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07-16-2010, 11:54 AM
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time to go
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,318
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What it takes to be a great fisherman
You can have all of the rods, reels, plugs etc. but the difference in my eyes seems to be whether or not your phone rings.
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07-16-2010, 11:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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time and lots of it.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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07-16-2010, 11:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Or maybe fish 40 hrs a week? Unless your Mike  |
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07-16-2010, 12:01 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,206
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Commitment.........
I've also noticed that when I go to presentations a lot of them usually contain the line "....My Ex-Wife...." somewhere in it
Might have something to do w/ that commitment...  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-16-2010, 12:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,395
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rare custom plugs
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07-16-2010, 12:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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What it takes to be a great fisherman
A big eel.
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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07-16-2010, 12:25 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
Posts: 3,605
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eastendlu
A big eel.
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that and no wife, a pissed off wife, or an extremely understanding wife. |
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07-16-2010, 12:28 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
Posts: 3,605
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You also need to be able to refer to yourself in the 3rd person like Lebron James!!!!!!  |
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07-16-2010, 12:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,306
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
time and lots of it.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Commitment.........
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and a willingness to learn. |
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07-16-2010, 12:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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A love of the sea. The will to do it , Strong legs to carry you to the spots. Ability to concentrate intensely while the line is in the water. The mental capacity to learn and integrate what you learn into finding and catching.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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07-16-2010, 01:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: north shore
Posts: 624
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...one who is willing to spend countless hours trying to outwit a fish with a brain the size of a cumquat...
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07-16-2010, 01:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Call yourself "Maestro" and insist everyone else does too!
Claim that every spot is your "secret spot" that produced a 50 lber.
the last time you fished it.
Claim that you were fishing "XXXXX" lure before everyone else, and you know EXACTLY how to fish it for maximum effect.
Then you wake up in time to go to work, waiting for the end of the day, week or season depending on how crappy ypur job is!  |
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07-16-2010, 01:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 258
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Quite a few years back i fished every night during sept,oct, & nov, cept for 3, and it wasnt for just a couple of hours, most I would say were between 4 and 6 hrs, lots of dusk to dawn outings. Does that count,lol. Desire is the key ingrediant to becoming a good surf guy, not saying I am, not yet anyway. If I was only 20 years younger.
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07-16-2010, 02:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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What does it take?
The ability and DESIRE to teach someone else without taking credit for it. (Trust me, they will give you the credit.)
Anybody can catch a fish, but how did they get their start?
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07-16-2010, 02:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
Posts: 2,885
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
that and no wife, a pissed off wife, or an extremely understanding wife.
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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07-16-2010, 02:54 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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all you need is time and no responsibilities
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07-16-2010, 03:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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From what I've learned on this site, I think you need to have a wetsuit, energy drinks, eels and potatoes. Not necessarily in that order.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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07-16-2010, 03:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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The thread header should be more descriptive.
"What it takes to be a great fisherman (in your own mind)"
or
"What it takes to be considered a great fisherman"
Everyone can say "I'm a great fisherman", but the true test is whether others would say the same!
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07-16-2010, 04:16 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
that and no wife, a pissed off wife, or an extremely understanding wife.
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Or a wife with a boyfriend
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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07-16-2010, 04:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
From what I've learned on this site, I think you need to have a wetsuit, energy drinks, eels and potatoes. Not necessarily in that order.
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And a tin of scoal.
Seriously, i think what matters most is time on the water and being aware of what you are doing. The most enjoyable part of it all for me is that im constantly learning and am eager to learn more. |
Everything is better on the rocks.
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07-16-2010, 04:22 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luds
that and no wife, a pissed off wife, or an extremely understanding wife.
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Mine can go from one to the other in milliseconds, for no reason I can comprehend. |
Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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07-16-2010, 04:32 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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RoyL is a great fisherman. Ask him, the rest of us are just pretenders.
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07-16-2010, 05:18 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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who ever has the most fun doing it .. If not ,might as well buy clubs ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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07-16-2010, 09:09 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,206
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Quote:
Originally Posted by american spirit
all you need is time and no responsibilities
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Dude, You changed your name..... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-16-2010, 09:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Holyoke, Ma
Posts: 1,183
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Passion, you gotta live for it. Its gets you out of bed an in your vehical, it makes you brave the nastiest of conditions and makes take one more cast and the one more and am done ok really this time last one, wait was that a bump ok last one same spot!
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07-16-2010, 11:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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An addictive/compulsive personality coupled with sociopathic tendencies and a general dislike for people. From there, success in fishing becomes just a small matter of channeling all that negativity, anger and mental illness into fishing - like the rest of the psychos do.
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07-17-2010, 12:02 AM
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Mosholu
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 440
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While having the time is an important factor it is the use of that time I think that separates the good from the great. Noticing which spot fishes better under all conditions, keeping records of what happened on any given night over time will give you much better results than the other guys that just rely on their memory. It is not something I do for a number of reasons but I think that the guys who are seriously methodical about both fishing conditions and gear maintenance do a lot better than others.
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07-17-2010, 02:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 26
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I think you also have to have that unending desire to figure out why things happened not just that they happen but why. It is that constant need for understanding what the causes of a good night or a bad night were. The great fisherman I know don't take things at face value there is always that internal questioning of what the cause was.
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07-17-2010, 07:53 AM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,548
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Miyagi say you must have focus, either that or what Joe said
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07-17-2010, 08:06 AM
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ditch boy
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: the sea
Posts: 664
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tattoobob
Or a wife with a boyfriend
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or no wife at all.  |
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