Fishing

[sesame]

How many of you are crazy about fishing? :D

[SSL]

I heard the guy on a picture is a pro fisher...

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On a serious note, I have wanted to try myself at fishing for a long time, just don't seem to find a proper company for that.

[jimnaseum]

How bout a little fly fishing?

[sesame]

Originally Posted by Shemale Sex Lover

On a serious note, I have wanted to try myself at fishing for a long time, just don't seem to find a proper company for that.

Take ila. He will lead the way.

[ila]

Originally Posted by sesame

Take ila. He will lead the way.

I'm not the right person to go fishing with. I no longer go to catch fish. I just go now to spend some quiet time and hope I don't catch a fish.

[sesame]

Can a fish this size be caught with a fishing line?
It probably weighs 50 kilograms!

[fatbloke]

Originally Posted by sesame

Can a fish this size be caught with a fishing line?
It probably weighs 50 kilograms!

WOW,THAT CAN'T BE REAL CAN IT

[GRH]

Originally Posted by ila

I'm not the right person to go fishing with. I no longer go to catch fish. I just go now to spend some quiet time and hope I don't catch a fish.

Aaahhh Sesame, I'm afraid ila's sentiments nearly mirror my own. Once upon a time I enjoyed fishing. My grandfather has a 22 acre piece of property which includes a 5 acre pond. I used to love to stand on the dock/shore and cast out a line...That or go out on the row boat and paddle to the far shore and cast a line in some shady nook of the water. Once-upon-a-time I could be persuaded that fishing was a valuable reward to a day of hardwork. When I was but a youth, my grandfather promised to take me fishing after we picked some okra. MANY hours, and MANY gallons later, we finally got to fishing. I don't know how many acres of okra we picked (it was an adjoining farmer's piece of property), but if you know anything of picking okra, it's almost like handling fiberglass insulation. The plant has many fine hairs which get into the skin, and it really itches. I was cutting okra without the benefit of gloves, etc. Nevermind, okra remains one of my favorite vegetables to this day, but that memory forever scarred my idea of what it takes to harvest it, LOL. It sort of tainted the fishing afterwards...

At any rate, so goes the story, that I used to be able to cast out a line and reel in a pretty fat bass. My childhood also consisted of fishing by the seashore, and many hours were spent crabbing off a pier. There's no telling how many hundreds of pounds of crab I pulled in back in the day. In a given day we would pull at least a hundred crabs...

Good times. But my conversion to a vegetarian ethic forever swayed my view on fishing. Personally, I don't think that I can afford the karmatic consequence of fishing, given my own indulgent history. The last time I remember fishing, I was casting nothing but a hook...I didn't care to use a worm for bait, and my sincere intention was to not catch anything (though I hear some species of fish will bite at a shiny hook). At any rate, I do enjoy the serenity and peace of fishing, but the egos that accompany a "big catch" can best be left at shore. There is nothing in THAT for me today...

[sesame]

In the beginning, I was a voracious carnivore.
Then, became a vegetarian for 13 years for spiritual reasons.
The urge to eat flesh just left me.
Then about a year ago, it didnt matter any more.
So I switched back to eating everything.
I mean no restrictions on my eating habits.
It took 2 weeks to habituate with flesh and the smell of onion and garlic. 13 years are a lot of time. It changes your habits, your taste buds! Now I can live on any kind of food. I have no fancy of "like and dislike".

I mostly eat chicken, less fish, even lesser red meat.
Lots of leafy green veg & pulses.
Ah, lots n lots of fruit juice.

[cockluva]

I love fishing, it's so nice to get out in the peace and quiet,it's good for the soul.

[ShimOnShe(SOS)]

Yup, I like fishing. As a matter of fact, I'm going this weekend after I buy a new tackle box and and some new lures.

[Alien]

I like fishing, but doing it alone is not something I like to do.

Where's a good place to fish in the UK?

I enjoy fly fishing on the weekends here n there.

[sesame]

Ila, you lucky bull! You've seen the Grizzly bears in the wild! Tell me more please. I've never seen large bears in their natural habitat. Though there are bears in Amarkantak, where my last trip was. As you already know, I have seen a leopard from 15 feet in the jungle. It was amazingly fast.

Now, lets focus on bears. Is it in one of your fishing trips? I saw this in a TV documentary. A group of filmmakers were fishing for salmon in the same area as the Grizzly... say, 40 feet apart. You know, how salmon behaves? They go back upstream to their breeding grounds and jump in the river water. Bears come to strategic points to catch them. They like the taste of fish, it helps to develop their fat.
Now, this angler caught a large fish in his line and the large male bear nearest to him was running around in the river, looking quite frustrated. As soon as the bear saw the fish being hauled out of water, it jumped upon the line and caught it. The bear gnarled at the man and started pulling the fish, still attached to the line. The man pulled and tugged and the bear started off away from the man with the fish. Ultimately, the line snapped and the bear happily ate the fish, it had just robbed from the man. For a bear, an easier prey is always welcome, may it belong to a weaker bear, or a human.

[ila]

Originally Posted by sesame

Ila, you lucky bull! You've seen the Grizzly bears in the wild! Tell me more please. I've never seen large bears in their natural habitat. Though there are bears in Amarkantak, where my last trip was. As you already know, I have seen a leopard from 15 feet in the jungle. It was amazingly fast.

Now, lets focus on bears. Is it in one of your fishing trips?

There's not really much to tell, Sesame. I was climbing a mountain (more like walking, as ropes and climbing gear was not needed) in the Yukon Territory with a group. We stopped for a rest part way up the mountain. As we were sitting down a couple of grizzly bears loped across the slope about a thousand feet below us. We were able to watch them for several minutes before they disappeared into the trees. As it was early summer and there were two I assume it was a mother bear and a cub. Given the choice of getting close to a grizzly or keeping my distance, I will stay as far away from a grizzly as possible.

I've also seen black bears in the wild. I've been around too many black bears to be comfortable around them.

When fishing it's always a good idea to make sure there are no bears around. They do like fish and not much will stop a bear from going after fish that an angler has caught.

I've seen wolves and coyotes in the wild too. Some people consider them dangerous, but give them respect and there's very little if any danger from them.