I then realized.....
The "good old days" we were talking about...were only 8-10 years ago......
When you could go out for a night of fishing.....and pull in 10-20 fish or more......

** Caveat......These "good old days" don't even compare to the fantastic fishing that existed after the bass rebounded after the moratorium, in the late 80's and 1990's.
But it occurred to me many of the newer folks out there fishing don't have that as a frame of reference.....

It also came to mind...
There is a lot of internet chatter about "finding the fish"
"The fish are there you just have to work for them"
"If you know what you are doing, you can catch regularly"
and other naive phrases..........

I asked myself how there could be a disconnect between the griping we were doing.....
And some of the bravado you see out there today on the internet?.....some of it ending up as "Well if you are not catching maybe you just don't know how to fish!"....and other ridiculous statements........

Was also talking to Monty yesterday as well....
He said something about...."Yep the fishing sucks....we know it....we just have to adapt.....
(which many people have done......)


I do think when we forget or minimize how good fishing used to be....we lose our sense of perspective.....
A 20lb bass......which ordinarily didn't raise many eyebrows in a tackle shop....becomes a "Cow" or an example of "epic fishing".













I thought I would ask the folks out there........
1. What the "Good old days" means to them......
2. And what they miss the most about them.....



Thanks for your opinions.....