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05-26-2009, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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i heard
he came over on the mayflower.....
and he was the one yelling Clams ho
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05-26-2009, 06:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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You need to ask yourself how satisfied you are with respect to the rest of your life.
Fishing, for a lot of people, fills up empty spaces in thier lives - but it does not fill them permanantly.
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05-26-2009, 06:35 PM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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The last few years I find myself more often at the fish market buying a piece of haddock some steamers and a dozen oysters instead of getting up at 3:00 AM and spending the money to drive to the canal.
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05-26-2009, 06:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hudson mass.
Posts: 78
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I get that way sometimes with hunting...I drag myself out even on the days I didn't want to go because anything can happen anyday!.( I hunted every day of the spring turkey season wih the bow in 2 states---Up at 3 am everyday)...Try a different routine....Throw on the waders with an ultralight set up and go hammer backwater fish or do some light tackle fluke fishin mabey... mix it up!
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northeasts best bowhunting and outdoor adventures. Now on the Pursuit network.
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05-26-2009, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 20
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I hear you. I ran a golf trip at the Cape for 10+ years..(we always ran into the same group of fishermen at the Thunderbird in Yarmouth.....got to talking to some of the guys year after year....)
Anyways, Last year I put the clubs away and have been fishing ever since......I suck at both sports....but I'm enjoying fishing at least!
I don't even know where my clubs are...
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05-26-2009, 07:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by capebill
Anyways, Last year I put the clubs away and have been fishing ever since......I suck at both sports....but I'm enjoying fishing at least!
I don't even know where my clubs are...
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they should be on Ebay or craig's list
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A sucky day fishing is better
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05-26-2009, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Norwich Ct
Posts: 276
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Surf Fishing when you really want to.....No better feeling!!!
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05-26-2009, 10:06 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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When it's not about the numbers anymore it will be clear why we fish.
Last edited by MAKAI; 05-26-2009 at 10:15 PM..
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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05-27-2009, 06:11 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
You need to ask yourself how satisfied you are with respect to the rest of your life.
Fishing, for a lot of people, fills up empty spaces in thier lives - but it does not fill them permanantly.
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Thats pretty good......
There was a time where all I wanted to do was fish. Now, not as much. I still love it but I had a period where it just became almost like a burden to go sometimes.
Dont worry Flap its nothing to be horrified over. I think everyone goes through it at some point (even if they dont admit it, or they have not gone through it yet) Dont let it burden you, only go if and when you KNOW you will enjoy it. Maybe you just need to look at it in a different light??? |
Simplify.......
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05-27-2009, 06:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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don't forget the words of MR. Miyagi  |
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05-27-2009, 07:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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Steve, I'm not sure how old you are but it sounds like male menopause from where I'm sitting. I wish I had friends to tell me where the fish are,consider yourself fortunate for a lot of reasons. I think you have come to the realization that your time has come and gone so put your feet up and enjoy the twilight of life at your own pace.I can tell you what motivates me are days like I had Monday with my oldest boy at the canal. Nothing can compare with the smile on his face while banging quality fish. The old codgers in the crowd love to see it too. My youngest even has started to enjoy the tin boat in Narragansett Bay and even got spooled on his Star Wars rod at age 4.I think you probably are feeling like you are climbing back down the hill at this point now that your daughter has graduated and you realize what really is important. Time DOES fly people, so never make fishing the most important thing in your life. Otherwise you will get old and wonder where the time went while you were chasing fish instead of enjoying the truly important moments life has to offer.
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05-27-2009, 09:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 492
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Flaptail...don't fight it. You're done. Move on to other things.
Please send your rods, plugs and gear to me. I'll send my address. Thank you.
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05-27-2009, 09:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
You guys ARE wimps!!
I got up 4 days in a row at 2:00 AM and was in my boat on the bay by 3. Fog, rain, wind, I don't care I love this sport.
Maybe because my big C returned and I figure I may not have a lifetime left to fish.
Enjoy it while you can guys. You get old quickly and it creeps up on you.
Anyway, I has 2 great days with a total of 15 fish all over 15# up to 25.5#.
I also got absolutely skunked 2 days but I was fishing in my boat so I loved every minute of it.
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Sorry to hear about the C paul... my thought are w/you. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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05-27-2009, 11:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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My boat is still in my Driveway...it is nearly ready, I had a really hard time getting going on it and even a harder time writing a check for the slip. (which the guy raised 20% this year..) Then had the usual boaters problems with "stuff" that needed attn..so it took me a loong time to get motivated. It is pretty much done now, paid for and everything is working but I feel your pain.
As for surf fishing, I still enjoy it and like to go frequently...but only like to go for a couple hours and don't want to fish till I can't function anymore. There was a time that is what I did. My motto is...if your not enjoying yourself, STOP and do something that you do enjoy...fast, Life is too short to do something that you don't like. For some reason these days I am only fishing with some of my weird looking plugs and having fun with that and not hunting for best my personal best each time I go out, just catch a few fish and enjoy your surroundings.
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05-27-2009, 06:08 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
You guys are wimps. Big fish, long casts.........bah that's nothing! Lets see you land fish with these hazards......the dog is bad enough but fishing next to this loser.........well enough said.
