Fishing Rhino

LOL. The bait monkey has your number. The bait monkey is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. He/she/it doesn't care if you get a bargain or not, the monkey whispers in your ear buy, buy, spend, spend. 100 Gamakatsu 3/0 hooks for twenty something? A hundred of any type of hook would last me several lifetimes. At 67, my remaining lifetime is not very long. If you can still get out on the boat, you still have plenty of time to go! We go out with my buddies grandpa who's well into his 80's, still loves fishing. As far as the hooks, i'm going to be fishing with my little brother, and other friends that are probably going to lose them like crazy. These hooks go for 3.29 for 5 hooks here, so I just couldn't pass the deal on the 100. But yea, they'll last a d**n long time lol I'm still feeling out fishing from the shore at my lake, there's alot of stumps and snags on the bottom that are tough to get out without the boat. Fishing off the shore I go through hooks fairly quick. I'm learning the lake though so it's getting less and less. I still get out at every opportunity, which is most days. Carry my canoe in the back of my truck, launch it and paddle. I'm not being "fatalistic", just realistic. If I can do as well as my dad did, I should have another good 14 or 15 years. before it's a bobber and worm, or live bait. Maybe longer. See my doc regularly and don't hesititate to get things checked out when something doesn't seem right. Not very often. No nagging aches or pains to slow me down.

Sooooo, if you're after chicks like those in the photo, you should get a Ford? I'd say one of these is more appropriate.

LOL. The bait monkey has your number. The bait monkey is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. He/she/it doesn't care if you get a bargain or not, the monkey whispers in your ear buy, buy, spend, spend. 100 Gamakatsu 3/0 hooks for twenty something? A hundred of any type of hook would last me several lifetimes. At 67, my remaining lifetime is not very long.

Color, color, color. I'd opt for the color. Though the units are called fishfinders, I have yet to see the arches of fish you see in the demonstration mode. I don't use it to find fish. I use it to find structure, bottom types, and bottom transitions. I used to be a commercial lobsterman who used a "sounder" to find lobster holding bottom. I had a high tech (at the time) paper recorder, using 12" paper rolls. Then I got a Furuno color machine. Hard rocky bottom showed as red with a trace of a yellow line beneath. But, in places there was more yellow, and where there was more yellow, there were more lobsters. You'd never see that subtle difference in monochrome. While the coastal lobsters don't stray far from home, bass do move around. Most of their movements are related to structure, be it to spawn, find food, or a certain comfort zone. The better you know your quarry, and the better you know the environment in the places you fish for them, the better your success rate. If used to it's capabilities, the color unit will glean more info for you than a monochrome. Is it worth it? Only you can answer that question.

Have you seen a typical Nascar race or a NFL football game? Commercials pay the bill. A typical fishing show doesn't have very good ratings. It takes more commercial time to pay the bills. I can't recall ever wetting my hands before lipping a fish. I find the act of swinging a fish into the boat and allowing a fish to flop around on the floor of the boat while the angler dances around, screaming and whooping it up far more disgusting and damaging to a fish. That happens frequently during the telecasts of many tournaments. Nothing stopping golf courses from planting officials on the course and telling players to pick up the pace or get off the course. Re NASCAR: That is a common complaint among race fans. I love the contradictory rationale the announcers use in a vain attempt to justify them. A caution flag comes out. "We'll take a commercial break now so we can get back to cover the action in the pits." Then when they pit, "We'll go to commercial now so we can cover the action on the restart." While fishing doesn't get the ratings of NASCAR (which is declining) or football, WFN, ESPN, VS etc, do not have to pay the confiscatory rates that networks do for the much higher rated "sports". Re the handling of the fish: I do wet my hand, even when I lip a fish. Easy since I'm at water level sitting in my canoe. You are correct about the celebrating while a fish flops around on the deck. Not all do that though. Most seem anxious to get it in the well and the lure back in the water as quickly as possible. They have a vested interest in getting the fish back to the scale alive. Golf: They do have "officials" on the course to keep play moving. They call them rangers. Some courses do a better job than others. That however has nothing to do with the point that many folks tend to copy what they see the superstars of their activity doing. In fact, it proves the point.

Whether or not the study applies to bass, we do not know. For all we know, bass may have higher "intellegence" than the stickleback. What I found interesting in the article was the result of the study, which contradicted, if not showed previously held "truths" to be wrong. Consider this. Science uses animals for studying diseases. We "know" that exposure to certain substances produce cancer. We "know" this because it produces cancer in lab rats and mice. Sharks do not develop cancer. They have been, and to my knowlege are still being studied to understand why. Hopefully when and if this mystery is solved, that understanding can be applied to humans and find either a cure or preventive for cancer. I'm not surprised that some pooh pooh the scientific finding. It goes against the grain of commonly held opinion by fishing experts that fish have no memory and cannot learn.

