07-09-2009, 03:03 PM
[quote TubeDude]
[#0000ff]"Yeah, he's walkin' on the bottom (in 30 feet of water)"[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"They got little waders and motors built into 'em."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"They are fun, but you can't ketch much with 'em."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"My gawd, lookit all them fishin' poles. How's he gonna fish with all of them?"[/#0000ff] [/quote]
Just last weekend a couple of yuppies in kayaks coasted up to me, well off shore, and asked: "Are you walking on the bottom?" I shook my head no. "Then how are you moving?" I raised the tip of one fin and made another cast.
My wife worries about me, mainly because of boats, but many women immediately see the inexpensive aspect to getting their husbands to tube instead of haul and maintain a big ol' bass boat. "I gotta go tell my husband about your rig -- he's out looking for a boat right now," one told me.
I guess I just get lonesome all by myself. Sure, I love the solitude, but I'd like to speed my trip along the learning curve. You know, each place I've lived has a different type of lake that, to catch fish, I've had to learn. I look back to where I started tubing -- bountiful Toledo Bend -- and how I missed out in a major way by not knowing how to fish grass or laydowns or points or coves. All I had in my arsenal back then, being a displaced saltwater wader, was a Texas-rig worm and one crank, which I didn't dare use near timber for fear of snagging and losing it. I'd love to fish with and learn from someone who has other experiences.
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[#0000ff]"Yeah, he's walkin' on the bottom (in 30 feet of water)"[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"They got little waders and motors built into 'em."[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]"They are fun, but you can't ketch much with 'em."[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]"My gawd, lookit all them fishin' poles. How's he gonna fish with all of them?"[/#0000ff] [/quote]
Just last weekend a couple of yuppies in kayaks coasted up to me, well off shore, and asked: "Are you walking on the bottom?" I shook my head no. "Then how are you moving?" I raised the tip of one fin and made another cast.
My wife worries about me, mainly because of boats, but many women immediately see the inexpensive aspect to getting their husbands to tube instead of haul and maintain a big ol' bass boat. "I gotta go tell my husband about your rig -- he's out looking for a boat right now," one told me.
I guess I just get lonesome all by myself. Sure, I love the solitude, but I'd like to speed my trip along the learning curve. You know, each place I've lived has a different type of lake that, to catch fish, I've had to learn. I look back to where I started tubing -- bountiful Toledo Bend -- and how I missed out in a major way by not knowing how to fish grass or laydowns or points or coves. All I had in my arsenal back then, being a displaced saltwater wader, was a Texas-rig worm and one crank, which I didn't dare use near timber for fear of snagging and losing it. I'd love to fish with and learn from someone who has other experiences.
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