Good to hear you guys had a great time and congrats on getting back to the water Elnut. Where to next?
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Good to hear you guys had a great time and congrats on getting back to the water Elnut. Where to next?
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Where next, Back to Dale on Wed and Thur of this week hopefully. Hoping to find a backseater but will go by myself if necessary, we will see. By the way, going by myself is 110% against the wishes of Hens and my wife. Hens will get over it before my wife will and as long as I don't end up in the hospital maybe she will let me sleep in the bed sometime before June upon my return. If I do go by myself, it looks like my recliner and I will become even more buddies that we already have been. Amazing what a man will do for the love of the chase and sometimes catch of a thing called a "Fish". We all do it and you know what I am talking about whether it is Green, Brown, Striped, Hybrid, Trout, Eye's, Creeks, Rivers, Lakes or Ponds, the things we do to fish. Cliff said it best on the ride back today, "Owning a boat and fishing is 20% great and 80% money and headaches", but that 20% sure does feel good.Originally Posted by worm1
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Glad you had a great time Elnut, ashame I can't take you up on that back seat offer...But too much goin on here for me to go with you, which I would have loved to have gone.... Maybe in the future I'll get to go out on the Hollow with you and learn some stuff about catching them big Brownies.....
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LONG POST ,,,heck elnut I was just getting into it when your post finished...
Really glad you had a good trip and came back healthy
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Glad you made it back alive and well!
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Just for you Joe the next one will be longer. Meeting Bobby Westmoreland for supper Tuesday night and will certainly have some of his "Truths" or "Lies" knowing him to add. Never miss an opportunity to spend time with him to learn about Billy.
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Not sure of the relationship from Bobby to Billy but I have them ol brown fish as well as Largemouth (signed)on my book shelf on a book stand . I am very proud to have both books as Billy was a fine man. Looking forward to your next post Joe G
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I met Bobby Westmoreland for the first time in person after several phone calls a couple of years ago when I was trying to find more information about Billy. I sure wish I watched all of his shows as I was growing up but my Dad never took me fishing even though he had the best boat money could buy in 1989, that is another story for he did not use it either. The first time I met Bobby, I ate supper at a restaurant with him, his wife and his son. Bobby's son traveled with Billy as his assistant thru Billy's tourney career and I heard a bunch of stories about Billy that night. At the end, Bobby gave me a copy of Billy's "Them Ol Brownfish" book and a couple of 8x12 photos of Billy, with one being just before he died standing on his back porch. Bobby said he had 3 copies of his book and gave me one of them. Bobby told me the story of Billy's 10+ Smallie, I think it was 10-8, which is the 3rd largest ever behind the 11-15 record and another 10-14 that some yahoo caught out of Dale as well. Bobby said they were fishing Mitchell Creek running some points to no fish and Billy turned around and casted way out into the middle of the creek. Bobby said what are you doing Billy just as the rod loaded up and Billy said only one word, which I have said a bunch of times in his honor...TROPHY. Trophy is all Billy said as he set the hook on that Monster with 4lb test line according to Bobby. Fought her like a champ all the way to the net. Bobby also said Billy had the guaranteed 12+ world record on around Christmas of one year as well on 4lb test with a jig. This time Billy fought her like a champ but the fish won as she spit it after a mighty struggle. Billy's sister moved to California then to Hawaii and used to have some of his shows taped. I called her but she could never find them. Bobby said that Billy's wife destroyed a bunch of his stuff after his death for she was going thru some problems at that time. The 10-8 fish that Billy landed was mounted and given to a local restaurant and after Billy's death, new owners came in and gutted the place and threw away the mount. If you visit the One Stop in Celina you will see a bunch of mounts that were caught by Billy as well. Speaking of the One Stop, Punisher Lures.com has a new website and Steve Headrick posted his Monday report to which he put me in it about the fish we caught over the weekend. He said just me and 8 over the weekend but it was Cliff and me and we had 11 total over the weekend on the fly. Back to Billy, I am meeting Bobby tomorrow night for supper in Celina and surely to hear more truths and lies. I will report when we get back Thursday night. Later Elnut
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