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| I posted last week what is the most sporting fish, and it overwhelming was Blue Marlin. I have never caught a Blue (and I am looking forward to the invite) as it would be difficult to do out of an 18' flats boat. I feel that finding and fooling a fish is the thrill, and from the hookset on to landing the fish is somewhat anticlimitic. The moment that the fish is fooled and takes a fake as if it were something that the fish thinks is something that is going to be good to eat is the greatest part of fishing. The reason that Permit on fly is the most sporting fish to me, is to date I have yet to find anything harder to fool. Just getting close enough to get a shot seems to be almost impossible to me, much less fooling one. Doing all it takes to find a fish and then presenting a fake to it and making the fake act real enough to get an aproval by the fish taking it, is the most thrilling part to me. By no means is the fight not fun to me, but it is not nearly as thrilling as the bite, and seeing it makes all the better to me. I realize that everyone is has a different opinion on things such as this, and I thank God, otherwise there could possibly be alot of people like me and that couldn't be a good thing. But: Maybe this is a better way to ask the question, What part of fishing is the most thrilling?
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Hands down the most thrilling is either wiring or gaffing. There's nothing like having 500 pounds of angry muscle and willpower armed with a rapier-like bill just a few feet from you, connected only by some mono to your OWN HANDS. And when it comes to gaffing, I am just straight up a killer by nature. I like killing almost anything that walks at my farm, especially if it has a massive amount of bone sprouting from its skull, but I LOVE sinking the cold steel into a fat charlie yellerfin and having him beat me to death trying to rid his condemned body of BOTH hooks sunk into it.
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Another good post Garbo. Good question.
I am the wireman for a reason. It's the most fun for me, but when I was a lot younger I liked being the cranker. But cranking is a younger person's thrill or one for guests. Being on deck is the best and when its time to grab the leader you can't be tentative or afraid or you will get hurt. And this is where the team game changes into an individual pursuit. Each part of the team is made up of individual parts who each have to function independently in order for the team to be successful.
That said, wiring a big blue is not something you get to do every trip. Sometimes they're small and other times you don't get the shot. So for the rest of the time, the thrill is in rigging the lures/baits. I love watching baits run in the spread. I like knowing which ones to pull at certain times and in certain conditions. Better yet, is understanding what each lure "should" do and how to tune the hookset, skirt or rigging to get the most fish attracting action. I have literally spent a thousand hours watching lures and then tinkering with each component to get what I want out of the lure. Once you've got one just right, its time to check the next and sharing those patterns and thoughts isn't bad either.
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Bluewater fishing holds the biggest thrill to me. Being part of a team effort is the shits. Anything from sitting down and discussing where we gonna be at in the morning before we leave or making a 50 mile adjustment after the first day. *sniff, sniff* Ya'll know what I mean. We make all of our decisions as a team, where to go, target species, tackle, who's wiring, gaffing, driving, reeling, filming, handing out emergency beer...etc. I love all of it, driving, wiring and gaffing being my favorites. (I do get somewhat aroused by gaffing, I have to admit) It's all good. Leaving at dark, being 80 or more miles offshore at first light and finding a good bite right off the bat, yeah...that's good too. I could go on and on......
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Garbo (10/22/2007)
Maybe this is a better way to ask the question, What part of fishing is the most thrilling? Rolling backwards, then kicking to descend as fast as your ears can handle... when the reef comes into view through the murk and you see a hoss waiting to get shot, your heart starts pounding. And if you don't make a kill shot, you have to fight... down there, in their element. Ok, so it's not exactly "fishing" but I love it enough that I haven't used any of my rods/reels for a couple of years now.
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