the older ya get / the harder to find a {good] fishing partner

since Denny passed away two years ago .........its been impossible

at the age you lose friends not make them ..

I fished more when I was 5 then I can /do not
>>>..................................not a happy old Timer

&&&&&&&&& this fu ck in heat SUCKS ....I really can,t go out

I dehydrate in the night never mind sun

something with my meds an sun .doctors don,t seem to know or

call ........ I havn,t sweat in over 5 years ...............#^&#^&#^&#^& in I,m pissed / really really pissed :af::af::af::af::af::af::af::af:

If I'm the jamoke, thanks. Paul have you fished in the last decade? Golf doesn't count. Just asking.

Here's my report, surf fished and the bass hit like the tide. It was slow, 7 fish from just over slot to 38lbs. I used weighted circle hooks size 10/0 with eels, dead eels that I vac sealed alive after a hard skunk from a previous outing. When I fish live eels I fish a 5/0-6/0 circle because that's how I learned it.

"If you golf more than you fish, you might be a Jamoke" - Jeff Foxworthy

-Matt (the Jamoke who doesn't golf)
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I guess I'm a proud Jamoke, because I now golf more than I fish, it's just a matter of priorities changing with age. I personally hate the gym, so walking 18 holes three times a week is my gym, but I do miss those days out on my boat with friends or family. The last couple years have really put a damper on travel, first it was covid and now for me it's the price of gas. It's not that I can't afford it, but I've caught a zillion fish over my years and I just don't have that I've got get out there regardless attitude any longer. Did slip into my waders this morning, no love, but nice sunrise. I do have fleeting moments where I feel guilty for not getting out there in my yak and then I think why, I've got other interests to keep me busy.

I know how you feel buddy. You remember my fishing buddy Drew Gordon who fished with me most weekends, it was a sad day when I learned he was getting married and moving to Arkansas. We fished together any time schedules and work permitted, in three different boats over the years and a lot of great days on the water. Fishing just wasn't quite the same after, sure I still enjoyed being on the water, but sometimes it's that friendship which is just part of the experience you relished the most.

Amen Bob

My 1st partner was a life long friend .he got married an [she] wanted me to join the family [physically] end of that relationship.

My wife was my 2nd .until the 2nd kid

the 3td was Earl who they call the [bear] he was like my father

I never really figured him out << {mY FATHER} he taught me

most of what I know about shellfishing ........... he was a watermans waterman .i loved that guy .................................................. ..... funny . he smoked I didn,t

I drank he rode in circles when I was hung over ........ we fished before an afterwork an weekends seven days a week ,
we trusted eact other it was crazy
His wife had kidney problems an lupus .... eventually she ended up on dialys [sp] she had three kidneys transplants ....................... he went digging on a sunday morning /came home

cut the grass .went inside had a
tea & pie ..went an put this dishes in the sink.hit the floor dead ................. my drinking really went out of control

years later .sheila got cancer ...... then I got cancer .........found S/B

she died .My cancer came back .remission ........... spent alot of time with people from this site .....finally met denny .great guy
did all kinds of fishing ........... some guys didn,t want to take

him fishing cuz he had so many medical issues .I told them

he wants to fish .......... I asked his wife for her cell number in
case he drops in the boats ............tough, at times grumpy guy

we fished on the 17 of NOV . bang he died on the 24th of December .

His wife said she would help find me a partner ...I told her it was more difficult than finding a wife ...........you have to have more in common than a marriage // Trust an dependabilty

last couple of years have kinda sucked ........there is one person I really have to say THANK YOU an thats Joe Fig from this site .......... he has made it possible for me to fish some that last two years . he has has work an a family , but has time to help me get out
{LIKE I don,t know hes picking my brain ]] LOL an also just plain help me he is a FRIEND in another world we may have been partners .but 30+years difference we are way apart in the other parts of life .
thanks to someone or thing that I still have memories ......... I,ve had a great ride ..... still wanna fish an dig . see the family .but

i,m ready /if I go today /its been a great ride . to do over .................... I may have put marriage on hold ......... an had sex til the end of time if I had to take a break then it would have been fishing ><> sorry but the rant ,but I don,t an cant go out in the heat so this is the 3rd date with a forecast lasting 5 or 6 ore days ................ :whackin::whackin::whackin::whackin::whackin:

:hang:

Thanks Jeff.

