On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:59 -0500, "Eisboch"
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:08:08 -0500, "Eisboch"
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Meanwhile, I am spending a few days at my son's beachhouse on Cape Cod
Bay.
It's amazing the number of die-hard fishing nuts out on the cold, cold bay
in open CC's at 5 in the morning, looking for the last of the Striper and
Bluefish stragglers. Fishing is an addictive disease for some, I guess.
Not for me.

My Niece (Buzz's Marina Ridge Md) says it is still very busy down
there in spite of ball chilling cold. I guess as long as the fishing
is good, they will come.


Once dawn broke and I could see, I watched them for a while using
binnoculars from inside the warm house (the temp outside was 36 degrees).
My observations:

1. None of them were catching anything.
2. All of them looked miserable.

Probably a macho ritual. I can't think of any reason for the couple
times I went ice fishing except to "check it out." It checked out
cold, and I didn't catch anything.
I think about ice fishing whenever I see the crowd at a Bears or
Packers game when the temp is -10F.
brrrrrrr.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:59 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:08:08 -0500, "Eisboch"
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Meanwhile, I am spending a few days at my son's beachhouse on Cape Cod
Bay.
It's amazing the number of die-hard fishing nuts out on the cold, cold bay
in open CC's at 5 in the morning, looking for the last of the Striper and
Bluefish stragglers. Fishing is an addictive disease for some, I guess.
Not for me.
My Niece (Buzz's Marina Ridge Md) says it is still very busy down
there in spite of ball chilling cold. I guess as long as the fishing
is good, they will come.

Once dawn broke and I could see, I watched them for a while using
binnoculars from inside the warm house (the temp outside was 36 degrees).
My observations:

1. None of them were catching anything.
2. All of them looked miserable.

Probably a macho ritual. I can't think of any reason for the couple
times I went ice fishing except to "check it out." It checked out
cold, and I didn't catch anything.
I think about ice fishing whenever I see the crowd at a Bears or
Packers game when the temp is -10F.
brrrrrrr.

--Vic


Ice fishing is a sort of outdoor extension of watching pro
football...guys sit around and eat pretzels, get drunk, and bang their
heads on the coffee table.

On Nov 11, 12:21*pm, Boater wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:59 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:08:08 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Meanwhile, I am spending a few days at my son's beachhouse on Cape Cod
Bay.
It's amazing the number of die-hard fishing nuts out on the cold, cold bay
in open CC's at 5 in the morning, looking for the last of the Striper and
Bluefish stragglers. *Fishing is an addictive disease for some, I guess.
Not for me.
My Niece (Buzz's Marina Ridge Md) says it is still very busy down
there in spite of ball chilling cold. I guess as long as the fishing
is good, they will come.

Once dawn broke and I could see, I watched them for a while using
binnoculars from inside the warm house (the temp outside was 36 degrees).
My observations:

1. *None of them were catching anything.
2. *All of them looked miserable.

Probably a macho ritual. *I can't think of any reason for the couple
times I went ice fishing except to "check it out." *It checked out
cold, and I didn't catch anything.
I think about ice fishing whenever I see the crowd at a Bears or
Packers game when the temp is -10F.
brrrrrrr.

--Vic *

Ice fishing is a sort of outdoor extension of watching pro
football...guys sit around and eat pretzels, get drunk, and bang their
heads on the coffee table.- Hide quoted text -

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Guess you've never been ice fishing, huh, liar?

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:14:52 -0600, Vic Smith
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Probably a macho ritual. I can't think of any reason for the couple
times I went ice fishing except to "check it out." It checked out
cold, and I didn't catch anything.
I think about ice fishing whenever I see the crowd at a Bears or
Packers game when the temp is -10F.
brrrrrrr

Central Iowa riders have BRR, Bike Ride to Rippey, from Perry Ia to
Rippey, fifteen miles or so. In the dead of Winter, some years it has
been below zero and windy. Other years, fifty and sunny.

Casady