More Memories
Jack Sparks has a great story up about his grandfather and catching carp. With Wheaties.
And that certainly brings back the memories.
Because when I was a little kid, I used to go out fishing all the time with my (very patient) grandfather and father. Mainly we went to various ponds fishing for bass and crappie. But sometimes, we'd go down below the lake in Pawhuska and fish for carp.
With a Wheaties doughball concoction that my grandfather made.
But instead of using plain water to mix the thing, he always went one step further: Strawberry Love soda pop.
I don't know if that actually made any difference at all, but as a kid it certainly seemed to make a lot of sense to me.
And I have to say, catching a carp is FUN. They are big strong fish that are damn hard to land when the thing is about half as long as you are! I should have my mom scan a photo and send it so I can post it here.
Nobody would ever eat the silly things, but that was never really the point.
(08-29-03 Update) My mom scanned an old photo of me and the very first carp I ever caught and landed entirely by myself (above). I was not exaggerating -- it was nearly as big as me. Also, you can't really tell, but I'm wearing a faded t-shirt with #12, Roger Staubach on it. Proof that I'm not just making it up when I tell you people I've loved those damn Dallas Cowboys forever! I'm no longer that skinny and no blonde hair, but I still have Cowboys shirts!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/28/03 22:50 | Outdoors | Technorati
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Kevin, according to Colonel Jeff Cooper (Crouch's buddy, who writes the excellent online "Cooper's Commentaries"-an abridged version is also available in Guns and Ammo magazine), his father claimed the French must be a truly great people because they can even make a carp taste good. Well, actually, my grandmother makes some pretty good-tasting carp cakes, which actually taste a great deal like Maryland-style crab cakes. And for that matter, my brother and I have smoked carp in a water smoker over hickory or apple wood chips, wrapped in bacon, and it's pretty good eating. Generally, I'd agree about the lack of desirability of carp as an eatin' fish.
R Bryan Tyra
Posted by R Bryan @ 17:20 on 08/31/03
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