My daughter insisted I post this picture of us on the forum. Don Barone snapped this of us while the Elites were getting launched. Notice that she brought her favorite stuffed animal, a largemouth.

She had planned to get Shaw Grigsby(her favorite angler, we watch his show all the time) to sign it for her, but changed her mind.

Enjoy your selves. Memories are being made for you two.

Adorable.

Great pic.

Great memories, too.

Where did you get that stuffed bass for her????

Yep I know, Jimmy Mize was telling me the same thing Thursday morning. He said they hauled their kids with them to every tournament and thought they would be sick of fishing when they got older. Now Melinda is fishing the FLW full-time. My daughter woke me up Thursday morning at 3:30am, she was scared we would miss the launch. Now she is talking about going to bed early tonight so we can get there on time tomorrow. She is tickled to death that Shaw and KVD made the final cut, but is pretty upset that Skeet Reese missed it. She really liked him, I think she has a little crush.

Sam, I got the bass at BPS in Destin. I think most of the stores have them and know that Gander Mountain does. She also has a smallmouth, bluegill, rainbow trout, channel cat, and blue cat; but the largemouth is her favorite.