Quite wasting all your $$$ on the latest fishing gear...

SUBMAN1 · 08-23-08, 07:31 PM

...Fish don't care is why.

For proof - visit this link - http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/2008...fishing_record

-S

nikimcbee · 08-23-08, 07:39 PM

Yeah, I saw that story.

I haven't been fresh water fishing in about 4 years. I need to tell my tale of woe about how I lost my nice jetty fishing pole sometime.

mongo angry

Monica Lewinsky · 08-23-08, 07:39 PM

Who needs a Barbie Fishing Rod? Just use your hand or arm if ya a 'suthern boy to catch the big one.

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/...hern_style.wmv

JHuschke · 08-23-08, 07:52 PM

Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box. Like 8 fishing poles..plenty of hooks..I am BassProShops!

Fishing is still fun, I love to catch bass and channel catfish

Monica Lewinsky · 08-23-08, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by G00BER

Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box.

REEL men ... fly fish. Have caught and released tons of Bass, Sunfish, and a rare Salmon when in Alaska on a Cruise ship excursion trip.

StdDev · 08-23-08, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

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Originally Posted by G00BER

Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box.

REEL men ... fly fish. Have caught and released tons of Bass, Sunfish, and a rare Salmon when in Alaska on a Cruise ship excursion trip.

ahem.... :p
Aside from the fresh water stuff (fishing for bait that is..

)
Back in the murky grey days before time was actually counted (1979-1980 abouts) I worked on a commercial salmon boat out of Ucluelet BC.
Later in life I started long Range fishin from Sandy Eggo...
about 4 years ago I got my (so far) "fish of a life time"

I'd like to see somethin like this caught on a barbie pole!

Mush Martin · 08-23-08, 10:10 PM

or a redneck arm :hmm:

StdDev · 08-23-08, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mush Martin

or a redneck arm :hmm:

Actually a redneck arm would prolly work... just put it on a 12/0 circle hook with a wire leader.....

Seth8530 · 08-24-08, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by StdDev

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

Quote:

Originally Posted by G00BER

Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box.

REEL men ... fly fish. Have caught and released tons of Bass, Sunfish, and a rare Salmon when in Alaska on a Cruise ship excursion trip.

ahem.... :p
Aside from the fresh water stuff (fishing for bait that is..

)
Back in the murky grey days before time was actually counted (1979-1980 abouts) I worked on a commercial salmon boat out of Ucluelet BC.
Later in life I started long Range fishin from Sandy Eggo...
about 4 years ago I got my (so far) "fish of a life time"

I'd like to see somethin like this caught on a barbie pole!

Is that fish real lol?

Jimbuna · 08-24-08, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by StdDev

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

Quote:

Originally Posted by G00BER

Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box.

REEL men ... fly fish. Have caught and released tons of Bass, Sunfish, and a rare Salmon when in Alaska on a Cruise ship excursion trip.

ahem.... :p
Aside from the fresh water stuff (fishing for bait that is..

)
Back in the murky grey days before time was actually counted (1979-1980 abouts) I worked on a commercial salmon boat out of Ucluelet BC.
Later in life I started long Range fishin from Sandy Eggo...
about 4 years ago I got my (so far) "fish of a life time"

I'd like to see somethin like this caught on a barbie pole!

Wow!!

It must be safe for the rest of us to swim in the sea again.

Monica Lewinsky · 08-24-08, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by StdDev

ahem.... :p

Dude, this fish took me 10 minutes to get by me with a barbless hook on a nine foot Fly Rod.

The size and length does NOT matter.

The fun of getting "IT" does. [Getting it in your hands]

No BAIT was used. Was using a home-made fly tied by me. Very rewarding.

Caught him/her, then released him/her and saw him/her swim away. Fun beyond the fun button.

Was a 30 or 32 inch salmon - darn thing wore out my shoulders just landing it. Best moment in my entire life!

Picture was taken before digital cameras were invented - 1997.

Sailor Steve · 08-24-08, 06:32 PM

ML, you remind me of a couple of favorite anecdotes.

1) I occassionally see a bumper sticker that says "Time spent fishing cannot be deducted from a man's life." Love it, even though I don't fish myself.

2) Years ago I read a little piece about a guy taking a class in sailing. He said the instructor came into the classroom and said "I've written something on the board. Read it, and then tell me if you don't understand it, and I'll give you your money back and you can go; no harm, no foul." So he read the board and all it said was "I can teach a man how to sail. I can't teach him why."

