Another Story From Dr. Bob Moore's Fishing Memories Data Bank
Posted by Captain Tom Straus (tstraus) on May 08 2010 at 5:19 PM
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Fishing For Memories:

When I think of the most memorable experiences of my life, fishing trips rank way up there.

Good Friday, 1952. Cold Springs Reservoir, Hermiston, Oregon. Dad getting arrested for

trying to catch a Crappie by adding a jig to a line with three hooks already attached. Federal

Officer enforcing state law, “I'm gonna have to arrest you for fishing illegally.” We proceeded

to the Justice of the Peace's office where Dad proclaimed. “I'm not paying $29.50. I didn't hurt

anybody. Didn't damage any property. The only thing I could have done was catch a little fish

and I didn't even do that. If you think I'm a criminal, throw me in jail. Go get a new rope and

hang me. Just take my boy home. I'm not paying you bastards one damned dime.” After about

an hour of arguing with tempers flaring like gas thrown on a campfire, phone calls to the

County Seat Court House, and the State Capitol, being told that he could not reduce the fine,

the Justice of the Peace looking very tired, asked, “Clarence, would you pay a five dollar fine

and four-fifty court costs?” “Yep”, Dad said, tossing a ten dollar bill on the desk and pocketing

a fifty-cent piece. With the arresting officer loudly protesting, Dad and I walked out the door,

got in the almost new red Dodge pickup, and went home.

Over the next fifty-plus years, I've put a lot of stuff in my fishing memory data bank. Including

trips with friends and family to the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of

Alaska, and many native inland waters. And I'm honored to have fished with one of, if not the

best Charter Captains ever. Capt. Tom Straus of Erie Drifter Charters. For the past three years

I've enjoyed some of the best fishing of my life. King Salmon, Steelhead, Coho Salmon, and

Atlantic Salmon caught in Lake Ontario out of Point Breeze, New York, filled the fish box and

provided tons of great memories for me, my fishing partners, and my two grandkids, Xander

and Buffy. (See Wall of Fame on Erie Drifter web page). And words fail to describe the Jumbo

Perch fishing, and Walleye fishing out of the Wild Wings Marina on Lake Erie. Our Jumbo

Perch trip last November was one of the last Erie Drifter charters of '09, and we couldn't wait to

be Capt. Tom's first charter in April, '10, with several triple “fish on!” cluster flusters.

Can't wait till next time. If you really like to fish and CATCH, give Capt Tom a call, and add a

few bytes to your fishing memories data bank.

Robert W. Moore, D.O., Orthopedic Surgeon BC

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