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Originally Posted by Slingah
....driving to spots full of anticipation, retrieving my offering waiting for the strike or talking to friends planning a trip......catching the fish is a bonus.
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this can be a big part of it.
Heading offshore with a 4hr steam south is full of anticipation; rigging, checking knots, discussing the spread and the location of the warm water. watching the spread knowing the split second of pandemonium that can erupt from apparently dead water and the subsequent nonstop scream of the drag of a doubled up 50. or drifting in 400 fathoms on a pitch black night with dolphins doing acrobatics out of sight all night
Catching fish is just a (Fuel money) bonus...
That being said, I'm a bit jaded in the surf, and not due to over-accomplishment. I annoy easily with stupid people mishandling undersized fish, and have largely stopped fishing the april run of bass.
I stopped going to the shows for the reasons mentioned above; impersonal and crowded. I can see who I really want to talk to in person locally, and buy less and less gear every season....
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