| We know you've seen it out there, the bass fisher | | | | trip is not just another weekend away; it is a rite of |
| who wanted their sport to take over the world with | | | | passage and a religious experience. |
| headlines like: "bass fishing trip saves marriage" or | | | | Freedom |
| "bass fishing saves kittens". Until recently however, | | | | The feeling of freedom one can get from being out on |
| there was no real cause to believe it was really true. | | | | the water with just a pole and a line separating you |
| As it would turn out, though, a bass fishing trip could | | | | from man's greatest wonder, well besides women, the |
| save your marriage and bass fishing certainly saves | | | | bass fish. This is such an overwhelming experience |
| kittens as well because if you're out there fishing, the | | | | and many an angler has vowed to never leave the |
| kittens are safe! | | | | lake and never leave behind the sport that keeps the |
| Call me crazy, but a bass fishing trip really can make a | | | | fire in their blood from burning out. There have been |
| huge difference in the lives of people. There is nothing | | | | many a songs written that proves for so many of us |
| like floating out on the water, relaxing and fishing to | | | | that being on that lake is the most important thing in |
| altimately give you a life altering experience that | | | | our lives.Separating an angler from his lake is like |
| changes perspectives and ideas of millions every year. | | | | separating a mother from her child: painful, |
| It has been said, "once you go bass, you never go | | | | unnecessary, and a great deal of trouble. |
| back". There is something very revealing about letting | | | | Finding peace is a goal for many and many an angler |
| that cool water breeze just drift on by and you take in | | | | has found peace the likes of which we may never find |
| the fresh air, the peace of everything around you is | | | | in our own lives. There are so many people who take |
| suddenly shattered by the screams of that bass on | | | | trips to Mexico or Florida or other exotic destinations to |
| the fishing line. Ahh, yes there is nothing like it! | | | | get away from it all, but those places are useless to |
| Your excitement builds as that peace fades away, | | | | an angler without the water to sink that boat into and |
| and rightfully so. You are here for action, and there is | | | | catch that bass. The finest hotels are nothing in |
| no greater action in the world than the battle and the | | | | comparison to a tent in the woods for the fishermen. |
| struggle between a man and the great fish on his | | | | We have a lot to learn about bass fishing and life from |
| fishing line. Not having this struggle, a bass fishing trip | | | | the story of the angler and taking a great bass fishing |
| would be meaningless and frankly, life would be | | | | trip is a good start. |
| meaningless to many of us. For many, taking a fishing | | | | |