On 16 Jan 2007 07:56:41 -0800, "Tim" wrote:


Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I just finished a couple of rods for a client in Bimini - specialized
for heavy shark fishing - $900 just for the components.

Tom, what that just for the rod[s] only? or the complete kit. reel and
all?

Tim, you can spend thousands for a deep sea rig, or hundreds - maybe
less than a hundred if you look hard. No different than buying a car.
A Chevy will get you to the same place as a Rolls with the biggest
difference being bragging rights.
Just mentioned that because nobody else has.
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

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....

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