You might be a googan if.... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

flyvice11787 · 03-01-2009, 11:03 PM

Okay, this isn't a thread to bash anyone, just for chits and giggles

. Just to get through this snowstorm and the last few weeks of winter. This is to be done a la Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..". I know there are some wicked sharp wits out there, so have at it. If it gets good, maybe I'll put up a poll a couple of weeks from now and have the members pick the best line and send the winner a prize

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Let me get this started.

-You might be a googan if....you insist on fishing your spinning reel above the rod and reel backwards.

-You might be a googan if....you cast your conventional with the clicker on to prevent backlashes.

-You might be a googan if....you show up to fish under the light at Montauk in jeans and sneakers (with a gold VS).

-You might be a googan if....you insist that the red pork rind trailer on your pencil popper helps you catch more fish (true story).

-You might be a googan if... you have to rifle through your multi-drawer Plano box for the right lure when the blitz breaks out.

BigFish · 03-01-2009, 11:13 PM

Case in point!

BasicPatrick · 03-02-2009, 12:11 AM

write....edit....write....edit

We all had to learn and some of us before the internet!!!

ecduzitgood · 03-02-2009, 12:18 AM

if you spell striper with two P's

JohnR · 03-02-2009, 09:22 AM

You might be a googan if....you spend hundred and hundreds on the biggest surfcasting gear you can find - 12foot Daiwa, 9500SS Penn so that you can outcast everyone and be the he-man fisher. Only to find out that A) You Suck & B) Anyone with a balanced 9' rod will out cast you and will out fish you. (Yes, I was once the googan with the 12' Daiwa - though I still suck I look much better doing it

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numbskull · 03-02-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

..... though I still suck I look much better doing it......

You sure that's not because you fish in the dark now?

jimmy z · 03-02-2009, 10:17 AM

if one has to ask themselves if they are one.

JohnR · 03-02-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by numbskull

You sure that's not because you fish in the dark now?

I am what I am

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

You might be a googan if you drag a plugbag the size of a suitcase around Cuttyhunk and wear yourself out because you have to have the right lure and don't know which one that will be.

Here was the portable travel kit:

(Keep in mind, Slip is nine feet tall)

johnny ducketts · 03-02-2009, 10:44 AM

You might be a googan if...
A) You kick a bluefish back into the water like a soccer ball.
B) You leave more line on the rocks and ground than on your spool.
C) Keep Short Fish
D) Stand behind the group of guys fishing in waders, because you are only wearing cut-off shorts and tennis shoes, and try lobbing 10 oz of bait and weight over their heads because you cant wade out as well.

Slipknot · 03-02-2009, 10:47 AM

if you run down to the waters edge and cast your bait out as hard as you can and stand there as the line peels out on your toes reaching way out so you get the most out of the cast.

Rappin Mikey · 03-02-2009, 11:00 AM

You might be a googan if you try and lip a bluefish.

Jeepy · 03-02-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey

You might be a googan if you try and lip a bluefish.

Slipknot · 03-02-2009, 03:21 PM

nothin' wrong with a folding chair. ya might as well be comfortable.

flyvice11787 · 03-02-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey

You might be a googan if you try and lip a bluefish.

I almost did that last October

. Lack of sleep and the fact that I was just catching bass after bass for a couple of hours straight

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blue oyster · 03-02-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by johnny ducketts

You might be a googan if...
A) You kick a bluefish back into the water like a soccer ball.
B) You leave more line on the rocks and ground than on your spool.
C) Keep Short Fish
D) Stand behind the group of guys fishing in waders, because you are only wearing cut-off shorts and tennis shoes, and try lobbing 10 oz of bait and weight over their heads because you cant wade out as well.

thats not a goog thats an as$&@%#

flyvice11787 · 03-02-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blue oyster

thats not a goog thats an as$&@%#

Agreed

. A goog is the one who catches a fish, and then doesn't know whether to lip it, step on it, or throw a towel over the fish's head. And then freaks out when the fish starts flapping around when he's going to unhook it

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inTHERAPY · 03-02-2009, 07:43 PM

you leave your rod on the gunwale, eel dangling in the water, as the captain spins the boat to make another drift.

as your docking the boat and it gets away from you, you jump out to the dock without a line

your fending off your neighbors boat, the boat drifts out, you don't let go until you can not possibly recover and fall over....the captain never notices

RIROCKHOUND · 03-02-2009, 11:25 AM

[QUOTE=flyvice11787;669941]
-You might be a googan if....you insist that the red pork rind trailer on your pencil popper helps you catch more fish (true story)./QUOTE]

How do you know it didn't?

