Old school – New school?

[Nebe]

im neither.. i wear a head lamp around my neck. I wear a green slicker over my aquaskinz...I fish conventional reels on big fiberglass rods and leave my graphite rods and van staal reel at home in a box.. I fish wooden danny plugs when i have dozens of yozuris hanging on my wall. I do, or at least i used to broadcast, but never reveal anything about where i was..

i guess i am the new-old school.

[Joe]

Old school, new school - what's the difference once the head is blown off?

[SeaWolf]

dz - that was a funny night, huh?

(a few friends fishing together) old school - w/ little said, you all show up the next night at about the same time to hit the correct tide, even if it were a different spot. new school - "where you guys want to fish tomorrow?"

old school - light, guarded talk between friends (if you were lucky); new school - internet/internet forums, internet reports, email, and pm's

old school - flashlight hardly put on and if it was it was cupped; new school - lights on the water, in your eyes, where you're casting, where you're walking, on the crab near your foot, just on more than off

old school - mustad hooks; new school - vmc's

[choggieman]

I prefer the old school mindset in most facets, but technology is too good to ignore.
Old school- hitting fish one night with a select few and going back the next and seeing only the same faces
New school- hitting those same fish with a select few, reading about it the next day one the web with mapquest direction to the spot with explicit details on how to fish it, going back and seeing every fisherman with a computer there waiting for the bite.

[John E]

I must be "middle aged school" then because I do some of both. I have a few:

New School - Mugging someone because they just caught a schoolie.
Old School - Saying nice fish after someone lands a slob and continuing to cast to your spot because you know there's a bigger fish holding there.

New School - Someone with a bag full of shiny new plugs because they heard they catch fish.
Old School - Someone with a bag full of beat up old plugs because they know they catch fish.

New School - Fishing Storm Shads with the hook protectors still on them.
Old School - Not fishing Storm Shads because you know the hooks are garbage.

[basswipe]

Didn't we go thru this last winter with the "New guard/Old guard" thing?

As long as you respect yourself,others and the environment does it really matter what "school" you attend?

[CANAL RAT]

i have learned the way hard since i was old enough to go on a dark jetty at night. i learned not to do a off the beach cast with rocks all around me(you know the rest), not to hook fish where you have no place to land it,not to shine your light into the surf when fish are breaking right at your feet,not to say "fish on" when you are hammering bass unless you want 100 other fisherman cuttleing up with you for the night( unless there hot girls ),to never leave home with out a change of clothes and a jug of water under the seat,to never leave home with out the fly rod,to always have a back up plan in case you spot is not in "Character", to wear a plug bag on your surf belt and not slung over your sholder. i fish with wood,plastic and soft plastic. i use glass and graphite rods,i use spinning and conventional set ups,i use mono and braid.

i am a independent thinker and dont rely on fishing reports from online

[Goose]

Your not old school, your an old fool if you don't change with the times.
Old school=before the internet
New school= after the internet

[Slipknot]

old school - launch tin boat from surf
new school - launch kayak from surf


pretty close there Goose

[Biteme]

I've tried that light on the head thingy, but I just keep falling over.

[Backbeach Jake]

Old School : Digging or Jigging your own bait.
New School : Turning your own lures.
Old School : Ray-O-Vac in the back pocket that dies in 15 minutes flat.
New School: Ray-O-Vac on your head with a red lens and AAA batteries that last years.
Old School: Bias Tires on the beach and pinched tubes.
New School: Radial tubeless tires that rarely get a flat on the beach.

[JohnR]

Old School: Chunkin' Mackeral
New School: Chunkin Clams

Old School: Sears Rod and reel
New School: Walmart Rod & Reel

Old School: 6 pack of PBRs
New School: 6 pack of Miller Lite

Old School: Catching Large Bluefish and being hammered by dark because you were bleep faced before the bass came
New School: Catching Large Bluefish and being hammered by dark because you were bleep faced before the bass came

Old School: Bragging about it at the tackle shop
New School: Bragging about it at online


Just a quick light hearted "The more things change the more they stay the same"... While a lot of things have certainly changed some good, some bad, a lot that revolves around fishing still reflects your character and those that have helped you along the way ... And it's all good...

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

old school - launch tin boat from surf
new school - launch kayak from surf

build it slip.. build it

[Sea Dangles]

Old school=bottles
New school=cans
Old school=papers
New school=pipe
Old school=fish
New school=catch
Old school=live and let live
New school=kill and eat
Old school=drink and drive
New school= " " "

[gone fishin]

Old - Assinippie linen - New - Power pro
Old - Sqidder. New -525 mag
Old - Split Bamboo New - Graphite
Old - eel skin rigs New - Sluggos
Old - Live Herring Storm rubber
Old - clothes line for a fish stringer that you filed until the fish dragged you. ( or at least until you sold em) anyone still have a ticket from the docks? 9 cents a lb???
New - Looking for a fifty.
Old - deciding on Nauset or The Race.
Old - sleeping in the dog house - New sleeping in a BED in the camper.
and on and on and on!

[Back Beach]

Old School- long flowing nose hairs

New School- Long flowing sideburns

[Pete F.]

I wear my light on my neck, cause if I wear it on my head, I can't get the line in the right spot in my bifocals to tie a knot.
Not sure if that's Old school or just old?

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by bluefishercat

I wear my light on my neck, cause if I wear it on my head, I can't get the line in the right spot in my bifocals to tie a knot.
Not sure if that's Old school or just old?

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by bluefishercat

I wear my light on my neck, cause if I wear it on my head, I can't get the line in the right spot in my bifocals to tie a knot.
Not sure if that's Old school or just old?

That's funny.
I think that's classified as "OLD"...Clammer has that problem too.

[Swimmer]

New school.........skinz plug bag

Old School..........5 gallon bucket which doubled as seat

[ThrowingTimber]

Old school new
school need to learn though I burn baby burn like disco inferno ...

[Swimmer]

Try finding the right distance to hold swivel or plug at night. Light on hat is to high usually when trying to get the appropriate distance. Bending head over to point light down at swivel or the next plug your tying on. What work best years ago was sticking little black light in mouth that was tied around neck and holding it between pursed lips until the task was completed. This is old school, no doubt.

[Raven]

on how you look at it.....

[janiejones]

Originally Posted by CANAL RAT

i have learned ....... not to say "fish on" when you are hammering bass unless you want 100 other fisherman cuttleing up with you for the night( unless there hot girls

Are you referring to me?

[janiejones]

Oh, and I am definitely 'old school.'

[zacs]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

Old school new
school need to learn though I burn baby burn like disco inferno ...

uhoh, looks like TT is stating the weekend a little early!!!

[bart]

atta boy!

[Joe]

Old School - Working class guys subsidizing their fishing by selling fish.
New School - Professionals who have more money than time.

[Saltheart]

Every day you are in school. Hang on to what ever really good stuff like tackle and techniques you have learned you can rely on. Keep checking out new stuff to look for ideas and improvements to old methods or to adjust to changing conditions.

Old school -eels
New school--plastic eel looking things.

[gone fishin]

Joe -- sounds like you been there done that !!
I used to pray for a good week to pay for gas!!!