The complete fisher must be able to:
Submitted by crasny1 on Wed, 2012-02-01 07:39
Something had me thinking. The Mrs always argue with me about who catches the most fish. Well she does have a touch I have to admit. But when she tries the line who is the best fisher, I fight back, because I tie all the rigs. She knows how to, but claim she cant see.
Not picking on her started me thinking what it does take to be a complete angler and I thought I might just see what sort of list can be created:
Might start with:
1. Have an appreciation and respect for the environment that the angler fish in.
I wonder what else may end up on the list.
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mr_meks
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stamina
Must be able to go a whole day fishing continuously without stopping for those pesky time wasting activities like "eating" or "drinking" or "putting on sunscreen"
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Haha how about tie a PR knot
Haha how about tie a PR knot on a windy day in 3m swell whilst hungover?
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
till
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3 times IIRC.
3 times IIRC.
crasny1
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Sh#t
I am already not there. Cant tie a PR not for nuts anywhere!!!! Best I can claim is a Bimini in darkness.
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Andy_b
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must be able to fish after a
must be able to fish after a hard night on the 101 and still able to throw up and fish at the same time
UncutTriggerInWA
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Date Joined: 05/09/08
Some key aspects of a complete fisherman
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
Member and die-hard supporter of the mighty West Coast Eagles.
Dan
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Date Joined: 23/02/06
must have the inate ability
must have the inate ability to ALWAYS come up with a valid reason to the wife why he is home late.....again !
adam87
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Date Joined: 16/05/11
have rigs, gear, cold beer,
have rigs, gear, cold beer, fresh bait and a camera prepaired the night before.
Sneek out of bed past the mrs and remove the boat from the garage without her knowing,
ignore phone calls from her during the day.
Most of all catch fish!.
greatrex
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Date Joined: 29/08/11
must be able to rock up after
must be able to rock up after to purchase burley because of a 2 day bender and proceed to make own on way out
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Must be able to justify (to
Must be able to justify (to the missus) any fishing gear purchase no matter how expensive.
Love the West!
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
Be able to adapt easily to
Be able to adapt easily to any situation. Able to present a dry fly for a trout one day and run a spread of marlin lures the next.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
roberta
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Date Joined: 08/07/08
Must justify to me
that HE has emptied HIS bowels before we venture out on the boat hahahahah
HE must promise to not curse said wife because she has caught first fish on deck, even thought he reckons he's baited hooks and it is his catch.
HE must be appreciative of fresh burley
HE must also remember to put frozen bait in bucket of water before we venture out
HE must remember to put crab floats in boat
HE must ensure that said wife has frozen bottle of water in esky.
I could think of more for good fisherman's day out but better not stir the pot hahahahah
Ginger Tablets Rock
cudbfishn
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like!!
like!!
fishintruckie
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Date Joined: 22/07/08
I like being single!! No need
I like being single!! No need to say anymore!
snappermiles
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Date Joined: 05/11/10
must be able to turn up
with a carton of the skippers favourite beer
and fill the fuel tank without bitching about how much it costs
to clean the boat on the trip home
and fillet fish quickly and to a standard
ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS EXCEPT YOU AND ME! AND IM NOT SO SURE ABOUT YOU!
pale ale
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Date Joined: 02/01/10
Still perform well after
Still perform well after drinking 20+ beers
hamo
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Date Joined: 07/10/10
Must be able to improvise.Be
Must be able to improvise.
Be able to make day changing decisions on the fly whilst half maggot from the night before.
Keep a keen eye on his own line whilst rigging rods and baiting hooks ( usually for the missus and billy lids )
Be able to identify and easily untangle twisted and crossed lines (Re: Above )
Pretend not to be distracted by the half naked 20 something chick on the bow of old mates boat while crusing past.
Have bullcrap reasons for any situation.
Be able to stretch the truth about 'The one that got away'
ruste13
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Date Joined: 07/02/10
Must be able to tell
Must be able to tell believable lies on internet forums!
Meteorite
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Classic hamo!
Took the words right out of my mouth hamo ! Hahahah
Jesse Federico
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The complete fisher must be
The complete fisher must be able to
- Withstand the pain of hook after hook after hook piercing your fingers when making rigs or baiting up.
- Not spaz out when your rod gets in a tangle
- Not sook on and on and on about "That Big Fish" you lost. Instead just cast out your line again.
- Not kill the 100th trumpeter you catch because you are annoyed.
- Throw bloey's back
- successfully release stingrays back into the water without losing their hooks.
- Where the stupidest looking hat and/or clothes without shame.
- Not stick their finger in a Tailors mouth.
- Avoid snags
- Rig up a good rig
- Get the fish in no matter what. Even if it takes your whole night.
- Fish without glow sticks because we are too skilled to use ametuer gear like that.
- Be patient while fishing.
- Burley up.
- Get their hands dirty.
- Launch their boat in 20 knot winds.
- Not sit down while beach fishing.
- Catch 2kg - 10kg fish on 2kg line.
Ahhh, and an infinite list more.
hooty
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Take a photo that makes his
Take a photo that makes his or hers catch look three times bigger