Whats In a Name?

[GutshotApe]

An ifisher told me my ifish name, GutshotApe, seemed almost offensive :shocked: - until I told him how it came to be :smile: .

One day at Odell lake I ran my boat up on the shore to answer the call (more like demand) of nature. As I moved thru the brush headed for the timber my partner yelled "Hey! You look like a gutshot ape!"

I thought it was funny at the time :grin: and I chose the name on the spur of the moment when registering at ifish. If it offends anyone, I'm sorry and I won't do it again! :wink:

Anyone else have a story behind their ifish name?

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[Big TULE]

Well with all of the talk of TULE's this should come as no surprise. I learned how to fish on the washougal when i was about 6 years old, and every salmon that i ever cought untill i was about 12 years old i had to keep, and yes they were all TULE's, that is how i have perfected the TULE smoking, and yes i love smoked TULE. And well i am a big guy, 6'4 so i figured i would call myself big TULE it just fits. I know let the TULE bashing begin. I no longer keep every fish i catch, i love the fight more than anything. And i no longer fish the washougal as much. To many people and to much bad stuff happens there.

[Straydog]

1973, I was at a friends apartment as a party animal college kid. I was sharing some of my social exploits with a buddy when he exclaimed
"You Dog!! You Straydog!!" (The first three letters of my last name are 'stra'.)

The nickname has stuck ever since and now my oldest daughter is called that by her friends. :grin:

[Silver Hilton]

Silver Hilton is my favorite searun cutthroat and steelhead fly.

[Hogmaster]

Hogmaster came from a streak of good fishing while backtrolling/bouncing in the Willamette at the garbage hole in Oregon City one spring.

One Friday afternoon in May a buddy and I cut out of work early and had a great afternoon. We hit the river at about 5PM and immediately limited out on salmon in 45 minutes while there were about 13,358 other rods in the water. In that time we saw about two other fish get hooked. By the time we hooked the fourth the bankies were threatening to throw rocks at us, the guides were shielding their clients from seeing us and other boaters were cheering and jeering. One of those special times when we just had it dialed in and nobody else did.

On Saturday needless to say I returned to the spot and limited again. I was fishing alone (well, the dog was there) and it only took a couple of hours, but considering not many other fish were caught I felt pretty good.

On Sunday needless to say I returned to the spot, again fishing just with Maxine the wonder dog. But alas, fishing was really slow that day. Hardly any hookups at all all morning right into the afternoon. Typical weekend, right?

By the afternoon most people had given up, even a fair number of the hog liners. I saw an opening wide enough to back down between a couple of still anchored boats and as I slowly got along side one of them the guy says, "Well, you slaughtering them like Friday and Saturday?" "You saw that?", I replied.

Sure enough, right then I started feeling the unmistakable and favorite sensation of Mr. Nookie chomping on my eggs. I set the hook and the guy just drops his jaw and says, "Man, you are the Hogmaster!" I felt like it too!!

So the moniker stuck.

:cheers:

[Redbull]

Hello, everyone. I guess this is also and introduction. I've sniped a few times without getting caught - but since it's 'coming out night' I'm glad to be here. I love this board.

So my dad, brother and I went out and bought an old Starcraft that was unnamed. On Saturday morning, my brother and I decided to take her for a spin. We left the house just before 7am.

As we were pulling out of the neighborhood I looked over and this gal is passed out in the ivy embankment. At first we thought she was toast (dead), but I felt for a pulse and hollered at her. Booze was in the air. This chick was tossed salad - take your brain out and play with it caliber drunk. It was about a 20 foot moderate grade slope. You could see the impressions in the ivy where she rolled on down the hill. We offered to call 911 or a cab, but she chased us off swearing and cussing, slurring and puking.

Near as we could tell, there was a heck of a party at the house directly above and she must 'just vanished' from the party. "Has anyone seen Tammy lately? She must have found a date."

Her noggin must have hurt for days.

The boat's name is now The Ivy Girl.

[crabbait]

Welcome aboard, Redbull.

crabbait is what I was rummaging through the freezer for when I registered. First thing that came to mind.

[rags]

I caught my first 20lb Steelhead on a rag and both are hanging on my office wall.

[24 on/ 48 off]

It's my work schedule and my catch/loss ratio :tongue:

-spud-- :smile:

[k9jeff]

I have a dog,,,,

[willierower]

I row a Willie :grin:

[FEAR NO FISH!]

I'm afraid of getting skunked! :cheers:

[Gobbaworms]

Remember when you were a kid and aspiring fisherman? You'd spend your whole allowance on hardware and pound the water all day. After realizing it was almost time to go home and you had little to nothing to show for your efforts, you'd throw on something you know would catch fish: a gob of worms.

