The life of a nomad, tips for on the road fishin
Today, I'm sitting there at this new launchin spot I found, end of the woods.
I see I have company, a homeless dude who enterprisingly takes bags of garbage from neighbors' houses, brings them into his crib in the woods, and picks through them for what he wants, throws the rest away in the woods.
When I first found that spot, I wondered how all those shoes and clothes got to be along the shore, now I know. http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon3.gif
As I'm thinking how shabby this dude looks, I take a look at myself in the rear view mirror :eek:
No shave for 2 days, bunker blood on my shirt, I looked like I just got locked up for killing my family, or accused of keeping bodies in he basement, Jeffy Dahmer style.
So change your clothes, dude, and move on! :D
Thought I would put up some of this stream on consciousness stuff for the nomads out there.
Tip and survival tips for nomad fishin
So what do some of you guys do when on the road for more than a day?
- Find a grocery store to buy stuff if you will be out for 2 days or more. I got it down to a science, I can buy 2 days worth of semi-healthy food for $20 or less. Beats the hot dogs at the 7-11.;)
- Find decent places to go to the bathroom. I can always use the woods, but it's nice to clean the stink from under your arms once in a while with some soap.
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Ghetto grocery stores and clean bathrooms
To add to this thread, I took pics of my favorite places to buy food and ones that have the nicest bathrooms. Makes a big difference sometimes. I took pics inside the Porta Potty at the NCB, but i think if I posted them people would be :upck:
Best Ghetto grocery store in Queens/Rockaway: (clean bathrooms too, upstairs and to the left) The meal you see displayed cost $10.32, and is enough for a full day, or 1 1/2 days if you're not a pig like me. :D
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Best quick Jbay place for a pit stop and clean bathrooms:
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Best product for chafing from fishin in wet gear for 2 days or more:
Find someplace safe to sleep
Take it from someone who learned the hard way by sideswiping the back 1/4 of the truck when a tree was too close to the side of the road. :embarassed:
I drive all over for a shot at decent fish, and have learned no fish is worth the consequences of an accident. Even a 5 hour energy drink has a let-down point.
When I get to that stage now, the first thing I do is pull over, get out, and do squats to get the blood going. Jumpin jacks if I have to, anything to get that blood pumping through my veins.
If that doesn't cut it for the next hour or so, I know I'm done and have to find a place to crash. I tend to stay away from rest stops because of the fruitcakes you meet at night there. So I look for a restaurant that will open in the morning with a secluded parking lot in the back, a bakery, deli, something like that. Then I hit the back and grab a few z'ssss. Nothing like the alert attitude you get from a few hour's sleep, and it may save your life.
Could also prevent your family from the choice of what suit they should bury you in, so that decision to turn off and grab some sleep could impact a lot of people, if ya know what I mean. ;)
Fish hard, but drive safe, that's my PSA for the day. :HappyWave: