Sportsman- A Dying Breed?

[riverrat2]

I totally agree afterhours, I feel like I am the only person my age putting in the time as a surf fisherman. I know plenty of kids who are into the boat thing but not any that are into fishing the beach. So, save the sport and give me all your plugs.

[Raven]

this whole politically correct and revamped ethics thing ...is all a bunch of nonsense....just look at what they are doing to CHRISTMAS....

these people who say oh! the fish feel pain are the same bozo's you see on 495 or any other highway that just bought a new bush or tree for their yard and are driving down the highway at 60+ mph with it in the back ....basically thrashing it to death with hot wind and couldn't care less or are not intelligent enough to have thought about putting it inside their overly spacious suv. They wouldn't want to get a bit of soil on their lovely seats as if it is so germ laden it should be classified as toxic waste.................................
when in reality they and every other american during the course of a lifetime eat and digest a whole bushel of soil. Dirt is whats under your toe nails or in the cracks of your kitchen floor tile.
soil on the other hand is a micro city of thousands of live creatures
that support the life of plants that are alive just as much as animals
or fish. A plant or tree has just as much right to consideration as any animal or fish yet people wack them, chop them or abuse them like they are not alive. you see kids out there ripping branches of trees because they haven't a clue about whats truly alive and whats dead. it makes me sick to see it. being a sportsman has always meant taking game or fish in the most proficient manner as to avoid unecessary suffering and also obeying the hunting and fishing regulations.That philosophy is what kids are taught ...when they
are taught to hunt or fish.....and to respect all forms of life. Until they come up with synthetic food (solent green) life has to be taken in order to eat it and live as we all are Part of the food chain.

ok i feel better now....

[ThrowingTimber]

try finding someone who can fish 6-7 nights a weeks Mid May to Mid to December. Let me know if you find 'em.

[Jimbo]

Yikes! Raven, I don't know if you caught the end of the movie, but just before he dies Charlton Heston says, "Soylent...green...is...peopleeeeee."
Hey, I guess a true sportsman can take many forms, but when I was a kid I never used to miss Curt Gowdy on The American Sportsmen. The guy was always unassuming, yet knowledgeable, never loud or in anyone's face. He took the time to tell about whatever quarry he hunted after it was killed, explaining about its beauty or value, something that let you know it wasn't just the thrill of killing something. You didn't see any high tech advantages being used, just Curt and Bing or John Havlacek or some other celebrity out in earnest swapping some stories ro knowedge, maybe a song, and hunting or fishing. Ah, I'm getting to be an old fart, what do I know.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Yikes! Raven, I don't know if you caught the end of the movie, but just before he dies Charlton Heston says, "Soylent...green...is...peopleeeeee."
Hey, I guess a true sportsman can take many forms, but when I was a kid I never used to miss Curt Gowdy on The American Sportsmen. The guy was always unassuming, yet knowledgeable, never loud or in anyone's face. He took the time to tell about whatever quarry he hunted after it was killed, explaining about its beauty or value, something that let you know it wasn't just the thrill of killing something. You didn't see any high tech advantages being used, just Curt and Bing or John Havlacek or some other celebrity out in earnest swapping some stories ro knowedge, maybe a song, and hunting or fishing. Ah, I'm getting to be an old fart, what do I know.

you know more than you think....yeah the american sportsman was my most absolute favorite show...and i'd kick my brothers asses if they wanted to watch anything else....especially that sound of the bull elk bugling would give me such a rush....so much so that i still miss it...and was wondering if you could buy/rent that old show on DVD.... anyways that and field and stream made me the sportsman that i am today. i was duck hunting and re-loading my own shotgun shells ,out shooting ring necks and up in maine bear hunting at age 15. the soylent green thing was a joke pointed towards peta people....like what do you want? cadaver crackers so we don't have to eat poor defenseless animals....I saw this dipsh1t calling deer right to him on tv the other day...until he pissed off this one buck who wanted to run him thru with its antlers until he finally was using his tree stand as a barrier to keep from being gored to death....
his dungaree's were all ripped up bigtime....it was rather amusing.
he says afterwards....well i guess i won't do that again

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

try finding someone who can fish 6-7 nights a weeks Mid May to Mid to December. Let me know if you find 'em.

Vic, you're a fish hammering machine! Even I can't do 6-7 nights for that long. Maybe a month straight, then it's back to 2-3or 4.
Oh yeah, Sportsmen. I came up in the surfcasting life in the early 60's. We never bought bait, always dug,trapped or snagged our own. If you pulled out a plug, the others would wonder why you weren't fishing. We bait fished and hammered fish. We started in March with cod at Head of the Meadow. Sometimes we had to cast from the parking lot or dune because the waves wouldn't allow you to set up on the beach, and we still caught fish. Sometimes I can't believe the bitter cold weather and wind that we fished in . There were damn few who fished like that then and I believe there are fewer now. Fewer because there are fewer cod to be had from the beach. But I believe that there are more who fish at night between May and November for bass. We saw very few at night back when. Anyway from what I see in the field, there may be fewer hard core sportsmen , but what I see for sale in stores and catalogues, there must be more. Who's buying all that stuff?

[riverrat2]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

Vic, you're a fish hammering machine! Even I can't do 6-7 nights for that long. Maybe a month straight, then it's back to 2-3or 4.
Oh yeah, Sportsmen. I came up in the surfcasting life in the early 60's. We never bought bait, always dug,trapped or snagged our own. If you pulled out a plug, the others would wonder why you weren't fishing. We bait fished and hammered fish. We started in March with cod at Head of the Meadow. Sometimes we had to cast from the parking lot or dune because the waves wouldn't allow you to set up on the beach, and we still caught fish. Sometimes I can't believe the bitter cold weather and wind that we fished in . There were damn few who fished like that then and I believe there are fewer now. Fewer because there are fewer cod to be had from the beach. But I believe that there are more who fish at night between May and November for bass. We saw very few at night back when. Anyway from what I see in the field, there may be fewer hard core sportsmen , but what I see for sale in stores and catalogues, there must be more. Who's buying all that stuff?

Whos buying all that stuff? People who can't fish and belief the more money they spend the more fish they will catch.

[basswipe]

Ah its winter.