I have always understood the value of the dollar. Since I was a young child, my father taught me about business and how to make money to provide for myself and for my family. Whether that was by washing widows or mowing lawns, I got a taste of what it meant to be able to have the things that I wanted and needed. As I grew, he showed me first hand the importance of putting your family first and I hope and pray that I can be as good a father and husband for my family as my dad was for me!
I caught my first fish when I was 4 years old. It was a 5 lb alligator gar on my Mickey Mouse rod! (I think it actually may have been Goofy :) I was absolutely consumed from that moment on! I grew up on the coast so I dove into surf fishing and loved the intricacies of working the tides and fishing the cuts and bays. When I went to college, one of my best friends became my fishing partner. Since there was no saltwater outside of the wellwater within 300 miles, we turned to the hard fighting, finicky, technically tough black bass to satisfy our need for tight lines and early mornings on the water!
Sadly, Odessa, TX is not the place for bass fishing enthusiasts... So really my best chance to make the best of my limited opportunity is to go to lakes a couple of times a year and an hour or two away and bass fish from a boat. Man! It has always been a dream of mine to own a bass boat of my own! I have fished 3 bass tournaments at Lake Fork and I KNOW that if we had've had a boat other than our dinky rental, we would have done MUCH better! Thus, the persuit of owning a bass boat began!
Now that I am a husband and a father, my priorities have changed. My love and passion for studying and catching elusive bass however remains as fiery as ever! However because of my understanding that family absolutely comes first, I have done my best to provide and because of that, have not had the finances to have my own boat.
One of my favorite things in the world is thinking outside the box and finding creative alternatives to achieve anything from daily tasks to big roadblocks. I was inspired by a story I heard when I was in college. In 2006, a man started with a paperclip and just over a year later had traded all the way up for a house in Canada simply posting in the barter section of craigslist. It wasn't long before he had national and even international publicity. What an inspiration! Don't get me wrong, I don't neessarily expect this to put me on the cover of BASS Magazine or anything. I really just hope this can be a means to an end in helping me achieve my dream of owning my own bass boat!
Given the explosion of Facebook, and the hundreds of millions of people who are a part of it, I felt there was no better venue than Facebook to achieve this goal! My plan is to post a new blog each time I get an offer or trade so that you, my faithful reader can keep up with all the excitement! I will make sure to post links on Facebook and if you are not my friend on FB, feel free to add me so you can stay up-to-date!
Im so excited to begin this journey! Thank you all for walking beside me during this adventure and I know that with all of your help, we can make it happen!
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