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redlite · 04-15-2004, 04:10 PM

I have wondered many of these same things as I continue to learn about how to and what it takes to catch fish. I used to love fishing, but I am not going to lie. I hate fishing. I only like catching. I got the big fish bug pretty bad years ago and no matter how I try to change, I can't escape it. I talk to EVERYONE on the beaches that I pass, even those that just want to be left alone. I learned more just from talking to people than could ever be found in books. They probably at the time felt I was intruding on them as a new comer just as I feel the same about the guy that comes driving down the beach with their high beams on and shines them onto the water.
I have learned how "blowing spots" can change how you act toward other fishermen. Years ago fishing a creek with my dad that he has fished his whole life, this old timer kept telling me about how himand his buddies were at this way down cape beach and night after night catching multiple 30=# fish when we were "content" with 10 to 15# fish. well, I went and bought a map and found that place. Originally when I started fishing hard there 10 years ago, there were only a few of us that fished there and we always caught. The old timers took me under their wings and have showed me a lot, but not everything. Now when you go that beach, there are often so many cars in the lot that you can't even park there. I fish there a lot less and it seems there are a lot less fish caught there.
Even up until this past season I was all about bringing in the trophy to hang on the scale to see the envy of the guys at the tackle shop that had nothing to show. It was about "pride". Then last year I started to notice people following my truck around, so I would leave it at one beach and hitch a ride. Why would I act like this? Because many times I walk miles and miles in a night fishing every hole. Then bonanza. Many times the area the fish are piled up in is so small that more than 4 people fishing and lines are crossed up and then it becomes more of a hassle.
I don't know, but I just know that I have seen myself change a lot, and a lot of it is for the same bad thing that I used to criticize the old timers for myself.

04-15-2004, 04:10 PM	#24
redlite Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kingston, Ma Posts: 2,294	I have wondered many of these same things as I continue to learn about how to and what it takes to catch fish. I used to love fishing, but I am not going to lie. I hate fishing. I only like catching. I got the big fish bug pretty bad years ago and no matter how I try to change, I can't escape it. I talk to EVERYONE on the beaches that I pass, even those that just want to be left alone. I learned more just from talking to people than could ever be found in books. They probably at the time felt I was intruding on them as a new comer just as I feel the same about the guy that comes driving down the beach with their high beams on and shines them onto the water. I have learned how "blowing spots" can change how you act toward other fishermen. Years ago fishing a creek with my dad that he has fished his whole life, this old timer kept telling me about how himand his buddies were at this way down cape beach and night after night catching multiple 30=# fish when we were "content" with 10 to 15# fish. well, I went and bought a map and found that place. Originally when I started fishing hard there 10 years ago, there were only a few of us that fished there and we always caught. The old timers took me under their wings and have showed me a lot, but not everything. Now when you go that beach, there are often so many cars in the lot that you can't even park there. I fish there a lot less and it seems there are a lot less fish caught there. Even up until this past season I was all about bringing in the trophy to hang on the scale to see the envy of the guys at the tackle shop that had nothing to show. It was about "pride". Then last year I started to notice people following my truck around, so I would leave it at one beach and hitch a ride. Why would I act like this? Because many times I walk miles and miles in a night fishing every hole. Then bonanza. Many times the area the fish are piled up in is so small that more than 4 people fishing and lines are crossed up and then it becomes more of a hassle. I don't know, but I just know that I have seen myself change a lot, and a lot of it is for the same bad thing that I used to criticize the old timers for myself.