I fish because I love to fish. It doesn't have to do with catching...it's the fishing. I keep going because fishing is part of who I am. If I stopped fishing I would die. I really believe that. Charlie Murat said he'd rather be dead than not fish and he died with a 25 on his line as the sun set on Nauset. Tha's the way to go when the time comes.
You keep going because there is always the challenge of the unknown.
Sure, there's always the shot at the biggest fish of your life and I am always prepared for the 50. NO, I don't have a 50! This is my 41st year of Striper fishing and no 50. 2, 49s...no 50. So that challenge is still on the board and, quite frankly, I don't care if I ever catch it.
I have had a great year. Got out of the surf in July due to health reasons and caught a ton of 20 and 30# bass in my boat for the first year. Had a lot of mid 20# fish in the surf up until then. So Sat night I was in Narragansett in a 40 mph wind with my surf partner... in the surf. I wasn't there because I needed 1 more fish. I wasn't there because I was looking for my 50. I was there because it's part of my very being to go out in late Oct, get on the "edge", be with friends and ....FISH
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