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I Go Ice Fishing and Find Big Foot Stranded on the Ice
The other day I got up my courage, jumped into an extra pair of longjohns, and took off for the Salmon Creek Reservoir to fish through the ice.
A couple of years ago one of the girls in my Sunday School class told me she went ice fishing with her family in Southern Idaho and that she had fun.
They caught some nice trout.
Her thought stuck in my head and I decided to give it a try this year since ice fishing can be fun.
I could see those trout a sizzling in the fry pan.
Up where my oldest son lives in Michigan they put out their little fishing houses until the spring thaw when a number of them, along with automobiles, sink into the lake.
During the summer they build a new fish hut or whatever they choose to call it.
I don?t have a fish hut so up here in Idaho I would have to stand out on the ice and freeze my buns.
Actually because of my lousy heart history I?m not supposed to go out on a reservoir no more than I?m supposed to take a July stroll in the Sahara. But the weather had warmed up to freezing and I decided to give ice fishing a go.
The road was pretty crummy to the lake but I made it in fine fiddle.
The first thing I noticed when I got there was that I didn?t have a valid Idaho fishing license. A new year had slipped in on me.
Well, we old people can be forgetful and the fish warden would understand.
I pulled the hood of my barn coat over my knit cap to cut out the wind that never stops blowing up here. The barn coat was a gift from my daughter in New York State who understands the word cold.
Well, she should. She was raised in Iowa.
Next I opened the back of my Toyota minivan and noticed that, although I had my tackle box, I had no fishing pole.
I distinctly remembered that I had looked over my collection of a zillion poles and favored the one my grandkids are not allowed to touch.
But it wasn?t there.
What I did remember to bring was one of those cheap white chairs made from recycled plastic. I had also remembered to bring the new binoculars I got from my wife for my birthday who bought them when I pointed at them in the case at the Big Five Sporting Goods Store in Twin Falls.
The binoculars are Barsk X-Trail?, 15 x 70. They come with a very large carrying case, which I?m sure could be used as a backpack, and with a tripod.
It says $119.95 on the box but my wife paid less than half that using my American Express? card.
Before we bought them, I got permission to take them outside the store to look at the moon. The moon was full so I didn?t think I would see much detail like you can when the moon is partly in shadow.
Someone is building a greenhouse up there!
I set in my chair and scanned the reservoir. There was not a sole around and the cold was already seeping into my old bones.
I decided so much for ice fishing in the winter in Idaho.
That?s when I saw my old friend Big Foot.
Well, I heard him before I saw him.
He called, ?Is that you, Taylor Jones, the hack writer??
I scanned the ice and there he was, sprawled out on the ice as flat as a pancake.
I?m always amazed over his superior eye sight.
I yelled as loudly as I could, ?Yes!?
His roar came back across the ice and echoed from the rocks above me, ?I thought I could smell you! Can you help me? I?m stuck on thin ice!?
Some woodsman!
I yelled, ?I?m coming to get you!?
I chucked the chair in the back of the Toyota and drove across the dam to the west side of the lake. I wasn?t sure how the road would be. It?s bad enough in the summer time. I found it to be clear of snow from the latest warm spell yet the ground was frozen.
As I bumped along the road I tried to think how I could help Big Foot without any rope. There were some big pieces of cardboard from flattened boxes in the back of the Toyota. My scheme was to push them out to him and then to pull him off the ice.
We ex-engineers are full of such schemes.
My wife says that is not all we are full of.
It took me about an hour to get to him.
Actually, I found him walking up the road.
I jumped out of the car and said, ?Thank God you are safe!?
Big Foot said, ?Gotcha!
What ya? got to eat??
The End
copyright?2007 John Taylor Jones, Ph.D.
