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Jackbass 11-14-2012 10:17 AM
All I have to say is Hopkins
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fishbones 11-14-2012 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 969460)
Been there, done that. I have some advice you might consider.

You are going about this wrong. I know, I made the same mistake and often wish I could do it over. Catching a large fish does not hook kids on fishing. Having fun is what does it. Take them scup fishing, snapper blue fishing, schoolie fishing, fresh water fishing, squid fishing. Go at reasonable hours and for short periods. Take their friends with them. Measure success in laughs and time outdoors rather than catch. If it is in them (and often it is not) they will grow into the sport themselves.

I was too intense, too focused on getting my sons' a big bass. They sensed it and didn't have fun. If big fish come at the expense of fun a kid will turn off to fishing quickly. Getting a child a big fish does not make up for our short-comings as parents (if only it did). Luckily, spending time with our kids having fun does.
Great advice, George. I took my 7 1/2 y.o. son a few times this season and we had fun every time, even when there were no fish around. I told him to let me know when he wanted to leave and never tried to force him to stay longer than he wanted. Now he asks me to take him fishing instead of me asking him if he wants to go. I had more fun fishing with him and getting skunked than I had on other trips where I got into nice fish without him.

As for my lowlights, I don't really have any. I didn't get out as much as the last few years, but I enjoyed it when I did. I also fished with some good friends and had a lot of laughs. I guess my only complaint is that I didn't get to fish with as many people from the site as I would have liked, but there's still time left this season.

tunaless greg 11-14-2012 10:45 AM
Last 30 minutes of cod season
 
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I said "let me anchor up one more time " before the winds start blowing and i have to head in, during the last day of codfishing. Wind picks up on cue, and as i pay the line out of the windlass, the knot somehow unties after 6,000 anchorings at the end (i have a block of wood and a knot to stop the rope from ever paying out and going overboard). Needless to say, rope that i thought would float a little, sank like a stone, and anchor, chain and rope went bye bye. tried grappling to no avail.


Equally frustrating was my inability to get one of the best plug fishermen on this website into a decent fish all season. Probably 20 trips and not one good sized bass like years past. His brother came out one trip, and bested his best fish of the year by easily 4 inches. The tough part was i know he fished harder this year, then any other.

JohnnySaxatilis 11-14-2012 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Jackbass (Post 969524)
All I have to say is Hopkins
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LOL that guy is tapped

american spirit 11-14-2012 11:39 AM
leaking waders at a spot i go up to my stomach in. didn't care. tough walk bach in after 2 hours. and also soles of my boots ripped off down to the middle of my foot that night.

comfortable with an llbean wader exchange, but not the boots. time to research over the winter.

Fishoholic 11-14-2012 01:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 969460)
Been there, done that. I have some advice you might consider.

You are going about this wrong. I know, I made the same mistake and often wish I could do it over. Catching a large fish does not hook kids on fishing. Having fun is what does it. Take them scup fishing, snapper blue fishing, schoolie fishing, fresh water fishing, squid fishing. Go at reasonable hours and for short periods. Take their friends with them. Measure success in laughs and time outdoors rather than catch. If it is in them (and often it is not) they will grow into the sport themselves.

I was too intense, too focused on getting my sons' a big bass. They sensed it and didn't have fun. If big fish come at the expense of fun a kid will turn off to fishing quickly. Getting a child a big fish does not make up for our short-comings as parents (if only it did). Luckily, spending time with our kids having fun does.
Thank you Numby, I will always take advice from you. They are my little scup masters already. They want something with stripes, so next year I'm going to do as you said, and target schoolies for them. They see some pics of some of my fish and they say WE WANT THAT! So I do my best and fail fail. I'm going to try bringing one of their friends too. I'm sure they'd like that.

FishermanTim 11-14-2012 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 969460)
Been there, done that. I have some advice you might consider.

You are going about this wrong. I know, I made the same mistake and often wish I could do it over. Catching a large fish does not hook kids on fishing. Having fun is what does it. Take them scup fishing, snapper blue fishing, schoolie fishing, fresh water fishing, squid fishing. Go at reasonable hours and for short periods. Take their friends with them. Measure success in laughs and time outdoors rather than catch. If it is in them (and often it is not) they will grow into the sport themselves.

I was too intense, too focused on getting my sons' a big bass. They sensed it and didn't have fun. If big fish come at the expense of fun a kid will turn off to fishing quickly. Getting a child a big fish does not make up for our short-comings as parents (if only it did). Luckily, spending time with our kids having fun does.
I agree...I will invite my neices and nephews to come fishing at a local pond, and when they get bored (if action is slow) I let them do what they want.
Sure enough when they get bored with whatever they were doing, they come back to fish with me. I do the same thing when I take them ice fishing and get the same results.

tysdad115 11-14-2012 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Fishoholic (Post 969577)
Thank you Numby, I will always take advice from you. They are my little scup masters already. They want something with stripes, so next year I'm going to do as you said, and target schoolies for them. They see some pics of some of my fish and they say WE WANT THAT! So I do my best and fail fail. I'm going to try bringing one of their friends too. I'm sure they'd like that.
TJ we should get the boys together...Ty is great showing kids and goofing off with them inbetween fish.