Blacklight · 08-24-08, 07:50 PM

Back when my father was young, my grandfather was a serious weekly fisherman (They lived in Burlington Vermont, walking distance from Lake Champlain). Anyway, my grandfather was a man with hardcore simplistic values about fishing. It was done with a fishing pole, a hook, and a good old worm, not some fancy lures and expensive tacklebox full of crap.
Anyway, my grandfather's friend dissagreed and had hundreds of shiny, fun, hooky little lures for every occasion and my grandfather always ridiculed him because of it.
My grandfather, decided to be silly one weekend and poke a little fun at his friend's fancy lures. One of his jobs was manufacturing wooden teeth. He built a pair of chompers, weighted them down a little, and took them on the fishing trip with his tacklebox toting buddy. He tied the wooden dentures to his fishing line and cast off. Now you would expect this to be totally rediculous (and it certainly looked that way), but you can imagine that reeling the thing in made the dentures wobble and spin like mad through the water. Suddenly, my grandfather got a bite. He reeled in a huge fish.... and then another.... and then another. He caught a LOT of big fish with it. Apparently the fish are attracted to big old sets of wooden dentures spinning around through the water up there.
The next trip however, he gave up the wood chompers and went back to worms.

Monica Lewinsky · 08-24-08, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

ML, you remind me of a couple of favorite anecdotes.

I enjoyed EVERY minute. Felt good ... did good, caught the fish, released it ...then let it go for someone else to catch on another day.

Yea, seems weird. I released the fish for YOU to have the same fun!

Felt good to the right thing!

StdDev · 08-24-08, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

I enjoyed EVERY minute. Felt good ... did good, caught the fish, released it ...then let it go for someone else to catch on another day.

Yea, seems weird. I released the fish for YOU to have the same fun!

Felt good to the right thing!

Gotta admit..
when I was working on the commercial boat they didnt exactly share your viewpoint

As for moby tuna there.. took about an hour 15 min. to land him... it hurt a lot!
However the very first tuna (bluefin) I ever caught was about as bad... and it only weighed 30 lbs! caught on 15 lbs outfit ... took a little over an hour...

08-23-08, 07:31 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Quite wasting all your $$$ on the latest fishing gear... ...Fish don't care is why. For proof - visit this link - http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/2008...fishing_record -S __________________

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I saw that story. I haven't been fresh water fishing in about 4 years. I need to tell my tale of woe about how I lost my nice jetty fishing pole sometime. mongo angry __________________

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Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Who needs a Barbie Fishing Rod? Just use your hand or arm if ya a 'suthern boy to catch the big one. http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/...hern_style.wmv __________________ Sink them all!

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Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	or a redneck arm :hmm: __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	ML, you remind me of a couple of favorite anecdotes. 1) I occassionally see a bumper sticker that says "Time spent fishing cannot be deducted from a man's life." Love it, even though I don't fish myself. 2) Years ago I read a little piece about a guy taking a class in sailing. He said the instructor came into the classroom and said "I've written something on the board. Read it, and then tell me if you don't understand it, and I'll give you your money back and you can go; no harm, no foul." So he read the board and all it said was "I can teach a man how to sail. I can't teach him why." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 08-25-08 at 12:25 AM.

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JHuschke XO Join Date: May 2008 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 432 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Naaw, I still have like milllions of lures in my tackle box. Like 8 fishing poles..plenty of hooks..I am BassProShops! Fishing is still fun, I love to catch bass and channel catfish

08-24-08, 07:50 PM	#13
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Back when my father was young, my grandfather was a serious weekly fisherman (They lived in Burlington Vermont, walking distance from Lake Champlain). Anyway, my grandfather was a man with hardcore simplistic values about fishing. It was done with a fishing pole, a hook, and a good old worm, not some fancy lures and expensive tacklebox full of crap. Anyway, my grandfather's friend dissagreed and had hundreds of shiny, fun, hooky little lures for every occasion and my grandfather always ridiculed him because of it. My grandfather, decided to be silly one weekend and poke a little fun at his friend's fancy lures. One of his jobs was manufacturing wooden teeth. He built a pair of chompers, weighted them down a little, and took them on the fishing trip with his tacklebox toting buddy. He tied the wooden dentures to his fishing line and cast off. Now you would expect this to be totally rediculous (and it certainly looked that way), but you can imagine that reeling the thing in made the dentures wobble and spin like mad through the water. Suddenly, my grandfather got a bite. He reeled in a huge fish.... and then another.... and then another. He caught a LOT of big fish with it. Apparently the fish are attracted to big old sets of wooden dentures spinning around through the water up there. The next trip however, he gave up the wood chompers and went back to worms. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"