In the old Rossport Hotel tap room there used to be 2 old plaques. 30lber club and 40lber club.
Bing Crosby joined the 30lber club in 1938–but everybody knows Ole Man Gerow caught that fish—he just let Bing-being a celebrity and all-reel it in.
I joined the 30lber club in 1974 and the 40lber club in 1991.
Those of us in the 50lber club are all on a first name basis with each other.
I’m not in the 60lber club (yet) but i know 2 guys who are.
Good fishermen are not born—they are made—generally by ignoring other important aspects of their lives.
Always liked Churchill's comment "To shoot a good game of pool means a well-rounded youth; to shoot too good of a game of pool indicates a misspent youth."