Sharpie Secrets - Real secrets? Or plain common sense?

[eelman]

I gave up my comm.lic just did not renew..Now there is no way of getting it back, I shoiuld have never let that slide.......

[Krispy]

Id love to hear some sharpies weigh in on this thread

[Joe]

I think Capesams & Flap touch upon a significant point when they mention the connection between commercial rod-and-reel and fishing proficiency.

We do not see the media focusing on stories of big nights of commercial rod and reel fishing. It’s not very fashionable given today’s climate of conservation and the economical value of recreational fishing to focus on how many fish one took.

Ask around and you will find that many of people whose names are now the stuff of legend at one time held a commercial license and sold fish, be it from a boat or shore.

Many loved to fish to be sure, and the money earned from fishing either supplemented their regular incomes or paid for their recreation. The rise of a middle class with time and money to spend on recreation was slow to arrive to many of the places where the best fishing was – selling fish afforded many people a chance to do something they loved without going into household money.

Still, some say a lot of sharpies lost interest once they could no longer sell the fish. It makes one wonder if they would have come to the sport at all if it were not for the financial opportunity and if the sport attracts as many driven, aggressive, hungry people as it did in the past.

[Flaptail]

Bullseye Joe, your right on the money there.

[snake slinger]

joe do you think frank would be who he is today if he didnt sell fish and i dont mean that in a negative way i respect frank?

[tlapinski]

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Sharpie? It's not self proclaimed. It's not made by parading your fish around whether it be word of mouth, pictures, tackle shop, internet, or whatever. If it wasn't for the money or tournaments back in the day, we wouldn't even know that 99% of the old school sharpies ever existed. Learning from everything is the key. Whether that means learning what to use when and how or learning to keep your mouth shut, you can never stop learning and teaching yourself. Make mistakes, but do not repeat them. Are any of us sharpies? If you have to even ask yourself, you're not.

[Karl F]

"Show me the slips"
Tony C.
kinda says it all

Frank is always gonna be Frank.
Love him, hate him, respect him, or an odd mix of all three.
Read his books, he gives tons of info.
Read between the lines, too, as "longhair" Flap says.
He's also fairly honest, he even tells you who, (and why) caught most of the fish for $ in his day.

I know some people who had to catch fish, bass, fluke, blues or even dig clams,, to get gas money to cover the weekend expenses on the beach, back in the fifties and sixties. These were the people that Frank were out on the sand with.
They travelled in homemade jury rigged fishmobiles. The current generation comes down in state of the art stuff, and barely even fish, it's a whole different scene out there now, and the need for $ isn't there.

[Goose]

I've learned a few things from some of hot shots out there, some where showed to me others I observed. Dam if I'll go post them on the net, I don't see them sayin them why should I? Isn't spots enough?


KRISP.......that dude on the puter is the best..LMFAO

[Joe]

I really don't know Frank that well - I met him in person once about 15yrs ago. He sells me books and I occasionally email him about getting product, but the conversation seldom goes further than business. I know him less than Tattoo but more than the Super Strike guy.
Its not good practice for me to speculate on people with whom I have a business relationship.