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I've said it before and I'll say it again......Frank is the Howard Stern of striper fishing. People either love him or hate him, but either way they sure like to talk about him. I really find it crazy.
1) He writes some fairly interesting books for people new to the sport. Twenty Years on the Cape is a good look at how striper fishing worked in the old days. These aren't the best books ever, nor is he the best striper fisherman ever, but it's my bet he was pretty good in his day if half what he says in his books is true.
2) I've never met him other than sitting in on one of his free "seminars" at a fishing show a couple winters ago. (Now that was pretty much a waste of time......"fish estuaries" was the message as if people hadn't figured that one out yet.) But, I'm guessing he's a prick because lots of people really do dislike him. He also has a tendency to ramble on without making a point on the SS board.
3) My first thought upon reading this thread was that collies aren't all that threatening, but then I remembered a fairly mean one attacking me several times on my paper route when I was a kid. It was not a pleasant experience, so I'll cut him some slack on that angle.
4) There is no excuse to shoot a 45 pound collie in that situation. I was 12 years old on my paper route and was able to fight off a larger collie, so my guess is that Frank could have done the same.
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