A Year on the Bay

by **StevieA** » 31 Jul 2019, 09:41

My name is StevieA and I’m an angling addict. During my first year of sea fishing, this is what I’ve learned:

Everyone hates weevers and eels until all you’re catching are weevers and eels.

You’re supposed to mount tip lights pointing toward you, duh!

When smooth-hounds are present, slacken off the drag. Now. Do it now. Do it... oh, too late.

Do not fish the Grosvenor platform on a winter’s night during a fresh westerly on a 10m tide.

If everyone treated each other as anglers do, the world would be a kinder, safer place.

Your clothes, car, shed, tackle box, fridge and freezer stink. Basically, you totally stink.

You will always choose to fish near, but not quite near enough, the best place to fish.

Smooth-hounds fight like the devil; thornback rays fight like a lump of lard.

Whiting are like lemmings, except they leap out of the sea.

The next world war will be fought between anglers and jet skiers.

In the right hands, a lugworm pump is worth its weight in gold. In the wrong hands, it’s worth its weight in minced worm tails.

The cod are always coming but never arriving.

In the sea angler’s world, nothing can be said to be certain, except weed and crabs.

And finally, any angler who seeks to engage you in casual conversation is about to show you a picture on his phone of the large cod or bass he just caught at the mark you almost decided to fish but didn't.

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by **Bluehands** » 31 Jul 2019, 15:03

Totally agree Steve. Weed at the moment is worse than jet skies and seals. :gp:

by **pensioner pete** » 31 Jul 2019, 16:23

Absolutely brilliant Steve and very true.

by **Padsta Tel** » 31 Jul 2019, 18:21

Spot on Steve I’m guilty of the last one.

by **Neild** » 31 Jul 2019, 19:57

So well said.. Spot on :cheer:

by **Weebarra** » 31 Jul 2019, 21:37

Good philosophy ma8 :cheer:

by **Rasputin** » 01 Aug 2019, 04:37

Spot on that Steve :gp:

by **JoeRoberts** » 01 Aug 2019, 21:19

A lot of things will be true for some on here (the hound and thorny I have still to experience has I have yet to hook one) but roll on your second year Stevie :thumb:

by **billbob** » 02 Aug 2019, 09:52

Well done Stevie, I think that parts of your post will form part of my obituary when the time comes, especially the stinky bit. :lol:

by **Paul R** » 02 Aug 2019, 22:46

Well said Steve.one day those cod will arrive, hopefully in my lifetime :thumb:

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