My Middle Sister Taught Me Catfishing
My dad had bought a small farm that had a couple of ponds on it back in the early 1960s. My middle sister was about 17 years old at the time and I was about 5 years old. We had a couple of cane poles and #2 gold hooks and some dug up worms for bait. I must have had the best time of my life because I remember the fun we had as we caught the small catfish and put them on a cotton stringer.
She showed me how to skin them and Mom fried them up that night for supper. They were small catfish, but we caught plenty for everyone.
The pond's been dried up now for years and she's moved away to the West Coast with her husband. But, I still fish when I can and thank her in my heart for teaching me how to catch catfish with a simple pole, #2 gold hook, and fat worms.