Angler #1 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 I first met Bobby at Red Top when he was working the floor assisting customers in deciding the best gear they could buy for the money they had to spend. Since he would attempt to guide every one depended upon what he would find out himself by fishing with the various rods and reels himself. We would often talk about fishing articles published in On The Water and it led to him doing a monthly article about the Canal Region . Since what he wrote had to be done a month before it was published, I can say he did a great job predicting what to expect and at the same time was sharing his experiences from prior times. I can still recall a time when i was fishing along the low cut at the stairway to the camp ground and watching him among the gathered group banging one fish after another and just watching this young man and how he enjoyed what he was doing. We engage in a conversation and he invites me down between another friend of his fishing and I tell him I would only be crowded you out. I will just watch for now. Bobby would have non of that and made a place several feet away to which I worked myself down the rocks and began to fish. I made my casts and would hook up with a good fish [they were all nice fish of size], however Bobby was hooking up on every cast . I was using a Kastmaster at the time. He asks me if I had any thing white in the bag and I had to tell him I left them in the truck. He pulls out a white cripple herring from the package and hands me the same bait he was using. Well for another hour at least we both were hauling one fish after another all over 20 pounds and some close to 30. Then he tells me he has to go to work and i was able to move into the place he had set up, as it was a little more flat. I stayed until the bite was over and went to the shop the next day to give him back his lure and he tells me it was on him. I handed him several of my custom made jigs and left knowing that here is a young man that knows how to share with others. We had often spoke about the nice fish that could be caught during the fall run from the Sandwich beaches and how dangerous it could be if you are not equipped to withstand getting pulled into the water. Bobby told me that he purchased a life vest for such occasions. During the fall run of 2010 schools of huge bass set up along the Old harbor entrance and he was up for the challenge, He had invited another good friend to keep him company that fateful night as they walked along the edges of the outflow from Old Harbor. Bobby had caught a forty plus pound fish prior to this fateful night and others who were fishing on the opposite side had some close to 50. He was bound and determined to catch a fifty from the location himself. Mother Nature intervened and he would be swept away in the outgoing surge of water flow. One of my friends working the recovery boat told me that they found him , his head lamp was still on and they were able to locate him. He did not have his life vest on . Many were saddened by what happened and non more then me as we had discussed the dangers of fishing in this area during the fall run. Bobby is now part of King Neptune's realm and every time I go down to the parking lot overlooking the marsh and sit on one of the memorial benches I say prayer and ask myself would it have been different had he worn his life vest that night and caught the 50 he was searching for? Life member M.B.B.A #509 Life member Izaak Walton Fishing Association Life member Cape Cod Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark lobster Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Great story and tribute but lets not forget his good friend that almost risked his own life to save his friend we are lucky that he also did not lose his life Greg Mcsherry i might of butcherd your name greg sorry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angler #1 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Chuck, you would be correct, Greg tried to save his partner that night , however it was not to be . I think it haunts him to this day and it was unfortunate because in reality he would have lost his life as well. Life member M.B.B.A #509 Life member Izaak Walton Fishing Association Life member Cape Cod Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Jigger Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Very appropriate to remember Bobby, as his birthday is Thursday. "…if catching fish is your only objective, you are either new to the game or too narrowly focused on measurable results.” - D. Stuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C58 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Never knew any of this, thanks for sharing and a great lesson to be learned here as well. Graduate~Googan University Ditch Troll #319 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiske27 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Always good to remember,& give Thanks for the Friends you have still around to enjoy. Lobster Troll #2, Ditch Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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