It's all HIS fault > http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...randfather.jpg

I was "taken" fishing, long before I could even grasp the idea of what was going on. Grew up in a family that loved to fish. Lived with my grandparents from about age 10 til I got back home from Military Service. The gentleman in the above picture is my Grandfather, and he & my Grandmother took me most everytime they went. Mostly it was fishing for Crappie, but we did fish alot for White Bass (Spring Run & jumps @ Herrington). My boyhood buddy & I got going on Bass fishing, about the time we were old enough to drive. I followed thru with mostly Bass fishing, with the occasional Crappie fishing trip, until I was in my 30's. Then I flip-flopped back to mostly Crappie fishing, with the occasional Bass trip. Been pretty much a Crappie angler since then ... but, still fish for other species, now & again. Don't really have to target any other specific specie of fish ... since I seem to catch most of them anyway, when I'm Crappie fishing ... LOL !!
Most of the Crappie I catch, end up eaten (either by me, family, or friends) ... everything else is C&R.
Some of the more memorable "accidental" catches (when Crappie fishing) are :
12lb Tiger Muskie - GRL - mounted on wall
6lb LMB - Watts Bar Lake - released
4lb SMB (several) - Watts Bar Lake - released
(all caught on UL equipment & 4lb mono)

... Pappy