08-09-2003, 05:27 AM
Hey there DH_tubinjoe,
I know one skipper that had just got his ticket and fish weren't being caught. He was up in the wheelhouse about ready to cry! It's funny now but.... some captians try harder than we might think and others are nothing but TAXI drivers late for their stool at the bar. Others just make it look easy!
I might start a big deal but ANYBODY who goes on an open-party boat and expects to catch fish just because they paid their $42 or whatever doesn't need to go on the boat. Those guys need to buy their own boat, bait, learn where and how to set up on the fish and then fish and catch!
I might be an easy mark but I've gotten decent effort from a captian, not exceptional but decent effort, and caught 0 to just a few fish and never thought that was outrageous. In another vien, I've got a lot of confidence in my luck and small fishing skill that I figure if fish were meant to be caught I would have gotten them.
The real guys that are a pain are the know-it-alls who come on the boat, can't fish worth a darn and then embarass themselves with getting half drunk, complain about other anglers, the captian, the deck... anybody but themselves that they can't get fish.
You pay that money for a ride, bait and a reasonable chance and that's it. If one can't handle that.. they should stay off the boats.
JapanRon
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