John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He is Executive Representative of IWS sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He also sells TopFlight flagpoles. He calls himself "Taylor Jones, the hack writer." More info: tjbooks Business web site: tjbooks. |
Women and Fishing -- Not Just A Man's Sport
More and more women are learning to enjoy fishing each and every day. And, why not? Fishing is a sport that doesnt require exceptional strength, stamina or height quite the contrary, fishing is a sport of agility, finesse and patience, skills many women already possess. So why dont more women fish?
Successful fishing requires knowledge of various types of fishing gear, tackle, and an understanding of the quarry. Fish have a variety of feeding habits, behavioral patterns, etc. and these characteristics influence how to go about fishing for them.
Traditionally, men learned how to fish when they were boys from fathers and grandfathers. Even if this training was lacking, its no big deal for a guy to hang out with other guys who enjoy fishing and learn the ropes from them.
For a woman, though, the process is apt to be somewhat more difficult. In my family of all girls, we learned the thrill of fishing as children from our father. Fortunately for us, our dad was an equal-opportunity fisherman...and he was a very patient man.
We learned to bait our own hooks, remove fish from the line, and clean the fish as well. We were rewarded with many an enjoyable Sunday on the lake competing for top family fishing honors of who caught the most and the biggest fish.
For women who werent brought up fishing as I was, all is certainly not lost. Although learning from a boyfriend or spouse is not out of the question, a significant other may not be the best place to get your first fishing pointers.
Your honey may not have the patience that you will need to learn proper fishing technique and he may be a bit condescending as wellnot exactly conducive to an enjoyable learning experience.
Try instead local womens fishing clubs. Check online for groups in your area that are specifically organized by and for women. Many groups are primarily centered on fly-fishing but not all are.
Also see if your community college or local university offers any fishing courses. Often fishing classes are offered in the adult education, physical education or recreation departments.
Of course, you can also start at your local library, checking out books on fishing and learning a few basic techniques that way.
Your local fishing outfitter or marina may have more information as well and would also be a good place for information and to network with other fishing women.
Another option is to go online and search for websites catering to women and the outdoors or, more specifically, women and fishing. One such website is ladiesletsgofishing.
Founded by Betty Bauman of Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1997, LLGF promotes networking among women anglers and emphasizes mentorship between novice and experienced members.
Other groups, both national and state, promote fishing for women. There are seminars, fishing adventures and special fishing events scheduled year-round in many areas of the country which are organized especially for women anglers.
Yet another reason fishing is a great hobby for women is because beginning your fishing experiences need not be prohibitively expensive. Especially when compared to other hobbies, start-up costs for spin or bait-casting fishing equipment are not tremendously high. Generally speaking, $200 or less can buy more than enough basic quality fishing gear for a beginner to get started. To start up a fly-fishing hobby will cost a bit more as the gear tends to be more expensive.
This, of course, doesnt include a boat! But, many fishing locations can be reached without a boat. Again, do your research to find areas accessible by car.
More women should consider fishing for an enjoyable and challenging hobby. Learning the basics of fishing is easy but perfecting those angling skills can take many hours of sometimes peaceful and sometimes extremely exciting time at the other end of a line.
About the author:
E. A. Edwards is a free-lance writer with a variety of professional and personal interests. You will find more information about fishing and fishing gear on fishing-rod-guide.
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Ghost Midge, Bead Head, Cream
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Price: 1.25
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A jacksonville florida fishing Artilce for Your Viewing
I Go Ice Fishing and Find Big Foot Stranded on the Ice
The other day I got up my courage, jumped into an extra pair of longjohns, and took off for the Salmon Creek Reservoir to fish through the ice.
A couple of years ago one of the girls in my Sunday School class told me she went ice fishing with her family in Southern Idaho and that she had fun.
They caught some nice trout.
Her thought stuck in my head and I decided to give it a try this year since ice fishing can be fun.
I could see those trout a sizzling in the fry pan.
Up where my oldest son lives in Michigan they put out their little fishing houses until the spring thaw when a number of them, along with automobiles, sink into the lake.
During the summer they build a new fish hut or whatever they choose to call it.
