Joe, there's a type of fishing that is hunting. Sight casting for redfish on the flats, or bonefish and permit, that's hunting and getting a shot. I've also done some crazy stuff in the deep end of the pool too-- chasing sailfish and pacific blue marlin in Costa Rica with fly tackle. (two world records for pacific blue marlin, one on 12 lb. tippit, another on 20lb. tippit.) but the only reason I could do it was 'cause it was my profession, my way of making a living full time. No normal person would spend that many days in a row(81) breaking fish off, pulling hooks and basically losing 99% of everything you raise... Younger guys would get mad and quit.
My years in Australia was more like bullfighting than fishing, because I was the idiot that wore The heavy gloves and pulling a wire leader with a 500- 1000lb.+ angry marlin was dangerous, but for an adreneline junkie, the idea of sitting on a pier waiting for a nibble just doesn't quite get me interested. So my interest in fishing always goes back to the bluewater.
In contrast, my boss loves to hunt in the mountains, but says he isn't all that thrilled with retrieving the critter after the kill, but just opposite when trolling for marlin, he loves the fight once the thing is on the string, but the trolling and waiting for a bite just drives him nuts!
I just don't seem to get the time to take advantage of the opportunities to hunt this winter, and it ticks me off. I love bird shooting and deer hunting in brush country.
