Nebraska

In 1972 I received a post card from Bob Starck of Lincoln Nebraska. For obvious reasons, he picked my name from a list of artists he could write about for a history of photography class he was taking at the University of Nebraska. We became friends, because I came to his class the day his paper was due and he presented me, instead of writing the paper about me.

During a later trip through Lincoln I met a used car dealer who signed my first Nebraska fishing contract. We fished in a pond in Lincoln that supposedly has catfish in it. Since we didn't catch any fish and since I took a disliking to this guy I decided to not count this fishing trip.

I asked Bob Starck to sign a contract to fish for Gold Eye and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River near Nebraska City. People who fish there use green earthworms. These worms are only located near the river within a range of about twenty-five miles. As far as I’m concerned, they work for Shovelnose Sturgeon, but not for Gold Eye, since we caught the Shovelnose Sturgeon, but not the Gold Eye.