I have a memory of fishing a private pond with a cane pole when I was about 5 or 6 years old. Because of one detail of the memory I have some doubts about the accuracy, but I can't deny that I have this image in my head that has lasted more than 40 years.
I remember catching a Bluegill, a very large one. I can still picture the beautiful fish with it's bright orange belly and deep blue body against the light blue sky as it hung from the pole. The black braided line was tangled and the fish was hanging from near the tip, which was broken.
There's no way to know how big that fish was in reality, but what are the chances that a BG could be large enough to snap the tip of a cane pole?
Whether that's an actual or a distorted memory it does explain my love of panfish.
