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Crafty Angler · 07-24-2004, 08:26 AM

Commercial fishing anywhere is a tough goddammed way to make a buck - a lot of my friends and some of my family did.

Ever notice, there aren't a lot of real old deckhands? It just beats the hell outta ya physically if you get to make it to old age. And there's a good many of them that don't - I've lost friends that way.

You've gotta have respect for those guys.

07-24-2004, 08:26 AM	#1
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Commercial fishing anywhere is a tough goddammed way to make a buck - a lot of my friends and some of my family did. Ever notice, there aren't a lot of real old deckhands? It just beats the hell outta ya physically if you get to make it to old age. And there's a good many of them that don't - I've lost friends that way. You've gotta have respect for those guys.
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.