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"I GOT
day) bees 11 my
ti h from t time," id bub-
bly Alice Grant, 92, who h\lys
from Bob e ry Tu y.
Th 92 Y' r-old id h t
put her fish in locked room
with a uni 1 y, where it
somehow got a ay. For Grant,
money i no object hen it com
to rvice.
"Oh I don't even worry about
(price), long I can get f: h
fish, " he ys," I don't worry
about it beingch per anywhere
Being a former tournament .
ti herman Bob knows his fish
from both id of the counter.
After joining the Detroit B
Club in 1987 - established by
African-Americans denied ac-
to Jim Crowflshingcluba-c­
Bob was awarded by Michigan
Outdoor' Fred Trost for catch­
ing an 8.1 pound big-mouthed
the following year. Purport­
edly the third _largest big­
mouthed male caught that year.
Though not bitter, Bob -and
th official tallies - w it dif­
ferently. "The record shows it
was the biggest, (b ) caught
that year, and I hould've gotten'
t\"ltw ly of
t . ," he continued, pointing to
the dark kin of his hand.
Marshall's religious convic­
tions were tested when Bassin'
Bob's kicked ofT in 1990. With a
deep breath, one morning he ap­
proached a senior home on
Greenfield and Seven Mile
about his service, but they
anted references. Having
none, Bob kept plugging. One
center, then another. Later that
day he hit paydirt; a senior home
where, Bob says, "the woman
not only said 'yes,' but she gave .
me a list of other buildings
nearby that would be interested
(as well). I didn't even make it
back to that first (home) for two
weeks."
I GUESS YOU could say Bob
wears his feelings on his sleeves.
The front of Bassin Bob's motor­
home sized, custom cargo van
reads "we got in goin' on" in
bright purple letters; and on the
back, "praise the lord." This ad­
vertising approach was not ex­
actly encouraged by friends and
busin associates.
"A lot of people said, 'no, no,
no, you might offend some peo­
ple', but that would not be me if
I didn't say that," he says. Mar-
hall shuns separating himself
from his beliefs just to earn a
buck. He believ that if he can
make his share of the money
he' happy. "I'm not greedy,�
says Marshall.
Bob's Logo is two fish and a
basket of bread. He explains, "In
the bible J us said he would
feed the I raelites with two fish
. and five loaves of bread, and he
did'. 0 I figured that that would
be my motto .. .I always strive to
put the lord before-me."
Inside th truck there are
wall to wall freezers and refrig­
erators containing such delica­
cies as pacific king crab legs,
10 ter tails, farm raised-catfiah
fillets, salmon steaks, big plastic
bags of perch, and of course lots
of . In addition there are
rows of bread, creole seasonings,
batter and b ding packs, and
bottl of hot uce. Jamaican
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