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Title: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: 1tigger on Sep 20, 2006, 04:08 PM
I f I had the chance to fish with anyone it would be my late father in law !  :angel: Just one more time !
He taught me " EVERYTHING " I know about fishing and then some .
Unfortunately he was taken from us way too early by the man upstairs !
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Higgy on Sep 20, 2006, 04:49 PM
Herbert Hoover.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: dawg on Sep 20, 2006, 04:53 PM
 My grandfather again. Passed on when I was a teen but still remember some major perch hauls as a youngster out of Presque Ilse  Lake Erie. I still have 3 bamboo flie rods of his and a old splitbamboo baitcaster outfit with no identification on the reel. I still remember him talking about the blue pike.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Skipper on Sep 20, 2006, 05:17 PM
I would definitely say my Grampa, in his old Lund. That old man could troll up some monster northerns with a cane pole and a big ol' Dardevele.

I would also love to go with my other Grampa, I'm sure we would shore fish for bullheads.  He would pinch a spitshot a foot above the hook and wait for something to pull, because he couldn't see a bobber anymore. He called it drop lining. :). I remember catching June bugs, grasshoppers, and crickets to give him, fresh bait always made Grampa happy. :laugh:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: devil-man on Sep 20, 2006, 06:13 PM
I'm also going to say my grandfather(s).
They both helped fuel my passion.
One died when I was 12. The other when I was 23.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: sbfpa_Mike on Sep 20, 2006, 06:32 PM
Jimmy Houston. I would love to go down to LA and fish for some of those monter Crappies. In addition to the Crappies, I think Jimmy is a great personality and I love the different people, including his wife, that he fishes with. He had a guy on his show that didn't have any hands and stumpy arms, what an incredible show. Jimmy would be the guy.

Next would be George Bush. I know a lot of you guys don't like the guy, but that would be an incredible day.

Mike
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: esox slayer on Sep 20, 2006, 06:33 PM
My Dad..he's still with us, but at 77 he doesn't have "it" anymore to go onto the ice and he taught me everything about fishing.

I made the offers of taking the truck out onto the ice, even going as far as offering to either build or borrow a nice hardside so he could relax some, but he says that if he can't chase flags then he'd rather not go.  It sucks because he and I haven't been ice fishing together in quite a few years now, mainly due to his health....

He'll stop by on some days wherever I'm fishing and I go to his vehicle and we drink a cup of coffee together, but it's not the same as his being out there.....
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: xrhino on Sep 20, 2006, 07:15 PM
Erin.  I found her last fishing license tucked away in my wallet the other day.  What a mess that was... :'( :'( :'(

Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Eye Hunter on Sep 20, 2006, 09:23 PM
My 9 year old Grandson.   ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: synergyboy10 on Sep 20, 2006, 09:33 PM
my father. he cant take the beating on the boat or satnding on his feet all day. but he love s to look at all my pics
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: shrub on Sep 20, 2006, 09:39 PM
my grandfather. he passed away in may. alot of good memores of being on the ice with him.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: SleePac on Sep 20, 2006, 09:54 PM
My Creator.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: scansy on Sep 21, 2006, 05:53 AM
My grandpa.  He died when I was 10 years old.  I have only one memory of him fishing - it was him falling in while wading a trout stream with me and my dad.

My grandparents are all passed away and have never met my three kids.  I would love to be able to do anything with them again so they could spend a few minutes with my kids.  Even just sitting around drinking tea.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: adkRoy on Sep 21, 2006, 06:58 AM
Cindy Garrison from ESPN's Get wild With Cindy Garrison...I love blondes that hunt and fish! :o :w00t:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: flockshot on Sep 21, 2006, 07:10 AM
i would have to say my step-grandfather..became my grandfather when i was 9 and he didnt have to take me under his wing but he did...he is the only grandfather i had at the time(one passed before i was born another when i was 7). i would spend two weeks up at his cottage on drummond island in michigan and work my butt off for him for the reward of at least 6 hours on the water everyday. he passed when i was 20...and i miss trolling the big waters of the northern great lakes with him more then anything.the best 6 hours a day i have ever known.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: CNY Farmer on Sep 21, 2006, 07:17 AM
I wouldn't mind fishing with some here on MFF..  I don't know about that Archbishop guy though he seems a little strange :unsure: :wacko: ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 07:37 AM
Marshrat and Dunkirkphil
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: xrhino on Sep 21, 2006, 08:09 AM
Cindy Garrison from ESPN's Get wild With Cindy Garrison...I love blondes that hunt and fish! :o :w00t:

