I remember as early as 8 years of age, me and a friend of mine named Jimmy would ride our Huffy dirt bikes with our cane poles to fish after school.
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However not before we would stop by Mr. Sullivan’s to buy a can of corn to fish with and a chick-O-stick to eat along the way. We would ride our bikes out to Westport industrial area which had three small ponds, there we would stay until the sun set.
My adventures in fishing began when I was around 6 years old. My uncle John Lee would wake me and my brother Joey at dawn to head down to a lake in Arkansas. Getting up at 3am was not much fun however the ride there was great!
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When we arrived, it would still be dark out but that did not douse the fire of excitement. We would fish until about noon, then the sun would reach the peak of melting everything in its path. We would have at least two to three stringers full of fish, which we would put in the cooler and escort them to the “Cleaners” my grandmother (me-ma) aunt Velma and my mother Louise. Spending much of the afternoon cleaning fish with lots of laughter and story telling about our adventures of the day, Me-ma would start pulling out the big cast iron skillets and would cook up the catch of the day. These are the things that I want to share with the youth’s.
Coming from the Northwest (Seattle, WA) I have always had a love for nature and a desire to preserve our earth. I come from a long line of fisherman and truly have a passion for spending time outdoors enjoying all that mother nature has to offer. Growing up in the inner city myself, some of my happiest memories as a child was when my family and I spent time on the water fishing and just being together as a family.
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It allowed me to recharge my batteries before going back and dealing with the day to day of the big city. This is the main reason I accepted the invitation to join the Board of Directors for Urban City Anglers. With my marketing experience, I hope to be an instrumental part of helping children learn the importanct of loving this earth! Also, letting them know there is so much more to life than what they see everyday. This earth is what we have to leave our children, lets teach them how to respect her and take care of her!
My step-dad introduced me to fishing at a young age. I remember the thrill of catching and reeling in my first catfish, and the dissappointment of it getting away. I enjoyed afternoons on our 21' Searay boat watching the water on Lake Allatoona ripple, and thinking even then that it just doesn't get any better than this. Now being a single mom of 3 young boys, I'm striving to strike a balance of raising them with the same values I grew up with, while giving them freedoms and decision making powers I never had.
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The best part of fishing is that it teaches our children patience that video games whittle away, and they love every minute of it. The sense of accomplishment it fills them with is more than winning every level of every video game in one day. The pride they take in their catches will last them a lifetime, as it has me. We live in a very technological world today, and taking a few days out of the year to revisit our roots, and learn what our ancestors had to do to survive gives so much perspective, especially to children who are exposed to so much unwholesomeness on such a regular basis. The humanity involved in a group of people teaching and helping eachother fish is overwhelming, and is a great way to give our kids a real understanding of what they are really here for, and what they can do to make this world of ours a better place.
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