On 16 Jan 2007 14:36:39 -0800, "Tim" wrote:


Vic Smith wrote:


Hell, there's people fishing with twine and safety pins.
Not suggesting that works for tuna, but you get the drift.
Getting out there is the real expense, not the expensive reel.

--Vic

I can't tell you how many fish my Grandpa caught with a bamboo pole or
just a stick a hook and a worm grasshopper, or a junebug.

I suppose for big blue water you could always use some nylon cloths
line, a grappling hook, and some calves liver....

Hehe. Caught plenty with bamboo and hoppers myself.
BTW, the only time I ever fished off my navy can was when anchored in
the V.I.'s. Found the rod locker and put on a piece of stinking ham I
pulled from a bone in the galley trash.
Hooked something right off and it just moved away at about 3 knots
until the line ran out. Couldn't slow it down a bit. It didn't even
know it was hooked.
I like to think it was a 500 lb. Jewfish, but it was probably just a
sub. Don't get me wrong about fishing gear. I like good stuff, but
when the price gets high enough I'm perfectly happy to buy used.
I'd feel pretty bad spending k's to get skunked when I can get
skunked for a couple hundred.

--Vic