12-Step Plan

[skein]

Corrirod,

We keep pickin' up new Tunaholics everywhere we go. Why, we even got two new ones at the doggone goose hunt of all places! :shocked:

Bill Monroe and TWB (The White Boat) both owned up to their impending addiction and forthcoming dependence upon Albacore. I suspect that with any encouragement at all they would find themselves at or near Newport on the 15th, soaking up suds and dreaming of a deck awash with carnage.

Maybe it's time you re-posted the 12-step plan. I don't want this on my conscience.

Skein

[Pilar]

After waking up today at 5:00 AM and turning on the computer and find that it had blown 15-20 knots all night at Stonewall Banks Buoy, I cursed the wind gods and went down to have breakfast with the dejected tuna gang.

The consensus was that tuna are done for this year. Unless Popeye is serious about doing the roadtrip, longfin fishing is goners.

Eating Starkist from COSTCO instead of home canned tuna is a real downer. I had some new recipes for jalapeno smoked tuna and pesto-olive oil tuna ready to go. Dock bought tuna doesn't taste the same as when you know the exact time that the longfin was beating on the deck as it goes into the jar.

So Pilar, since you were one of the few tuna-holics to actually see a tuna, tuna-holics anonymous will have to hold the meeting in Pilar's boat. It is sacred ground. Pilar can regale us with the legend of Bill the missing rod and tell us of the great one that got away.

When is the first meeting???


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Originally posted by corrirod:
My name is Rod and I'm a tunaholic...

Join me in the Serenity Prayer:

God grant me the serenity to accept the fact I cannot go out for tuna again this year,
the courage to live another day without tuna,
and the wisdom to know they will come again.

12 Steps To Recovery

1. Put the poles down and slowly back away.

2. Stop hiding lures in various places in the house.

3. Never mistakenly call your spouse "Tuna" during love making.

4. As hard as it is to believe, not everyone enjoys tuna fishing.

5. Selling your car in order to buy more gas to go tuna fishing is not recommended.

6. There are other fish in the sea.

7. Leaving work daily to get home and accept packages from UPS/FedX is wrong.

8. No more telling your spouse the truck broke down while you were out fishing so you'll have to stay another day, or in extreme cases a week.

9. If extreme withdrawls have set in, for instance random "hook setting" while at work or home, or making the zzzzzzzzzzzz sound constantly, do not let the tuna-holic near any fishing articles like magazines, fishing gear, or boats as that will make matters worse.

10. Tuna fishing is not a replacement for eating.

11. Unlike AA, recovery should be made away from other tuna-holics. Gathering tuna-holics together will only create more problems.

12. It is not acceptable to miss your child's birth because you were out tuna fishing.(my wife told me that one)

Meeting adjourned.
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[corrirod]

Pilar beat me to it but here it is. Also, The White Boat captain, is his name Jerry? We met on a couple of tuna runs out of Depoe, he's friends with Marty right? Good to hear about Mr. Monroe also. He shouldn't have any trouble getting any of the Salty Dogs to take him out if he doesn't already have a seaworthy vessel.

Tunaholic 12 Step Program


Tunaholic Serenity Prayer:

”God grant me the serenity to accept the fact I cannot go out for tuna today, the courage to live another day without tuna, and the wisdom to know they will come again.”

12 Steps To Recovery

1) Put the poles down and slowly back away.

2) Stop hiding lures in various places thru out the house.

3) Never mistakenly call your spouse "Tuna" during lovemaking.

4) As hard as it is to believe, not everyone enjoys tuna fishing.

5) Selling your car in order to buy more gas to go tuna fishing is not recommended.

6) There are other fish in the sea, I think .

7) Leaving work daily to get home and accept packages from UPS/FedX is wrong.

8) No more telling your spouse the truck broke down while you were out fishing so you'll have to stay another day, or in extreme cases a week.

9) If extreme withdrawals have set in, for instance random "hook setting" while at work or home, or making the zzzzzzzzzzzz sound constantly, do not let the tunaholic near any fishing articles like magazines, fishing gear, or boats as that will make matters worse.

10) Tuna fishing is not a replacement for eating.

11) Unlike AA, recovery should be made away from other tunaholics. Gathering tunaholics will only create more problems.

12) It is not acceptable to miss your child's birth because you were out tuna fishing. (My wife told me that one)