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Fishing part of the bond between dad and daughter
- Article by: dennisanderson , Star Tribune
- Updated: July 28, 2010 - 5:00 AM
Briana Rottach’s 22½-inch largemouth was “pure bass fishing fun,” she said.
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As a girl, Briana Rottach often fished with her dad, Gary, from the shores of Twin Cities lakes. Briana, now 31, has fond memories of those good times.
This was especially true after a recent weekend in which she caught the largest largemouth bass of her life, a fish that weighed more than 5 pounds.
"I was fishing with my boyfriend and other friends near Sturgeon Lake [the town], and I caught it on my first cast with a Pop-R,'' she said. "The bass dove into the weeds, but I finally got it into the boat. It was 22 1/2 inches long.''
Briana is no accidental angler. She fishes the St. Croix, among other waters, in summer, and loves to be on the ice, peering through clear water, in winter.
"I even think I like winter fishing better,'' she said. "There's something about being in the shack, and being warm and hearing the rattle wheel go off. I love that sound! Plus, fishing gives you something to do in winter.''
Though bass might appear to be her summer specialty, given the size of her recent trophy, Briana says she favors no species over others. "At night it's walleyes, and in the day it's sunnies or crappies or bass,'' she said.
People who are introduced to fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities as kids are more likely to continue their participation as adults, experts say. The same experts argue that the "gift'' of such introductions by parents to their kids never stops giving, because enjoyment of sports such as hunting and fishing seems only to grow with age.
Which, for Briana, is true -- and also particularly poignant, because, when she returned home after catching her prize fish, she learned her father had passed away.
"He definitely would have been proud of that fish,'' she said.
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