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08-20-2013, 02:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: S. Yarmouth, MA
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I think I'm a pretty good novice. I used to be better at it when I was healthier and fish more often. Now I'm a closet kit maker and give many away to friends and cousins, but fish my own stuff 90% of the time which probably limits my catching (and theirs). In it all for the fun of it, after family, kids, work, remission, now dealing with an aging ailing parent. When I find time to wake early, enjoy a sunrise and go fishing I relish every moment. Who cares if I don't catch anything? I've caught bigger fish before and I'd like to catch more. I spent the last 10 days on a river in West Dennis. Caught scup, a small bass, and cornered the market on cocktails, never getting the opportunity to use my surf stuff. I bought every snapper popper Benny's had and over a few days doled them out to kids fishing a public dock who didn't know what they were doing. They were ecstatic about the results and what a sense of elation that gave me.
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Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. ~Herbert Hoover
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08-26-2013, 11:23 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
Posts: 8,620
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I'm definately a legand in my own mind for sure, but I think of myself as a very good overall fisherman and excellant when it comes to catching on light jigs+plastic.
If I were to go head to head with people that 3-way eels in fast water over deep structure all season long, I'd catch but probably never close to their rate of success. Same would be true if I were invited to fish needles for stripers off the cape beaches, sure I'd probably catch, but not like Bruce or Dave would.
Everythings relative however, put those same guys in my boat lets go catch tog, striper and black sea bass on light jigs and plastic and I'll clean their clocks. Everyone has a specialty, mine happens to be light tackle and jigs tipped with my hand poured plastic.
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08-26-2013, 08:16 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Got Stripers
Everythings relative however, put those same guys in my boat lets go catch tog, striper and black sea bass on light jigs and plastic and I'll clean their clocks. Everyone has a specialty, mine happens to be light tackle and jigs tipped with my hand poured plastic.
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I remember a few times I was afraid you were gonna toss me out of your boat when those few times I was cleaning yours
your method is deadly Bob
I still enjoy that kind of fishing
let's go again this fall someplace to toss the plastic |
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