I have fished since I was old enough to walk, hunted to. When I was a pup in Oldham county growing up if you didn't hunt and fish you were just weird and hey I didn't want to be weird plus that's all a kid had to do anyway. We had a camp and camping trailer on Guist Creek lake and would go there every weekend for seventeen years, through the 70's and some 80,s. I got me a 10' jonboat at a very young age and rigged it up with Dad's help with a trolling motor and man I thought I was the stuff. I put the trolling motor up front on the bow and rigged a long chord to the back of the boat
where the battery was to help level out the boat. My first bass boat was a 16' Terry bassboat with a 60 horse Rude on the back. I was 15 at the time and we just kept it tied up at our dock at Guist through most of the year. I had a boat before I had a car, Dad give me my choice on what he would help me pay for and I chose the boat. Eventually girls came into the seen, Oh my I shoulda kept fishing more, lol. The boat made me feel like a was the king of the world. I will never forget my parents making me an outdoorsmen as it was the greatest gift they could have ever gave me. I will always remember the times at Guist Creek when I was a young boy and how I looked forward to going every Friday night. Sometimes I go up there and just walk around by myself and think about my Dad, brother and sister as they are all gone now. My mother is still living and she would sit on that dock for hours catching bluegill throwing them in a basket for us to clean later. She would fuss at me for cleaning them gills on our cleaning table and eating a bologna sandwich at the same time. Heck a few scales and slime never hurt nobody.I like to fish period Woody, my favorite fish that swims is like you them ole brown bass, but I like to catch them all. Thanks for this post as it made me think of alot of good ole times.I need to take my Mom gill fishing. Take care Woodman I'm glad you are feeling better.