MAKAI · 03-02-2009, 11:49 AM

Googans do catch fish though, saw a guy get a 50 plus fishing an eel on an apple bobber, spinning reel half full of 60# mono, in a sand sand spike,at night. Also after plugging and eeling the back all nite I was sitting on my tailgate having breakfast, when a googan shows up with garage sale gear, tosses out half a frozen mac. Yup, easy 55# in ten minutes, bright july sun, 9:00 am. So I went in town bought some crack and called it a day.

cow tamer · 03-02-2009, 12:31 PM

Your night fishing arsenal includes a boom box and a coleman lantern.

luds · 03-02-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cow tamer

Your night fishing arsenal includes a boom box and a coleman lantern.

You forgot the grill.

That and cooler. That's what you need to truly googan. It's a good time.

Mr. Sandman · 03-02-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by luds

You forgot the grill.

That and cooler. That's what you need to truly googan. It's a good time.

You forgot the folding chair.

Bocephus · 03-02-2009, 02:35 PM

During my first year fishing jetties, just doing the rotation one night among a bunch of seasoned dudes, all strangers, I got flustered and panicked when one of the guys tells me im tangled on his line, while he is fighting a fish. Tried to undo whatever I did for a minute or 2, then figured it would be quicker to cut and run, since the last thing I wanted to do was to piss somebody off. Too bad i cut his line instead of mine. Boy did I feel stupid, but I felt a little better when I saw him catch a bluefish a few minutes later with his needlefish hanging out of its mouth, the one that I cut off.

JohnR · 03-02-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CanalMike

During my first year fishing jetties, just doing the rotation one night among a bunch of seasoned dudes, all strangers, I got flustered and panicked when one of the guys tells me im tangled on his line, while he is fighting a fish. Tried to undo whatever I did for a minute or 2, then figured it would be quicker to cut and run, since the last thing I wanted to do was to piss somebody off. Too bad i cut his line instead of mine. Boy did I feel stupid, but I felt a little better when I saw him catch a bluefish a few minutes later with his needlefish hanging out of its mouth, the one that I cut off.

Which Jetty and How long ago

?

Raven · 03-02-2009, 02:56 PM

is telescopic

ecduzitgood · 03-02-2009, 02:57 PM

You fish for stripers with a pocket fisherman.

ecduzitgood · 03-02-2009, 03:30 PM

Another one I did...I waded out to the mud flat off of the Mass. Maritine Academy ship with 20lbs of makerel in a bag in my herring basket cut for chumming/chunking. This flat is only accessible at low tide so when you go it's for six hours+/- and you are 200+yds. from shore looking at the Maritine ship between you and land and looking at the flat drop off into the canal. Start chumming and catching fish for about two hours when suddenly the fish stop hitting and I get cut off a couple of times and suddenly realize a shark (never saw him) picked up my chum slick and I am standing in waist high water....I backed out onto the highest point on the flat about two feet of water at high tide and waited till I could get back to shore safely; real spooky when it got to be dark. Last time I ever fished that spot. One other time I was out there fishing the far end I watched a boat try to go between me and the shore line heading for Buttermilk bay. Tried to wave at them to stop but it was too late they came to a stop and had to wait till there was enough water to free the boat. One of the women on board spotted me and they all started laughing at the guy who was behind the wheel.

Bocephus · 03-04-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Which Jetty and How long ago

?

had to be about 5 or 6 yrs ago in the

breachway If memory serves correct, there were 15 or 20 rotating, and most were catching fish I was overwhelmed, since it was the first real blitz Id seen.

Halvey64 · 03-05-2009, 08:57 AM

What's a googan????

bonefishdick · 03-02-2009, 03:50 PM

If you do this to your stripping basket