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I like to fish...just hanging out at the river, enjoying the sun, with my fishing rod set out...

Love it. When something bites, even better...

WS - what do you like to fish for? My husband is big into bass fishing for sport. He just likes to catch and release. He tells me its very relaxing for him. When I was very little, my grandfather used to take us fishing with him. My brother accidentally released his line when he flipped the rod back to cast - and I got a worm on a hook stuck in my hair! I haven't fished myself since...

Bodhi - Cell 617

Hehe...funny story (I've been 'hooked' a couple of times...and even bitten!)

I fish for Pike...here in Germany, Pike reach astonishing sizes - over 1 meter in length! They are amazing predators, and will eat anything that they think they can (waterrats, ducks, rodents, other fish, eel, you name it). If they were bigger, they'd probably eat people, as well...hehe. The females live the longest (and so, are the biggest - Pike never stop growing, as long as the food and size of the water permits) - about 30+ years. Males top out at around 12+ years...not sure why. Pike don't seem to have any fear of humans, as strange as that sounds...they'll bite from under your own feet, and don't shy away like other fish do, at the sight of a human. Oh, and I use a steel leader, when fishing for Pike - they have over 800 teeth! I was once foolish enough to try to remove a hook from a Pike's mouth with my bare fingers...it bit the hell out of my hand! Pike also taste good...hehe.

I prefer to fly-fish for trout, but here in northern Germany, that's impossible.

Pike - wow! Sounds like a sporting good time, actually. I bet they put up a fight once you've got them hooked. But I'd keep my bare fingers away from those toothful mouths too! Eek! It makes me think of the moat scene in Disney's The Sword in the Stone...

James fishes for Bass from the shore. If he had a boat, he'd use it. But he uses lures as opposed to live bait. I imagine at some point, he'll probably talk me into it. He taught my 2 nieces and nephew to fish, and made sure they all caught one the first day. (1/2 acre pond full to the top with Bass, Brim, Carp and Catfish - no surprise there...) Even my youngest niece, who was 4 at the time. He tied a tube lure to the end of her line, with no hook at all, she dropped it in the water right by the shore, and caught a little Brim! She was so tickled...

*edit - sp... damn new fingers...*
Bodhi - Cell 617

[This message has been edited by bodhi23 (edited 06-13-2003).]

Hehe...yup, fishing is fun!!

And though there are a lot of small bass here, not very many of them live long enough to get big - too many Pike, Walleye, predetary Eels, and Wels here, for that...

And yeah, Pike really fight for their lives! Woohooo! Nothing like a big Pike on the line, for adrenaline-pumping action!

*gets all exciting, thinking about fishing*

I imagine bass make for a tasty meal for them pike in the water...
This pond where James used to fish has either a catfish or carp in it the size of a canoe! We've seen it, he even hooked it once... after that, we started referring to it as Leviathan... I'm sure if there were more predatory breeds of fish in there, it never would have reached that size.
I may have to give it another try... but we've got to find a new hole first. That pond was on private property of a lady he used to work for. Their work relationship ended pretty badly... no more good fishing hole...

Bodhi - Cell 617

Well, I don't know if it is a Wels...that's a huge predatory fish, here in Europe. They have been known to eat dogs. They grow to be over 2 meters long.

Yours may be one...who knows?

No - definitely carp or catfish. The pond is a manmade one, and stocked by the owners of the land. It's fed by a rain runoff stream, hardly bigger than a creek. That's the reason there are so many fish in it - no predators. It had not even been fished in probably 40 years before James began working there. Lots of brim, big big bass, catfish and carp, and Leviathan! But no predatory fish...

It's the one regret James has about not being able to work out there any more. But she wasn't paying him anything near what he's worth, and expecting him to work like she was paying him twice what he's worth. Had to stop all that - we couldn't afford to live! Now we have to seek out a new place... I bet he'd get a kick out of fishing for pike...


Bodhi - Cell 617

Well...maybe 'introducing' a nice, big, fat predatory fish in that pond as a 'thank you' is in order...hehe

I'll have to suggest that to James... could make for some interesting evening entertainment...


heheh...

Bodhi - Cell 617

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They are amazing predators, and will eat anything that they think they can (waterrats, ducks, rodents, other fish, eel, you name it).

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No kiddin'. Pulled a beer can out of one once... The neighborhood carp eat some interesting things too. My friends said they pulled a half-empty pack of cigarettes out of one. I personally enjoy bass/pickerel (walleye) fishing. I haven't been out fishing in years though

When summer comes (in about 6 months), I intend to get a job, buy The Two Towers on DVD, and drink in public (woo!).

Yay yay etc.

how do I chill .. anything that involved me having fun, kicking ass, relaxing and just all in all .. Living life in the NOW!

I'm not going to get into specifics .. [passes the peacepipe to Web] .. but my kind of chillin' is classified information!

[crock crock cough]

that's come good shit!

And as for the question "How do you chill?", simply, I stuff myself into a fridge.

So I'm browsing through the P&S forum, and I come upon a thread I haven't seen in two weeks--it has suddenly resurfaced. I'm thinking "10 to 1 it's RN3." Scroll down, and bingo.

Suho - funny, I thought the same thing. Not that it's been a recurring habit or anything

I also thought "and gee, I bet it's a very relevent, informative, or interesting post as well"

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