man how I would love to have the opportunity to sit in the boat with him just one more time. Those days were very special.

Be a real man, take care of, and love your family.

Best wishes to all.....

[bobberwatcher]

Wow, what a story man. Best wishes you guys...

[tommyboyrn]

thats awesome. Thanks for sharing, a wonderful way to "snap-back" and realize whats important.

[DRPEPPER]

Reminds me of both of my grandfathers. I wonder how the old guys always knew where and how to fish with out all of the stuff and techniques we have today.
Don

[noslab]

Thats what fishing should be about great times good friends.

Noslab

[catman]

great story.