Running The Trot Line
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Fishing was a pastime sport that all my family did love so fine,
We preferred to catch fish with a rod and reel most of the time,
But occasionally my Dad liked to run a trot line for catfish at night,
So we headed to the lake, spending a night, to do the job right. Continue reading
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When Craig and I went hunting, we didn’t go for the wild goose,
But when we saw one during the season out there on the loose,
We were ready for them with special shells in our hunting vest.
This poem detailing a time we shot one, may be of some interest. Continue reading
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We became expert duck hunters in our younger years.
This poem details how we hunted the ducks out there.
In the Texas Panhandle at Lake Meredith near Amarillo.
Try these methods and you too will do well, I know it’s so. Continue reading
I probably spend 100 hours per fishing season out fishing with my Dad in his boat after work in the evenings. We got to be a very good fishing team. Here’s a little story about my Dads boat and what an evening on the lake with him and his boat was like. Continue reading
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When I was a young man, I got my first bow and arrow when I was 10 years old. Over my growing years, I became pretty good with the bow and arrow so it was very easy to adapt to bow fishing. Here’s the story. Continue reading
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The area around Phillips, Texas, was quite ugly to most,
But we all learned to love it, and sometimes did even boast.
The poem describes the area where we used to roam.
And believed in the old saying, there’s no place like home.
Carp
Sometimes it is fun to catch rough fish such as carp because they grow so big and put up a big fight. On at least one occasion, it was not only fun to catch them, but it was also very profitable. Here’s the story. Continue reading
The Big Head
Sometimes we stick our noses into places they shouldn’t be. This almost always gets us into trouble. Here’s a story about one such incident. The nosy one walked away with the “big head” this time. Continue reading
The Duck Hunt
Trying to be a Good Samaritan sometimes gets you into situations for which there is no easy solution and which may have repercussions on the samaritan. It’s complicated, so here’s the story. Continue reading
Upper End Of Lake Meredith
Lake Meredith was the best thing that ever happened to the area around Borger and Amarillo,Texas. It provided a place for water sports, boating, fishing, diving, swimming, picnicking, camping, hiking, bicycling, and hunting that we had not previously had. My family enjoyed the lake for many years. Here’s how we used the area at the upper end of the lake.
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