# Here fishy-fishy

Category: Crafts and Hobbies

## Post 1 by ablindgibsongirl (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 19-Dec-2010 0:58:48

Does anyone here go fishing? I'm posting this under that title since that's the call I'd use and I was the only one catching fish. I've caught small to medium trout perch and catfish. Has anyone ever gone on the salmon runs for a real big fish? What was your biggest catch? I've never fished from a boat only on the river bank or lakeside but still nice. Dad never wanted to do any saltwater fishing, his reason, there's fish in there that eat people! I can't say I blame him. Tiffany

## Post 2 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Sunday, 19-Dec-2010 6:39:37

I've gone deep sea fishing and loved it. Can't remember what I caught, but he was big and I had to have help reeling him in. I've done it twice now. Maybe when the kiddos are older and can appreciate it, we'll go as a family.

## Post 3 by jamesk (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 19-Dec-2010 12:18:57

I haven't been fishing i a couple of years, but used to go a lot as a kid.
Nothing like the taste of a sandwich after diggin through the worm can, lol.

## Post 4 by BryanP22 (Novice theriminist) on Monday, 10-Jan-2011 13:48:21

I just don't have the patience for that. I'll go on boat rides with my folks when they go fishing, mainly because I like being out on the boat. But I don't do any actual fishing.

## Post 5 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Thursday, 13-Jan-2011 18:31:27

It's been awhile, a long while actually. Mostly we did saltwater shore fishing as kids. With no eyesight it's far easier to cast a line with a decent weight on it than to try for a bobber.
I've been crabbing a few times, on the last excursion I was a teenager and functioned as the one handling the pots. We had one guy driving, another guy grabbing the floats and throwing me the rope, then I'd pull in the pots, knock off the crabs and between the two of them they sorted. Then it's toss the pot back at a different spot and keep moving.
And, as a volunteer Coastie, I must say:
Make sure and wear your life jacket when you're on the water, even if you are a really good swimmer. Accidents happen in the first several minutes, when you gasp because of contact with cold water. Your floatation device will save you.
Some of you fashion / appearance nuts would do the world a favor if you'd make PFD's fashionable. That way all the young fools currently 'too cool to wear one' would start wearing them. We were all fools like that when I was a teenager / young twenty-something, and I doubt things have changed much.
Seriously though, watch the following video. It's got plenty of audio and will in fact get the point across. It's not a story from the news, it's real military testing of the effects of cold water on the human body.
Cold Water Boot Camp

## Post 6 by ablindgibsongirl (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Thursday, 24-Feb-2011 23:41:58

Yep, we always had lp's around even for swimming in the lake as that water's cold and choppy water can disorient a blind swimmer whenn there's lots of people and boats around. I never understood the whole I'm too cool to wear an lp but wadda I know I'm just the one who catches all the fish. We went clam digging one year. Boy them critters are good.

## Post 7 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Saturday, 26-Feb-2011 17:26:35

I remember clam digging at 4:30 in the morning.
I took my wife out musselling when we were first married, well she stood with her toes in the water while I went out with the pocketknife and cut them off the rocks. Surprisingly difficult in that you must make sure and not cut the supports for the small ones, unless your irresponsible I guess.
Anyway I put one in her hand - she could see them spitting water and thought they were gonna bite so I did it to show it's just a hard shell and unless you stuck your finger in the valve it wouldn't and couldn't clamp on you. It's just like holding a rock or something. Our teenage daughter was a baby then, in the backpack. I took the backpack with me for a bit and went out there but mom wasn't too thrilled with that whole idea after a bit. Babies are more adventurous than teenagers, she just laughed and pointed, but now sh'e probably 'eeeww' like some of you all.