Getting a harmless old-timer like that all worked up into a lather....tsk tsk tsk....
Whyn't you kids go play someplace else and leave the old bugga alone...
"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.