Old Photo's contest - Through the end of August 2012.

I want to get this out here now so you all can start digging through your old photos. The TJ Stallings article on the home page reminded me how cool old fishing photo's can be.

Make sure the photo's are your's and that you didn't just pull it off the Internet somewhere.

Prizes to be announced soon. We got time on this contest.

I'd prefer them to be old black and white pictures, and I'd like a little story to go with the picture.

Post your pictures in this thread.

Disclaimer: rules and prizes subject to change without notice.


I added what is pictured as the prize:
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A BnM Slabmaster Crappie Saver
BnM Caps & Coleman Minnow Rigs
Real Magic
Crappie Thunder Road Runner
Mr. Crappie Slab Daddy
Marabou Pro 2.0 Road Runner
Bullet Bobbers
Lure Parts Online 160 Piece Crappie Kit
Snake N Da Bush Donated by rnvinc
and 100 Tube Jigs donated by Kwerdal

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This is a pic of me when I was MUCH, MUCH younger...I was a big fan of Virgil Ward at the time - the bass I'm holdin' in the pic is a product of me chasin' after a much bigger fish that kept jumping just ahead of me all afternoon long, notice the clunky glasses I'm wearin. LOL, I must have weighed 100 pounds less than what I weigh now...oh to be young and able to wade fish again.

Here's my entry. I was around 7 at the time. We used to go brim fishing all the time at my aunts place before they moved. I don't think this is my first time fishing but it was one of the first. That's about 22 years ago.

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Boss ... do these pics have to be of US, or can they be of family members (living or deceased) ??

... cp :cool:

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Originally Posted by crappiepappy

Boss ... do these pics have to be of US, or can they be of family members (living or deceased) ??

... cp :cool:

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Can be of any one you personally know.

My Grandfather, Luther Cruse, with his idea of a "limit" :

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...dPaknewhow.jpg

Actually, this was most likely the results of a more than just one persons catch. Rofl Most likely these fish were caught in Tenn, possibly Cherokee Lake :dono (picture is prior to my memory of the event)

The following picture depicts what I remember "getting ready to go fishing with my "Pa" was like, back when I was in my pre-teen years :

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...randfather.jpg


This is the "former" Red Gate Dock, on Herrington Lake (Ky) ... where most all my memories of fishing start. The old flatbottom wooden rental rowboats, rental lockers for your fishing gear, snacks & the latest fishing report/info were always available. It's where I started my Crappie fishing experience, and my love of the sport of fishing.

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... cp :cool:

These are some old photos from my young Green Carp fishing days.Rofl I had an old Garcia 5000 and a few baits.The rod and reel was a gift from a family friend. Paddled a flat bottom in them days cause I had no motor. Just a kid back then.



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This picture is me holding the days catch from KY Lake ... first week of April / air temps in the mid 30's & a misting rain ...


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I'm coming into the cabin at Ky Lake Dam Village, carrying four limits of Crappie that my three friends & I caught in a small cove, not far from there. My partner & I were casting Roadrunners, the other two were tightlining minnows. This was day two, of our two day stay. Day one had ended with the same results, but had much better weather conditions. (temps in the high 40's & NO RAIN !! )

Day one was where the "story" part of the trip is the best:

Boat #1 - Kenny & I
Boat #2 - Paul & Jack
We launch the boats & head to this cove that was recommended by a guide friend of Jacks. Upon arriving at the cove and starting to fish, we realized we'd left our food/drink cooler in the vehicle, back at the launch. Paul & Jack staked their claim to a deep hole spot in the cove, & Kenny & I went back for the cooler. When we returned, Paul & Jack were still in the same place, but another boat had come in & anchored over the shallow hump that Kenny & I had planned to work.

There were three guys in that boat, each fishing with 3-4 cane poles. We eased over by Paul & Jack, and asked them if they had been having any luck. They said no, not really, but that the other boat had been catching some off & on. I was almost ready to believe their story, until I saw that they had stringers hanging over the side of Jack's boat. I told them to "show us what'cha got" ... and with sheepish grins, they raised their stringers to show almost a dozen nice Crappie they'd caught, in the short time that Kenny & I had been gone.

