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Blackjack chewing gum!! I remember getting that and Clove gum! I always have to think about where I've remembered the smell of cloves when I cook with them. (To see the chewing gum look at http://www.groovycandies.com/NewCandyDetailFrFe.asp?CandyNumber=2299 ). I'm somewhere between Charlie & Trumpy, I think - 1962.

I've fished most of my life, too, although not as frequently as it sounds like you have, Trumpy. We mostly have rainbow trout around here and I used to hate eating it but the catching was always fun.

I'm torn between saying brook trout or halibut for best tasting catch. I caught an 11" brookie that was very tasty and my hubby, Ed, went to Alaska a while back and brought home halibut which we all have enjoyed.

One of my brothers is a fly-fisherman and used to enjoy it a lot. He knew he could no longer ignore his torn rotator cuff when casting would just about take him to his knees with pain. Definitely needed fixed!

My grandparents used to winter in Mexico and we had great fun visiting them in Juaymas and going deep-sea fishing. They'd come in from a day out and hand over the excess from their huge haul to a local orphanage.

Great memories! Thanks, Mike!

Hi Mike, I love to fish. Mostly fresh water Large Mouth Bass. I have a 17' bass boat I get out as much as possible. Very enjoyable, and gets me away from work. I either go out with my 12 year old daughter or 75 year old father in law. Just put the boat away for the winter.

Al

Well Charlie, if you don't start a law-suit, I won't!.
I'm 32 and I have the twin trade thing (Line-man + Electrician) going for me.
But could we please keep this thread as it was meant to be, about Fishing.

Best thing about fishing is beer, and watching your friends get sea-sick.

Mike, in my area I like to fish for northern pike, perch , or trout. As far as tackle goes, for pike nothing beats a spinner bait, for perch or trout, a small jig with some sort of bait on the hook. In the summer after a hard day at work, nothing beats relaxing in the boat fishing.

Who, me??
I would rather fish than nearly anything on earth.
Matter of fact, Mike, I fish in the same pond as you do. Just on the other bank
The water has always held a fascination for me; it's never the same 2 times. You see it now, and it will never be the same again. One of God's greatest wonders.

Salt Water:
Tuna, Yellowtail, White, Calico, Bay, or Sand Bass. Halibut, Rockfish, Crab, Lobster-ad infinitum
Fresh Water:
Trout, Catfish, Bass, Crappie.

If it lives in the water. I'll try to catch it, and I usually enjoy good success.
Flyfish for the trout sometimes.
(favorite reels are a pair of Penns, a 146 and a 505, that I've "hotrodded" with aircraft quality aluminum frame, sideplates, and upgraded ball bearings, made by a company called Accurate.)


"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll want to quit working"

[This message has been edited by electure (edited 11-08-2004).]

Scott (Electure),
Mate I'm hearing you loud and clear there!>
At the end of this week, I'm heading out from the coast of Timaru here to fish off of Waimate.
A good source of Deep Sea Blue Cod, a really good eating fish.
You can also get the odd Snapper, do you catch them up that far Scott?.
It's also a good part of the world for sharks.
I've dived in the same waters as Sharks and if you don't annoy them, they won't tear you to bits.
I still wear a chain-mail outer on my dive suit though.
Sharks seem to like Cray-fish as much as what us Humans do.
Mmm Crunchy!
But, who here can't fillet a fish?.

Wild sea-bass, (not the fish-farmed crap, that tastes like blotting paper), is the best tasting fish to me. We used to beach-fish them at Chesil, using peeler crab. What a fighter that fish is in the surf! Out bait fishing in the Solent, fresh mackerel take some beating for taste and good sport too, fished with very light tackle, not hauled in on 50lb line and a string of feathers. We used to cook them in foil over the outboard exhaust pipe. 2 hours later on shore, that elusive taste has gone stale. On my favourite list too is sea-trout. I also like oysters, though not strictly speaking a fish. I had a couple of dozen from my old friend Georges this Xmas, big ones he gathered in Brittany. Roasted in the shell over the embers of a fire till they open, absolutement impec!

Alan

PS. Only one of them worked!

Alan,
I was up in the Three Kings Islands back in 1991, I got hold of a rather large Marlin.
But, you don't catch them fish to bring them on board, just tag them and then send them away.
I did get a LOT of Yellow Fin Tuna though!.

Go fishing sometimes on the burn for wild Rainbow Trout after a thunderstorm when the burn will be in spate. Just got my shotgun license too.

BTW Trumpy, I was born in 1970. You do come across as mature and well grounded in your posts.