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Old 01-31-2011, 06:23 PM
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Old 01-31-2011, 07:56 PM
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Not yet, but im working on it.
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Old 01-31-2011, 08:28 PM
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Yes, several times. I will tell you a story about myself my brother and brother in law fishing. We weren't to drunk to fish but were pretty drunk. We were in S.C. fishing a small lake that had a story attached to it about a half man lake creature that supposadly had been seen in the area. Occasionally a story would be on the news about someone seeing this creature. As the night went on we put some hotdogs on a small hibachi grill in the back of my truck. After eating we went back down the bank to the lake to fish. We were catfishing with liver, so our hands were getting nasty. I had a carwash mitt, so I tied it to the end of a stick. We would pull it out of the lake to wash our hands off with it. After a few more beers I told them about the lake monster and that we were fishing in the very lake he was supposed to inhabit. A few more beers and we walked back to the truck for another hotdog. As we all three leaned into the back of the truck to get a hotdog we were scared to death a possum was helping himself to a free meal and when we got close he jumped onto the side of the truck. Seeing how we had already scared ourselves with the lake monster story that possum nearly done us in. Since the possum ruined our hotdogs we decided to have another beer and walk back to the lake and fish some more. When we got to the lake I baited my hook and cast my line back in the lake. My two accomplices had forgot about the carwash mitt tied to the stick. I pulled it out of the lake to clean my hands. As it broke the water it made a big noise because of all the water in it. And ofcourse the site of this large white thing coming out of the water just added to the terror that suddenly gripped my unknowing partners. The bad part was It scared me too. Needless to say too many frosty adult beverages, a spooky story , a possum and a carwash mitt nearly caused us all to have a coronary that night, and a hilarious story that one of us brings up when we get together. None of us have ever went back to that lake though.
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I almost slept in one time but my friend woke me up after my other friend woke him up.(John didn't know where I was staying because I was staying at another friends house because of a storm called Wilma.)Anyhow friend #1 wakes me up and says he's to "hurting" to go out that morning.So we went out without him.We had a great day,I got two Sails and a huge Bull Dolphin.

I'd much rather fish than drink.

I've never had motion sickness.
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Old 01-31-2011, 09:34 PM
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Gamedic, GREAT story!!! LMAO!!

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I have another great story. I'm sure you all remember Richard Jewell. He was the security guard accused in the olympic bombing in 1996 in Atlanta. Richard had been a leo in our area a few years before and he was always great help to ems when he ended up on the same calls as us. Shortly after he was cleared of all the charges in the Atlanta bombing we invited him to go to Santee Cooper reservoir fishing with a bunch of us paramedics. We had been there a couple of days and I had stayed drunk the whole time. That afternoon we had come in from fishing and as the guys were preparing supper Richard went down to a dock and sat down to fish a little more. I took a half gallon of orange juice poured it in a one gallon milk jug, puy in some ice and filled it the rest of the way with vodka. I called it the worlds biggest screwdriver. The more I drank the more aggravating I became to the rest of the guys in the small trailer we had rented. They finally convinced me to go sit with Richard. I went down to the dock and sat down with him. He started talking about all the pain he had endured in the last few weeks, between all the bad publicity and the FBI and GBI searches of his mothers home and all the questioning. I really started feeling sorry for my friend. About theat time a bout comes through the no wake zone in front of us. The boat was going pretty fast and stirring up a good wake. As it passed by Richards fishing line got caught up on something on the boat and he really had to act fast not to lose his fishing pole. Richards line was cut and he Yelled 'thanks for cutting my line buddy" The two men in the boat yelled obcenitys back at Richard and gave him the one finger salute. Well I was about 23 or 24 years old and I was still ten feet tall and bullet proof. Especially with all that vodka in me. The guys pulled up to the dock at a little baitshop/hangout nammed Flippos. I went down the shore yelling that my friend had been picked on enough and I wasn't going to tolerate it from these two. I have always been big and strong as an ox, so as I get close to these guys they run back to there boat and push off and get out of my reach. So I resorted to throwing rocks at them. The guys sitting on the porch at Flippos just yelled and laughed. They all wanted to see a good fight. The guys I was with came down to the dock and took me back to the trailer. I sat down for dinner and I fixed myself a 32 oz screwwdriver to drink with my meal. I was mad and loud and my friend Phil said "Why don't you just go to bed?". Well believe it or not I decided that was a good idea and headed off to bed. There was only one problen I was to drunk to find my bed. I wondered into Phils bedroom, I thought it was mine. Phil comes in the room and tells me to get out of his bedroom. I was still holding my 32 oz screwwdriver and when I turned around to argue with him I dropped the mostly full cup right in his suitcase. Needless to say the fight was on. Phil is a bull of a man and with me drunk it really wasn,y much of a fight. He threw me out on the porch where I ended up sleeping the rest of the night. Before I passed out I remember hearing Phil laughing and saying I would never wake up in time to go fishing in the morning. I showed him I was the first one up. I cooked breakfast for the guys and woke them up. We fished all day and I felt great, until about noon when I finally sobered up from the night before.
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I have been way too drunk to be around any body of water larger than a small bathtub.
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No, but may have driven a few fishermen to drinking and been responsible for some "monster" legends.

