Youth over experience?

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT

YOUTH. Numbskull just ate my lunch...caught ALL OF MY FISH... by youthfully wetsuiting while I stood on dry rock and sand in my waders, .

Actually it is because you squandered your youth catching massive fish on eels and never gained the experience necessary to catch small fish with plugs. You didn't end up so dry either.

[chefchris401]

Heres how my memorial day weekend played out, im 29, fat, bald and out of shape (rounds a shape right), i work in the restaurant biz and am an executive chef, i work 60 to 70 hours a week. heres my recap.

Thursday may 27th, get up a 3am, drive to the ditch, start fishing my 415, caught a few 20s and 11 fish in the teens, fished til 7am, drive home, shower, breakfast, go to for work for 10am, work til 11pm. 13 hour day in the kitchen. Go home shower, sleep.......

Friday may 28th get up a 330 am, 3.5 hours of sleep, drive to the ditch, fishing by 445, fished til 8am, caught 9 fish in the teens, one low 20s, drive home, shower, work at 10am til 11pm, super busy, 97degrees in the kitchen and super hectic. go home shower, sleep.

saturday may 29th get up again at 330am, 3.5 hours of sleep, drive to the ditch, fishing by 445, fished til 8am, put on a clinic with my northbar darter, consistent fish all am, lost of plug full of mojo, drive to m and ds buy some stuff, drive home, shower, work at 10am til 11pm, super busy, 100 degrees in the kitchen and super hectic, nonstop all day. go home shower...............

sunday, may 30th after showering, get in the truck and drive to the ditch, sleep in my truck sitting up for 2 hours, start fishing around 3am til 8am, slower day, less fish and lower weights, but still 9 fish. go home shower, go to girlfriends house, get breakfast, do errands, hang out, cook dinner and relax, but wait...........

leave her house at 11pm, go home sleep til 3am, drive to the ditch start fishing at 4am, no fish til day break, 2 fish low teens, leave at 8am, then go work another 12 hour day, go home at 1030pm and sleep...............slept til 4pm on tuesday.

Did i feel good doing this, hell no, i was sweating, cranky, hunger, tired, exhausted, but its what i have to do if i want to get out and fish, the fishing was some of the best ive had in years.

I dont take anything except coffee and maybe a 5 hour enegry drink, dont want my heart to explode.

its crazy and something i dont do on a regular basis.

but i do pull a 13 hour shift then go fishing til after for about 6 to 9 hours, then sleep.'

this is the life i know and it works for me, i dont always get to fish the best tides or times, but i make it work.

[piemma]

So I use to drive to P-Town, fish 2 tides, drive home, do the family thing, sleep 3 hours and do the same thing again the next night. Sometimes even during the week and work all day. A couple of times I drove from The Back to the airport and got on a plane. Took the waders off and put a suit and tie on in the airdown lot. Air down drive The Back, fish like a madman. 49 years old first heart attack. 55 years old after 5 stents, a quad bypass. Trust me, it will catch up with you.

I fished 24 hours this weekend. Fri, Sat, Sun 8 hours in the boat from 2 to 10 AM. I couldn't move this morning as I tried for 4 days straight. It takes a toll on your body.

Is it worth it? I'm gonna be 63 and I say HELL YES!!!!

[Pete F.]

At 55 all I have to say is Ibuprofen is your friend. Steroids would be better though.
After fishing all night sat I walked out to the light on the short wall shortly before dawn and realized that my bag was in my truck. Ohhh )(*&^%$#@!

[ivanputski]

Hopefully the guy who arranged the rocks at the short wall years ago got fired... you gotta zig zag like a drunkard to get to the end

[SurfCaster413]

Geesh with all this complaining and bickering and whinning I think this post should be moved to the grumpy old farts forum.

[MAKAI]

Maybe us old guys should go back to talking in code and let the young ones have a longer learning curve.

[Rockport24]

I think Joe makes a good point about how with all the information available these days, the younger set can really make use of all the time they have on their hands. It figures that now that I feel like I have a somewhat of a clue, I have other obligations now that keep me off the water, I guess that's just life as you come out of your care-free 20's!

[Joe]

It's certainly much easier to ask a question on a message board - compared to tracking down out-of-print fishing books through rare book dealers - which is what you do when you have questions, time and enthusiasm, but no help.