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Originally Posted by piemma
1) It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
2) There are still a few of us "hardcore oldtimers" still out almost everynight. We are just quiet about it. In the old days before the internet no one except the "insiders" knew who was taking good fish.
3) Most of us DON'T post our success. You think I want every newbie standing in my bootmarks after I slam the fish?
4) Aside from my partner there's not 3 guys on this board who know all the good spots where I'ver been crawling. Why give up the keys to the kingdom.
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5) While I haven't got a 36# bass this year. I have 30 fish over 15 and 5, 20# or better. All from shore. In the last 10 days 2 in the 20s and 6 in the mid-teens. 2 of those in the last 24 hours.You see any pictures or posts about my fish? NO.
You see the oldtimes like to stay low profile. It doesn't do us any good to advertise our success.  |
I would say I'm of the new younger crew of fisherman. Do I possess the knowledge and where with all to get fish like you guys do... no. However the surf fisherman is a dying breed. I don't have any close friends who like to surf cast like I do.They may say they like fishing but don't want to walk the beached for hours on end in the middle of the night. At parties and stuff people laugh at me because in many cases I would rather be playing with an eel on a rock instead of getting drunk and hitting on girls. I got into surf fishing from my father who no longer cares to fish, at least not nocturnally.
I may get some back lash for this but here goes.
If you guys don't pass on your knowledge or at least take (nephews, friends sons etc) fishing the sport will diminish. Almost every one I know who fishes got into fishing from father figures etc. Don't deny that as older states men you may have some responsibility to pass on what you love. I can't wait to teach my kids (don't have any yet) to fish when they come of age. I think that would be more rewarding than catching a cow by myself.