Tag: old-school stories

Page From the Past: Ozark Whoppers Long before social media carried tales of record-breaking catfish, one man was writing down the tall ones passed from front porches to potluck suppers ...

Page From the Past: Iago and the Catfish From “These Were Actors”   In the golden age of traveling stage shows, few families balanced the art of performance and the ...

Page From the Past: Catfish Courtship and River Rivalry By Robert P. Tristram Coffin In this lighthearted poem from 1943, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert P. Tristram Coffin imagines a romantic ...

Page from the Past: The Great Catfish Caper From “Men of the Underworld: The Professional Criminals Own Story” Edited by Charles Hamilton I’ve heard some tall tales in my time, ...

    Page from the Past: The Bullfrog and the Bullheads From “Fishing in American Waters” by Genio C. Scott In the annals of curious catfishing tales, few rival the ...

Page from the Past: Churning for Catfish From “Plantation Life Before Emancipation” by R.Q. Mallard In his 1892 memoir “Plantation Life Before Emancipation,” Robert Quarterman Mallard painted a vivid picture ...

Page from the Past: Catfish Campfire Chronicles From Scribner’s Monthly, May 1878 In the May 1878 issue of Scribner’s Monthly, a magazine popular from 1870 through 1881, a lively tale ...

Page from the Past: The Last of the Big Ones By T.P. Coffin and Henig Cohen   In their 1973 book “Folklore from the Working Folk of America,” T.P. Coffin ...

Page From the Past: The Fisherman’s Patience By Izaak Walton The patience required of anglers has been celebrated—and lamented—in countless tales. One such story comes from The Complete Angler by ...

Page From the Past: South America’s Piraiba By Theodore Roosevelt In his book Through the Brazilian Wilderness, published in 1914, former president Theodore Roosevelt described the massive piraiba catfish of ...