[Snakebite]

Well, when I got snakebit, my Dad started calling me "Snakebite". Don't mess around with them old buzz worms. Trust me!

[hawgcatcher]

I retired as an Animal Control Officer from my county. One day many years ago, a large (150 lb.) pig escaped from a family in downtown area of Hillsboro. Myself and several City Police spent almost an hour trying to catch this critter. As big as he was, he could move fast and was as slippery as an eel. After all that time chasing him through city streets and traffic, I managed to catch the hind legs and hold him.

Everyone sat back and laughed. One of my friends on the police department, who knew I fished Bass, said "You are now a real Hogcatcher" and it stuck.

By the way, don't let anyone ever tell you that they don't bite. I got bit hard on one hand and even after shots (they even considered a rabies shot) and treatment, it took almost a month to heal.

The only pigs that I deal with now are with my eggs. :wink:

[niceshot]

Take me hunting and i'll show you where my name comes from. I like to hunt waterfowl.

[KillerDave]

My last name is Kilhefner. I used to be a jock, so your name gets shortened into something that's easy to scream. My sports name became "Killer."

On a float trip down the Dechutes with 4 guys named Dave, my fishing name became KillerDave.

That was about 10 years ago and it's stuck ever since.

[TheRogue]

Born and raised at the mouth of the Rogue River!!! :grin: :grin: :grin:

[EBroncoFlyfisher]

I used to be HS Fisherman since I was in high school at the time, and I am a fisherman. Now that i'm in college I decided to change my name. I love to fly-fish, and I am a early Ford Bronco (1966-1977) Enthusiast. I currently own a 1972 Bronco. Thats how I got my new and improved name :smile:

[MasterCaster]

I was fishing the boat ramp in PC throwing spinners when there was a bobber bite and there were about 30 bobbers on the water all around me. Well I have always been a diehard spinner guy as I make my own spinners and I wasnt about to give it up for the day yet as I had been there from before daylight and this was about 3:30 in the afternoon. I would watch what bobber was whos and make a cast between bobbers. There wasnt more than a foot of room to make a cast in without getting into a bobber but I managed to do it 3 times in a row and all three casts FISH ON!! lost 2 and landed the third. Never did get into a bobber. After that I had the nickname MasterCaster for sometime.

Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:

[STGRule]

Because... Sturgeon Rule. :grin:

[Fshklr]

When I was about 22, my dads friends were havin a BBQ and had purchased salmon. My Dad laughed when we got there and said if you guys wanted salmon you should have let me know. He pointed in my direction and said I'd have sent Fish Killer out to get ya a couple. So I've been usin it ever since. Just shortend it up.

[Wright Angle]

My moniker, Wright Angle is what I named my new boat. My old boat a 14' skiff was not running two years ago during Springer season. I was not getting enough fish from the beach, I thought to myself, Im not approaching the Springers from the right angle I need to be on the river. My last name is Wright and I angle hence the play on spelling, Now I always approach my fishing from the Wright Angle :rolleyes:

[Wild Bill]

My dad has called me Wild Bill ever since he taught me how to drive..I gave him his first gray hairs. :grin:

[Threemuch]

Threemuch, one more than too much. A phrase coined by one of my friends for whom english was a second language.

Also the name of my first boat (which I co-owned with two others, three owners, threemuch) and my current boat.

KB

[5-Cents]

Last name Nichols = 5-Cents! :grin: :grin:

[Point-of-Sale Clerk]

Many people on this and other Bulletin Boards have indicated both publicly and privately what they thought my moniker stands for,

who am I to say any different
:grin:

*** Clerk

[bigshark]

I didn't get to use what I wanted as it wasn't really acceptable. One evening there was so much going on that I told my youngest son I would fit right in if I just used BS as that was what some now demised poster was shoveling out to the readers. But that wasn't nice so my son said use BigShark. You will know what it stands for but they won't. :tongue:

[Rocky]

Well we used to go out rockhounding and later I use to use Rocky as my CB handle when I was over the road.
Thankfully it has nothing to do with any experiences while boating :smile:

[stevew]

It's the name my parents gave me. I wasn't to creative when I registered! and now I don't see away to change my board name unless maybe I re-register but things like that just plug up the system! graemlins/stupid.gif :grin:

[Beaver1]

I'm a proud OSU grad and a die hard Beaver fan. Great engineering school and hopefully we can play some good football too! :cheers:

[fishisabonus]

When I was in High School, my girlfriends and I would skip school. We knew we would get caught, you always do! :depressed:

I devised a plan and figured the only way our Dad's wouldn't kill us is if they thought we were fishing. After all, what harm could be we doing, we were only fishing. So we would find some beer and head to the lake and play all day. We knew where to get the fish, so we would come home with a string of nice trout for dinner:
:cool: Hard to hide that sunburn :cool:
and our butts were saved.

