Fishing Secrets

About the Book

I finally have a day off from chartering, so we decide to take out two of our grandsons, Cody and Brady, both fourteen. Cody was a big strapping boy, five ten and two hundred pounds and a size 12 shoe size. Brady was also five ten, but only one hundred and forty pounds and a size 9 shoe size. Cody was passive and Brady very aggressive. Brady was born without a left forearm but he had adapted very well. After we got out on the lake, the boys tossed a coin to see who would reel in the first fish. Cody won. When we hooked the first fish, Cody grabbed the pole. This was a big fish. He reeled for fifteen minutes, and finally Brady allowed Cody to use his shoulder to rest the pole on, since Cody was complaining that it was getting hard to reel. After twenty minutes Brady said to Cody, “Come on, get that fish in!” Cody said, “Brady, wait till it’s your turn. You don’t know how hard this is.” There are secrets to catching fish, but there are also secrets to everyday living. This book covers a vast number of both subjects. It tells of a young boy who discovered his passion at an early age—fishing—and the secrets he learned along the way. But what he did not know was that those secrets he learned at an early age about fishing actually applied to everyday life. Things like raising children or becoming a successful salesman or handling stress. Over the years he found that fishing secrets had many applications to life in general. The book is not just about fishing but how our lives are interwoven with all the activities we are involved in throughout our lives.

About the Author

This is Dale’s second published book. The first one was A5- Second high... The Wisconsin Tradition: “The Deer Hunt” Dale was born in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and had moved with his family, to Wisconsin at an early age. Since that time he has been a lifetime resident of Wisconsin residing in Fox Valley, which consist of the cities of Neenah, Menasha, and Appleton. He has been married for forty-five years and has three children and ten grandchildren. When not fishing or writing, Dale volunteers at many of the local schools demonstrating such things as: Fishing secrets, How to make maple syrup, and How to build snowshoes for under $10. He loves freshwater fishing, ice fishing, snowshoeing, deer hunting, small game hunting, downhill skiing, cross country skiing, hiking and kayaking. In his” spare” time he builds Cedar strip kayaks, Stand-up paddleboards, as well as Rustic pine log furniture, built from trees he planted twenty years ago. Dale also does wood relief carving, as well as Leather art burning. Dale also has a small maple syrup farm in northern Wisconsin. He and his bride of 45 yrs are “Cruisers”. They have been to such places as the Panama Canal, Nova Scotia, and 10 trips to Alaska. They also have travelled throughout all 50 of the United States.