Anyone else talk to their fish?

M_D

M_D

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Maybe it's a getting older thing...or maybe a senility thing, but I'm finding myself more and more openly verbalizing the stuff in my head. The other day, for example, I found myself telling one of my fish how beautiful his colors were and another one to stay away from the snags. I caught myself and thought 'Holy :poop:....have I become that crazy person living under the bridge?' Then I became paranoid....and wondered if those other two guys in the pontoons 30 yards away heard me AND was that why they started moving away?

Anyone else have 'What about Bob' moments;)
 
I often talk to fish, mostly when they are not cooperating. Like when I've shown them a fly that I know they like on a long drag free drift 10 times in a row I'll start to ask them questions , like " aw come on what the hell do you want".
If they refuse to answer I'll switch to a different tactic and use psychology on them. Understanding that fish are very sensitive I'll avoid a direct insult and say something like " You know, all the really smart fish in this pool really liked this fly".
These are just two of the many things I'll say to a fish depending on time of day, weather, lack of sleep, holes in my waders, wind knots, etc.

If after many attempts to reason with and cajole them they still refuse to cooperate and I'm feeling frustrated and rejected and forced to move on
I'll just give them the finger along with the old standby " Fk you and the horse you rode in on".
 
Back in the days during/after the OJ trial. A friend would hook a fish and start saying...." I got u OJ, u ain't getting away this time".
 
That's alright. I talk to the self check out at Walmart. When it says thank you, I say it back out loud. I also thank it for my change. I talk to my Truck when the dumb shit gets stuck in the snow, Or sometimes just to hear another man talk. I'm old and keep getting older, but not senile, yet.
 
Absolutely talk to them!! Thank them for playing - I also talk to the stream. There is a favorite spot on a local stream (Tilly's meadow, well, now Tilly's and Cody's meadow) that I visit after the stream has closed - thank it for the enjoyment it provided me through the summer and bid adieu until next spring - I am sure I have heard it answer me in the breeze - am I crazy? If yes, well, I like it.

cheers
 
Old Man said:
That's alright. I talk to the self check out at Walmart. When it says thank you, I say it back out loud. I also thank it for my change.
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I do this too, but have to yell at it sometimes when it tells me to put my item in the bag after I already have, sheesh, dumb machine.

cheers
 
Mostly it's, "get over here, dammit, hold still, I'm trying to grab that hook, sorry, shit, hold still...."
And I fish with a guy who goes from muttering to screaming, "c'mon, eat it, eat it, EAT IT Dammit!"
 
I did notice I was talking to the fish, wishing them well on on their way and thanking them, then I lost a really big one right at the net and it was U.G.D.M-F**@$$#.....:)
 
PhilR said:
Mostly it's, "get over here, dammit, hold still, I'm trying to grab that hook, sorry, shit, hold still...."
And I fish with a guy who goes from muttering to screaming, "c'mon, eat it, eat it, EAT IT Dammit!"
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that's not ALL that guy yells!


eat it F****R!!!! You stupid b**ch! EEAAAATTTT!!!
 
If they will be released--I will tell them, I like your attitude. Keep eating like that, grow big and fat, see you next time.

If they will be harvested, I always say this prayer:

Thank you Mother Ocean
Forgive me my knife
Thank you beautiful fish
For giving your life.
Amen.
 
I was on a creek in Wyoming fishing and doing pretty well. Bobby Knight drove up in a black SUV got out with a camera crew and started yelling at the fish. I said lucky there are no chairs around and gave him the fly they were taking. Talking is fine yelling doesn’t work, pretty sure they know you are there then. I do have a few choice words when they break me off.
 
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