Trick was taught to me by my older brother and has become something of a family tradition.

We grew up on the coast of Florida in the late 50's & 60's. Back then people often fished off the numerous bridges. Most often all the fishermen would be on the side that allowed the prevailing current to carry their bait back under the bridge.

We put on our mask & fins, a pair of gloves and carry a pair of pliers. Quietly and secretly slip into the water on the other side of the bridge. Swim under the bridge along the pilings and pick a line. Follow it down and grab the hook with the pliers. We'd then tease them a bit, gradually building to a whale of a fight. We'd surface under the bridge and out of sight and kick and slap the water with our fins. After a few minutes, let go.

Always enjoyed hearing the local stories about what "monsters" lurked under certain local bridges.
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Too drunk to fish, no. Too drunk to stand, yes.
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One of the reasons I no longer drink.
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I used to fish drunk often but no, never been too drunk to fish, even offshore.
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Too fish to drunk? What was the question?
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I don't understand the question.
Do you mean "too unconcious to fish" ??
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Old 02-01-2011, 06:22 PM
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I have never THOUGHT I was too drunk to fish. In hindsight, I may have been incorrect.
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Spring of 1964 was a dramatic time of my life. I had been working in wv and got transferred to my home state of wis. I had a hot love affair going on in wv and she wanted to follow me. (Widow with a small boy).
I was wanting to stall or slow down the situation untill I got better settled and get to know her better. I got the job set up in wis, and soon she somehow forced my hand and I sent mony for bus tickets. That week end I went to my folks house and they were on vacation on a fishing trip in canada. I hooked up with my best friend harold L, better known as "bear". Bear had been one of the best H.S. wrestlers in the nation and college. Some time later he was wrestling coach at beloit college, besides his regular job. Bear was the toughest man I ever knew and we had fought a lot together growing up.
We took my dads boat to the river, but dad had taken his motor to canada. We were paddeling up the river when two guys took pity on us and towed us a couple miles. Later at the boat landing we met them again. The tavern was nearby and I bought them drinks for the favor. I remember one said he was a undertaker in oshkosh. Things soon got out of hand. Bear goaded me into a drinking contest. Bear told me later he wasnt really drinking all his drinks and was acting it to see how much I could hold. At one point I remember going to the bathroom. The undertaker was passed out on the floor with his head in the urinal! (The bartender finaly threw us out)
I dont know how much I really had to drink, they were all different and fast together. Harold thought maybe 30!
Somehow we made it to my folks house. I knew I was in for it as I heard roaring in my ears and every thing was starting to look red and cloudy. I told bear, we gotta work out fast or I might die! We both were fighters besides wrestlers and soon things got way out of hand. We quit throwing each other around and now was dukeing it out. Harold made like a bull fighter in front of a large oak tree, I charged, he side stepped and I ran into the tree,----at least twice! Somewhere along the line I broke a couple of harolds ribs.
Finaly I remember harold dragging me in the house by my collar. He asked me wheres your ma keep the bakeing soda? He stuffed what seemed like a half a box of it down my throat. That sure did the job!
Finaly we decided to try for his house in town. Harold was driveing my car. There was a old narrow dirt road through thick trees with branchs sticking out. I remember opening the door and hanging out to regergitate, harold would pull to one side and let the branchs hit the door and squeeze my head against the door frame,----a couple times!
Finaly I dropped harold off and made it back the 70 miles to my room in green bay. I looked like I had been in a fight with a grizzly. The GF showed up a couple hours latter. That didnt last.
I very seldom have a drink nowdays. Harold is a bible thumper. We both been there.

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Isn't that like being too drunk to breathe?
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Sure... But never while I was fishin'!
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