Arrow3
Senior Member
I received a Facebook message from a friend that I've known for around 25 years now. She told me that one of her best friends father was in his last days on this earth and had one last dying request. He wanted to goto the lake and catch some fish one last time.
They contacted me wanting to book a guided trip for him. After hearing the circumstances, there was no way I was going to charge them anything. I just wanted to do the best I could to put him on some fish.
They met me at Clarks Hill on Friday morning. This gentleman has gotten down to a mere 80lbs and is very weak. We got him in the boat and started towards some of my brush piles to put him on some crappie. Unfortunately, the boat ride made him very sick even though we just went a short distance.
After about a half hour of just letting him relax , he said he was ready to catch a fish. He asked me to set the hook and let him reel them in as he wasn't strong enough to cast the pole and set the hook.
In just a few minutes he had realed in 3 nice crappie but unfortunately that was all he could muster. His daughter snapped a quick pic of herself, her dad, and her husband and we went back to the ramp.
Even though we didn't get to fish long I was thankful to be able to fulfill his last wish of catching one last fish.
All of our last fish will come some day. Get out as much as you can and enjoy the outdoors. I plan to.
They contacted me wanting to book a guided trip for him. After hearing the circumstances, there was no way I was going to charge them anything. I just wanted to do the best I could to put him on some fish.
They met me at Clarks Hill on Friday morning. This gentleman has gotten down to a mere 80lbs and is very weak. We got him in the boat and started towards some of my brush piles to put him on some crappie. Unfortunately, the boat ride made him very sick even though we just went a short distance.
After about a half hour of just letting him relax , he said he was ready to catch a fish. He asked me to set the hook and let him reel them in as he wasn't strong enough to cast the pole and set the hook.
In just a few minutes he had realed in 3 nice crappie but unfortunately that was all he could muster. His daughter snapped a quick pic of herself, her dad, and her husband and we went back to the ramp.
Even though we didn't get to fish long I was thankful to be able to fulfill his last wish of catching one last fish.
All of our last fish will come some day. Get out as much as you can and enjoy the outdoors. I plan to.