Kenny & I then began circling around the boat with the cane pole forest, casting our Roadrunners over the flooded grass/weeds of the far back end of the cove. We started catching Crappie, and some real Slabs, too. Every now & then, it seemed like a wave of Crappie would come through, and the cane polers would go through a fire drill of snatching & yanking Crappie into their boat ... untangle their messes ... re-bait their lines ... and wait for the next wave to come by. It was quite entertaining, but more importantly it alerted us to the fact that those in the wave that escaped the hooks of the cane pole boat ... would be working their way through our line of fire, in a matter of seconds.

Day two was a general repeat of day one ... minus the cane polers, and a much slower bite. The worsening weather conditions made it tough to enjoy the day, as much as we had the previous one ... but, we stuck it out & the picture above shows the results.

I'm not sure of the exact date ... but, considering my beard/mustache is black, it was probably back in the late 1980's.

... cp :cool:

Me and my daughters going ice fishing, probably 15 or so years ago. Yep, I dragged them on the ice with me!


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C'mon you all. There have to be more old pictures out there. I noticed I did not have the prize announce here, so I added it finally today. Hopefully these prizes will entice more photos to be submitted. There are some great prizes here for the winner, please take a look:

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...2-dscf4852.jpg

A BnM Slabmaster Crappie Saver
BnM Caps & Coleman Minnow Rigs
Real Magic
Crappie Thunder Road Runner
Mr. Crappie Slab Daddy
Marabou Pro 2.0 Road Runner
Bullet Bobbers
Lure Parts Online 160 Piece Crappie Kit
Snake N Da Bush Donated by rnvinc
and 100 Tube Jigs donated by Kwerdal

Attachment 97487The 2 color pictures are of neighbor 'BO' and i when the fishing in Lake Griffin was 'good' no fishfinder, no gps, maybe my first trolling motor(Sheakspere), fishing with true cane poles(2 each) and minnows.

Black and white is me at 15 had 'borrowed' Dad's rod and reel and went to the Rum River at golf course in Princeton Minnesota, got caught with pole and had to get one of my own. Largest pike i ever caught.--shuAttachment 97485[ATAttachment 97485TACH=CONFIG]97485[/ATTACH]Attachment 97486

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remember when polaroids gave you those instant pictures...

Found this pic from 1969 used as a page marker in my old Bible. Looks to be from an old polaroid Instamatic.--shuAttachment 97569

Slab can i put a current pic of Sat and G in this contest???? About as old as one can get

[QUOTE=Big H trucking;1994144]Slab can i put a current pic of Sat and G in this contest???? About as old as one can get

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ha ha ha

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Attachment 97692Hard to see. 1970 Aunts, Uncle and My mom uncle Rich on right Belived to be a bluehead pike? With my uncle Robert "RIP" next with a load of perch.And Next is my momy with what she belives is crappie and cant get a responce from aunts as to what the think they were holding.But this is one of many.Also not a fishing pic but here is a 1967 rabbit, Uncle RobertAttachment 97693

Attachment 97751Me with my first bullhead i caught with grandpa in his secret farm pond.1983 I was 4 It was spring in NY. All he used was minnow and night crawlers we picked from lawn.I was left with grandparents off and on and grandfater had a mild stroke, so all we did was fish and hunt till i was seven. Must have had a impact on me cuz,they are some of my best memories.Attachment 97754Yeah i foung a crappie pic.

Attachment 97801 This photo was taken on the bridge @ Lake Secession (the oldest man-made lake in South Carolina) back in the early 50's....glad they didn't have a size limit, cause Grandpa ate everyone he caught. The wooden bridge is long gone, Grandpa passed in the early 70's and my dad just turned 88 years old. He still enjoys looking at my catches and sits beside the fryer when I'm cooking crappie.

