Tuesday, May 17, 2005

How to go catching...

During a recent study done by the newsy news staff, we have discovered three sure ways of catching fish...ways of such success they are guarenteed to work with out fail.

1. Cast your line(where ever) and make sure you get a big knot in it. A knot so big and complex, there is no way this side of sunshine you'll ever get it out. Then you'll catch a fish...usually right when your hold on the pole is the most distracted.

2. Read a very nerve racking book, at the most intense part you will catch a fish, but you wont notice because the book is too intense and you're sweating into your eyes.

3. Fish all day, starting at 6am. Just after lunch, when you are bored and tired of not catching a thing you may feel inclined to take a little nap. Its okay to nap, but be sure to have a tight grip on your pole, tie it to your arm if need be, because as soon as you start to snore your pole will take a dive to the bottom of the lake.

We hope these tips will work as well for you as they did for us.

6 comments:

dangeresque dan said...

I found another way to catch stuff. limberger cheese. Seriously, it worked for my grandpa and he always caught stuff (but never a cold).

Anonymous said...

i fish therefore i am. Once i tied my own knot in the line, hoping to head off any further misfortune, and of course, alas! - I could not cast. So i proceeded to let out all of my line by hand and andvance it into the water with my bait and hook far on the other end. OOOps, did I say allof my line, oh yes, all of it. As I was so intently focusing on placing my line in the water my poor reel completely expelled all of the wound line. Too bad there was not a KNOT where there should have been one. I nearly cried as I realized the last of my line was slowly floating down and away from my boat. However, to my relief, as i looked down beside me there of course was my hook and worm firmly imbedded in the boat seat. What would you have done? Prompltly of course I held onto the line near the hook, and released my worm to the wild waters below, slowly hoping to let line out until i found the other end. Sure enough... nibble, nibble, BITE! And my line peeled off from between My fingers, each time I got a grip I cut myself right in the inner index finger joint (know what i mean)I really wanted the fish, but I couldn't get a good grip on the line, until... oh yes, THE KNOT!! I was so pround of that little 5 inch sunfish that I caught. I had to relase himto the wild. Then I had to go find a band aid.

Anonymous said...

All my fishing stories are, if I don't catch a fish in the first 5 or 10 minutes Im out of there and on to more interesting things like dragonfly hatching.

Anonymous said...

Three cast limit I always say.

JC said...

I've given up on fishing. I just bring a book and help the cutie pie daugher with her Barbie pole. She can catch a pan fish or two.

Nell, your friendly Red Wing Corrections Officer said...

What about Dynamite ot netting?