As it relates to fishing and the season that just passed.....what are you thankful for???? :confused: I am thankful for many things fishing related......thankful my Jeep CJ-7 made it all season long, back and forth to the Cape without any major mechanical breakdowns......thankful the winter finally abated in June :hihi: :laugha:.....thankful for all the great people I had an opportunity to fish with this season:kewl:......thankful for all the great fish I caught this season:drool:.....thankful that I did not catch the record breaking striped bass yet because I do not yet own my own house to put it on the wall forever:doh:.....and I am thankful that my buddy Joe caught my brand new conventional rod and reel combo before that fish took the bait and almost dragged it into the deep blue sea when I had my back turned (thanks Joe).....thankful the season ended when it did because I was getting darned tired of cleaning all my stuff off every other day!:ss:

thankful for my parent's and all the things the do for me .... like buy me a car:) and ketting nice fish and other stuff like more fish and more rods and turkey and gravy.

im thankful that all the rods i broke this season belonged to me, and that im thankful for next season when i catch my first 40 pounder.

i am thankful for joining SB. i have learned a lot from this site and from some of you. and i am applying them in the game. and i learned that fishing is about enjoyment. so i have no needs to get hasty with my goals. and i thank for my family, my kung-fu schools, and my friends and triads.:laughs:

RALLY CAPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feelin' Frosty Van?????:kewl: :laugha: Technically that would be a frosty cap! Always thankful for fishing with the kids and tight lines!!!

Thankful for Discovering Striper Fishing this year. Thankful for catching my 1st keeper on just my second time out ( granted it was only 29" but it was enough to start the addiction). Thankful for the patience my wife had. I fished more this year than in my prior 11 years of marriage combined. Also thankful for all of the people who have helped me with this sport over the year.

Next year I'll be thankful for landing my 1st over 30#er;)

Happy Thanksgiving All!!!!

I am thankful for my girl, Melissa who never gives me #^&#^&#^&#^& about how much I fish

Thankful that john R. runs this site the way he does

Thankful for my family & friends=fishin is just a bonus:cool:

BasicPatrick....aren't you forgetting a little thing called a Vice President????? :hihi: :laugha:

I'm thankful that a beautiful 36" striped bass was kind enough to slam my plug so that I can share her with my family in some fish chowder with our Thanksgiving dinner.

Thankful for getting back into fishing and meeting up with you buncha fanatical fisherpersons !!
Thanks to my Dad who showed me how it was done long ago.

Thankful for a close healty family and good friends. Everything else is gravy.

That I learned the real meaning of that word and show it every day and to say Thank You every nite for the gifts that have been so freely given me in all aspects of my life.

beer, fish, family, and friends (in no particular order)

Originally posted by BEETLE
Thankful for getting back into fishing and meeting up with you buncha fanatical fisherpersons !!
Thanks to my Dad who showed me how it was done long ago.

Beetle, we had Joe Ciampa (sp) at the kids meeting the other day, he showed us some pics of the old MSBA days with your dad as president. Some great memories there...
See ya soon...

I'm thankfull for " The Big Guy letting me wake up every day so I can do the things that i want to do. Not just fish."

My wife, my two beautiful daughters and living in the greatest country in the world. Oh yeah, living on Cape Cod ain't to bad either.:btu:

I'm thankful BigFish was with me when I hooked my hand :bc: I'm also thankful he's mine!! :love:

Oh yeahhhh....I forgot one other fishing related thing that I am thankful for....I bet you all know what it is....FishChick.....she is awesome and a real trooper out there fishing in all conditions like a real pro...she always makes me proud when she is out there fishing!!!!:uhuh: Sorry guys...she is all mine but she will be on display at all MSBA meetings as she is the clubs Derby Chairperson!!!! :drool: :love: :wavey:

BF thats a good way to get yourself out of the frying pan .

Thanks ChrisL, it wasn't that obvious was it????:laugha: :hihi:

oh yeah !

Im thankful my parents spent some time alone 43 years ago and along came me . Im thankful my wife and I had 2 times together and along came Alexis and Jessica .

In other words Im thankful for and to my family and friends .

Im also glad God made fish .

Geesh I thought it was supposed to be fishing related...Now I look like a dink.

Of Course I'm thankful for My 2 great Kids and Wife (She has the Patience of a saint). My health and My friends.

In keeping with the thread, I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to dip a line more than once this year, but moreso thankful for a loving, understanding wife and two great daughters who brought me back from somewhere I didn't want to be and completed me. ILY!

My wife...she lets fish like a moe-foe!

I am thankful for my family and friends, especialy my wife and two kids. I am also glad that everyone in my family is healthy.

Thanks again to John for keeping this site up and running, John good luck with your job search.

I am thankful for all this fish I caught this season, shorts to my career largest.
I am thankful for the new friends I have made in the fishing community.
I am thankful for this site.
I am thankful I am an American and can enjoy my freedom and have all the luxuries I am able to earn.
I am thankful to have family who love and tolerate me.
I am thankful I know what it means to be grateful.

That is the longest post I have seen Slingah put up yet.......and for that I am thankful!!!:hihi: :laugha: :jester: :jump1: :biglaugh:

that this thing can still scream Play mental.........................

Mr. MAcey

Your vocabulary reminds me of my own. Learned words from living a new way of life.;)

Thankful for my health and pray for the friends that left us this year. Fished with many of them and their memories are with me every time I hit the beach.
Thankful that I live in such a beautiful place with such great people all around. This old sand pile would be a pain in the but if it was a bunch of wankers........

Thankful that most people on this website are tolerant of the bizarre comments and loopy tangents I have been known to go off on. Ever since the brain transplant it has been harder to keep my thoughts in order.

Thankful for each day that passes and places us one day closer to the spring run on the Cape and Islands.



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There are simply too many things I have to be thankful for. My top 3 are my family’s health, happiness and safety. We are so lucky to have been born here, have the quality of life we do, lifestyle and freedoms we all take for granted. We grow, catch and eat the best food in the world, have the highest water quality of any developed nation, and live and play in beautiful coastal surroundings. Despite what the rest of the world thinks of America and Americans, this IS the greatest country on earth, no question. I for one could not live anywhere else. Don't think so?...Just watch the world news some night and try to imagine living in anyplace like that.

With regard to fishing, I am simply thankful I can fish. I actually worry that someday I will not be able to do it any longer. I know older guys who don't surf fish any more because they physically can't and they really miss it. I know that might happen to me someday and it really concerns me. I took an 82 yo fellow who has not fished in years out bottom fishing for fluke this past summer...he said "you don't know what this means to me to be able to fish, this is the best day fishing I ever had."

Therefore, I fish a lot now because I know I can't do it forever.

Tight-Lines and Happy Thanksgiving

Thanks to everyone!

And Thanks to my little buddy who turned three yesterday!