Too quiet today

[OceanBlue]

All my Salty playmates are out fishing halibut today... I'm stuck at w :depressed: rk! Since I had to find myself some cheer, I thought I'd share it.

Enjoy!


An old geezer in a small town on the lake always went fishing, every Sunday. Even in "dry" months when nobody else is catching a thing, he always came back with a limit in his rickety old rowboat.

Naturally, this was cause for some curiosity and speculation in a small town. One Sunday, the local game warden arrived on the dock, and very flatteringly asked the old-timer if he'd honor the warden by taking him fishing. "I've always thought of myself as a skilled fisherman", he told the gaffer, "but in all my years on the lake, I've never seen anyone with your luck. Any chance I could come along and see how a real pro does it?"

The old man just nodded, and indicated with a gesture where the warden was to sit in the rowboat. Slowly, but with little effort, the old man navigated the boat around an arm on the lake to his "secret spot", and dropped anchor.

While the warden was putting his fishing gear together, the old-timer reached under his seat, lugged out a heavy old tackle box, and pulled out a stick of dynamite. He lit the fuse, tossed it well away from the boat, and ... KA-WHOOM! Hundreds of stunned and dead fish, of all sizes, floated to the surface, belly-up.

The warden was in a state of shock and nearly speechless at such a brazen act. "But ... But .. how AWFUL! You - you just can't do that! I'm afraid I, I'm going to have to arrest you!"

The old-timer reached under his seat, pulled out another stick of dynamite, and lit the fuse. He tossed it at the terrified warden, who caught it.

"There, boy ... now, are you gonna fish ... or complain about the tackle?"

[ 05-09-2003, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: Pilar's Mate ]

[fish assassin]

PM,

Will that work for halibut?? How about TUNA?

-assAssin-

[OceanBlue]

I dunno Mark, how about you try it first and let us all know?

Why aren't you fishing the 'buts today?

[fish assassin]

I have to do that four letter word today (work)!! Besides, the Feds won't let me
fish my boat during the sports halibut season because it has a commercial liscense
on it ... isn't that wierd? I can fish sports salmon even though I have a commercial
salmon permit ... I can bottom fish even though I commercial bottom fish ... I can fish
for TUNA ... you get the drift.

Fishing regulations are just getting harder all the time. You almost need a lawyer
on board any more just to make sure you're not breaking some obscure law or
other!!

The 'puters are down for maintenence on Monday in out part of the world so it looks
like I get a 3 day weekend!! Think I'll try fishing for chinookies on Sunday and Monday.
A bud of mine at Depoe Bay caught 20 earlier this week just South of port. That would be
a fun day!!

Sea ya,
-assAssin-

[OceanBlue]

Weeeehaaaaaw! Sorry to hear you can't be out there with the rest of us for halibut, but you've got some bennies the rest of us don't so I guess it all equals out, eh?

Poor baby! You have Monday off?! My heart will bleed for you when I'm on a plane to SLC for 2 days! Oh well, at least its got salt? (okay, a real stretch... but gotta work with the material I have)

[Sky-Guy]

I think you would want to run the Dynamite pretty far back from your downrigger ball for Salmon or Butts! :grin: :grin: :grin: