Need some help on getting sister to go fishing?

Jetsledder · 04-03-2005, 08:02 PM

Could someone give me some ideas on how to get a sister to fishing. I have six sisters and none of them like fishing at all. It is not the being out in the weather it is the part on seeing the fish and how awful they smell. Would like a fisher womens input on this if possible. I thought about saying I would take them out to eat afterwards but didnt think that would be way to start out on.

Silver Hilton · 04-03-2005, 08:33 PM

Invite a cute single guy along.

Or their boyfriend. Or, if they are younger, invite a friend of theirs to come along with.

SlackBite · 04-03-2005, 08:35 PM

Do all the rigging and baiting for them, so they don't have to touch any of the stinky stuff, and tell them (if they are single) it is a nice way to meet new men.

Phillip Smesrud · 04-03-2005, 08:44 PM

Too easy. This time of the year you tell her it's a boating trip and you're going to picnic on the river. You buy the 8 piece chicken meal at Fred Meyers, chips and sodas and if she's of age her favorite 4-pack of fruity wine coolers. Let her pick out the latest fashion magazine as you go through the checkstand and you're good to go. In the summer time it's even easier; just throw a pair of water skiis in the boat and pull her around for 15 minutes. After that you're free and clear to fish the rest of the day. BTW, don't try to make her

the fish. First "picnic" with my wife on the banks of the Clackamas I tried to get her to

this big old ********* she caught and it traumitized her.

Spinner · 04-03-2005, 09:08 PM

A) Pick a good weather day
B) Pick a day when there are plenty fish around to catch
C) Pick a day that has an afternoon tide change to accomodate a late morning start..start after 10:00AM
D) Stop at the store and let her pick out a couple of magazines
E) let her choose the food.

If she catches a chinook or steelhead she will be hooked!

Spinner · 04-03-2005, 09:14 PM

Add stopping at Starbuck's for latte or mocha at the beginning of the trip.

reelfine · 04-03-2005, 09:37 PM

All I can say is, make sure to have a plan for bathroom breaks... :tongue: Nothing will turn a woman off (in my limited experience with fishing with women) of fishing faster than having to:

A. Pee in a bucket in the middle of a bunch of other boats
B. Being told to "hold it" for the next 5 hours

PapaHog · 04-03-2005, 09:43 PM

My guess is that you are born to fish. I dont think you can teach the will to fish. You either have it or you dont. Think about it in your own life. Can you remember a day you were not a fisher.

I like it all, the mess, the smell, the bait, the weather, the smell of trask river tidewater, the catch and care of the bounty, the eating good fresh or smoked salmon, but most of all I like the take, the bite, the bobber down, the hook set and and the feel of the head shake. I like the FISH ON. I am the jerk on the pole end waiting on a jerk on the hook end.

Took my new bride to be to the nf nahelem and we had a great day. Being in the right place at the right time is not the word for it. We had mutiple hook ups and mutiple doubles. We caught and released 15 salmon and that is not counting the ones that was long distance releases. We left with two very nice fish and I just KNEW my lovely wife was hooked for life. NOPE, NADA, NOT EVER AGAIN. She didnt like any of it. That was 15 years ago and she has not fished since that day.

My guess she was not born to fish.

letsfish · 04-03-2005, 11:04 PM

I think there are some good suggestions posted here. Definitely make sure they are comfortable- so the ideas of willingness to accomidate potty breaks is really important. Pick a nice day unless they are into roughing it. You know your sisters what are they into that you could help them out by taking them . Great opportunities to be had for artists, photographers, etc.
I think it is great you want to share your passion with your sisters. It is a great way to spend time together and to get to know one another better. Also you have undoubtabley a greater tolerance for those no fish days. A nice sunny day salmon fishing (with a picnic lunch on a Columbia River beach thrown in) may seem like fun. But if she is expecting to catch fish and they don't happen, she may be turned off.If it is fish you want to get her into take her out to get some shad.

The Stallion · 04-04-2005, 01:02 PM

The master baiter thing works, as does the toilets. You gotta wait 'til it's hot. Remember your first big fish? Then you were hooked. Try to keep your tips minimal/don't yell keep your tip up,less drag, just talk or reach over. Often in the excitement You'll seem to be yelling at her, if your related you'll sound like your dad yelling at her. The comforts of home are great but after that first one on her own they wont be necessairy. Offer toilet visits. If she ever roughs it(hiking, camping) she'll be "hooked" like you.