That sounds very similar to what my wife has said. She bitterly complains about drivers who hold up traffic driving under the speed limit when others are trying to get to work. There is one stretch of road with only one lane of traffic each way and a jersey barrier which prevents passing. The barrier was put up because there were too many fatals along that stretch of road. I suppose you could blame someone dawdling along impeding the progress of those behind, but the fault lies with those who wait 'til the last minute to leave home, allowing just enough time, under ideal conditions, to make it to work on time. I tell my wife she should leave five minutes earlier. If she's delayed a few seconds or even a minute or two by a dawdler, it won't matter. Those who are routinely in a rush to get to work are poor planners, when it comes to their commute.

I assume (something one should never do) you are talking about places like Walmart. There is a simple solution. Do not drive through the pedestrian zone. It can be avoided in every Walmart parking lot I've been in. Except for the one nearest us, the entrance from the street takes you through the parking lot, not directly to the store entrance. Even in that store, you can avoid the pedestrian zone by turning off into the parking area before you get to it. It may add a few seconds to your route to a parking spot, but will save aggravation, and probably time, in the long run.

how do you stop the bait monkey... You might as well ask, how do you change the weather? The bait monkey is the term for an epidemic which rages through the fishing community. Some have a natural immunity to this condition. For the rest of us, there is no cure. The bait monkey must be fed. Any feeling of satisfaction is temporary at best. The most you can hope for is to stabilize your condition. Throw out all those catalogs, and stay off the internet. At all costs avoid anything that mentions the latest and greatest equipment and lures. You cannot eliminate it, but you can minimize temptation. Web site shopping carts are bad enough. Wish lists compound the "problem".

I rarely watch fishing shows. The more I do, the more disgusted I become. I realize this may offend some, but so be it. First, way too many commercials. I understand that commercials are necessary, but every five minutes, sometimes less? But, that's not the worst. What really gripes me is the way some of these "big name" superstars of fishing handle the fish when they catch 'em. When my dad first taught me how to fish with a bamboo pole, line, slit cork for a bobber, hook and worms for bait, rule number one was, do not handle a fish with dry hands. Dip your hand in the water before handling a fish. That reduces the amount of slime it removes. I have yet to see any bass fisherman wet his or her hands. I have seen fly fishermen wet their hands before cradling, unhooking and releasing their quarry. Even more aggravating to me is the way they handle the fish, regardless of size. Most if not all grip the fish by the lower jaw and wrench the fish into a horizontal position by using the same hand as a leverage point beneath the gills. Then they hold the fish in that position while posing for the camera, sometimes planting a kiss on the nose of the fish. A couple of days ago, on one of these shows, the star held the fish against his technicolor Disney designer shirt, which should also be a no no. My dad would have taken my pole away had I ever mishandled a fish like they routinely do. One of the reasons a round of golf can take five or six hours today is because folks emulate the pros they see on television. They take four or five minutes in preparation once they reach their ball. There's no reason to believe that some fishermen will not likewise emulate the actions of those they see on these programs. Getting off my soapbox now.

Man! We didn't have cholesterol back on the farm in Kentucky in the 50s. If we had, my Mom would have fried it up in some lard and served it with gravy. My most deadly indulgence these days is Cinnabon. Oh my, those cinnamon sticky buns are great. When we are travelling by air, and I want a snack, it's one of the first places I look for. Messy to eat. Sometimes I'll use a fork. But licking the fingers is a viable option.

You can't go wrong with either. For the dollar, jons give you more room than anything else because of their rectangular shape. The downside is that they really pound going into a chop. If you can, opt for a welded model. It will take much more abuse and maintain its integrity. Riveted models do not stand up well to pounding around in choppy water. It's a case of you get what you pay for. My old jon was a Sears and the seats and bracing were riveted in place. It lasted several years, but a welded version would still be servicable today.

