Glory Days Let's Hear Em

[bulletbob]

quote:
"Toggin' these days is a joke. Fancy, expensive tackle, fancy rigs, jigs (which I absolutely love doing!)... We never had to fish into December to put nice catches together. Like now, the best fishery is September-October, BEFORE "the opener" in November.... Also April was a great month as was May and even into June. Yes fishing was better for them because of less pressure in the 80's and 90's but it was NEVER so specialized and almost as elite as it is now.

Amen,, when blacks were still around, before people went crazy about snapping up
as many as they could get a hold of to sell so they could be eaten raw, it was a "boat pole' type of fishing and everyone was in the game.. Took a half hour to get the "touch" but the bites came so quickly you always had another chance in ultra short order... No "mystique", no "special touch", no 'blackfish weather"., no custom built $750 rod and reel. Just a good eating bottom fish that bit willingly, fought hard, and required a short adjustment period to get good at.. Lord how I miss those days..
now, you get 50 guys on a party boat, and sometimes 30 or more of them go home without a keeper, and the explanation is "well thats blackfishing".
yeah I guess so now, but for 100 or so years it wasn't... bob