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DaBigDog

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I've actually posted this in two places, here in one of Dad's favorite pasttimes, and on his favorite lake, so please accept my apologies if you've seen this before.

It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you all that we have lost one of the good ones. I lost my hero, my Dad, three weeks ago to the ravages of time. One of the things he loved to do most in life was ice fish, especially on Mille Lacs. I will always remember the look on his face whenever he speared a monster Northern, or pulled a 15" perch through the hole. How his eyes would light up, like a kid at Christmas. We even had his spear and a sucker minnow at the wake. Whenever anyone would ask the inevitable "Why the big sucker minnow and spear?" one of us "boys" would eagerly tell them because "Dad always said, you can't catch a big fish, with a little bait!" He was greatly loved, and will be truly missed. If I can be half the man to my children that my Dad was to all of us, I will consider my life a success.

He was a true outdoorsman. I hope the great angler in the sky enjoys his new fishing partner.

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Sorry about your loss, you have some big shoes to fill! I look up when I am out fishing and thank my Grandpa's and uncle for teaching me their secrets. My dad is still with me, so I am always learning more each time we fish. Heck I evan teach him a few things now!

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Quote:

I've actually posted this in two places, here in one of Dad's favorite pasttimes, and on his favorite lake, so please accept my apologies if you've seen this before.

It is with a heavy heart that I must tell you all that we have lost one of the good ones. I lost my hero, my Dad, three weeks ago to the ravages of time. One of the things he loved to do most in life was ice fish, especially on Mille Lacs. I will always remember the look on his face whenever he speared a monster Northern, or pulled a 15" perch through the hole. How his eyes would light up, like a kid at Christmas. We even had his spear and a sucker minnow at the wake. Whenever anyone would ask the inevitable "Why the big sucker minnow and spear?" one of us "boys" would eagerly tell them because "Dad always said, you can't catch a big fish, with a little bait!" He was greatly loved, and will be truly missed. If I can be half the man to my children that my Dad was to all of us, I will consider my life a success.

He was a true outdoorsman. I hope the great angler in the sky enjoys his new fishing partner.

From your post, It sounds like he's passed a bunch of his good qualities onto you already DaBigDog!! You have my sympathies....I still have my father, at 83, he's still teaching me!

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So sad to hear of you loss. I lost my dad in '98, and not a day goes by I don't think of him and all he did for us kids.

It is very comforting to know he will be watching over you as you hunt and fish.

Godspeed.

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DBD, sorry to hear about your dad! Will keep you and your in our thoughts and prayers. In the past 18 months the happy times like that are the ones that have gotten me through my dads passing. Like was said earlier, there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of him. Those great memories will keep him alive in your heart. Take care././Jimbo

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Very nice story. SOrry about losing your father. The loss of such a strong example and figurehead is very tough. I actually visited my grandpas gravesite this afternoon. He wasn't much of an outdoorsman but he was a great man and a hard worker.

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So sorry for your loss. Sounds like a great man. I'm sure "his boys" meant the world to him. Remember the good times, sounds like your lucky to have shared many fishin' trips with him. Sure he'd appreciate passing along his passions to those grandkids.

Lost my dad in '04 to Alzheimer's. I literally watched the guy who taught me about fishing, forget how to use his reel. I still think of him daily.

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