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For those of you who hate to jig....

Santiago - 1-26-2011 at 08:12 AM

Can you believe this thing? Soon they'll come up with some sort of gizmo that reels 'em in too. I suppose you could say you 'went fishing'. Who buys this stuff?

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Diver - 1-26-2011 at 08:18 AM

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Originally posted by Santiago
Can you believe this thing? Soon they'll come up with some sort of gizmo that reels 'em in too. I suppose you could say you 'went fishing'. Who buys this stuff?


Electric reels have been around for ages; just push a button and your fish comes aboard !

Maybe they can make a gizmo that will drink my beer for me too ?! :lol:

Paulina - 1-26-2011 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by Santiago
Who buys this stuff?


Happy Birthday Jim!

You might be thinking about picking one of these handy-dandy gadgets up now that you're advancing in years....

"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You!" (Dr. Seuss - Happy Birthday)

Enjoy your day - keep reelin' 'em in!

P>*)))>{

captkw - 1-26-2011 at 09:12 AM

quote " work is the curse,of the fishing class"

BillP - 1-26-2011 at 09:30 AM

80% of the stuff in a tackle store is designed to catch fisherman, not fish!

shari - 1-26-2011 at 09:34 AM

What? It's your birthday? Oh my word...well, I guess I'll just have to stop working and celebrate with ya then...cheers amigo...love ya man! wish you were here so I could push your face in the cake!

BillP - 1-26-2011 at 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by shari
wish you were here so I could push your face in the cake!

Note to self: Don't be birthday boy @ Shari's :lol: ;D

4baja - 1-28-2011 at 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by shari
What? It's your birthday? Oh my word...well, I guess I'll just have to stop working and celebrate with ya then...cheers amigo...love ya man! wish you were here so I could push your face in the cake!
your right bill. i have a friend that has all his walls in a bedroom coverd in brand new un opened tackle that he never intends too use. i have to admit i do buy sometimes before i think and stuff ends up sitting around for a long time. electric reels have been around for a long time as diver mentioned and i have been looking to buy one recently and they are indead pricey. jim they make those things so you can hold a beer in both hands.

DENNIS - 1-28-2011 at 09:41 AM

Happy Birthday, Jim.
Here's a jig...just for you on your very special day:....:biggrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZBoPuD3MYQ

fishabductor - 1-28-2011 at 10:20 AM

That thing looks like it would explode on the first solid strike. I have had brand new fish-on brand rod holders snap at the base and go flying on a strike. Thank god for rod leashes. I only use stainless now, with the rod leashes still in place.

Besides how is a fisherman going to get a wrist workout if you cut out jigging? :lol:

bajacalifornian - 1-28-2011 at 01:11 PM

I live in the dark ages . . . confirmed handliner

Skipjack Joe - 1-28-2011 at 01:42 PM

Jim,

In case it was your 64th birthday -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCss0kZXeyE

Tom Lehrer on Aging

Skipjack Joe - 1-28-2011 at 01:47 PM

Since I still appreciate you,
Let's find love while we may.
Because I know I'll hate you
When you are old and grey.

So say you love me here and now,
I'll make the most of that.
Say you love and trust me,
For I know you'll disgust me
When you're old and getting fat.

An awful debility,
A lessened utility,
A loss of mobility
Is a strong possibility.
In all probability
I'll lose my virility
And you your fertility
And desirability,
And this liability
Of total sterility
Will lead to hostility
And a sense of futility,
So let's act with agility
While we still have facility,
For we'll soon reach senility
And lose the ability.

Your teeth will start to go, dear,
Your waist will start to spread.
In twenty years or so, dear,
I'll wish that you were dead.

I'll never love you then at all
The way I do today.
So please remember,
When I leave in December,
I told you so in May.

BajaBruno - 1-28-2011 at 10:02 PM

That little gizmo is designed for ice fishing. It is not an electric reel--it just bobs the rod up and down a little for those poor fellows up north who are too cold to do it themselves. I'm guessing Pompano would understand. Frozen fish tend to be slow. It's not likely to have many applications in Baja.

fishabductor - 2-2-2011 at 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by BajaBruno
That little gizmo is designed for ice fishing. It is not an electric reel--it just bobs the rod up and down a little for those poor fellows up north who are too cold to do it themselves. I'm guessing Pompano would understand. Frozen fish tend to be slow. It's not likely to have many applications in Baja.


It'd probably go good in the garbage can...the maggots are already there.

MitchMan - 2-3-2011 at 08:05 AM

Once upon a time in the late 80's while fishing on a panga in Loreto, I had a young panguero who would operate the center console with one hand and had a rod and reel in the other that he was trolling with. When he got a hook up, he would hand me the rod, I would put down the rod I was trolling with and then take the rod that the panguero had hooked up on, and I would reel in the fish. This went on all day. As it turned out, for some reason, he was the one who hooked up most all the time before I would have a chance to get a hook up myself. This was NOT at all satisfying!

I learned that day for sure that the sensation of the hook up itself by getting your own hook up with rod and reel in your own hands at the moment of hook up was most of the pleasure of catching fish, for me, anyway.

I have nothing against technology at all, great innovations in reels, rods, lures, line, etc., are great. I just don't want a machine to catch my fish.

MitchMan - 2-3-2011 at 08:14 AM

Skipjack, seems like a cross between Henny Youngman and George Carlin.

fishabductor - 2-3-2011 at 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by MitchMan
Once upon a time in the late 80's while fishing on a panga in Loreto, I had a young panguero who would operate the center console with one hand and had a rod and reel in the other that he was trolling with. When he got a hook up, he would hand me the rod, I would put down the rod I was trolling with and then take the rod that the panguero had hooked up on, and I would reel in the fish. This went on all day. As it turned out, for some reason, he was the one who hooked up most all the time before I would have a chance to get a hook up myself. This was NOT at all satisfying!

I learned that day for sure that the sensation of the hook up itself by getting your own hook up with rod and reel in your own hands at the moment of hook up was most of the pleasure of catching fish, for me, anyway.

I have nothing against technology at all, great innovations in reels, rods, lures, line, etc., are great. I just don't want a machine to catch my fish.


I call that winching and not fishing myself. When I guided on the kenai. It was great... I got to catch/hook most of the fish and hand over the rod to the designated "winch" of the day.

msteve1014 - 2-3-2011 at 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by Diver




Maybe they can make a gizmo that will drink my beer for me too ?! :lol:


They have been making those forever. They are called "friends":biggrin:

Skipjack Joe - 2-3-2011 at 05:59 PM

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Originally posted by Diver


Maybe they can make a gizmo that will drink my beer for me too ?! :lol:


Dad's favorite line about artificial insemination:

"Old method is better"