“I’m here as ballast!” So spoke the elder of the Bland and Bland fishing team at the recently held “Buddy Bass Fishing Tournament Winter Classic.”
This was its twenty-seventh year and continues to be a large source of supplemental income for the Ellington Nutrition Center.
Bobby went on to explain as his son’s boat was quite fast and often driven “flat-out” — he was needed to supply the extra weight to balance the boat during sharp turns.
Now, the father-son fishing-duo would go on to come in fifth; just one of many wins these gentlemen have racked up on our lakes and rivers over the years.
I have had the honor and pleasure of fishing with this Vietnam veteran on a few occasions myself. The nautical ballast was not needed; the philosophical very much.
