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Skipjack Joe
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I'm not sure that non-fiction (science) doesn't have "awe and wonder". Ken Bondy, for one, would disagree with that.
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Osprey
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We are together in this. Wonder how long we could stay awake for Ken's scientific taxa list of the otherworldly creatures he shows us WITHOUT THE PIX.
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Skipjack Joe
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You're preaching to the choir about photography, osprey.But what about the following comparison:
What is more awe inspiring,
(a) standing at night before the heavens looking at the milky way in wonder,
or,
(b) realizing that we're part of an expanding universe with infinite space and each speck up there is a sun like ours.
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Skip, they they don't call me for answers. They know better because I can be so easily inspired. Caught a couple nice dorado yesterday before noon and
today, another day, finds me still in awe of the colors, the glory, the whole idea of such a creature. The feeling will last into the twilight as I
feel the same way about the taste and texture of it with lime and ajo, music and moonlight.
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redhilltown
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This has been a great thread. No yelling or stupid arguments (though I may hath spoketh too soon!). I bring back fish in that I a really don't eat
much meat so it is important to me and let's face it, once you're used to your own fish properly prepared and frozen, even the fresh crap you can buy
at the market doesn't cut it.
And like many of you I have seen the trawlers rape the ocean...once saw a giant school of bluefin tuna scooped up by commercial vessel of San Clemente
island...took about 30 mins with the helicopter spotting them...we fished are arms off and maybe got five? six?
Likewise we have all seen the lights at night in the Sea of Cortez and realize every one of those shrimp boats has giant nets bouncing along the sea
floor and... it's not pretty.
We all just gotta do what we can.
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EdZeranski
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no quiero todo
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I have felt for a number of years now that recreational fisherman should only keep what they and their families can eat that night
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We catch what we can use for a few days then quit. Usually fishing a panga for one to three days then hit the kayak. I tell the pangereo "I don't
need all the fish in Baja!" I'm not looking for billfish, caught my share long ago and let them go, but if one hits and is too hurt, tail wrapped etc
it gets filleted then smoked. Dorado, wahoo, yellow fin, and the rock fishes, the grillables, are my target. Sometimes the panga guys look a bit
disappointed when you call it quits early. I think coming light makes them look like rookies to their friends or potential customers.
EdZ
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Skipjack Joe
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Another different slant on knowledge vs beauty that may be relevant:
"When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to
solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."
- Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
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