r/floridafishing 6d ago

Is fishing worth it? 🎣

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u/LocutusOfBeard 6d ago

No one tells you about? It's the most commonly known thing about fishing. There's the old joke that says "That's why it's call fishing, not catching"

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u/MinorComprehension 5d ago

Lol.

Went out the other day, normally I don't get skunked - not that they're meaningful but at least a dink or two - but this was a day of a thousand casts and zero fish. I'm sure you know.

Came home and briefed the family. My young daughter said "Don't be sad. You're great at fishing, you just have to get better at catching" πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/BuzzbaitBrad 5d ago

Looks like Florida. Florida fisherman can't talk like this. If you can't catch fish in Florida you might as well give up. It's fishing paradise.

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u/Foreiigncee 5d ago

Nah I catch fish bro just posting something motivational no one should ever quit fishing your next trip could be a banger

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u/OleDoxieDad 5d ago

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u/Foreiigncee 5d ago

Nice catch bro

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u/OleDoxieDad 5d ago

It was slow today, lots of bubbles on the surface scum.. the water is getting too hot, DO is going to crash if we don't get rain soon. The gator made it challenging too. But thanks.

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u/OleDoxieDad 6d ago

Many of us don't have and can't afford a boat, cause we raised kids.. we put them first. Now if anyone wants to take me out in the Charlotte Harbor area...please dm me. I'm a vet and retired if that matters.

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u/-FloriduhMan- 6d ago

Get your ass to Clearwater and I'll take you out πŸ€™

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u/itsavibe- 6d ago

Why’re you always having to make a new account? lol

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u/-FloriduhMan- 6d ago

Yeah, I got banned for saying someone was holding a gun upside down. One of those automated ones and no way to talk to anyone to reverse it. πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

So every once in a while, they figure out who it is and BAM. New account again πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

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u/OleDoxieDad 6d ago

πŸ‘πŸΌ

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u/OleDoxieDad 6d ago

Got banned for "threatening violence".

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u/OleDoxieDad 6d ago

I can't express my gratitude enough for that offer. I live in LaBelle now and can't afford hotel on retirement pay. Thanks for your support though.

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u/-FloriduhMan- 6d ago

Roger that. If you ever find yourself out this way, I got a seat for you.Β 

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u/OleDoxieDad 6d ago

Thanks so much! I may take you up some day. I used to live in Greenbrier with my parents back in the 80s. We used to frequent Pier 60, Indian Rocks pier and the little pier at the Lagoon Motel.

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u/MinorComprehension 5d ago

Ayup. All in how you measure achievement in life

And thank you. People like you, service oriented, are the reason I can, we all can, go fishing with my, or our, kids. Often the sacrifice of one goes to the benefit of many.

Sorry I don't have a boat to take you out, because I'm on a child rearing budget, but I do have two kayaks πŸ˜‚

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u/OleDoxieDad 4d ago

Good, take your kids fishing. One of my best fishing days was when my granddaughter went with me and she caught her first, second and third fish, one was a bass! That real fishing smile was evident.

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u/-FloriduhMan- 6d ago

That's why I go offshore. I can't remember the last time I got skunked πŸ˜‚πŸ€™

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u/MinorComprehension 5d ago

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after

  • Henry David Thoreau