Bill Dance Brings Back Childhood Memories

I remember being kid watching episodes of Bill Dance and riding my Huffy down to the dock with delusions of catching monster farm pond bass like Bill catches on the show. He was one of my inspirations growing up and I looked forward to his shows as much getting the new Bass Pro Shops catalog in the mail.

Needless to say, I rarely caught bass the size Bill catches on his show and never ordered anything from the Bass Pro Shops catalog, but I sure did love to go fishing and loved looking at all the new stuff in the catalog. I was lucky if I could talk the folks into buying me a new Rapala or a bag of Culprits at the corner drug store.

In those days, I’d probably throw at the same row of reeds for hours on end and eventually I’d catch a fish. I still can’t figure out if the fish moved in there or just got annoyed.

At one point at about age 10, I remember taking an inflatable boat floating around in the pool that was really more of a raft and a Fischer Price like oar to fish on that lake. My mother spotted me on that thing in the middle of the lake freaking out and called for me to come in. I did catch one fish before she caught me and I distinctly remember the small inflatable boat spinning around in circles as I reeled it in.

Watching this video reminded me of those days and thought I’d share. Bill Dance is a goofball.