Fish Catching Travel
Jack Mellinger
When I married my lovely wife Nancy over 25 years ago I was lucky enough to get a great father-in-law to go along with it. Jack Mellinger turns 90 years old today and I wanted to take this time to thank him for being a good guy.
Jack and his lovely wife Joy.
But most of all I want to thank both him and Joy for raising such a great daughter. Sorry I could not be there with the rest of you and the family in Iowa today. Don’t party to hearty Old Timer. Happy Birthday Jack, may you have many more.
Mia
And I got this today from my daughter Carrie. Here is the joy of my life, my granddaughter Mia. She has her Oklahoma City Thunder Cheerleader uniform on and she looks so cute.
We love you Mia. And yes I really did get a JD.
They are on the University of Arkansas campus today and found my name which is carved into the sidewalk. Everyone who graduates from U of A gets there name in the sidewalk. And just like I got my name in the walk when I graduated from law school, and my daughter Carrie did when she graduated, there will come a day when Mia has her name inscribed on the walk. Go Hogs!
The Old Days
While looking for a good picture of Jack I did find this one. It was taken about 35 years ago at the dock at Panther Bay where I lived, worked, and guided. I may have needed a haircut and a shave, but I sure did not need another striper on that stringer.
Now that is what I am talking about.
Those nights were some of the best fishing of my life. Big stripers smashing topwater baits, it just does not get much better than that.
This was all off topic, but I am leaving the fishing to everyone else this holiday weekend. Hope you have all caught a few fish and had a good time doing whatever it is you did this weekend. Tuesday it will be off to chase some Reds in the back lakes so keep stopping in. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