And you know how it goes... the fish are biting good.. you want to go back the next day and do it again. We could get away with skipping 3 days in a row! :tongue:

We had a wonderful day, enjoyed the places we loved best and brought home some fish. The fish was the bonus, really it was!

A couple of years ago, while boating with a someone, we were not catching a thing. He was counting every penny spent. I kept reminding him that the boat was running good and we were having fun. If we caught a fish, it would be our bonus. When he finally caught his $15,000 fish. I told him he had finally earned his bonus.

It's a good out look on life... if you are out there to enjoy the day, so what, you get skunked... at least you are able to be there, not working, healthy enough to be there, and $$ can afford to be there.

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[Fishin Magician]

My pops started caling me this when I consistently started catching more fish than him........ It kinda stuck.

[chummer]

When i go to sea, I share myself with the sea! :sick:

[CATCH AND EAT]

Catch And Eat. Get it? Except in the case of native fish. Then it's catch and release so they can have babies.

I was told that my original moniker sucked by a friend on this board. It lacked originalty. It was his suggestion after he saw all my fish pictures.

Thanks Troy. :tongue:

[Play'n Snooky]

My moniker ( and the name of my boat ), is a twist of play'n hooky using my last name (Snook) :cheers:

[Paddlefish]

Nope, contrary to belief, my moniker doesn't indicate a fish-spanking fetish :shocked: (although I have been known to bonk one on the head on occasion.)

Instead, it's my preferred method of locomotion for my fleet of fishin' canoes, on the days when I'm not a bankie.

Let's see, there are:
1) The general, everyday family canoe (whose first fish was a Willamette springer.)
2) The one-man whitewater and fishin' canoe, (made of plywood. Looks like a double-ended drift boat)
3) The two man whitewater, big water, and salmon canoe (the only one with adequate room for a salmon-size net.)
plus the woodstrip cruiser, the one-man marathon racer, and the double cruising kayak, all three of which don't see nearly as much fishing time.

Any questions? :rolleyes:

[Mojo]

About ten years ago, I took the first 2 letters of my first name and the first two letters of my last name combined them (JoMo). However one of my co-workers had a very strong spanish accent. He kept calling me **** (spanish "J" sounds like an "H"). Figured that had to go. So I swapped them. Beem Mojo ever since.

Then that Austin Powers movie came out and really screwed up my life. Now everything has "Mojo" associated with it. Oh well... :wink: .

[OceanBlue]

Because it works on so many levels.

Doncha think? :grin:

[timinthegorge]

timinthegorge...... self explanatory. I'm Tim and I live and work in, and love the CR gorge.

Boat name...... Every Penny II...... my life long best friend Skip's 44 footer who he and his lovely wife Laura lived on for 20 years in Gig Harbor was named the "Every Penny."

He died in December of '99...... so my new 19' Alumaweld is the Every Penny II..... in his honor!

[GutZ]

I've been known to get fishguts on me. Sometimes I smell like fishguts. My boats have always smelled like fishguts. Most people didn't like calling me Fishguts to my face, so it has been abrevie/ineibriated- er shortened to GutZ

[timinthegorge]

Send some fish GutZ over my way...... I've got new boat, new rods, and big SKUNK on the boat......

Any help would be appreciated.....

[JeepMcMuddy]

I once got my old Jeep thoughtfully parked in a door deep mud hole (I made it through once barely and thought I can do better!), and had to leave it over night. The next day some buddies helped be dig and winch out. We rallyed at the nearby Mc donalds and my buddy with a big mac in one hand said "Damn that Jeep is McMuuuuuuuuuuudddddy" the name stuck longer than the mud did!

[DF]

Jeepmccuddy your avitar is halarious!

I love to fish,
and play drums in our high school band
this the name
Drummer/Fisherman :smile:

[hustlerrjim]

get in a pokergame with me and ?????????

[hey-it's-me]

my name came from a part of a phrase of dear a departed friend- we went to osc together % worked close for many years- some may have heard of Bingo; he was a partially deaf man with a speach problem- when he was on the phone & i would answer him by name he would always say how-you-know-it was-me. i feel it an honor to remember Bud Sandafur