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"measure it by what you touch.. not by what you catch"... that's the way I've looked at it for quite some time... it's made me a better fisherman...
good post George.
We all have expectations...as I've told nightshift many, many times... all I ask out of my "adventures" is to be able to do what I want to.. the way I want to do it... that meaning .. fishing the beach if it is my wimsey... running the plug in the mouth of the river if I so desire... or tossing eels or plugs at the local boulder field.. if King neptune and mother nature allow me to do this at the time i so desire .. then I have no complaints.. if i go fishless then so be it... the thrill of the hunt is as important to me as the catching... the solotude of a section of beach ( yes it does exsist) the spooky shadows of a boulder field as you crawl between the stones... the rise and fall of the waves as the boat crawls against a 5 knot current returning the salt to the sea while a large swimming plug dances in the dark water.. these are the reason I fish... it's a differant type of adrenalin rush.. the fish are the bonus chip.. because in the end.. I'll be releasing said fish..
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