baitcast
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The weight of obsession,What we can learn from anglers who have crossed the line between passion and addiction.
James Hall
While at the dentist office this morning I found this page in a outdoor mag. had to have it so I ripped it out and stuck it in my pocket,I knew you
guys would like it as well!
Sometimes a fish gets in your blood. There's something about its personality, the challenge of catching it,that not only speaks to your soul
but swims through it.It leaves in its wake a clinical obsession to keep that connection alive,no matter the risk or sacrifice.
Fisherman with this disorder are, admittedly,plagued.But what a sweet disease.To a man ,they believe their lives have been altered.They did
not choose to be this way-the fish chose them.
To abuse one's body as well as one's equipment in the pursuit of that ultimate hook-up is acceptable.
Rob
[Edited on 6-13-2013 by baitcast]
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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Frank
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 I had a Cortisone shot in my left elbow, 2 days ago. {Cortisone flare was
really bad this time} 8 days before we leave for our trip down the long bumpy road.
I can only hope for a deep burning pain in both arms that only a big fish can bring.
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baitcast
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:lol ain,needles,dope and you want more of the same in the other arm,hmm sounds
serious,surely some sort of addiction.
We fisherman are a strange lot we spend large somes of money,go without sleep,get sunburn,tear up our equipment,drink to much some
times,and we look forward to doing it again and sometimes never catch anything? and to top it all off we tell others what a great time we had
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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bill erhardt
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It does sound like a mental disorder.
I guess the question is whether to spend a couple of hundred dollars a day on fuel to indulge this pathology, or a couple of hundred an hour to a
mental health professional to pursue a cure.
Some choices are just harder than others.......
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vandy
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I think fishing is a lot like gambling; that payoff keeps us going regardless of how much we're in the hole.
Now, most fishermen I've met are slot-players, doing the same routine year after year and getting the occasional jackpot.
Others are Blackjack card-counters, applying themselves to maximize the odds.
And then there's the cheaters...
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DaliDali
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For me, just sliding the boat off the trailer in the predawn calm is my drug.
The sound of the pee hole peeing can be heard, the rush of water to the bait tank and the perfectly smooth engine purring is pure magic...
The little stresses of FM-2 or permanent status cards or the amount of the CFE bill is quickly vanished and I fall back into "it's the way it is" mode
quickly.
My luck lately is more boat ride than catching, but for me.....it's all good!!!
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Loretana
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Hey Bill,
That would be a pretty juicy grand slam for one day. I would think if anyone has done it in Loreto, it was probably you.
We did pull a huge bull dorado, a #180 marlin and a #100 sailfish on the day of the 1991 solar eclipse. It was memorable.
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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Alan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Frank
I had a Cortisone shot in my left elbow, 2 days ago. {Cortisone flare was
really bad this time} 8 days before we leave for our trip down the long bumpy road.
I can only hope for a deep burning pain in both arms that only a big fish can bring. |
Where are you heading
and when? I'll be heading down on the 1st with planned stops in BoLA and Loreto before pulling into La Paz
[Edited on 6-14-2013 by Alan]
In Memory of E-57
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Frank
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We leave San Diego June 22 {Sat} at 630am for GN. Early rise, visit EL Arco, 2-3 days in Bahia Asuncion. Loreto overnight June 25, early rise to San
Javier and out the other side to hwy 53. Then on to the East Cape {Verdugos} as home base. La Paz area, Cabo Pulmo, Santiago etc are on the list to
visit. Home sometime July 5+/-.
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Skipjack Joe
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This gets back to the question of why we fish. Thomas McGuane came closest to the truth by stating that it's not what it appears to be. This is him on
fishing for permit.
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What is emphatic in angling is made so by the long silences - the unproductive periods. For the ardent fisherman, progress is toward the kinds of
fishing that are never productive in the sense of the blood riots of the hunting-and-fishing periodicals. Their illusions of continuous action evoke
for him, finally, a condition of uttter, mortuary boredom. Such an angler will always be inclined to find the gunnysack artists of the heavy kill
rather cretinoid, their stringerloads of gaping fish appalling.
No form of fishing offers such elaborate silences as fly-fishing for permit. The most successful permit fly-fisherman in the world has very few
successful catches to describe to you. ... Even the guides allow enthusiasm to shine through their cool, professional personas. I once asked one who
specialized in permit if he liked fishing for them. "Yes, I do," he said reservedly,"but about the third time the customer asks, 'Is they good to
eat?' I begin losing interest".
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Many of us have gone through the obsessive-compulsive stage of fishing. The problem is that it's a bit one dimensional in that the nerves and hormones
block out everything else. It's an adrenalin rush. Like any drug that's enjoyable you go back to it again and again. It's a high.
Many of the great naturalists start out as fishermen and move on. Ansel Adams spent most of his early years photographing the sierras with a
fishermen. There is much more to fishing than 'the fix'.
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Osprey
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Most of our clients are big time tournament players who buy almost every new product that comes out to enhance their chances of winning (catching
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The system unlocks the mysteries of salt water fishing like no other program in the world. You will learn the answers to so many questions it will
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Walkin Worms COD.
The Osprey
La Ribera, BCS
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Alan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Frank
We leave San Diego June 22 {Sat} at 630am for GN. Early rise, visit EL Arco, 2-3 days in Bahia Asuncion. Loreto overnight June 25, early rise to San
Javier and out the other side to hwy 53. Then on to the East Cape {Verdugos} as home base. La Paz area, Cabo Pulmo, Santiago etc are on the list to
visit. Home sometime July 5+/-. |
I'll honk and wave as we pass on the higway with you northbound and me
south. Charcoal GMC Sierra towing a 23' Parker W/A. Buenas Suerte!
In Memory of E-57
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baitcast
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Bump
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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Cisco
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jbcoug
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Osprey,
What is the address where I bring the money?
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