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This is me about 1959 or 60 fishing in a a canal near Indio, California

Attachment 97936Pic of my grandfather around 1970 comming off a ice transport. We are looking into where it was taken. My aunt said it was chautauqua lake, but my uncle thinks it was on lake onterio. If anybody reconizes the casey's Fish Hut transport please message Any info could help.

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Dads high tech fishing rig in March 1972. That's my brother and I playing on the trailer tongue.

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The b&w photo of my dad we just found! Lost my mom a couple days ago so I don't have any details about it. It was always a fight between my mom, who always wanted to fish for "The Big One" Northern Pike, and my Dad who just wanted to relax while Crappie fishing. Mom always seemed to win that battle....

LLL

Some great entries here in the "old photos" contest. C'mon, only two weeks left, lets see some more.

The first picture of fish were at caught at Pickwick Dam in 1953 by my Grandfather Mr. Gilbert Sartain and a friend Fat Poe on Pap's Hair Jigs, these two stringers were caught in three hours of fishing, the other pictures are of fish, him and his friends caught at Pickwick on the same jigs he hand tied. Everyone that sees the pictures of him with a suit on ask why, the reason that most of the pictures we have of him with his suit on and fish are beacause he drove a Trailways bus and when he got off he usually went straight to the lake, I still tie jigs the way he taught me years ago and my Love for fishing also came from his Love for fishing, I hope everyone enjoys these pictures as I look at them often because he was absolutley my best friend and fishing partner in life.



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1958...Sunset Beach N.C....My granddad and Uncles. All gone now. Fishermen and Fishers of men at the "Fisherman's Rest".Attachment 99208

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My new boat,it helps put fish on the table!!

Here's one from around 1968/1969. My dad was a carpenter and he always wore overalls. Fishing, hunting, hot, cold, it was always overalls. This is me and my dad with a mess of flatheads. This was after the first big tornado hit Jonesboro. I know this because in the background are the concrete forms for storm shelters that my dad had built.

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This is my father Kenneth Rollans and his late brother Lyndal Rollans around 1944 at McGuire's Pond.
These two brothers loved each other and loved spending many lazy summer afternoons fishing any way they could!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...out1944001.jpg

First pic circa 1965 on my Grandpa Joe's charter boat out of Sausalito, Ca. 6 years old and all I remember is traveling 3 hours by boat to the Salmon grounds. I do remember a passenger catching a shark and Grandpa killing it with a shotgun! I own the rod/reel combo in the bottom right corner of the pic!

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My wife Diane of 34 years! Door County Wisconsin about 1964. We also own the minnow bucket and rod/reel combo in her pic too! Bringing back memories....GREAT CONTEST!!!
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Attachment 99416Attachment 99417Attachment 99418First Picture is Me,my Mom and my Grandma and Grandpa.Second Picture is me in the 70's,Nice bass on a zebco and a spinerbait.Last picture is Me and My Dad(greenscale) with a couple of Nice Crappie.Fishing is a Family affair for us and it continues with my son and two daughters.

Not trying to sway the decision or anything, but nimrod's pic (#29) I could use as a background on my PC. That is classic!

Attachment 100054This is me with a stringer of monsters.the lake was my friend and kept me out of trouble.This is lake Decatur in 1958Attachment 100055This is my dad with a 25lb13oz drum perch he caught while carp fishing with alfalfa dough ball.Probably in the early sixties.

Gimme a little time for me to get my family together to pick a winner. These pics are great, it's not going to be easy to pic a winner here for sure. Thanks for sharing such wonderful photos.

Y'all may have guess this one already. Nimrod's Catch is the winner. Please PM me your mailing address.

It was a great contest with some great pictures submitted. One of my favorite contests. Thank you everyone for sharing them with us.

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This is my father Kenneth Rollans and his late brother Lyndal Rollans around 1944 at McGuire's Pond.
These two brothers loved each other and loved spending many lazy summer afternoons fishing any way they could!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...out1944001.jpg

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