Go fishing and make memories!

Reading a brief item in The Gatesville Messenger a few weeks ago brought back good memories to Laura Honea.

In the “Whatever happened to” column in the newspaper, there was a mention of her late husband, Bob Honea, who had caught a giant 11-pound, 1-ounce black bass on the power company lake at Fairfield. The news of his big catch reached the newspaper and his picture appeared in the paper holding the giant bass on February 18, 1982.

Laura Honea wrote about that day: “We got up early and left for Fairfield Lake. People were lined up a mile or so to put their boats in the water. A Texas blue norther blew in, but we finally got our boat in. The wind kept blowing the boat to the bank. My husband got out and pulled it back and tied up the boat. He was cold and wet. He went back to the van where he changed clothes. We finally got the boat out and went a little way and then started fishing by some stumps. He caught it (the 11-pound bass) and I netted it for him. I thought he sure earned that fish!”

Seeing the recent mention of her husband and the fish in The Gatesville Messenger, Honea said “The story brought back lots of memories. My husband and I shared fishing. That fish he caught is still hanging on my wall.” Honea’s advice to everyone is to “go fishing and make memories!”