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08-11-2010, 03:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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I consider pretty much every fish I catch a result of dumb luck.
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08-11-2010, 09:31 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,506
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyD
I consider pretty much every fish I catch a result of dumb luck.
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Ain't that the truth. |
May fortune favor the foolish....
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08-12-2010, 03:10 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,851
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Let's see. 3/4 of the planet is covered in water and you want to know if it's luck when you throw your plug in the water and catch a fish? OF COURSE IT"S LUCK!!!  |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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08-12-2010, 06:43 AM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
Posts: 1,239
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Let's see. 3/4 of the planet is covered in water and you want to know if it's luck when you throw your plug in the water and catch a fish? OF COURSE IT"S LUCK!!! |
I think it takes skill and knowledge to catch fish of any species, any size. But that's easy to get through practice.
I think to catch BIG fish you need a healthy amount of luck, and couple that with a lot of patience/perseverance... Getting up rather than hitting the snooze button at 2:00 AM, pulling those all-nighters around the new moon, scheduling vacations around breaking tides... The more times you put yourself into positions to succeed the better your chances will be. Worst thing you can do is to get discouraged. |
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08-12-2010, 07:07 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,851
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A story of luck.
2003. A rock in Narragansett. Myself and my former fishing partner (pre-RIRockhound) 10 feet apart. Same rods wrapped at CMS, same blank even. Same line, same reel VS200. Throwing eels within a 50' radius. Me 3, 30# bass on 5 casts. My friend NADA. Absolutely LUCK!!!
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No boat, back in the suds.
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08-12-2010, 04:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Franklin Ma
Posts: 402
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
A story of luck.
2003. A rock in Narragansett. Myself and my former fishing partner (pre-RIRockhound) 10 feet apart. Same rods wrapped at CMS, same blank even. Same line, same reel VS200. Throwing eels within a 50' radius. Me 3, 30# bass on 5 casts. My friend NADA. Absolutely LUCK!!!
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It happens that way sometimes, doesn't it? When it does to me (on the negative side of it) I'm always looking for the angle even though it would appear my fishing partner and I are doing half a dozen things exactly the same. Did I reel too fast, too slow, rod tip too high, too low, etc.. It's usually something. (at least I try to convince myself that it is.) 
Last edited by Brian L; 08-12-2010 at 05:16 PM..
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08-12-2010, 08:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
Ain't that the truth.
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Even a blind squirrel can eventually finds a nut, he just needs to dig enough holes. |
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08-12-2010, 08:59 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Is that a reference to fishing the canal?
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