Crappie from the past

[GRIZZ]

My sister was browsing some old pics last week and came across this one of my mom. She is quite a crappie angler and we always fished the crappiethons as the only mother-son team. Everyone loved her and she became a mini celebrity at the tournies, not just because of her age and that she was a woman, but she could really haul em in and put a lot of men to shame. That year we placed 7th and she won the big fish pot. It was a horrendous fishing day with high winds and waves on the whole lake and there was over 100 teams. It was the last fish we caught before we quit and came to the weigh-in. I was always very proud of her and she was of herself for catching the biggest fish of the tourny with over 200 men in it. :D I think it was 16-17 yrs ago.

It was a smallish fish compared to some years when the big fish was always over 2lb, but it was a great fish for the conditions that year. I believe it was 1.9lb and was a good representative of a typical Chautauqua fish back then. Man I miss those days. All we have are dinks now.

[FisherMike]

Now that is cool Grizz.

Is you Mom still showin the guys how it's done?

Thanks for sharing.

[GRIZZ]

She is 77 now and isn't real steady in a small boat, so she doesn't go out on the lake much. We need to get a pontoon so she can go out more, but when she gets a pole in the water she still hauls em in. My brother-in-law has a pontoon and I have asked if we could use it so she can fish, but hes a selfish jerk and just leaves it in his yard all year. I offered to put it in the water for him and fix it up, but he just blew it off. GRR I'll pick up my own used pontoon this year sometime so she can fish more.

[anchorpuller]

Grizz

That is just AWSOME. Thank you for sharing. I hope my kids grow up and want to get thier ole Momma back out to fish when I'm not able to do it myself.
I'd bet she is just as proud of you as you are her.

Made my day!

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Grizz, Great post!! Hope you get to take your Mom Fishin. As for your Brother in Law-He"ll need something some day!! What Go"s Around-Comes Around!!

[shipahoy41]

Please go to the archives and copy and paste this on the thread "Who Mentored You" These are stories we need to keep and share with others for a long time. You have a great mother.

old ship

[joejv4]

Nice post Grizz! I hope you get that pontoon!
Can't beat fishing for good quality family time.

[FishnLine]

Cool pic Grizz!

[FisherMike]

Grizz, you said your Brother in law.

Jump the chain of command and go straight to the boss. Your sister.

Maybe,,,,, if it's for your dear Mother, she'll give it to you.:D

[gooch]

Awesome post, story and more importantly memory.

Thanks for shareing and way to go Momma.