HOOK, LINE, AND STINKER

by Cynthia MacGregor


Although guys are more likely to go on fishing expeditions than gals are, fishing is popular with both sexes. Some guys like to have their wives or girlfriends along for company, while others prefer just their buddies, and still others like the solitude of fishing alone—they think tuna boat is one too many. Go out fishing with one of these guys and eel be grumpy all day. But if you’re a couple who lobster go fishing together, you can really have a fine time by yourselves out in the boat even if you don’t catch anything. And if you don’t get any fish, you can still sun bait and get a little tan.

Some guys like to bring their dogs, but if you don’t watch him, the dog might shad fur all over the fish. Perch chance the dog might eat your catch, too.

For some guys, the porpoise of fishing is to catch dinner; for others it’s the bragging rights that are at stake; for others, a day communing with nature is the real purpose, and catching fish is just incidental. And for some it’s the exercise—no motorboats for them; they’d rather roe.

But it’s shrimply good clean fun, regardless of your motivation, and if you like to fish, you oyster get out there and do it as often as possible. The challenge, the exercise, and the change of pace are all healthy, and communing with nature, far from the city’s clammer, is good for your sole. Make a solemn promise to yourself: “Whale go fishing as often as we can.”

When you hook that first fish of the day, your adrenaline will surge. Feel the blood rushing through your veins? Feel the tingling in your scallop? Even if the fish you catch are small and you have to throw back everything you catch trout the day, you’ll have a marvelous time.

Before you go out, ask another fisherman, or someone at the bait shop, for some advice. As squid the fish are biting on today, so you know if you need worms, clams, or lures.

Be sure to bring sunscreen so you don’t get burned and perhaps a hat to keep the sun off your head so you don’t get a haddock. Coming home burnt and headachy would give you a crappie ending to the day. Some guys like to go out before dawn and come in before the sun gets too high, though salmon might say they’re missing a good time by coming in so early.

Women, of course you’ll dress in jeans or shorts—something that you can get fish and bait all over without cringing. This is hardly the place to wear a fancy frog.

Don’t bring too many friends with you unless you own a large yacht—if too many people octopi a small boat at once, it can get uncomfortably crowded.

But if you follow all my suggestions, and you don’t make a problem out of it in the event that the fishing’s not too good that day, you can have the bass time of your life!