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So Numbskull that was you across the way with your Golden today. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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05-27-2009, 06:14 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Steve,, I can help ... The past years you've been living like a kid in a candy store .. Your jaded .. I suggest house swap .. I spend the season living in Falmouth .. You and your family enjoy my house in Brockton .. Next season you'll be good as new and raring to go ...
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05-27-2009, 09:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Melrose MA
Posts: 587
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Sorry to hear you are feeling that way. Try bait fishing for scup, sea bass, or just sunnies in freshwater with some kids. I did that on Monday afternoon and remembered what fishing is about. This was after waking up at 3 and fishing the canal with my brother and a buddy and having a great time. Seeing someone else have fun fishing under your wing is a great thing.
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05-27-2009, 10:49 PM
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Any luck?
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshires
Posts: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
You guys are wimps. Big fish, long casts.........bah that's nothing! Lets see you land fish with these hazards......the dog is bad enough but fishing next to this loser.........well enough said.
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Dude, that's Swine Flu Charlie and his superpup Sars. Any luck? |
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -- H.S.T.
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05-27-2009, 11:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,139
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
You guys are wimps. Big fish, long casts.........bah that's nothing! Lets see you land fish with these hazards......the dog is bad enough but fishing next to this loser.........well enough said.
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Surf ninja??? |
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05-28-2009, 06:04 AM
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Fish Hound
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shrewsbury, MA & Mashpee, MA
Posts: 1,159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
don't forget the words of MR. Miyagi |
hhahaha.... yah you just need to get back out there  |
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.....pursue those."
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05-28-2009, 06:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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I have also decided not to enter any contests this year..
I have fished only a few times..I have been playing golf.
The fishing scene in NJ has just turned me off.
"Too many puppies with guns in there hands"
The work situation has been such where I have to make hay when the sun shines so fishing long nights is not in the cards right now...
It'll be back I have been a fisherman all my life.
Just a normal course..
Paul I hope all works out for ya..
Good Luck..
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FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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05-28-2009, 11:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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Steve,
We all get burned out from time to time, years and years of whacky hours take their toll... part of the problem is dealing with the crowds... you get to a point where catching one more fish just isnt worth the aggrivation to stand elbow to elbow to catch it... as soon as the easy fishing is done and the warm breezes blow, the urge to find a quiet spot to be alone with the fish will return... then old feelings will return and some how loosing a little sleep just wont seem all that bad.... I've been there too!
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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05-28-2009, 01:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
Posts: 1,412
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flap jack
wtf....??? have u gone girly man on me  ,your all gayed out on brown trout . i think your all tweeken out about life and all the head trips .  dont worry we will leave u some schoolies at the end of this run  .just think one more day and 2wks vacation. steveie everyone is catching big fish ...even the wingnuts ...but u gutta b there .....  love ya stiffy  |
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05-28-2009, 01:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
Posts: 1,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stiff tip
wtf....??? have u gone girly man on me ,your all gayed out on brown trout . i think your all tweeken out about life and all the head trips . dont worry we will leave u some schoolies at the end of this run .just think one more day and 2wks vacation. steveie everyone is catching big fish ...even the wingnuts ...but u gutta b there ..... love ya stiffy |
also i think your acting like a sissie man  |
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05-28-2009, 04:33 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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Dear Steve,
You obviously need something to motivate you. Why not take a newbie or two fishing for a couple of months and teach them how to fish. Maybe you are just bored with the fishing scene here in the Northeast, it seems to me like you have seen and done it all up here, and done it successfully too. Maybe a vacation to a far off place with your wife, and maybe find some new fishing adventures there. I hope you feel better soon.
PS: Before you know it StiffTipp will have you all over the earth and back catching Tuna and this thread will seem like a distant memory
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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05-28-2009, 06:06 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NIB
I have also decided not to enter any contests this year..
I have fished only a few times..I have been playing golf.
The fishing scene in NJ has just turned me off.
"Too many puppies with guns in there hands"
The work situation has been such where I have to make hay when the sun shines so fishing long nights is not in the cards right now...
It'll be back I have been a fisherman all my life.
Just a normal course..
Paul I hope all works out for ya..
Good Luck..
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Thanks Tony. I'll get through it. Just gotta keep fighting.... |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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05-28-2009, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Dear Steve,
You obviously need something to motivate you. Why not take a newbie or two fishing for a couple of months and teach them how to fish.
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I could use some fishing help!  |
60 % of the time, it works every time.
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05-29-2009, 07:59 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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I dunno, Flap - sounds like you've finally come to the point in age where you're not sure what you want...or why... 
It happens, at a certain point your life starts to shift gears...and you won't figure it out 'til you come out the other side - where ever that may be for you.
Old age is the only totally unexpected thing that will ever happen to a man - make the most of it and start living like you mean it
The point of the whole trip, as we used to say in the '60's, is to get back to where you started and truly understand it for the first time. |
"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.
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05-29-2009, 10:16 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
Very strange, my wife is worried that I have a girl friend or something, no no girlfriend just not enthused as I normally am.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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Introduce someone to fishing if their joy and enthus.. doesnt get you fired up ...try golf |
Domination takes full concentration..
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05-29-2009, 10:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
Very strange, my wife is worried that I have a girl friend or something, no no girlfriend just not enthused as I normally am.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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Tell her to get some sexy new lingerie or some new toys...that usually helps...  Sorry I couldn't resist. |
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