On Apr 22, 8:31 am, Conan The Librarian wrote:
Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Apr 21, 8:36 pm, tim wrote:

The thing that I hate is I see bait guys with a stringer full of fish

2nd year of fishing and you're already dissing 10,000 years of angling
for subsistence? Where did you learn this crap?

So when was the last time you fished "for subsistence"?

I would, respectfully, suggest golf.

I'm thinking you should take your own advice. I don't see how you
can stand the guilt.

Chuck Vance (a water hazard runs through it)

Dude starts fishing, hasn't even caught a fish, and is already
bitching about people that are catching and keeping fish legally. My
question "where did you learn this crap?" is not rhetorical. What a
blessed relief to be in Florida this week. Not a Catch and Release
zealot in site. Just real fishermen catching fish. Noticed the head
lamp on the beach late last night so, taking a risk I went over to
chat with the inveterate night anglers who was hooking a baitfish on a
10' surf rod. Nicest guy and gal in the world. Yet our new found
angling friend "hates to see these people".

Who is teaching these people this tripe, especially newcomers?
Wolfgang and his ilk? Man I hope not.

Dude wants a real fishing education I suggest he digs up some
nightcrawlers and kill, clean and cook whatever he catches. Let's
start he

1) Angling has a rich and long tradition. It is, literally, hunting
for fish. Only in the last 20-30 years has angling taken on purely
sporting ramifications. In the days before angling became wet-golf
fishing for biological golf balls, anyone who fished was considered a
brother of the angle. We'd say: "Guy fishes, must be a good guy". We
respected the sport and especially the wild animal we were killing in
our pursuit. We understood what wild meant (ask LaCourse, he just got
a refresher) and we would go out of our way to hike around a brother
who was fishing in a spot as to not ruin his fishing. Fishing in the
last 30 years has degraded in to a competitive pursuit, the very last
thing we needed it to become. It's big business and the object of the
business is the fish. The people that are teaching our friend to hate
people who kill fish are the ones who are using the public resources
to earn a private living.

Seriously: Grasshopper - catch a grasshopper and than catch a fish,
come back and we will talk.

That's my earnest advice.


Your pal,

TBone