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coltgov101 · 12-04-2009, 12:23 AM

I will try this again.My last reply disappeared when I tried to post it. My first summer was in 1954. My parents bought a cabin with no shower or bathtub for $5400. That included almost a 100 foot of shoreline! Ha, Ha. The cabin meant almost nothing, it was a place to rest your head at night,little more than that, the lake was the big attraction, and I felt like aquaman spending my summers there. The water was so pristine than and the following summer I received a rowboat,that really gave me a chance to explore, it became a wonderland, you could see to the bottom to about 40 feet and the rock formations and aquatic life was incredible. Water lilies complete with frogs on the leaves were commonplace, is that still so today? I became a fisherman without equal, but to this day I still say I was the first catch and release guy as I hated to see the fish die. Crayfish and catfish were especially fascinating , they used to live in the shallows then and were incredible to watch.My mother and I used to watch a mother catfish bring her babies in to our beach to feed and it is a sight I will never forget. I could go on and on and I will if this posts correctly, and people are interested in my memories.

12-04-2009, 12:23 AM	#14
coltgov101 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nj now. Spindle point in the past.(35 yrs.) Posts: 87 Thanks: 106 Thanked 10 Times in 4 Posts	Memories I will try this again.My last reply disappeared when I tried to post it. My first summer was in 1954. My parents bought a cabin with no shower or bathtub for $5400. That included almost a 100 foot of shoreline! Ha, Ha. The cabin meant almost nothing, it was a place to rest your head at night,little more than that, the lake was the big attraction, and I felt like aquaman spending my summers there. The water was so pristine than and the following summer I received a rowboat,that really gave me a chance to explore, it became a wonderland, you could see to the bottom to about 40 feet and the rock formations and aquatic life was incredible. Water lilies complete with frogs on the leaves were commonplace, is that still so today? I became a fisherman without equal, but to this day I still say I was the first catch and release guy as I hated to see the fish die. Crayfish and catfish were especially fascinating , they used to live in the shallows then and were incredible to watch.My mother and I used to watch a mother catfish bring her babies in to our beach to feed and it is a sight I will never forget. I could go on and on and I will if this posts correctly, and people are interested in my memories.