Been thinkin!

[kygorski]

Thats not as easy as it sounds, being old and polish to boot, its difficult at times.I love to fish, been at for more years than most of you guys ages.I hate cleaning fish, am good at it though,and usually dont keep anything anymore. So I'm going to fish the way I want to.Thishighwater might bring some nice bass into bushes, and it may not, BUT I want to have something smack a buzzer, hit a devils horse, or smack a fluke. Could toss shiners, got an aerated bucket,but its not my cup of tea. So you guys tear em up, I'm going to enjoy MYSELF.

[vetsvet]

Thats not as easy as it sounds, being old and polish to boot, its difficult at times.I love to fish, been at for more years than most of you guys ages.I hate cleaning fish, am good at it though,and usually dont keep anything anymore. So I'm going to fish the way I want to.Thishighwater might bring some nice bass into bushes, and it may not, BUT I want to have something smack a buzzer, hit a devils horse, or smack a fluke. Could toss shiners, got an aerated bucket,but its not my cup of tea. So you guys tear em up, I'm going to enjoy MYSELF.

You've earned that right Brother!

[DJD]

Yep they are in the stuff for two reasons, high water and spring time. I love this time of year.

[Les Young]

100% agree Gorsky. I don't blame anyone for using live bait as it catches some absolute brutes, but it's not my cup of tea either. I just like keeping actively engaged in fishing wether I do any good or not. A lot of times I don't do any good while live bait is smoking them, but oh well.

[olgreenboat]

Thats not as easy as it sounds, being old and polish to boot, its difficult at times.I love to fish, been at for more years than most of you guys ages.I hate cleaning fish, am good at it though,and usually dont keep anything anymore. So I'm going to fish the way I want to.Thishighwater might bring some nice bass into bushes, and it may not, BUT I want to have something smack a buzzer, hit a devils horse, or smack a fluke. Could toss shiners, got an aerated bucket,but its not my cup of tea. So you guys tear em up, I'm going to enjoy MYSELF.

Hmmm I can say I'm older then rough river ;>) and i can remember using steel rods.. Bill dance was fishing tuneys and roland martin hair was red , Bill dance was on every saturday morning I hardly messed a show..How is that for an old fart.

Remember if i'm wrong about any of this info they say the first thing to go is the mind..

[kygorski]

yeah remember those steel rods, add a pheluger supreme, and you were king of the mountain.

[stripernut]

funny gorski....each day when we get finished striper fishing, the fish are cleaned and the boats in the slip ready for the next day we get the ultralights out and start catchin bluegill....thats where i started almost 50 yrs ago....glad i havent forgotten. keep castin brother!

[smokefan]

Well Im not as old..I mean mature...I mean seasoned as you guys but for me there is nothing like a ultra lightrod, some floaters and a cage of crickets sitting by the pond with my 4yr old. Watchin her real some of those big gills in is something I will never forget. O and I will get to relive it pretty quick, her sister is 3yr old and she told me she wants to go "ishin". Life is GOOOD

[RoadToad]

I've been fishing Louisville's FINS lakes for a few years now, used to always use minnows or nightcrawlers, but lately I've been using those little 1/10 oz Super-Dupers, and I'm having an absolute BLAST! To each his own...

Congrats, Smokefan! Souds like you're living the lyrics of one of my favorite songs: "Who needs pictures, with a memory like mine?"

[waterdog101]

I to am getting to be an old man, and I thank the good lord for it. because getting old is much better than the alternative. reading you guys post, brings back some old memories. I grew up poorer than Joabs turkey. my grandmother started me fishing. all I had to fish with for years was cane poles, the other boys in the neighborhood, were just as poor as I was. but we fished the river with our cane poles. no one we new had a boat. in our early teens, I remember we cut the top off an old 58 chevrolet car and used it as a boat to fish the river. we took tobacco sticks and nailed bucket lids to the ends for paddles. every day when we were done using it we would tie it to a tree and sink it. so it wouldn't float away. thinking back, us boys had very little. but I think that may very well, have been the happiest years of my life. as I grew up, I have been blessed with good health and the ability to make a good living. I've had good fishing tackle and kept a good boat sense I was 20 years old. and I have found, that fishing alone at night, is a wonderful time to thank the good lord for all he has given me.

[Bonefish]

I could've said it better. I am still amazed that my father could throw his Pfueger Supreme with a steel rod both right or left handed and put it wherever he wanted. I can't do that with all the technology today. We had a boat made out of two 1936 chev car hoods that we fished the Dix back in the 50's. It was hard to control but we got there. My father can remember catfish so large in the Dix River that it would stop my grandfather's grainmill. Now those cats are gone to pollution. Don't be afraid to document your fishing stories for your grandkids. They are priceless for the generations to come.

[gar]

Reading your thread sure does bring back some memories. I can relate to almost all the things that you mentioned. Cane poles, walking creek banks,catching sunfish and a host of other species, digging earthworms and scaling and frying the catch when we got home. I still have the Pflueger Supreme my dad used along with the metal rod. He introduce me to the art of casting with artificial baits, and yes, I had to learn to cast with both hands before I could have my own. My dad and I spent many days fishing together and that's the reason I enjoy it so much today. " Been thinkin also"