She was my second choice! ;)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: HOOKEMNCOOKEM on Sep 21, 2006, 08:11 AM
Mac, Arch & D-man. ;D

Seriously, probably my Father who died Dec. 26th 1997 or Flip Pallet for a Florida flats grand slam. :o
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pinche on Sep 21, 2006, 08:31 AM
actually not many people in my family fish sooo I was never introduced to it as a kid thats why I came to the decision of .......Bigred........ everytime he posts fish on here they are consistently nice fish and he seems to know what hes doing.

also Mac I would love to hit the water and pick his brain......plus if I ever had a boat or motor issue ......  ;)

I have already met and fished with a few great guys this year and have learned allot about fishing. Cant wait till ice season.

Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: scansy on Sep 21, 2006, 08:32 AM
Cindy Garrison from ESPN's Get wild With Cindy Garrison...I love blondes that hunt and fish! :o :w00t:

HA, you took a different approach than the rest of us.  Not better, not worse.

Hmmmm.  Maybe we need two days - one for the sentimental pick, one for the  :tipup:  :evil: pick.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: bear on Sep 21, 2006, 09:58 AM
I would like to fish with my dad one more time. Him and I used to crappie fish all the time. He past away three years ago with cancer but the last trip we went on he caught a 7lb walleye. That fish is mounted and is on the wall in front of my pc so I look at it everyday and remember our last trip. bear
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: buddah on Sep 21, 2006, 10:24 AM
Roxanne Quimby.................................wayyyy offshore shark fishing.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: stealhead4749 on Sep 21, 2006, 10:29 AM
AL LINDER
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 10:31 AM
AL LINDER

Pamela Anderson. We know what she can do on a boat  ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 10:32 AM
No one wants to fish with the Vikings? 
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: HOOKEMNCOOKEM on Sep 21, 2006, 11:17 AM
Marshrat and Dunkirkphil

Now that would be an experience!!
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: tucker on Sep 21, 2006, 11:35 AM
Richard Simmons.  Someone from IS said his name for ice fishing and the more I think of it I think it would be a blast of a time.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 11:38 AM
Richard Simmons.  Someone from IS said his name for ice fishing and the more I think of it I think it would be a blast of a time.

you could be sweatin to the oldies while your fishing.  It just doesn't get any better than that
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pinche on Sep 21, 2006, 11:42 AM
Richard Simmons.  Someone from IS said his name for ice fishing and the more I think of it I think it would be a blast of a time.
are you sure you want to do that ??


(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/PINCHE1974/richard.jpg)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: HOOKEMNCOOKEM on Sep 21, 2006, 11:49 AM
Richard Simmons.  Someone from IS said his name for ice fishing and the more I think of it I think it would be a blast of a time.

I think I just threw up. :sick:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: adkRoy on Sep 21, 2006, 11:56 AM
you could be sweatin to the oldies while your fishing.  It just doesn't get any better than that

He'd be sweating but it wouldn't be to the oldies!!! :o :sick:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 11:57 AM
Pikeguy would    ;D

Yeah real funny  >:(
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 11:58 AM
I wonder if he would ice fish in that manly blue leotard?

that is if Pikeguy isn't wearing it at the time.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Lindz on Sep 21, 2006, 12:16 PM
Mary Tyler Moore.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Buckski on Sep 21, 2006, 01:03 PM
Marshrat and Dunkirkphil
Is it fishing or boxing?????


Enerst Hemingway or Rick Clunn(sp?)
Kinda a diverse group but I think that both would have their own take on a thing we all love!

Hunting with the nugget or Chuck Adams
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 01:06 PM
Is it fishing or boxing?????


I figured you NY'ers would get a kick out of that.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Buckski on Sep 21, 2006, 01:07 PM
No one wants to fish with the Vikings? 
Hey heard they ate their own urine and fecal matter for the residual effects, would make for a different day on the water, maybe we could end it with some pillaging and plundering????
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 01:08 PM
I'd like to fish with Lindz and learn the secrets to catching huge Bass. To heck with Lindner and Stange...Ol' Lindsay could  teach you to catch the hogs!  ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 01:18 PM
Hey heard they ate their own urine and fecal matter for the residual effects, would make for a different day on the water, maybe we could end it with some pillaging and plundering????