Yes, I fish. I fish for trout on a flyrod. I do not fish for Stripers except in the Fall and every year i make a one week trip to The Block to surf fish for Bass.
I did not specifically call you a Jamoke. I was referring to people who are criticizing RF9 for catch in Bass and releasing them.

Now if you want to ask why I am not a 100 night a year Striper fisherman anymore I will tell you. It's quite simple: I have killed, injured, hooked and lost enough Bass to last a lifetime. I just choose to let them be except once a year on The Block and that's more about being there in November with a couple of close friends and enjoying the solitude.

That's pretty much why I walked away from fishing bass 11 years ago. Nothing left to prove, and tricking, and then scaring the living crap out of dumb things with brain the size of a walnut just wasn't fun anymore. It's a noble fish, and they deserved my respect after all of the joy they provided over 50+ years.

Well said Mike.

As we age our priorities change. I had a birdie yesterday on a hole on one of the most challenging private courses in New England. It was as good as catching a 50.

You love it…. I wish it was me…. It’ll be fall soon Mike , stay cool

Tuna fishing has been silly good. We've been chasing the 50" class fish around. 10 plus hook ups the weekend before last on spinners, two this past weekend. I put a couple of pics up on IG. The bass fishing has been great around the pogie schools, I havent had much luck around the rocks. A few nice fish on plugs from the boat and I have seen a few blues around......thats about all I got

I heard you got spooled on a bass rod and reel...

Yeah, that was a few weeks back

My son sent pic of his new personal best and he doesn’t understand why I don’t want to come fish in the Boston madness. I’ve never enjoyed the zoo that is the Boston fishing scene and if what OTW just posted is true, there are a lot still practicing the snag and drop style of fishing with all the bunker and large around. I told him when he shifts his focus south I’m happy to join him. I teased him by saying he has twenty to thirty lbs to go before he gets to three of my biggest, which is one reason I just have no burning desire to go get one more, rather get a big sea bass.

He looks like you, no, the fish …. ;-)

Nice fish

I’ll probably not trailer up there this season,,,, fuel is a bitch !

No storms for us last night , turned out to be a beautiful night on the water, stayed local and never left the river, just me and a hand full of Kayaks... a lot of fussy fish stuffed full of pogies I had one with a tail hanging out of its mouth, most had fat bellies ) just lazing along the flats, not overly interested in feeding… landed seven slots from 29 to 33" and one big gal around 30 lbs, all on eels, was back at the dock by 10:30.. had my first gut hooked fish last night, I suspect it was because I was already fighting a fish and the boat was drifting and there was no pressure on the line.. the hook was in the soft tissue in the roof of the mouth, pretty easy to remove no blood.. she was young and strong, I have faith.. water warmed a tad, was 65 at half tide in...

bugs and bass in the morning tomorrow..

Spent most of June on BI. Fished the full moon week and the biggest was just over 18# on plugs. My usual spots didn’t produce at all. Had to fish areas of the island I haven’t fished in years. Many of the fish hit with a 3’ of the beach. I thought of Steve Shiraka (sp?) during one of his presentations I attended said to not give up on your retrieve. The first fish scared the crap out me. Also had a bird buzzing me and shrieking at me in the middle of the night beneath the cliffs. Talk about disconcerting.
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Jeff, there’s a plug I turned in the mail for you. Tight lines

bite slowed down a bit in the river this week, I only fished 2 nights, the size was good, several in the 30 lb range.. a lot of "Rats" keyed in on sand eels.. water temp still frigid , 56 in spots at high tide.. fish in cold stuff wont feed, find the 65-68 degree water and it's game on.

Yup and that’s why I’m getting no love off my beach, been blowing SW for a week, all the warmer water is offshore and it’s replaced with cold stuff you need waders to fish in. Can’t wait for this pattern to break.