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[mad][mad][mad]I'll be the first to admit it--I have a problem. When I go out on a sportfishing boat, I like to catch fish, and I like to have a reasonable amount of action. What I really hate is getting on a boat & suddenly finding out that "The Famous Halibut Drift" is on the agenda. What that means is that in five hours of fishing, 35 anglers will catch six halibut, and 30 anglers will wind up with empty sacks. That's what happened on a recent outing. Endless drifts & bottomless boredom. I'm not going to single out the landing, because they all do it. Standing at the rail soaking a live squid until it dies of old age is not my idea of a good time. As for those boats who specialize in halibut fishing, forget it. I'd rather stay at home. Of course, a lot of people get all excited by halibut drifts. These are the same people that spend a fortune on the lottery and never win squat. If the sand/calico bass are still on hiatus, let's go catch sculpin or rockfish--let's have some action! But if you're going fishing "just for the halibut" you can leave me at the dock!
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Hey there klymons,
If you don't like the halibut drifts.... go WSB fishing and anchor, then soak a squid until the blue perch have totally tore it to pieces and wait for that golden 20 minutes out of 14 hours when the dumb croakers decide to put on the feed bag!
Happening now...... go for it if you dare! ha ha ha
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Hey there klymons,
If you don't like the halibut drifts.... go WSB fishing and anchor, then soak a squid until the blue perch have totally tore it to pieces and wait for that golden 20 minutes out of 14 hours when the dumb croakers decide to put on the feed bag!
Happening now...... go for it if you dare! ha ha ha
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Jeez, that sounds like as much fun as a halibut drift. Or to quote the words from an old Billy Preston song: "Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'. . ." If I wanted to just sit there & be bored, I would go to work! It's just amazing what fishermen will put up with. Every once in a while you'll read some overnight fish counts like this--25 anglers, 1 yellowtail, 4 rockfish & 6 barracuda. Now that's a bona fide "lack of action!" Just think of all the money those poor guys spend for absolutely nada! And we don't even want to talk about those long range trips where guys spend thousands to catch nothing but grief(usually from the wife who believes that money would have been better spent on a snazzy new living room ensemble!) Of course, some of the lightweights fall by the wayside, and turn to golf and home improvement for hobbies. But us hardcore anglers--getting up at 2AM in the morning & driving three hours to the landing just to get a choice spot on the stern--we will persevere. Let it rain, let the winds howl, let the waves crest over the bow & soak us. We don't care--bring on the mindless halibut drifts, let us sit on the anchor to wait for non-existent white sea bass, let us yo yo jigs on a mark that the captain insists are yellowtail but turn out to be just a bunch of mackerel on steroids. . .We don't care--just roll the dice and toss the chum. . .We are not just men--we are fishermen!
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