Blast from the past
 

My cousin sent me a couple of pictures from when I was a kid. My family had/has a couple lots on the TN River in Lobelville. I loved fishing as a kid. Now all I do is bass fish for the most part but as a kid it was all catfish. I spent every summer and Xmas break on that river chasing catfish. Anyways, I'm the kid with the snoopy pole in the second picture.

When times were simpler

That is so true. I often think about all the time I spent on that river back then. I stopped going a lot around the time I got my drivers license. But it was a different time back then and I'm only 37 years old now. I was allowed so much freedom and responsibility at a young age. When I was probably 10 years old I was allowed to take the boat out by myself using only the trolling motor and I had to stay inside our small creek. The creek was small enough that I could be seen from camp anywhere I went for the most part. At the same age I was also allowed to take my hunting rifle and walk by myself about a 1/4 mile to my tree stand and deer hunt alone. I was mature enough at a young age that my parents knew I wouldn't do anything stupid or dangerous. Those things don't happen in today's society and are probably illegal. The only thing I did that my parents didn't know about and wouldn't approve of is I had a couple Playboy magazines stashed in my tree stand. Lol, my dad always wondered why I hunted so much even though I didn't see many deer. :D

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I'll bet you had a strong grip for your age. :)

Lol. Popeye forearms

Did you catch that big catfish on that little rod and reel?

Lol. No. I wanted to play a joke on my mother. I caught it on a zebco 33.

Lol, but even on the ole Zebco 33 it is still impressive.:D