Discouraged

[PhishLI]

5 hours ago, BassWhole! said:

Patchogue, missed your stop

Only happened during my psychedelic phase

[Fishes in trees]

Original poster -  I'm guessing that you fish from the bank much more often than you fish from a boat.   Back when I was 100% bank bound, and a more or less self taught, meat fishing bush hippie, 

I realized that throwing in to the wind wasn't a good idea.   Keep walking til you find a spot that isn't throwing into the wind, at least maybe quartering into the wind, something like that.  If such a spot isn't available, throw heavier than normal, keep the cast as low as possible and lower your expectations concerning your success rate that day.

If you stay serious about fishing, sooner or later you'll figure out a way to get off the bank.  In my case I was fairly young, living in a university town and there were several professors who were older and were willing to share their boat. (and buy more than their share of beer & food & gas ) in exchange for interesting company and someone who was willing to lift & tote  & do whatever when required.

 

I recall getting a call from one of these guys - out of the blue - 200 PM on a Friday.   "Charlie - get semi-cleaned up and show up at my house ASAP".   OK - I hadn't heard from this guy for a year because he was on sabbatical.   Anyway, turned up at his house and he had a dozen of the cheap 100 quart styrofoam coolers - filled with fresh shrimp.   His sabbatical was at Tulane in Louisiana and his last act prior to leaving for Missouri was to buy as many cheap coolers as he could fit into his Suburban and fill them up with fresh shrimp & ice before driving straight through to Missouri.

 

He needed help cleaning the shrimp.   He had beer.   Got me and a couple of other grad students sitting at the picnic table, drinking beer & cleaning fish and he went in to take a shower.   Turned out a couple of dozen of his fellow professors had shrimp dinner - courtesy of a few grad students who cleaned all the shrimp.    He paid us in beer - and maybe a little consideration in our final grade the next semester.  A good/decent time was had by all.

 

So - original poster - maybe a similar situation will arise for you in Denver, where you can get access/use/ go along and get off the bank.

 

That particular professor had several boats, and I got to where I could pull up to his house and tow out any of his 3 cheaper boats that he had on trailers.   He wouldn't lend me his 18' Lowe or his 17 ' Boston Whaler - just as well because my car couldn't tow them anyway.

 

The whole point of this post is that off the bank chances are there if you look for them and pursue them.

[Koz]

7 hours ago, BassWhole! said:

LOL.

Don't make me go up there and flail on you with my custom Lindenhurst B&T jetty stick Lawn Guylander, POTVIN SUCKS! GO RANGERS!

Patchogue, missed your stop....  

"Potvin sucks!"

 

Holy cow - a blast from the past memory.