Quinte Fishing

Iwas very sad to read today that Red Fisher apparently has passed away. He was 92 years of age. In light of this, I have enclosed a sample of his poetry that will certainly be remembered by a few on this board.
Regards
Don Stokes
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T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE FISHING

T'was the night before fishing,
When toast after toast,
Finally left no one sober,
Not even the host.

The whole camp was in turmoil,
The gear was piled deep.
And the dishes from dinner
Were stacked in a heap.

And the poker chips jingled.
And the cards flashed bright,
To the bleary eyed players,
Glued there for the night.

Course the stories were flying,
Complete with damned lies.
Like the fish that Jake mentioned,
He landed on flies.

Or that sexy achievement,
Slim made with that Chick.
That he savorly bragged of,
With "Hic" after "Hic".

Like the one when Mike scrubbed out
Results of that scare.
When he ran to the outhouse,
And into a bear.

Or the one of the Musky,
Max told with a gloat.
That leaped high for his spinner,
And fell in the boat.

Yes the stories were flying.
And the gang was unwound.
As their pent up emotions,
Spilled out all around.

Then a Loon called out loudly,
From far in the lake.
And in sudden awareness,
It jarred us awake.

Each man of us now knew it,
Was time to turn in.
For tomorrow we'd battle,
The surge of the fin.

Just the stillness of darkness,
Remained to make clear.
T'was the night before fishing,
For another long year.

-Red Fisher

Sterling stuff Don...as someone once said (I think) 'you gotta feel it to write it', or something like that

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Remember, the best weather to catch fish in, is the weather prevailing when you do!

Be happy, take care, enjoy!

I was sorry to hear of the passing of Red Fisher. A pioneer in TV fishing shows, one of the other boards had multitudes of tributes about his show and about him as a person.

I met him in Kingston after and OFAH meeting here and he was travelling by Train. I race home and got his books of Poems and he autographed it for me- A real Keeper.




I think all fishers should raise a toast in Red's Honour.

David aka Superdad

Simply a must!!

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Just one more cast.....yeah right...makes me wish I was there right now.

Very cool pic Superdad. The first time I ever heard shore lunch was from watching Red.

I remember watching his show with my dad when I was just a kid. I still remember the scene on the credits with the float plane flying about the lake. I dont know many kids that will sit still for a fishing show today.

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Dan Elliot - A bad day on Quinte is better than a good day at work !!!
http://www.quintefishing.com

I remember waiting for the show to come on when I was a kid. I loved the show and i'm sure it's part of the reason today I love the sport so much. Man the good old days, trying to find the channel then working the antenna or rabbit ears to get it in as good as we could.

I wish I could see them all again.