Take a parent fishing
Ken and Carole McGuckin with a striped bass hybrid from Skiatook Lake
Take a kid fishing.
How many of us have heard that before? It’s important, no doubt. But how about take a parent fishing?
That’s an advertising campaign I’ve never heard of, but the message is just as important.
A friend of mine, Alan McGuckin of Skiatook, recently emailed me some photos of his parents and their recent fishing trip together on Skiatook Lake.
Ken and Carole McGuckin visit Oklahoma three times a year, driving the 18 hours and 1,018 miles from their home in Beaver County, Pa., to Skiatook Lake to see their son.
Ken, 71, and Carole, 73, love to fish but rarely get the chance unless it’s with Alan, who left their Pennsylvania home years ago to attend the University of Oklahoma and stayed in the Sooner state because the fishing is so good.
The family just spent three days around Easter having a blast on Skiatook Lake, boating some nice striped bass hybrids, with mom catching 4-pounders with night crawlers and a bobber.
“They told me it was one of their best visits ever — and the ‘catching’ was a huge part of that,” Alan said.
Alan is smart enough to cherish these times with his parents. His friends whose parents are already gone constantly remind him how important it is.
So take a parent fishing, while you still can.
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Comments
Mr. Godfrey,
I love your blog because it brings back so many memories of all the diverse outdoor activities that I enjoyed while living in Oklahoma for ten years. Few states can match Oklahoma!
This has to be my favorite post of all – how awesome a thing to take your parents fishing. I don’t think mine would really enjoy it that much – but I think they would enjoy that I took them. So I am going to!
Thanks
Jay Fogle
The best way to let our family know they are important to us it to spend more quality time with them.
It really doesn’t matter if it is fishing or bowling. Last time I took my parents on a couple of camping trips and they still talk about it two years later.
Dear Mr.Godfrey,
We want to thank you so very much for writing the article about our fishing experience with Alan. Yes, you made Mom get the tissue as the emotions ran away with me. We are very fortunate to have a son who shares many happy monents with us and this was one of them. He is our pride and joy. Alan is so grateful for the time and friendship that you and he share. He has talked to us about the time you spent on Lake Skiatook last June and he is also appreciative of the P.R. partnership you continue to show to him. We sincerely thank you, Ken and Carole McGuckin