Lessons From Fishing

[catfishtn]

Thought I'd relate some things that I have learned over 45 years of fishing.

1. Canoe + crappie pole = Flathead catfish (every time.).

2. When you take waders to work and fish on your lunch hour, you WILL hook a carp and it WILL wrap around your legs and trip you in the moss. (especially if you wear a tie to work.)

3. If you go to get bait from a bucket on the bank and your friend has disappeared, he uncovered a yellowjacket nest looking for crickets, RUN.

4. If you are Sauger fishing in winter and warming your feet with sterno, that hole in the carpet of the boat deck that is getting slowly bigger is not an optical illusion. STEP ON IT!

5. (related to #4) Sterno burns with an invisible flame.

6. DO NOT leave the largest walleye you ever caught in the cooler, in the boat, so you can get a glass of tea and show your wife. Racoons are remarkably intelligent. (and the scales are hard to get out of your boat carpet.)

7. Do not leave bluegill on a stringer tied to a tree near camp if there are turtles. Heads really don't have much meat on them.

And my personal favorite,

8. If you go crappie fishing at 5 in the morning, and get a pound of minners in a bag filled with oxygen, NEVER, NEVER, hold the bag with the same hand as your cigarette. Looked like the Hindenberg in close up. Took 10 minutes to catch the minnows off the boat ramp. And burned my fingers. (but the light show at 5 in the morning was something magnificent.)


Please feel free to add your own musing, as surely I can't be the only one that has learned anything over the years.

Even if it is how truly dumb I am.:D

Joe

[Pomoxis]

Thought I'd relate some things that I have learned over 45 years of fishing.

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3. If you go to get bait from a bucket on the bank and your friend has disappeared, he uncovered a yellowjacket nest looking for crickets, RUN.

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Joe

:D I can just picture that. Brought me a chuckle..

ty for sharing

[Hanr3]

Its easier to cut the barb off the hook before you try and pull it back out of your skin.

Where a hat and glasses when you take a kid fishing the first few times.

[BoarBuster]

This did happen and I haven't finished getting it fixed yet. I have a 03' 115hp four stroke Suzuki. Drifted in to close to the bank while puttingup some set hooks from tree limbs. Cranked the engine and put it in reverse. Whatever size the log was it was big enough that when the prop hit it it killed the engine. Totally stripped reverse out of it. That was last summer and I finally found parts for it a few weeks ago. I should have it back together soon.

[Hanr3]

Ouch. You would think there is a shear pin to prevent that from happening. I know my old Johnson has a shear pin, I've replaced it several times. Once from a log and a couple more times from rocks in shallow water. I carry several just in case. Although taking the prop off while on the lake is a bit nerve racking, afraid I'll drop it into the lake and be SOL. I do carry spare props and nuts in the truck just in case though.

Good luck getting her fixed.

[BoarBuster]

I finally got the final drive bearing housing out yesterday. Since I am going to need a o-ring and a labyrinth seal. I plan to get the o-ring and something to wash any metal pieces out tomorrow. Hope the parts I have gotten are going too fix the problem. Will probably have to order the seal. Will let you all know how it goes tomorrow night.