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Lost my Dad 6 years ago tomorrow
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:14 pm
To all the good Dads out there, that instill a love of the outdoors in their children. Hug yours tight if he’s still around. I’d give everything in my name for one more fishing trip with him. If he’s not, he probably isn’t too far up the bank from mine, I bet they’re biting on every cast up there 
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:27 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
I hear ya
Will be 3 years on July 22
My fishing buddy too
Will be 3 years on July 22
My fishing buddy too
Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:29 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Yeah I lost mine on 1/2/20. Still seems strange that I’ll never see him again. Maybe it hasn’t sunk in yet, still. I’d love to catch a baseball game with him. I don’t even have much interest in following baseball now that I don’t have him to watch it with.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 7:06 am to Riseupfromtherubble
May 17 was two years.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 7:23 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Man that post hits home. Lost mine 10 years ago he was way too young. I’d also give anything for another trout trip to last island with him. That man could just find the speckled trout not sure how he did it.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 8:13 am to Riseupfromtherubble
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 8:38 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Prayers sent to all who lost their fathers. I just joined the club as my dad passed away Sunday. 
81 yrs young and the side effects of throat cancer finally took its toll. Served 6 yrs in the Marines and will be laid to rest with Military honors and a 21-gun salute. Fondest memories include dad taking me duck hunting in Hopedale when I was 6 yrs old, and him never missing a sporting event / ball game for me and my brother from youth sports at Delta playground, high school, and my brothers CFB career. He loved his kids and grandkids.
81 yrs young and the side effects of throat cancer finally took its toll. Served 6 yrs in the Marines and will be laid to rest with Military honors and a 21-gun salute. Fondest memories include dad taking me duck hunting in Hopedale when I was 6 yrs old, and him never missing a sporting event / ball game for me and my brother from youth sports at Delta playground, high school, and my brothers CFB career. He loved his kids and grandkids. 
Posted on 6/5/25 at 8:54 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I lost mine 18 years ago and think about him every day.
We grew up with an old camp in the woods on the banks of a feeder creek to a big lake, he and my uncle never left me at home when hunting/fishing season was in. I'm sure I was a pain in the arse but he always took me.
Some of the best times of my life
We grew up with an old camp in the woods on the banks of a feeder creek to a big lake, he and my uncle never left me at home when hunting/fishing season was in. I'm sure I was a pain in the arse but he always took me.
Some of the best times of my life
Posted on 6/5/25 at 8:57 am to Riseupfromtherubble
My dad has been gone 20 years. I miss him every day. He worked over 60 hours a week at his small business. He didn’t have time to take me fishing/hunting like he did with my older brother.
The last time I went fishing with him was a couple of years before he passed. He was using a portable oxygen tank and could hardly do any physical activity. He took the only boat paddle and refused to give it to me. He paddled me around the pond and never made a cast himself. He told me he was taking me fishing. I could not look at him because I didn’t want him to see the tears streaming down my face.
The last time I went fishing with him was a couple of years before he passed. He was using a portable oxygen tank and could hardly do any physical activity. He took the only boat paddle and refused to give it to me. He paddled me around the pond and never made a cast himself. He told me he was taking me fishing. I could not look at him because I didn’t want him to see the tears streaming down my face.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 9:09 am to Riseupfromtherubble
I lost mine Easter Sunday 2023. Not a day goes by that I wish I could talk to him again.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 11:05 am to bj0969
8/16/18
Not a day goes by I don't wish for one more trip, anywhere.
Not a day goes by I don't wish for one more trip, anywhere.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 12:14 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Today would have been my dad's 76th birthday. Lost him 4 years ago, I feel your pain.
He taught me a lot about shooting, hunting, fishing, and working on just about anything/everything.
He taught me a lot about shooting, hunting, fishing, and working on just about anything/everything.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 3:21 pm to REB BEER
Mine will be gone two years this October. He was my favorite fishing partner even though he was as stubborn as a mule and absolutely refused to fish anything other than a swimming fluke. It's just now really sinking in, and hit me hard when I was fishing alone this past weekend on our home lake.
He passed with dementia after a bad struggle with a broken hip. It was a real struggle for his last two years, but he was the toughest sob I ever knew. He was my son's biggest fan and cried when he played his last football game.
He passed with dementia after a bad struggle with a broken hip. It was a real struggle for his last two years, but he was the toughest sob I ever knew. He was my son's biggest fan and cried when he played his last football game.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 3:30 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
It’s 7 years for me last month. We never missed a home Lsu game from 2000 till 2015 when he started declining. Lost him in 2018. While we didn’t hunt together we enjoyed fishing and had a camp on the bend. He was my best friend. I’m still absolutely sick about it.
He did visit the hunting camp once. I busted my arse to make his stay enjoyable. Here we are at the campfire.
He did visit the hunting camp once. I busted my arse to make his stay enjoyable. Here we are at the campfire.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 4:13 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Obviously most of the responses are from adult males of varying ages.
That said, I actually envy all of you who at least had your dad and really got to interact and to know him as he helped you become the men, and women you have become.
I'm now 72 and my dad died 5 days before my 9th birthday and it was that last year of his life that I was starting to get to know him for more than the guy who got up in the morning, went to work and came home to do more work around the house and on cars.
He had started taking me fishing more often and actually on 3 rabbit hunts with a couple of his friends and using their beagles to scare up rabbits. I can still hear those dogs baying as they chased the rabbits back to the hunting party.
One of my life's goals as a youngster was to live past the 35 years my dad had, and I've more than doubled that. But I'd give some of those years back just to have had him around longer.
RIP to all the fathers that have made the final journey.
That said, I actually envy all of you who at least had your dad and really got to interact and to know him as he helped you become the men, and women you have become.
I'm now 72 and my dad died 5 days before my 9th birthday and it was that last year of his life that I was starting to get to know him for more than the guy who got up in the morning, went to work and came home to do more work around the house and on cars.
He had started taking me fishing more often and actually on 3 rabbit hunts with a couple of his friends and using their beagles to scare up rabbits. I can still hear those dogs baying as they chased the rabbits back to the hunting party.
One of my life's goals as a youngster was to live past the 35 years my dad had, and I've more than doubled that. But I'd give some of those years back just to have had him around longer.
RIP to all the fathers that have made the final journey.
Posted on 6/5/25 at 5:21 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Mine worked shift work all the time, didn’t fish nor hunt, but he did take us crabbing a handful of times and dove hunting a few times. He was just a good man who worked a lot to get us 5 kids raised. Kudos to him and my mom of course! He would be 103 today, passed in 2008. 
Posted on 6/5/25 at 5:23 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
I was so many decades ago for me. It was September 19. 1984. I get in a bad depressing mood that week every September now
Posted on 6/5/25 at 7:07 pm to gumbo2176
My heart goes out to you all. Lost mine 44 years ago. He was in his early 40’s. Breaks my heart he never got to meet my wife and kids, but we will all be together in the end, of that I have no doubt! Prayers to you all for your loss!
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