I was talking about the Minn. Vikings.  We all know what goes on when they get on a boat.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: esox slayer on Sep 21, 2006, 01:26 PM
Marshrat and Dunkirkphil

I refuse to comment on the grounds that it would (probably) incriminate me...
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Slimechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 02:12 PM
There is quite a few people on here (MFF) that I would like to wet a line with. Both the Wisc boys, Arch, SX, D-man, Lonewolf  just to name a few.

Besides them, my grandfather on my mom's side, he died before I was born, but made sure my mom passed the tradition along.

And lastly, (but probably most wanted) Elizabeth Hurley. Just give me five minutes w/ her! :evil:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 02:14 PM
There is quite a few people on here (MFF) that I would like to wet a line with. Both the Wisc boys, Arch, SX, D-man,

Back at ya Slimer.  :)


And lastly, (but probably most wanted) Elizabeth Hurley. Just give me five minutes w/ her! :evil:

What are you gonna do with the last 4 minutes?? Cuddle?  :rotflol: :rotflol:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Slimechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 02:16 PM

What are you gonna do with the last 4 minutes?? Cuddle?  :rotflol: :rotflol:

Actually 4:49 seconds of cuddling, and what's wrong w/ that?
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 02:17 PM
Back at ya Slimer.  :)

What are you gonna do with the last 4 minutes?? Cuddle?  :rotflol: :rotflol:

you mean the last 4 mins and 50 seconds   :w00t:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 02:17 PM
man slime you beat me to the punch by seconds.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Slimechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 02:19 PM
man slime you beat me to the punch by seconds.

What? You mean you'd have 4 mins and 55 seconds to cuddle? ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 02:20 PM
Pinche....what? did that one go over your head??  ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pinche on Sep 21, 2006, 02:27 PM
Pinche....what? did that one go over your head??  ;D
No I was gonna say cuddle ??Id go fishing then I decided I take slack so I deleted it. ;)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 02:28 PM
No I was gonna say cuddle ??Id go fishing then I decided I take slack so I deleted it. ;)


I see. Confucious say.... Hard to fish with little worm  ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pinche on Sep 21, 2006, 02:30 PM
I see. Confucious say.... Hard to fish with little worm  ;D
I know you told me already . ;D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Pikeguy on Sep 21, 2006, 02:32 PM
I know you told me already . ;D

 :rotflol: :rotflol: :rotflol:

I would like to fish with my grandpa who was killed in a car accident in 93 when I was 13. We used to fish the chippewa river for rough fish and bullheads...had alot of fun doing that with him and would like to show him how much I've learned since then  ;)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: WOLF1964 on Sep 21, 2006, 02:38 PM
My Father,he left us 25 years ago.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: BIGTWINK on Sep 21, 2006, 03:16 PM
I would have to say my father also I lost him at a young age, but I think I would also want to go with the michigan rock bass crew they sound like they have a ton of fun out on the pond
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pinche on Sep 21, 2006, 03:21 PM
I would have to say my father also I lost him at a young age, but I think I would also want to go with the michigan rock bass crew they sound like they have a ton of fun out on the pond
any time TWINK ;)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: bshirtd on Sep 21, 2006, 03:25 PM
Im thinking i would pick gambell bobber says hes a class act
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: BIGTWINK on Sep 21, 2006, 03:28 PM
any time TWINK ;)

Maybe this ice season
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: flockshot on Sep 21, 2006, 03:37 PM
yeah twink..we will have a get together this winter...thats for darn sure.

as far as elizabeth hurley..im pretty sure she's one milf that i would love to fish with...but i must admit..id probably be able to cuddle the whole 5 mins...i can totally see a " jim" from american pie.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: walleyechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 03:40 PM
yeah twink..we will have a get together this winter...thats for darn sure.

Maybe KD will sponsor it :D
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Slimechaser on Sep 21, 2006, 03:40 PM
Maybe this ice season

Yeah Twink, you were one of the ones not mentioned.

