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THE GOOD OLE DAYS

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LETS TALK ABOUT THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLER AND ALOT LESS COMPLICATED AND GET BACK TO ESSENTIALS, FUN!!!

Location: TROY GROVE , ILLINOIS
Members: 45
Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2015

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Does anyone remember renting fishing boats? 9 Replies

When I was a kid growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s very few people that I knew owned a boat. Being raised in one of the thousands of subdivisions that sprang up after WWII I don’t remember one person…Continue

Started by Mike Martin. Last reply by Mike Martin Jan 19, 2015.

FRIENDS REMEMBERED , WHILE I STILL CAN REMEMBER EM..... 2 Replies

BACK when I was a young married man I came to Troy Grove, the birthplace of my wife of 42 years now.. I was at the post office one day getting my mail , no home delivery , then or now. There was an…Continue

Started by DAVID L EITUTIS. Last reply by dick tabbert Oct 25, 2014.

" MUSINGS ON GETTING OLDER " 2 Replies

AS I sit here pondering how to start this I"m listening to " WALTZING MATILDA" by the Seekers. I associate the song with my time spent in Austrailia as a young man ..... They have a different…Continue

Started by DAVID L EITUTIS. Last reply by carl hendrix Sep 4, 2014.

THE BUCKET LIST OF 10 THINGS OR LESS FROM THE GOOD OLE DAYS! 19 Replies

AFTER READING JANS COMMENT ABOUT A BUCKET LIST LETS START ONE IN MY GROUP: 10 ITEMS ONLY OR LESS ABOUT THE GOOD OLE DAYS ON FAMILY , TACKLE , FISHING OR ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THAT STUFF. HERE'S…Continue

Started by DAVID L EITUTIS. Last reply by DAVID L EITUTIS Mar 15, 2014.

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Comment by dick tabbert on March 5, 2012 at 4:34pm: Jeffrey you have somew great looking fishing area's Nice memories and beautiful pictures to boot.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 5, 2012 at 4:08pm: My jaw is still on the floor right now. Wow. Beautiful.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 5, 2012 at 4:03pm: Growing up on the bayous on the Northshore of Lake Ponchartrain we experienced great brackish water fishing on multiple waterways which often included Crappie, Bluegill, Warmouth, Shellcracker and Largemouth Bass is the same creel....It was a great sight to walk out of school and see my pop in line to pick me up with the boat in tow and a mug of my mom's awesome sweet tea......We would be fishing less than thirty minutes after I left school and often fished until you couldn't see your bait......Louisburg Canal was a family favorite that has surrendered to waterfront development so this is now a busy lake access canal instead of a quiet tidal cut ripping with bedding Bluegill action like I remember....This is the place when I discovered a bowfin could lay in the boat for a long Summer day and be released at the launch only to swim off like it was just caught........Most of these days I would fish with a bucket of minnows with a cane pole behind my dad fly fishing his favorite popping bug looking for that relentless Goggle-eyed Perch that would strike repeatedly until he was caught or missed, whichever came first....I don't visit these canals when I go back home to Louisiana these days because I don't want anything to sway my memory of the Good Ole Days with the emphasis on Good!!!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 4, 2012 at 7:19pm: Yea I was one of them. Also the last picture was me and my cousin Beverly.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 4, 2012 at 6:36pm: Thats a boatload of kids, Dick!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on March 4, 2012 at 6:26pm: Nice Dick....the black and white photos add to the story...Thanks for sharing!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 4, 2012 at 6:18pm: Found some old pics to go with my story on Feb 25

Comment by dick tabbert on February 29, 2012 at 8:37pm: Thats sounds like you had fun and a little competition is healthy.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 29, 2012 at 8:00pm: Absolutely Dick....often we fished separate boats in the same area so you could keep an eye on each other and I can remember dipping my rod tip trying to hide a fish from him during an amateur tourney...There were some lies told around Falcon Drive if you know what I mean!

Comment by dick tabbert on February 29, 2012 at 7:53pm: Jeffery did you and your cousin compete against one another. Jack and I did all the time. That kept some of the intrigue in it.