Go Fishing

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Post by never-the-bride » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 6:26 PM UTC

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Post by brootstrap » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 9:27 PM UTC

Love fishing, slayin bass, rentin a crappy boat and drinkin zodes is an IDEAL time for me. One of the best parts is that you can catch 'real' fish and have a good time with crappy walmart rods. I think 50 bucks is probably enough to get you started. It aint for everyone though. my love of fishing started as a young buck exploring my neighborhood with other dudes, finding little ponds etc and trying to catch anything!

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#3

Post by opwieurposiu » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 9:42 PM UTC

A bad day fishin' beats a good day workin'.

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Post by abenedic » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 9:48 PM UTC

brootstrap wrote: post #2

Love fishing, slayin bass, rentin a crappy boat and drinkin zodes is an IDEAL time for me. One of the best parts is that you can catch 'real' fish and have a good time with crappy walmart rods. I think 50 bucks is probably enough to get you started. It aint for everyone though. my love of fishing started as a young buck exploring my neighborhood with other dudes, finding little ponds etc and trying to catch anything!

I can agree with most of this, but what is a "zode"? I grew up in the mid-west and have never heard that term.

Re: Go Fishing

#5

Post by starpilot » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:04 PM UTC

It's kind of boring. Fine for a diversion to get away from a desk, I can't imagine it as a lifestyle though.

Re: Go Fishing

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Post by yurishimo » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:12 PM UTC

abenedic wrote: post #4

brootstrap wrote: post #2

Love fishing, slayin bass, rentin a crappy boat and drinkin zodes is an IDEAL time for me. One of the best parts is that you can catch 'real' fish and have a good time with crappy walmart rods. I think 50 bucks is probably enough to get you started. It aint for everyone though. my love of fishing started as a young buck exploring my neighborhood with other dudes, finding little ponds etc and trying to catch anything!

I can agree with most of this, but what is a "zode"? I grew up in the mid-west and have never heard that term.

Maybe they got an autocorrect for “sodas”?

Re: Go Fishing

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Post by hockeybias » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:13 PM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #5

It's kind of boring. Fine for a diversion to get away from a desk, I can't imagine it as a lifestyle though.

It takes someone who loves the outdoors to appreciate it.

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Post by Ocerge » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:14 PM UTC

Maybe it's because I grew up bass fishing and associate it with good times with my dad, but nothing centers me quite like finding calm water and throwing a jig or Texas rig for Largemouth. I'd suggest it to anyone; don't knock it until you try it. It's my #1 de-stressor.

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Post by jhowell » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:30 PM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #5

It's kind of boring. Fine for a diversion to get away from a desk, I can't imagine it as a lifestyle though.

There are a lot of people who have moved to be closer to fish. I'm thinking about experiences I've had in the northwest, and Canada, but there are hundreds more places. Fishing is definitely a lifestyle.

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Post by clay_the_ripper » Mon, Jul 02, 2018, 10:30 PM UTC

I think the author that captures fishing best is Hemingway. If you’ve never fished, or never quite got why fishing might be enjoyable, I’d highly recommend ‘Islands In The Stream” by Hemingway, or his collection of short stories “Hemingway on fishing”.

He does an amazing job of making the reader “feel” what it feels like to fish. Fishing is all about how it makes you feel (IMO). It’s less about the technical aspects of rods and equipment and strategy (as it might seem to a non fisherman, since fishermen tak about this stuff incessantly) more about a state of mind that no other activity can emulate.