"Cotton" Ketchie's dad, Bob, took his sons fishing in the Catawba River in the 1950's and early 60's before the advent of beautiful Lake Norman. He is pictured below holding a nice stringer of "Catawba Blue Catfish"....his favorite "catch". Bass Pro Shops This weekend, "Cotton" Ketchie will be reading and signing his first book, "Memories of a Country Boy" at Bass Pro Shops in Concord, N.C. on Saturday, July 21 from 9-5 and again on Sunday, July 22 from 2-5. In his book, "Cotton" relives his childhood and the halcyon days of Mooresville in the 1950s and '60s.  more »