Squid kids Dad 11-14-2012 05:38 PM
This whole year was a fishing low for me..Did not go once due to ankle problems..5 screws,bone fushion and tendon shortening later and still in a wheel chair..
Next year has to be better for sure..:fishin:

Tagger 11-14-2012 05:42 PM
Block Island ,,,,,,again

Canalman 11-14-2012 06:24 PM
Lyme Disease

Fishoholic 11-14-2012 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tysdad115 (Post 969599)
TJ we should get the boys together...Ty is great showing kids and goofing off with them inbetween fish.
Love the idea Andy! Next season for sure. Moose is awesome, I'm sure they'd love fishing with him. They already know who he is :fishin:

SAUERKRAUT 11-15-2012 10:12 AM
LAST EELS OF THE SEASON
 
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Originally Posted by ProfessorM (Post 969428)
Geez Alan. George told me about the Zee. You must of had some good moments
...Not sure if I did Mr. Professor. Just last night: I had about a dozen good eels nicely ensconsed in my ice bucket--enough left to take me thru to the bitter end of the season, or maybe even to extend the season and visit my brother on the NJ Shore after Thanksgiving. So, this ? raccoon comes along, trashes my ice bucket, breaks in, and half eaten eels are laying all over my driveway.
I'm setting a trap; I'm tired of trashed trash cans. My eels are the last straw. Now, I am relegated to fish plugs like Numbskull, if I go again.

numbskull 11-15-2012 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT (Post 969688)
... I'm setting a trap; I'm tired of trashed trash cans. My eels are the last straw. .
In this epic battle of wits my bet is on the racoon.

MAKAI 11-15-2012 12:33 PM
I've pressure washed raccoons out of my trash barrels at night. They were back the next night. Just cleaner , cunning big rodents using the lids as cymbals.
Bleach did the trick though.
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Sgt Striper 11-15-2012 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 969723)
In this epic battle of wits my bet is on the racoon.
can't you feel the :love:

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Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT (Post 969688)
...Not sure if I did Mr. Professor. Just last night: I had about a dozen good eels nicely ensconsed in my ice bucket--enough left to take me thru to the bitter end of the season, or maybe even to extend the season and visit my brother on the NJ Shore after Thanksgiving. So, this ? raccoon comes along, trashes my ice bucket, breaks in, and half eaten eels are laying all over my driveway.
I'm setting a trap; I'm tired of trashed trash cans. My eels are the last straw. Now, I am relegated to fish plugs like Numbskull, if I go again.
Come on down, we will put you on fish!! Would love to fish with ya, I even carry an extra spool of line in my truck...just in case :rotf2:

SAUERKRAUT 11-16-2012 09:38 PM
NJ invitation from Sgt. Striper! When/if I go down, I will contact you. And thank you! Brother Don sure made me jealous last year with amazing fishing thru December. Cold extreme fishing, but I should have a new coon skin hat by then.

He tells me, however, that the signs do not look too good with a season long absence of sand eel biomass in shore. he also says the two storms seems to have sterilized the beaches. And of course, many of those beaches are not yet accessible. Bonds.

piemma 11-17-2012 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT (Post 969409)
Zeebaas Idiocy: Just 3 weeks ago, my Zee was not right and running rough after this long season of use, including a new wear and tear wrinkle for me-- swim fishing. I send this back with a plea they would expedite service so I can use it to crank in a couple more migrators before season ends. Ron complies; in fact, he serviced it for free. Not even postage.

While remounting the reel, I drop it on a concrete floor and fatally bend the rotator head. What an idiot. And this idiot was bailed out again by the Zee people...fixed it for free. Not even postage.
Not for nuthin', but have you considered another hobby?

ProfessorM 11-17-2012 08:47 AM
LOL. He has been at this way too long to give up now and would be way more miserable without fishing. Besides George would be devastated knowing he wouldn't be able to enjoy Alan's follies.
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SAUERKRAUT 11-17-2012 10:32 AM
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[QUOTE=ProfessorM;970139]LOL. Besides George would be devastated knowing he wouldn't be able to enjoy Alan's follies.

Yeah, I'd be more miserable not being able to torture George with my existence.

Anyhow, you can see I nailed this trash can trashing, eel eating son of a gun. I'll wipe that sh...eel eating grin off his face. If I were Daniel Boone, I'd put that thing on my head.

ProfessorM 11-17-2012 12:26 PM
LOL. Nice catch. Name him George and don't let him bite you. This should be in the highlights section. Have a good Thanksgiving.

numbskull 11-17-2012 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT (Post 970165)

Anyhow, you can see I nailed this trash can trashing, eel eating son of a gun. I'll wipe that sh...eel eating grin off his face. If I were Daniel Boone, I'd put that thing on my head.
Biggest thing you caught this season.

doc 11-18-2012 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by tunaless greg (Post 969536)
I said "let me anchor up one more time " before the winds start blowing and i have to head in, during the last day of codfishing. Wind picks up on cue, and as i pay the line out of the windlass, the knot somehow unties after 6,000 anchorings at the end (i have a block of wood and a knot to stop the rope from ever paying out and going overboard). Needless to say, rope that i thought would float a little, sank like a stone, and anchor, chain and rope went bye bye. tried grappling to no avail.


Equally frustrating was my inability to get one of the best plug fishermen on this website into a decent fish all season. Probably 20 trips and not one good sized bass like years past. His brother came out one trip, and bested his best fish of the year by easily 4 inches. The tough part was i know he fished harder this year, then any other.
...almost blew my coffee out my nose reading this...!
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Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

Night Shift 11-28-2012 11:37 PM
Having a fish take your eel, and on the hook set, the 4/0 Gammi sets right back into the eel. The result is a VERY short fight, but always long enough to know what caliber of fish took your offering. It usually happens only 2 or 3 times a season.
NOT 2 DOZEN TIMES! :wall:

It cost me some very large fish this year.

Night Shift 11-28-2012 11:51 PM
... I also dropped a 46 pound fish and took 4 spines to the inside of my knee while trying to take a picture during a solo mission. A little home surgery was needed a few days later to remove two of the spines.

redcrbbr 11-29-2012 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Canalman (Post 969625)
Lyme Disease
welcome to the club


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