A Perspective

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by numbskull

A while back, I posted something about how getting skunked was as important to enjoying fishing as hitting it right.

This am, while waiting for the shower (which I do use....in the off season), I opened Reading The Water to page 174 where Francis Bernard talks about his 64# bass (which, to my delight, he reports catching right after Sauerkraut left). He mentions the time he puts into fishing, and how if he catches a fish for every five hours he puts in he is "lucky".

No big deal that, but he then goes on to realize how that is the very thing about striped bass that keeps him fishing. As he puts it.....

"I like the challenge of fishing so much that if I could catch fish every night, I wouldn't go fishing that much. If I know I'm going to catch two or three bass every night, I may not want to go. I'll skip a night. If I go two nights and don't get any fish, then I feel challenged. I say "I'll get you. I'll outsmart you. I'll find you." "

The challenge, not just the catching, is what keeps it fun. Something to think about as you plan for the season ahead.

Some mornings/evening it is perfectly acceptable to catch nothing but great me time, and sometimes it is not. However, catching many fish in one day can get mundane regardless of size or quantity.