Liz Hurley is still # 1 though!
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: oakorchardfishking on Sep 21, 2006, 04:15 PM
I would have to say my choice would be "FRIENDS"!

I have made many a good friend on these websites and to be able to enjoy the company, knowledge of others, good laughs and good times is what its all about! Good times man, good times!  ;D

I would start a list, but there are many of you that I have enjoyed meeting and fishing with over the years... and not only that, but just being a website friend to talk to as well!
All good people fro sure!
So I say "Thumbs up to fishing with friends"!  :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: hookemandcookem on Sep 21, 2006, 04:34 PM
I f I had the chance to fish with anyone it would be my late father in law !  :angel: Just one more time !
He taught me " EVERYTHING " I know about fishing and then some .
Unfortunately he was taken from us way too early by the man upstairs !

Im with my father here on this one. But I do know that every single time that I go out he is still with me in my heart. No matter where I go or what I do I know that he is there making that "One more cast". Has has even helped me land a few big ones with a little bit of luck. It is always important to never forget the ones you have lost, they are always with us. Fantastic comment dad. I love you, cant wait to see you soon.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: kerosenecounty17 on Sep 21, 2006, 06:16 PM
Hillary Clinton - as long as live bait's allowed for great white sharks.   8)

You'all can have Elizabeth.  I'll take Jessica.  Preferably Alba, but Simpson'd do the trick too.

Seriously, I'd pick my Grandpa too.  He wasn't much of a fisherman (great deer hunter though), but I'd like to spend one more day with him.

kc17
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: pizalm on Sep 21, 2006, 07:22 PM
I'd like to go with my dads parents. His dads gone and his mom can't fish anymore but they loved it more than anything. My moms parents can still fish so thats covered. I'd love to go on another back country trip with my dad to but he has nerve problems in his leg and has problems walking/balancing.

As long as I'm out fishing it doesn't matter to much who I'm with, I'll probably have a great time.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: scansy on Sep 22, 2006, 06:28 AM

You'all can have Elizabeth.  I'll take Jessica.  Preferably Alba, but Simpson'd do the trick too.


Maybe you can catch your two Jessica limit. 8)
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: adkRoy on Sep 22, 2006, 06:34 AM
Hillary Clinton - as long as live bait's allowed for great white sharks.   8)


She wouldn't be good bait...nothing would touch that old fish! :sick:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: scansy on Sep 22, 2006, 09:19 AM
no....... Confucious says people who go to bed with an itchy a$$ wake up with smelly fingers      ;D ;D


:rotflol: :sick:
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Buckski on Sep 22, 2006, 09:23 AM

I was talking about the Minn. Vikings.  We all know what goes on when they get on a boat.

10-4
Need to start raising bail now!
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: HOOKEMNCOOKEM on Sep 22, 2006, 09:25 AM
Mary Tyler Moore.

Tremendous when she was young!! Check out the old Dick Van d**e show re-runs.
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: HOOKEMNCOOKEM on Sep 22, 2006, 09:59 AM
Bluefinforme!!!
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: fishryc on Sep 24, 2006, 01:53 PM
Hand's down, Curt Gowdy. For the information of younger members, here is a commentary by Hal Landen:

Curt Gowdy
July 31, 1919 -- February 20, 2006

I first met Curt Gowdy when I was working for The American Sportsman, an ABC Sports show that could be seen on Sundays during the 1970s and 80s. The show was devoted to hunting, fishing and adventure. My job of Equipment Manager involved carrying lots of cases.

Curt was the host of the show. We travelled all over the US and beyond to film show segments with celebrities from sports and entertainment. I recall shows we did with Curt and Mariel and Jack Hemingway hunting wood duck in Jackson Hole Wyoming; Quail hunting with Bruce Jenner; Bonefish fishing in the flats of the Florida Key with Herve Villechaize, Tarpon Fishing in Tarpon Springs, documenting (but not hunting) the migration of Canadian Geese down the Delaware, Elk Tracking (but not hunting), skin diving off Cuba, Tuna Fishing in Newfoundland and many more. What an amazing job I had!

Many of these shoots were physically demanding and dangerous. Much of the fun is that when working with a small group of people for a week or so, you become like a family unit. A lot of what makes that work comes from the top down. So while Curt was the star and father figure, he tied the group together because he was very professional and a lot of fun. There was always an ABC producer with us such as Bob Duncan, Glen Giere, or Mark Lucas leading the small army/family unit that a crew becomes. Theoretically, the ABC producer was running the show, but it was clear that they were working for Curt rather than visa versa.

