Thinking Fishing

Some Thoughts About Fishing
I used to fish off the bank. That was before I ever had a boat. I would stand on the bank and cast out as far as I could into the lake. When I got a boat, I would cast toward the bank and try to get as close as I could. Interesting, huh? You see this all the time. The best looking water to catch a fish is where you are not.

I've heard that the biggest fish is the one that almost got caught. Yes, indeed. That happened to me just last week. I hung a big one while trolling. Thought I was hung on the bottom. Then it started swimming away from the boat, ripping line off the reel. Then it snapped the 14 pound test line. I just wonder what it was and how much it weighed. The more I think about it, the bigger it gets. See what I mean.

They also say that a man who catches a big mess of fish doesn't go home by way of the back alley. Definitely not. I've never met a fisherman that didn't want to show off their catch. I guess that's definitely related to pride. I need to watch that!

There was a cartoon I saw one time that showed a man leaving the lake with one very large bass. It was bragging size! He passed a man that had caught several really small bluegills. The man with the little fish, said to the man with the giant catch, "Just caught one, huh?"

You've heard the old say about "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach him to fish, feed him for a life time." My wife modified it: "... Teach him to fish, and get rid of him all day."

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Tennessee Granddaddy Says:
I think it's a good thing if you can laugh at yourself when you do something stupid. I laugh a lot.

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Quote of the Day
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
~Confucius

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Joke of the Day

Once upon a time there lived three men: a doctor, a chemist, and an engineer. For some reason all three offended the king and were sentenced to die on the same day.

The day of the execution arrived, and the doctor was led up to the guillotine.

As he strapped the doctor to the guillotine, the executioner asked, "Head up or head down?"

"Head up," said the doctor.

"Blindfold or no blindfold?"

"No blindfold."

So the executioner raised the axe, and z-z-z-z-ing! Down came the blade--and stopped barely an inch above the doctor's neck. Well, the law stated that if an execution didn't succeed the first time the prisoner had to be released, so the doctor was set free.

Then the chemist was led up to the guillotine.

"Head up or head down?" said the executioner.

"Head up."

"Blindfold or no blindfold?"

"No blindfold."

So the executioner raised his axe, and z-z-z-z-ing! Down came the blade--and stopped an inch above the chemist's neck. Well, the law stated that if the execution didn't succeed the first time the prisoner had to be released, so the chemist was set free.

Finally the engineer was led up to the guillotine.

"Head up or head down?"

"Head up."

"Blindfold or no blindfold?"

"No blindfold."

So the executioner raised his axe, but before he could cut the rope, the engineer yelled out:

"WAIT! I see what the problem is!".

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