On Jul 19, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jul 17, 4:15 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Anybody want to guess what happened next?

We're eagerly waiting for the punch line.......

Apparently Tom was arrested and carted off to jail... :}

Or white coated to the nearest asylum....

On Jul 19, 8:30 pm, Tim wrote:
On Jul 19, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Jul 17, 4:15 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Anybody want to guess what happened next?

We're eagerly waiting for the punch line.......

Apparently Tom was arrested and carted off to jail... :}

Or white coated to the nearest asylum....

How's the fishing there Tom?

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:35:48 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 19, 8:30 pm, Tim wrote:
On Jul 19, 6:41 pm, HK wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Jul 17, 4:15 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Anybody want to guess what happened next?

We're eagerly waiting for the punch line.......

Apparently Tom was arrested and carted off to jail... :}

Or white coated to the nearest asylum....

How's the fishing there Tom?

Wasn't too bad. We went with one of the top guides for Lake Murray -
only caught four fish, one a real nice striper, but I learned a lot
about the general eco system and the bottom topography on Lake Murray
is something else. I've never seen structure like that - pretty
interesting.

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.

On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it

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On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it


Setting with the reel????

On Jul 20, 9:44 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it

Setting with the reel????

I have a couple of pretty frustrating habits. One is spinning the
handle on the reel instead of jerking the pole to set hooks, of course
I lose a lot of fish that way. Sounds funny, but I have been working
on it almost every day for weeks now and it is a hard habit to break.
Another one is pointing the rod directly at the 3-4 pound bass right
before the captain gets to land it

See, I have never really been serious about my fishing even though I
go a lot. A slow troll with some headphones, something to relax with,
my dog, and a guitar at dusk is great fishing for me, if the kids are
swimming off the other side of the boat, that's even better. Other
than that, similar with live bait just drifting or anchored. This
whole, hold the pole, cast, reel, cast, reel, twitch, reel... don't
leave much time for daydreaming, looking at clouds, or mangeling
Dylan, Creedence, and Arlo. I have some buds that are more serious
fishermen, but they bring me along anyway. I add to the catch limit
of the boat so they can stay out longer So I guess it's a matter of
what you call fishing. I mean, if it requires work and catching fish,
yeah, I suck...

But anyway, I have decided after 45 years of silly fishing, it is time
to take it more seriously. I have the boat, equipment, desire, and
have found a few nice local spots. Still be days like today to just
float and play, but anytime you can get on the water with the family
is cool.

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On Jul 20, 9:44 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it

Setting with the reel????

I have a couple of pretty frustrating habits. One is spinning the
handle on the reel instead of jerking the pole to set hooks, of course
I lose a lot of fish that way. Sounds funny, but I have been working
on it almost every day for weeks now and it is a hard habit to break.
Another one is pointing the rod directly at the 3-4 pound bass right
before the captain gets to land it

See, I have never really been serious about my fishing even though I
go a lot. A slow troll with some headphones, something to relax with,
my dog, and a guitar at dusk is great fishing for me, if the kids are
swimming off the other side of the boat, that's even better. Other
than that, similar with live bait just drifting or anchored. This
whole, hold the pole, cast, reel, cast, reel, twitch, reel... don't
leave much time for daydreaming, looking at clouds, or mangeling
Dylan, Creedence, and Arlo. I have some buds that are more serious
fishermen, but they bring me along anyway. I add to the catch limit
of the boat so they can stay out longer So I guess it's a matter of
what you call fishing. I mean, if it requires work and catching fish,
yeah, I suck...

But anyway, I have decided after 45 years of silly fishing, it is time
to take it more seriously. I have the boat, equipment, desire, and
have found a few nice local spots. Still be days like today to just
float and play, but anytime you can get on the water with the family
is cool.



This would probably help break those bad fishing habits, and your kids would
have a ball, pushing the shock button to "help" you:

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/sto...Search&feat=sr

Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".


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On Jul 20, 9:44 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it

Setting with the reel????

I have a couple of pretty frustrating habits. One is spinning the
handle on the reel instead of jerking the pole to set hooks, of course
I lose a lot of fish that way. Sounds funny, but I have been working
on it almost every day for weeks now and it is a hard habit to break.
Another one is pointing the rod directly at the 3-4 pound bass right
before the captain gets to land it

See, I have never really been serious about my fishing even though I
go a lot. A slow troll with some headphones, something to relax with,
my dog, and a guitar at dusk is great fishing for me, if the kids are
swimming off the other side of the boat, that's even better. Other
than that, similar with live bait just drifting or anchored. This
whole, hold the pole, cast, reel, cast, reel, twitch, reel... don't
leave much time for daydreaming, looking at clouds, or mangeling
Dylan, Creedence, and Arlo. I have some buds that are more serious
fishermen, but they bring me along anyway. I add to the catch limit
of the boat so they can stay out longer So I guess it's a matter of
what you call fishing. I mean, if it requires work and catching fish,
yeah, I suck...

But anyway, I have decided after 45 years of silly fishing, it is time
to take it more seriously. I have the boat, equipment, desire, and
have found a few nice local spots. Still be days like today to just
float and play, but anytime you can get on the water with the family
is cool.

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On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it



What do you mean by setting with the reel?

On Jul 20, 9:48 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Jul 20, 7:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Sometimes you pay for a guide for the lessons, sometimes for the fish.

This time it was information and I took the max advantage of it.-

Point taken. I have been out every day save one since you left,
practicing. Still setting with the reel, hard habit to bust, but I am
working on it

What do you mean by setting with the reel?

I just spent half hour on this and my message just dissappeared as
have 80% of my posts the last few days, something must be wrong with
Google, It tells me my post is completed, but it never shows up, gotta
go, get back to this later, hope this one makes it.