Better than if he had told you that "fishing will only bring you yesterday's fish....as in you had to be here yesterday to catch them"Originally Posted by rip316
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Better than if he had told you that "fishing will only bring you yesterday's fish....as in you had to be here yesterday to catch them"
(courtesy of Finchaser)
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"only non-white people poach and litter" ???
Someone sent me this comment made by a guy who says he is half-Indian. I've been sent several racist comments, I thought this one was worth mentioning:
["These guys weren't Spanish either. They were either Egyptian or Pakistani. I know this because I am half Indian. Us browns have the ability to distinguish between different browns."]
Really? A little advice here...go back and ask the person you were referring to where he's from. I bet 2 custom plugs that you're entirely off by a continent.
Mad detective skills you got, bro.
The reason for mentioning this is people are very quick to characterize different ethnic groups as being prone to littering or poaching. I've seen both activities committed by all ethnic groups. The one problem I have with the characterization is that there are plenty of white guys who should know better, do know better, and either litter or poach. I've run across poachers in all shapes and sizes.
You might tend to see more poaching from various kinds of people or ethnic groups, I might agree with that if you were keeping a comprehensive log of observations and times, dates, places, etc, and were out there every day making observations.
But there is a danger in characterizing peoples' behavior according to their race.
Ex: I have a good friend who's Asian, fishes almost every day. A white guy reported him to F&G for fishing 3 rods, and harassed him on a jetty, while the white guy had 4 rods he was actively fishing. My friend had done nothing wrong other than fish 3 rods during the middle of the week on an uncrowded jetty. Where's the fairness in that?
And as for the stereotypical issue of Asians poaching blackfish, sure I've heard and seen it. I've been to Chinatown where every conceivable form of fish is for sale, including surf-caught striped bass, and live blackfish.
And I know that some of the guys making weekly trips to sell those live blackfish in the Asian markets are white guys, contractors with slow seasons, guys on Unemployment.
Some of the most arrogant poachers I have come across have had white skin. The sad thing is that they feel their skin color lets them get away with it.
It's a good thing to slam poachers.
I speak up every chance I get, and dump poachers' short fish if they're still alive. How many of the internet complainers can say that? But if you wanna slam groups of people, make sure you're looking at them all equally.
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And they're probably the loudest complainers about other guys poaching, "its the mexicans, bla bla bla."
You folks are crazy down there. Things are a lot quieter up here.
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Where's all the fish, how do I get to them, where should I go..... All these plus more belong to the lazy *** guys who wait for everyone else to find the fish.
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Letting it all hang out on the beach
I thought about putting this one up in the fishing story of the month, but it's a little foulso I thought it might fit better here.....
As related to me by one of our members.
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He was on the beach one day last week, at a particular SH beach. This beach was uncrowded, not many surf fishermen, and no bathers.
It was CLOSE to the nude beach at Gunnison, but not exactly.
(Bet ya can guess where I'm going with this story by now)
There was an older guy, in his 50's or so. This guy was built like a beachball, with fat and fat rolls spilling down everywhere.
While we try to be sensitive to fat people here, as many in America are overweight, that doesn't mean ya have to go the beach and show the world all your fat hanging out, and wear a frikkin SPEEDO!!
So, this portly gentleman is at the beach, while our S&A member is there fishing, minding his own business.
The portly guy starts to take his clothes off. It ends up that his bathing suit of choice is a pink speedo!
To make matters worse, maybe the guy thought he was at the nude beach, maybe he was looking to make "new friends".
Whatever the deal, the guy took his speedo off till he was one mess of jolly blubber and nakedness. That would have been bad enough if he just kept to himself.
But this portly fellow was in a chatty mood
As he was describing the story to me, my fisherman friend's voice trailed off.....I think he was busy
as those intensely disturbing pictures entered his head as he related them again.
My friend left soon after that for another part of the Hook. He reported it to a ranger, who said next time it happened he would come and arrest the guy.
What a way to cap off a morning of fishing.
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Yeah and now my eyes hurt too, thank you so much for posting that and the descriptive picsAs he was describing the story to me, my fisherman friend's voice trailed off.....I think he was busy
as those intensely disturbing pictures entered his head as he related them again.
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If a freaKfag like that ever tried that with me, I would start casting some wild casts, never know what you might accidentally hook.
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This is sick, it's almost like it was sexual harassment by a gay guy.I
So, this portly gentleman is at the beach, while our S&A member is there fishing, minding his own business.
The portly guy starts to take his clothes off. It ends up that his bathing suit of choice is a pink speedo!
To make matters worse, maybe the guy thought he was at the nude beach, maybe he was looking to make "new friends".
Whatever the deal, the guy took his speedo off till he was one mess of jolly blubber and nakedness. That would have been bad enough if he just kept to himself.
But this portly fellow was in a chatty mood
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Re: Letting it all hang out on the beach
I thought about putting this one up in the fishing story of the month, but it's a little foul
As related to me by one of our members.
*************
He was on the beach one day last week, at a particular SH beach. This beach was uncrowded, not many surf fishermen, and no bathers.
It was CLOSE to the nude beach at Gunnison, but not exactly.
(Bet ya can guess where I'm going with this story by now)
There was an older guy, in his 50's or so. This guy was built like a beachball, with fat and fat rolls spilling down everywhere.
While we try to be sensitive to fat people here, as many in America are overweight, that doesn't mean ya have to go the beach and show the world all your fat hanging out, and wear a frikkin SPEEDO!!
So, this portly gentleman is at the beach, while our S&A member is there fishing, minding his own business.
The portly guy starts to take his clothes off. It ends up that his bathing suit of choice is a pink speedo!
To make matters worse, maybe the guy thought he was at the nude beach, maybe he was looking to make "new friends".
Whatever the deal, the guy took his speedo off till he was one mess of jolly blubber and nakedness. That would have been bad enough if he just kept to himself.
But this portly fellow was in a chatty mood
As he was describing the story to me, my fisherman friend's voice trailed off.....I think he was busy
as those intensely disturbing pictures entered his head as he related them again.
My friend left soon after that for another part of the Hook. He reported it to a ranger, who said next time it happened he would come and arrest the guy.
What a way to cap off a morning of fishing.
I read this post and had tears in my eyes! Didn't know the gays could be so forward up there. fishinmission and monty liked your answers too!
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