The Fishing Thread

[Vrede too]

... Someone try to page me with an empty quote let us perform a scientific experiment.

Done...

Sheesh, all that effort and no word on whether JTA got the notification or not.

[JTA]

... Someone try to page me with an empty quote let us perform a scientific experiment.

Done...

Sheesh, all that effort and no word on whether JTA got the notification or not.

Confirmed. We have made contact.

[Seth Milner]

Sheesh, all that effort and no word on whether JTA got the notification or not.

And your stake in this is . . . ? :-0?>

JTA, my notification is turned on, (I think) but I've not had anything but a goose egg showing . . . Notifications [0]

[Vrede too]

And your stake in this is . . . ? :-0?>

None, silly, I was just teasing him for asking a favor and then not following up.

JTA, my notification is turned on, (I think) but I've not had anything but a goose egg showing . . . Notifications [0]

You sure? User Control Panel: Board preferences: Edit notification options: "Someone quotes you in a post" has to be checked.

[Seth Milner]

And your stake in this is . . . ? :-0?>

None, silly, I was just teasing him for asking a favor and then not following up.

JTA, my notification is turned on, (I think) but I've not had anything but a goose egg showing . . . Notifications [0]

You sure? User Control Panel: Board preferences: Edit notification options: "Someone quotes you in a post" has to be checked.

Got it this time. It was un-checked. Thanks!

[Vrede too]

Got it this time. It was un-checked. Thanks!

De nada.

Test, and formatting flub in my prior post fixed.

[Seth Milner]

Notifications [2] OK .

[Seth Milner]

Man Catches 300-Pound Fish



Sam Gerson had no idea what he was in for when he woke up hours before dawn Monday to head to Cape Canaveral, Florida for a day out on a fishing charter. The group boarded the boat and headed out to open sea, passing the Kennedy Space Center on the way.

After a morning watching his friends catch cobia, kingfish and bonito, Gerson decided to try some deep line fishing over a shipwreck site. "I dropped my line in and within seconds of hitting bottom, I felt a strong jerk. As I started reeling in, the rod bent until the tip was almost in the water. Soon I wasn’t reeling, but instead holding on for dear life as line was running out of the spool at an alarming speed," he told The Huffington Post.

Gerson and his friends spent an hour trying to reel in the mysterious animal. They wondered if it was a shark, a grouper, or if they were reeling up the entire shipwreck under their boat. After an hour of sweating, the fish broke the surface: a massive goliath grouper. Estimated by the fishing guide to be over 300 pounds and possibly more than 50 years old, Gerson and his friends quickly dubbed him "The Dinosaur."

Before letting the massive fish go, Gerson wanted a photo with his catch, so he jumped into the water for a snap. "I was able to swim along side this beautiful animal and even touch its huge scales. After a few minutes of this close encounter, it was time to cut the line and let our new friend return to his world, where he is the undisputed king. A few powerful strokes of the tail and he was gone."

We can only imagine the grin on the fisherman's face as he watched the fish swim away.

Christina Anderson
Editorial Director, Lifestyle; The Huffington Post

[JTA]

Man Catches 300-Pound Fish



Sam Gerson had no idea what he was in for when he woke up hours before dawn Monday to head to Cape Canaveral, Florida for a day out on a fishing charter. The group boarded the boat and headed out to open sea, passing the Kennedy Space Center on the way.

After a morning watching his friends catch cobia, kingfish and bonito, Gerson decided to try some deep line fishing over a shipwreck site. "I dropped my line in and within seconds of hitting bottom, I felt a strong jerk. As I started reeling in, the rod bent until the tip was almost in the water. Soon I wasn’t reeling, but instead holding on for dear life as line was running out of the spool at an alarming speed," he told The Huffington Post.

Gerson and his friends spent an hour trying to reel in the mysterious animal. They wondered if it was a shark, a grouper, or if they were reeling up the entire shipwreck under their boat. After an hour of sweating, the fish broke the surface: a massive goliath grouper. Estimated by the fishing guide to be over 300 pounds and possibly more than 50 years old, Gerson and his friends quickly dubbed him "The Dinosaur."

Before letting the massive fish go, Gerson wanted a photo with his catch, so he jumped into the water for a snap. "I was able to swim along side this beautiful animal and even touch its huge scales. After a few minutes of this close encounter, it was time to cut the line and let our new friend return to his world, where he is the undisputed king. A few powerful strokes of the tail and he was gone."

We can only imagine the grin on the fisherman's face as he watched the fish swim away.

Christina Anderson
Editorial Director, Lifestyle; The Huffington Post

That's almost as big as the bass I caught at Hartwell a few weeks ago.

Impressive nonetheless!

[Seth Milner]

Man Catches 300-Pound Fish
That's almost as big as the bass I caught at Hartwell a few weeks ago.

Impressive nonetheless!

Shoot, I've got goldfish that big.

[Seth Milner]

A private lake where I have permission to fish; I have my own key to get in the gate.

[Seth Milner]

Well, I uh, well, you see. . .

[Vrede too]

A private lake where I have permission to fish; I have my own key to get in the gate.

That's way more convenient than the step stool they gave me. You must have paid for the premium access.

[Seth Milner]

That's way more convenient than the step stool they gave me. You must have paid for the premium access.

I had to buy the padlock.

[Seth Milner]

NOPE!!!

[Seth Milner]

JTA, was this you?

A man get stopped by a game warden with his basket full of fish.

Warden: do you have a license for all these fish you've caught?
Man: no sir. These are all my pet fish.
Warden: your pet fish? How's that?
Man: well, every night I take all my pet fish for a walk to the lake, I let them swim for about half hour and then
I whistle and they all come back and jump in my basket and we go home. We do this every night.
Warden: Well that's just the biggest crock. . .
Man: here I'll show you... (Dumps the fish in the lake)
Warden: Well this I got to see!!
5 minutes later...
Warden: Well??
Man: Well what?
Warden: the fish!! Where's your pet fish??
Man: What fish??

[O Really]

That's a silly tale. Who's going to believe you have to get a license to catch fish in the same country an 18-year old doesn't have to get a license to buy a shotgun?
(Otherwise, it was pretty funny)

[Seth Milner]

That's a silly tale. Who's going to believe you have to get a license to catch fish in the same country an 18-year old doesn't have to get a license to buy a shotgun?
(Otherwise, it was pretty funny)

He has to have a license to use that shotgun though. . . opps!

[stephenpe]

Not for shooting clays or intruders or stand your ground or just for fun.......dove/quail/turkey I agree......

[Seth Milner]

Not for shooting clays or intruders or stand your ground or just for fun.......dove/quail/turkey I agree......

Oh hell. . .look out; the shit's about to fly. The majority here are anti-gun, anti-2nd amendment Nazis; my reason for saying "opps"!