Who lasts longer at surfcasting?

[BassDawg]

and an excellent wintertime thread!!!

BUT; in my humble opinion~~~

i think alot of who outlasts who from the physical
side of the equation comes down to DNA/genes.

some bodies are blessed by their ancestors to have the
capacity to stay in good physical conditioning with less efforts
than most of the same size, age, and experiences~~~
regardless the COLOR of their COLLAR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

when i consider the mental aspects of this sport we love,
DZ and others have summed it up nicely by bringing the
WANT factor into it. ie hungries, and extremists.

i am a Local #7 Union Ironworker. for over twenty years i've been abusing my body against the steel. as i age, i learn more about "working the iron" vs "the iron working me". yet we ALL only have so many reps/casts/rock hops/turns of the wrenches/mental distresses in us before time and nature reduce our capacities to do ANYTHING!!

that being said, i have to WANT it every day to continue in my trade~~~~
my knees, shoulders, elbows, and ankles are turning to junk, relatively speaking. i can still "throw bolts" with the best of them ~young or old; but i believe that my productivity at this stage in life is more based on my DESIRE and my "working smarter, NOT harder" approach that my diminished physical capacities have thrust upon me. don't get me wrong i am still very capable of "gittin' r done",,,,,,,,,,,,i just feeel it more these days,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

imho, this same dynamic applies to the mental side of surfcasting. while it may hurt more and take more out of me physically,
i am MORE driven and am learning to maximize my windows of opportunity, so that i reap the greatest return on my investments of time, energy, family sacrifice, and both the mental and physical stresses that surfcasting requires from us hungries/fish harders.

the fact that i experience this everyday at work, the ability to dig deep and keep digging and finish each day STRONG,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,gives me the wherewithal to "find that place" during each nights haunts. i am also trying to feesh smarter and work the surf, rather than the opposites of both,,,,,,,,,,,,,so my vote is for BC,,,,,,,,,,,all things considered and the above mentioned exceptions applied.

STILL, each night out is a Blessing and i count every striper dawn as joy. since i get sooooooo much more from surfcasting, than it could ever take from me. whether catching or not, the rejuvinative powers (both mentaly and physically) derived from living the nights and dreaming the dreams and chasing the COWS and slamming the surf gives me a solace of mind, body, and spirit that i've yet to find in a various sundry of recreations/sports/hobbies/addictions ~lo these 48 1/2 years.

I LOVE THIS SHEEEEEET, and the same is true for my job!!
i think that it is a pre-requisite for both; irrespective of the collar's color we wear to put bread on the table. as has been said; El Stripera cares NOT what color one's collar is, she's just trying to kick yer adzzz and drop that hook infested eeeeeeeel that you've deeply stuck in her maw.

[Flaptail]

See, the thing is, as you get older you are supposed to have gotten wiser and learned somethings, like when to be at a certain place and for how long as it corresponds to when fish will be there on a certain stage of the tide.

I used to flail away all night long only to slowly realize the fish show at certain times and tides and it makes no sense to kill yourself once the intel has been learned.

Don't fish hard, fish smart.

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

See, the thing is, as you get older you are supposed to have gotten wiser and learned somethings, like when to be at a certain place and for how long as it corresponds to when fish will be there on a certain stage of the tide.

I used to flail away all night long only to slowly realize the fish show at certain times and tides and it makes no sense to kill yourself once the intel has been learned.

Don't fish hard, fish smart.

PREEEEE

CISELY!!

that's why i luvs me honeyhole,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

firstcast, beefy eeeeels, HT, new or pissin' full and

yer intoTALL cotton on sum cows,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Tagger]

You lift alot but don't get alot of good cardio doing construction .. Construction workers diet off the garbage truck,, pizza ,, sausage subs,,cheese burgers,, add cigarettes and mass quanitys of beer and coffee .. You get older you tend to want to just lay down and die .. Can't do that ,, gotta hit the gym .,.gotta do cardio ..I have alot of new female friends working out with the girls . Wish I did this when I was younger ..

[HESH2]

i tkink age is the biggest factor here.i'm old blue collar who fishes over 100 days a year,all from surf during daylite.my body is beat up from age and blue collar work.i look at 2 of my white collar sons,who are in pretty good shape and can go hours day or nite fishing hard.they can do the walk and do the talk.

[Big Water]

There are three of us that have been fishing together for awhile, two of us since the early 80's. We are a combination of Blue and White Collar and all on the either side of 55 years old. The true White Collar is a marathoner. We all swim and still do all-nighters. We all feel very fortunate to have such a passion as surfcasting that has kept our attention for so long. We have stayed in shape over the years with the mindset of being able to keep up. I see us doing this for awhile.

[Joe]

The runner's body and the elite surfcaster's body are very similar.