Captain Joe Ward has been fishing the waters of the Indian River Lagoon for more than 35 years. Today, he operates a guide service that takes locals and tourists out on the lagoon: “I try to figure out what their skill level is, and go from there.”
My father was an avid fisherman. Whether that meant standing in some shallow stream trying to trap trout in Pennsylvania or leaning over the rail hoping to reel in a red drum at Barnacle Bill’s in Surf City, N.C., my dad lived to fish. He dreamed of retiring from the steel mill and opening a small bait-and-tackle shop along the Carolina coast, but a massive stroke at age 42 ended his life and his dreams.
Growing up, I didn’t share my dad’s love of fishing, although I did enjoy the quarters I earned for every crayfish and salamander I was able to round up in an empty bucket, which he’d keep in the various bait tanks housed in our basement. Like most 7 year olds, I would much rather wake up on a Saturday morning after the sun had come up and spend the better part of the day in my pajamas, eating Fruity Pebbles and watching Super Friends and Bugs Bunny.
Read the entire article in the April 2006 issue
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