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johnny ducketts · 06-07-2007, 11:06 AM

Well it happened to me this morning, I was fishing in my usual spot this morning and happened to catch a nice little striper this morning which had sea lice on it, released it and and proceded to fish until the sun came up. A round 05:00 or so another fisherman appeared and proceded to fish on the opposite jetty as me, we struck up some small talk and he said he was looking for a nice fresh bluefish for dinner, he hooked up a few minutes later and had a nice blue. I took my next cast with a 2 oz crippled herring in a blue mackeral pattern and I'm tight. It turned out to be a nice bluefish, now I was just fishing in the morning before work, so I didn't want to keep it, So I said to the guy,"how about seconds" , and my question was answered with "no thanks!" "I can catch my own fish". so I unhooked it and released it, with my nose a little bent out of shape by the remark.

He wasn't rude or a beligerant about it, but it just struck me as odd.

Has this happened to anyone before, and I was just trying to be a nice guy, this ever happen to anyone else?

I guess I shoulda made the title "accept" and not complain

06-07-2007, 11:06 AM	#1
johnny ducketts ><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°> iTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Falmouth, Ma Posts: 1,520	would you complain if some one offered you a fish? Well it happened to me this morning, I was fishing in my usual spot this morning and happened to catch a nice little striper this morning which had sea lice on it, released it and and proceded to fish until the sun came up. A round 05:00 or so another fisherman appeared and proceded to fish on the opposite jetty as me, we struck up some small talk and he said he was looking for a nice fresh bluefish for dinner, he hooked up a few minutes later and had a nice blue. I took my next cast with a 2 oz crippled herring in a blue mackeral pattern and I'm tight. It turned out to be a nice bluefish, now I was just fishing in the morning before work, so I didn't want to keep it, So I said to the guy,"how about seconds" , and my question was answered with "no thanks!" "I can catch my own fish". so I unhooked it and released it, with my nose a little bent out of shape by the remark. He wasn't rude or a beligerant about it, but it just struck me as odd. Has this happened to anyone before, and I was just trying to be a nice guy, this ever happen to anyone else? I guess I shoulda made the title "accept" and not complain Last edited by johnny ducketts; 06-07-2007 at 03:14 PM.. Reason: clarification
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