The flaw in the above argument is that both the stickleback and the bass are fish. A cat is not a human. What we do not know is whether the bass or the stickleback is the smarter of the two. Some claim that only humans are capable of cognizant thought. I say otherwise. I would not refer you to animals that work co-operatively on a hunt. That can be instinct. Instead, I'll refer you to three particular things our male boxer does and has done with no input or training from anyone. First. Boxers seem to love to "lose" toys under sofas, beds, furniture and beside and between them. Whenever Indy "loses" a toy, from day one he has come to one of us to retrieve it. He will whine and plead for you to follow him, and will take you to the precise spot where the toy disappeared. If you play dumb and ask him to show you where it is, he will circle and then face the exact same spot. You will invariably find it right there. There were times I thought he was wrong, but when I got a flashlight to peek in some dark recess, sure enough, there it was. Indy will let you know when he wants a treat. He'll fuss and take you to the cabinet where they are kept. One time, I adamantly refused to follow him. He went to the door and whined to be let out. As I got near the door, he scurried over to the cabinet. I'd call that cognizant thought. Somehow, he formulated a plan to deceive me. The third incident. When Indy was about a year old, reliable and trustworthy, we decided to get him a companion. That companion was a white female boxer who was his sister/cousin. Same father and there mothers were sisters. When we brought her home, she would get all the attention since she was a puppy and snow white save for one small brown spot behind one of her ears. Both would go to greet guests, but Ava, without fail got the most attention, in part because of the above, but also because she demanded it. Poor Indy was feeling neglected. On one occasion as someone was arriving, both ran to the door to greet them. But the wheels were turning in Indy's doggy brain. As soon Ava started to get the attention, Indy ran into the other room, grabbed a toy from the box and upon his return, held it out to them as a bribe. Cognizant thought? You decide.

It is pretty shallow, averaging three feet deep. I tried it once last year. That was enough for me. Went all around it. Looked fishy in places but never even got a hit. It has the distinction of being the only place at which I got shut out last year. http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwnippe.pdf The horsehead shaped cove to the left of the north arrow in the above site is rocky. Didn't get to the backmost part of the pond.

For campy outrageous disturbing films, Vincent Price in The Abominable Doctor Phibes and The Return of Doctor Phibes are must sees.

The Silence of the Lambs was too much for me the first time I saw it. But now, it's one of my favorites. Its sequel, Hannibal, is even worse. I thought the scene where Hannibal had removed part of Liotta's skull like a cap then fed him a sauteed part of his brain was most touching. Almost as wonderful was the scene where he gutted the police inspector so they disgorged themselves when he hung him from the balcony.

All you need do is look at the hands and necks of pro golfers to see what the sun can do. Turns them into prunes. The more protection, the better.

I'll be 68 in November, and I have no problem with this law. My dad had to quit driving at 87. But the problem wasn't the way he drove, or his ability to drive. He had developed Alzheimers and couldn't always find his way back home. I've already told my doc to let me know when he felt I could no longer safely drive a car. Whether reflexes, or whatever, I do not want to be responsible for the consequences of driving when I'm no longer capable. Too many old folks are driving who are oblivious to what is going on around them.

This baby is just what you want. It's lightweight, sturdy, and folds flat for easy storage, or take it back to your vehicle. It rolls like a breeze. It has a "kickstand" to hold it upright while loading the boat. For the money, you cannot beat it. I've used it with my square stern canoe. Loaded with trolling motor, battery, gear for two fishermen, including anchor and a cooler, it rolls effortlessly over the natural woodland ground. http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=34179&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=8331&feat=8331-tn&cat4=5490

You need a smoother riding truck. I made a delivery of fiberglass panels to Portland, ME. From Westport, MA, it's a 225 mile trip. When I went around back to unload my pickup, there was a pair of scissors on the bumper, where a trailer hitch would go, below the license plate. I had used them to cut plastic from a roll to put between the panels. I'll never understand how they remained there. Had they fallen off, I'd still be scouring my shop for them.

Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009 09:51 The nine-spined stickleback Printer friendly version Scientists have claimed the way fish learn could be closer to humans than previously thought. According to a study by St Andrews and Durham universities the nine-spined stickleback can compare the behaviour of other sticklebacks with their own experience and make a series of choices which can potentially lead to better food supplies. The discovery could be the first in showing an animal exhibiting an important human social learning strategy, the report, published in the journal Behavioural Ecology, claims.................................................................. http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/environment/scientists-claim-fish-learn-like-humans--$1304546.htm

Ahhhh, you underwent a fisherman's baptism. By immersion.

Oh, oh. You might supplant Burley as the resident dinkmaster.

All activity is aerobic, since it elevates the heart rate. It may not elevate it to the max desired levels, but it does stimulate blood flow. A person who walks ten flights of stairs does the same amount of work as he does running those ten flights. The intensity does not affect the total amount of "work" done. It only affects the amount of time it takes to do it. The same number of calories are being consumed. I paddle my canoe when fishing. I can paddle harder or at a more leisurely pace. Distance paddled is all that matters when it comes to calories burned, not how fast I paddled that distance. Likewise, a golfer who leisurely walks the course burns the same number of calories as a person who walks faster while covering the same distance. If you're moving, you're exercising.