I don?t have a fish hut so up here in Idaho I would have to stand out on the ice and freeze my buns.
Actually because of my lousy heart history I?m not supposed to go out on a reservoir no more than I?m supposed to take a July stroll in the Sahara. But the weather had warmed up to freezing and I decided to give ice fishing a go.
The road was pretty crummy to the lake but I made it in fine fiddle.
The first thing I noticed when I got there was that I didn?t have a valid Idaho fishing license. A new year had slipped in on me.
Well, we old people can be forgetful and the fish warden would understand.
I pulled the hood of my barn coat over my knit cap to cut out the wind that never stops blowing up here. The barn coat was a gift from my daughter in New York State who understands the word cold.
Well, she should. She was raised in Iowa.
Next I opened the back of my Toyota minivan and noticed that, although I had my tackle box, I had no fishing pole.
I distinctly remembered that I had looked over my collection of a zillion poles and favored the one my grandkids are not allowed to touch.
But it wasn?t there.
What I did remember to bring was one of those cheap white chairs made from recycled plastic. I had also remembered to bring the new binoculars I got from my wife for my birthday who bought them when I pointed at them in the case at the Big Five Sporting Goods Store in Twin Falls.
The binoculars are Barsk X-Trail?, 15 x 70. They come with a very large carrying case, which I?m sure could be used as a backpack, and with a tripod.
It says $119.95 on the box but my wife paid less than half that using my American Express? card.
Before we bought them, I got permission to take them outside the store to look at the moon. The moon was full so I didn?t think I would see much detail like you can when the moon is partly in shadow.
Someone is building a greenhouse up there!
I set in my chair and scanned the reservoir. There was not a sole around and the cold was already seeping into my old bones.
I decided so much for ice fishing in the winter in Idaho.
That?s when I saw my old friend Big Foot.
Well, I heard him before I saw him.
He called, ?Is that you, Taylor Jones, the hack writer??
I scanned the ice and there he was, sprawled out on the ice as flat as a pancake.
I?m always amazed over his superior eye sight.
I yelled as loudly as I could, ?Yes!?
His roar came back across the ice and echoed from the rocks above me, ?I thought I could smell you! Can you help me? I?m stuck on thin ice!?
Some woodsman!
I yelled, ?I?m coming to get you!?
I chucked the chair in the back of the Toyota and drove across the dam to the west side of the lake. I wasn?t sure how the road would be. It?s bad enough in the summer time. I found it to be clear of snow from the latest warm spell yet the ground was frozen.
As I bumped along the road I tried to think how I could help Big Foot without any rope. There were some big pieces of cardboard from flattened boxes in the back of the Toyota. My scheme was to push them out to him and then to pull him off the ice.
We ex-engineers are full of such schemes.
My wife says that is not all we are full of.
It took me about an hour to get to him.
Actually, I found him walking up the road.
I jumped out of the car and said, ?Thank God you are safe!?
Big Foot said, ?Gotcha!
What ya? got to eat??
The End
copyright?2007 John Taylor Jones, Ph.D.
John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He is Executive Representative of IWS sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He also sells TopFlight flagpoles. He calls himself "Taylor Jones, the hack writer." More info: tjbooks Business web site: tjbooks. |
Women and Fishing -- Not Just A Man's Sport
More and more women are learning to enjoy fishing each and every day. And, why not? Fishing is a sport that doesnt require exceptional strength, stamina or height quite the contrary, fishing is a sport of agility, finesse and patience, skills many women already possess. So why dont more women fish?
Successful fishing requires knowledge of various types of fishing gear, tackle, and an understanding of the quarry. Fish have a variety of feeding habits, behavioral patterns, etc. and these characteristics influence how to go about fishing for them.
Traditionally, men learned how to fish when they were boys from fathers and grandfathers. Even if this training was lacking, its no big deal for a guy to hang out with other guys who enjoy fishing and learn the ropes from them.