On each shoot there were maybe three to eight freelancers including cameramen, assistant cameramen and sound men. The freelancers I worked with the most on American Sportsman included some of the best in the business such as Peter Henning, Bruce Buckley, Andy Rowe, Hank Holton, Alan Schneider, Jimmy Lynch, Dave Conley, Doyle Smith, Bruce Perlman.

The show would not have been possible without our extraordinary office manager for the small ABC Film Unit , Ms. Tony Brown. Among the others who worked on the fourth and fifth floors of the unmarked brownstone at 60 West 55th St, New York City were as Jon Hammond, Lorraine Venezia, Bob Nixon, Mary Jo, John Wilcox, Pat Smith, Neal Cunningham. Our editors includes Vinnie, Tony Scandifio, John Peterson, uh oh. memory failing...Help! Please email me names of others who should be listed here.

This was a successful show that, even though it was bounced around in the schedule by ABC, it became the prototype for this type of show. Imitators could never match the kind of fiercely loyal audience drawn to American Sportsman. As Curt told an interviewer for Sports Afield magazine in Feb 2002, "I think the appeal of The American Sportsman was that it had a film-like quality. It was more than just a hunting and fishing program. Every episode told a story. We had a big budget and the best people in the business working on that show - the best producers, editors, cameramen, and soundmen. Not like today where the host and a single cameraman do everything on an outdoor show."

Hunting and fishing are unpredictable activities. The freelancers joked that we had many hours of excruciating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. The show was filmed in 16mm film. Those film cameras were really the only way you could do it in those days. We used Eclair 16 mm cameras called NPRs and ACLs for most of the work. High speed cameras like the Photosonics could shoot up to 1000 frames a second and make exquisite slow motion.

But the sound recording was one of the most difficult aspects. The sound man had to be pretty clever sometimes hiding mics behind bushes and rocks. "We soon employed shortwave microphones," says Gowdy, "which was a first in the history of television. It allowed us to record every bit of conversation, and little things that made the experience more vivid to the viewer like the crushing of gravel under your wader boots or the cackle of a rising pheasant." Today these mics are called wireless mics. The sound was recorded on Nagra tape recorders which were worn on the shoulder. In some cases a miniature Nagra SN was hidden on the talent to provide more flexibility.

Some people with as much clout as Curt had could become demanding, but Curt never was. He was a true gentleman, patient and fun. He set the tone for the entire week or so we were on the shoot. Travelling and working outdoors with these documentary crews was some of the most fun I ever had in the TV business. Sitting for many hours in a cold duck blind, all day bouncing on the bow of a small fishing boat waiting for a Tarpon to be hooked and to leap high out of the water, sitting very quietly in complete camouflage before sunrise waiting for turkeys.

Long before I had the honor to work for him, Curt was an award-winning broadcaster. His broadcasting career began in Cheyenne, WY, in 1944 where he would stand on a milk crate and announce football games often in subzero temperatures. In 1949, he did play-by-play announcing for the New York Yankees and then two years later for the Boston Red Sox.

Curt Gowdy was inducted into the broadcast wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 and the American Sportscaster's Hall of Fame in 1985. Gowdy won six Emmy's for his work on American Sportsman and nearly every celebrity appeared on the show at one point or another. As Gowdy said, "All these guys explained to me why they liked coming on the show: because they loved the outdoors and loved getting away from Hollywood and everything phony there." Curt was the perfect person to make that happen.


Thank you, Curt.
- Hal Landen



 As a kid and into my twenties when The American Sportsman was canceled, I loved this show and the very personable and likeable Mr. Gowdy. It was truly an adventurous show that I and many watched religiously.
He and the show are still missed by me......................

Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: bussman on Sep 24, 2006, 02:04 PM
My son's every day of my life!
Title: Re: If you could fish with anyone who would it be ?
Post by: Eye Hunter on Sep 24, 2006, 10:13 PM
My son's every day of my life!
Amen ! Bussman there is nothing better than seeing the look on a kids face when he ties into a nice eye or smallmouth, I watched it all summer with my grandson.  ;D