larro, I bought a new modest spinning set from Penn, maybe 80 bucks for the whole thing, fifteen pound test, for someday fishing on a someday boat, and now i don't know how to tie the lure on. There's swivels and other little gizmos in my tackle box where I clearly have more parts than knowledge... One of my firemen buddies has volunteered but he's been pretty scarce. Maybe I should just lay all the parts out, take pics, start a new thread and you all can tell me what goes after what. The leader may be leading but what's following?
Hardly ever fished in my life. Great fishing right out here in the Pamlico River. I wonder if there's a spot in the River where they come out all nicely filleted but still attached to my hook?
I bet you know all about the fish here Larro since you probably investigated it for your book.
My challenge also is identification. My luck I'd catch a bait fish and think it was edible. Clearly on the low end of the knowledge curve here. And I'm not going to catch something unless I know how to get the fish off the hook humanely and release it.
or what in the world to do when an iridescent but lost 20 pound dolphin gets on my hook? You know, the edible dolphins, not the tv stars...Perhaps they call it something else. Or a small tuna...now that I'd like to catch but not in the River. Better I catch that at the fish store. Salt water outside of the Pamlico River, versus further North on the Albermarle that whole area is fresh water. Different fish for sure.
I have got to eat less meat and more fish so perhaps catching them might be fun. Only cost effective if I fished off the dock. Might be a fun thing to do with my house guest this weekend for perhaps an hour in the morning. See if we can catch dinner. One bobber or two? See, that guy has four on his, he be bobbin...
Actually my house guest is a very senior Boy Scout Scoutmaster and probably knows how to tie fishing lures on just fine. Besides, he is my go to knot person anyway, so while he's here, in the afternoon when the heat has driven us indoors, maybe I'll get him to try. I think I'm going for five bobbers. Should give me more lift. That's what the guy at the liquor store told me. Took him a while to get it out though. He be bobbin too.
I'd rather take their pictures. Hi little fishie. Oh, you're not so little. hop up here and let's have a chat and photo opp. Little swimming pool back here just for you. Yeh, here's your fish food. yes, yes, non GMO. Picky fish.
what? you want a ride twenty miles upstream for a hot date?
Sure....wheeeeeeee splash
Next.
reality calls. I hate that. Still need to vacuum the whole house. And there are no vacuum fairies about.
