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Gone Fishing With Hank Parker (Part 2) - Hank Parker
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A Legacy of Faith
Guest: Hank Parker
From the series: Gone Fishing with Hank Parker (Day 2 of 3)
Bob: Hank Parker is an award-winning, world champion fisherman. In the process of chasing that dream, Hank looks back and realizes he neglected something even more important.
Hank: I was not the husband that God called me to be and the result was total devastation. The Bible says you love your wife as Christ loved the church and died for it. It is not contingent—God tells the wife what to do, and God tells the husband what to do. So my behavior is not contingent on how well she does her job, and God showed me that clearly.
Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Thursday, June 8th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. It is easy in the pursuit of our dreams to neglect what’s really important in our lives. Hank Parker talks about that with us today. Stay tuned.
1:00
And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us. I have been inspired this week. I think I can do it—I think I can become a world class bass fisherman. [Laughter] I mean—
Dennis: Bob—
Bob: Yes?
Dennis: Bob, I’ve seen you fish.
Bob: Well—
Dennis: Bob, tell the audience what kind of fishing pole I gave you.
Bob: We have been fishing together up on the—what was it?
Dennis: The White River.
Bob: It’s in Arkansas. They’re—what are the fish called? They’re trout?
Dennis: That’s what they are called. They have fins.
Bob: Right
Dennis: They live in water.
Bob: Right.
Dennis: That is correct.
Bob: And there was a nice man in the boat who took those fish off that hook for me—I appreciated him a lot!
Dennis: But tell them about the pole I gave you. It was a kiddie pole—
Bob: It was a Zebco®.
Dennis: —a little pink kiddie pole, that was about two feet long and—
Bob: We’re going to post on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, a picture of the fish I caught with that big fishing pole—
Dennis: I was—that was where I was going.
Bob: —because I caught a pretty good-sized fish.
Dennis: I wanted to tell—
2:00
Bob: It was the big fish of the day.
Dennis: It was the big fish of the trip!
I got to introduce Hank Parker. Welcome back to Bob Lepine’s Outdoor Program. [Laughter]
Hank: The big-fish man caught it on a kid’s rod and reel, and it was two feet long!
I’ve never done that—that’s pretty special. [Laughter]
Dennis: Hank is a world champion bass fisherman. He has a TV program called Hank Parker’s Outdoors—also has a hunting program with your sons. Share with our listeners about that broadcast.
Hank: Okay. My fishing show is Hank Parker’s Outdoor Magazine, been running for
34 years. Then, for 10 years now, I’ve been doing a show with my two older sons called Hank Parker’s Flesh and Blood. It’s a hunting show over on the Outdoor Channel. We’ve had a lot of fun with that.
Bob: So, I can look at myself in the mirror and know that I can’t make it in the NBA—[Laughter]—okay? I’m not tall enough / I can’t jump that high. I can look at myself in the mirror and know the NFL is out for me. Can anybody be a world class fisherman?
3:00
Hank: Absolutely! And that is what is so cool about our sport. I was talking earlier with some folks about the growth of high school fishing. These kids that are not athletic / these kids that don’t necessarily qualify for any type of team sport—the water is level. Whether you’re a little girl, a little boy, whether you’re tall—it doesn’t make any difference. You know, the water’s level; and fish are not partial to anybody—they’re non-discriminate.
Bob: Well, the guy that we went fishing with that day, who was in the boat—who took the fish off the hook for me? [Laughter] I saw what Dennis paid him at the end of the day. He’s making a good living doing that. He’s doing alright; you know?
Dennis: There are a lot of days when you don’t go to work though, Bob.
Bob: Okay!
Dennis: Alright. I want you to talk to our listeners—we’ve got other stories that I want you to tell—but I just—for a moment, talk to moms and dads about doing something like fishing or hunting with your son / with your daughter; because it really is a great way—
4:00
Bob is kind of kidding about this—but it really is a great way to bond and build relationships with your kids.
Hank: I have the opportunity—when I do fishing seminars, people will ask questions from time to time. I take every opportunity that I can to spread the word that fishing will break down a lot of barriers. In my life, it was everything. But almost every kid that you will ever see catch a fish—whether they are 2 years old or 80 years old / old kids— everybody catches a fish smiles / it’s fun.
But you know, we all are guilty—I’m guilty of driving the kids to school—the bell is going to ring at 8:15, and we’ve got to hurry and hurry. You kind of force feed a conversation when the mood’s wrong. Man, you can tak...
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