01-09-2003, 01:15 AM
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I think JAWS, and the reality programs about sharks...on the Discovery Channel...have probably kept a lot of "wimps" out of the water. I gotta admit, if I had been "preconditioned" a bit more, I may have been more reluctant to go afloat where monsters be.
One major difference between my float tubing experience and that of most other do-NUTS is that I actually began fishing from an inner tube in the salt water, as a kid, off Southern California beaches. I experimented with different seats until I came up with something that worked for me, long before commercially made tube covers were available. Only after I had learned to tube fish in the salt did I think of launching my toys on fresh water ponds and lakes. Most float tubers start by playing with trout, bluegills or bass, in fresh water, and then venturing into salt water only when they develop a death wish...or go through some kind of midlife macho crisis.
In my twenties, I worked on some of the fishing boats in Southern Cal, and deadheaded as a fisherman when I wasn;t working. I got to know a lot of good spots and was always wondering what it would be like to work those areas from a donut dinghy. I didn't even think "bravery". I was consumed by fishing lust. And, whadda ya know! Wherever I could find a suitable spot to launch and beach my craft, I found fish waiting for me. And, many of them were in spots unfishable by all but the smaller boats with a long range gas tank. There's still some almost virgin fishing up and down the coast if you can find it and get to it.
By the way, lonehunter, PETA is funding a new movie to be shot up in your part of the country, to discourage fresh water fishermen too. It will be about a giant mutant carp...titled "LIPS". (better than SUCKER)
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One major difference between my float tubing experience and that of most other do-NUTS is that I actually began fishing from an inner tube in the salt water, as a kid, off Southern California beaches. I experimented with different seats until I came up with something that worked for me, long before commercially made tube covers were available. Only after I had learned to tube fish in the salt did I think of launching my toys on fresh water ponds and lakes. Most float tubers start by playing with trout, bluegills or bass, in fresh water, and then venturing into salt water only when they develop a death wish...or go through some kind of midlife macho crisis.
In my twenties, I worked on some of the fishing boats in Southern Cal, and deadheaded as a fisherman when I wasn;t working. I got to know a lot of good spots and was always wondering what it would be like to work those areas from a donut dinghy. I didn't even think "bravery". I was consumed by fishing lust. And, whadda ya know! Wherever I could find a suitable spot to launch and beach my craft, I found fish waiting for me. And, many of them were in spots unfishable by all but the smaller boats with a long range gas tank. There's still some almost virgin fishing up and down the coast if you can find it and get to it.
By the way, lonehunter, PETA is funding a new movie to be shot up in your part of the country, to discourage fresh water fishermen too. It will be about a giant mutant carp...titled "LIPS". (better than SUCKER)
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