For a woman, though, the process is apt to be somewhat more difficult. In my family of all girls, we learned the thrill of fishing as children from our father. Fortunately for us, our dad was an equal-opportunity fisherman...and he was a very patient man.
We learned to bait our own hooks, remove fish from the line, and clean the fish as well. We were rewarded with many an enjoyable Sunday on the lake competing for top family fishing honors of who caught the most and the biggest fish.
For women who werent brought up fishing as I was, all is certainly not lost. Although learning from a boyfriend or spouse is not out of the question, a significant other may not be the best place to get your first fishing pointers.
Your honey may not have the patience that you will need to learn proper fishing technique and he may be a bit condescending as wellnot exactly conducive to an enjoyable learning experience.
Try instead local womens fishing clubs. Check online for groups in your area that are specifically organized by and for women. Many groups are primarily centered on fly-fishing but not all are.
Also see if your community college or local university offers any fishing courses. Often fishing classes are offered in the adult education, physical education or recreation departments.
Of course, you can also start at your local library, checking out books on fishing and learning a few basic techniques that way.
Your local fishing outfitter or marina may have more information as well and would also be a good place for information and to network with other fishing women.
Another option is to go online and search for websites catering to women and the outdoors or, more specifically, women and fishing. One such website is ladiesletsgofishing.
Founded by Betty Bauman of Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 1997, LLGF promotes networking among women anglers and emphasizes mentorship between novice and experienced members.
Other groups, both national and state, promote fishing for women. There are seminars, fishing adventures and special fishing events scheduled year-round in many areas of the country which are organized especially for women anglers.
Yet another reason fishing is a great hobby for women is because beginning your fishing experiences need not be prohibitively expensive. Especially when compared to other hobbies, start-up costs for spin or bait-casting fishing equipment are not tremendously high. Generally speaking, $200 or less can buy more than enough basic quality fishing gear for a beginner to get started. To start up a fly-fishing hobby will cost a bit more as the gear tends to be more expensive.
This, of course, doesnt include a boat! But, many fishing locations can be reached without a boat. Again, do your research to find areas accessible by car.
More women should consider fishing for an enjoyable and challenging hobby. Learning the basics of fishing is easy but perfecting those angling skills can take many hours of sometimes peaceful and sometimes extremely exciting time at the other end of a line.
About the author:
E. A. Edwards is a free-lance writer with a variety of professional and personal interests. You will find more information about fishing and fishing gear on fishing-rod-guide.
Featured jacksonville florida fishing Items
Ghost Midge, Bead Head, Cream
Midge fishing requires concentration, stealth and a good selection of fly patterns for the numerous situations you may encounter. The Cream Bead Head Ghost Midge is one of numerous variations on the Ghost Midge theme, patterns which have indeed proven themselves in those quiet, calm tailwater and springcreek like fishing situations that can and does drive many fishermen back to the truck. If you’re serious about midging the Cream Bead Head Ghost Midge is a must have.
Price: 1.25
jacksonville florida fishing in the news
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Orlando Sentinel
Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:08:11 GMT
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Orlando Sentinel, FL - By Robert Tolf | Sun-Sentinel Jacksonville is teeing off on another season with the Jan. 23-30 Pro-Am Golf Classic at its Deercreek Country Club, ... |
Holiday gift guide for athletes or sports fans at the Beaches - Florida Times-Union
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:03:09 GMT
Holiday gift guide for athletes or sports fans at the Beaches Florida Times-Union, FL - This is not a "best of" list, just a few gift ideas for sports enthusiasts: -For runners: 1st Place Sports (424 Third St. S. in Jacksonville Beach, ... |
Local crew finishes 3rd - Florida Times-Union
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:42:59 GMT
Local crew finishes 3rd Florida Times-Union, FL - By Jim Sutton A boat carrying a crew from Jacksonville and St. Augustine fished its way to third place in the Southern Kingfish Association National ... |
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