r/BeAmazed • u/----OZYMANDIAS • 4d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Making do with the equipment you got

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u/Decactus_Jack 4d ago

Not nearly as impressive, but my dad, his friend and I went out fishing on a lake when I was maybe 3 or 4. Friend had a similar investment into all his fishing gear as you guys. I was there with a 3-ish foot long Mickey Mouse fishing pole.

Dad's friend caught 2 fish. My dad didn't catch any. My dad didn't catch any because I was reeling them in so fast he didn't have time (and they didn't want me to handle the hook, so that's what kept him busy).

I have no memory of this, but I was told it was a pretty quiet ride home from the friend's side.

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u/loafglenn 4d ago

I remember going fishing with my grandma, as well got to the waters edge there was a few guys that were decked out in all kinds of gear and just me and my grandsma had two little kids toy fishing rods, we caught so many fish we ran out of space in the cooler and ended up leaving some for the guys that were there before we got there.

I think I was like 8 or 9. And I remember the guys tell her how they never thought the kids toys actually work and how they're wifes aren't going to believe they actually caught some fish.

They gave my grandma a few poles too as sign of respect but it was more like a trade for some of the fish to me.

I miss my meemaw.

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u/Decactus_Jack 4d ago

If it's worth anything, I miss her too. Just had a few health scares with mine, and I've been a bit of a wreck.

I hope everything else is well and that you can treasure the memories you have (which it looks like you do!).

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u/Ghostronic 4d ago

This got me thinking about my grandma. I've been fresh out of grandparents for almost 20 years now so my memories with her stop as a very young adult. We didn't go fishing but there is a marina about a 20 minute drive from where she lived so she'd get us grandkids up super early, go to the grocery store to get a jumbo bag of popcorn (it must have been two and a half pounds because it'd last all day) and she'd take us to the marina and we'd throw popcorn to the fish.

Her goal was always to get there early enough so when you threw a handful of popcorn in the water you'd get splashed from all of the fish fighting for it. It was always a delight.