luckymusky - 5/18/2009 11:51 PM wow, how do ya start..it is truly a serious passion..one of the few i have. i usually only fish with god.. meaning i cant get anyone to go with me...would love to have a woman that digs the outdoors and the water like i do. i dont even look for one anymore.the only things the broads around here are interested in, is your portfolio and what you do for work..and its always the first line out of there mouths when youre on the barstool and one meets y our eye...!anymore i just tell em.."i exist" and take a chug... anyway, its my 10th year and still lookin for the fifty, have seen her at chautauqua..one lazy lass.. and here at west branch...the "devil fish" i call her..last and only sighting was on 06-06-06..if shes still alive she will be pushing 55" which is almost unheard of around here.. i started out at 10 in the 70s with panfish{thanks uncle jack}from fla..no one in my family fishes. my father had serious sea sickness so he stayed away from boats and water all together..crazy though, he was an ace b-25 bomber in ww2...so one day uncle jack came to visit and told me we should go down to that pond at the bottom of the hill and fish. took me to the hardware store, got rod and reel, some worms and the rest is history. progressed from bass to pike and now to the queens of the lake. i really like what steve said about "sharing the experience" i love to see others hook up more than myself... if more people only knew the joy of being out there, they would be so much less stressed. my friends dont understand.."did you catch anything?" "no, saw one though.." why do you even go if you dont catch anything". its the experience of being on the water. we get to go out and play in gods wonderland with his creatures whenever we want..most times i think we are truly in heaven when fishing...so that being said, im takin my best pal from childhood fri. hes never been before so needless to say i will ask for some luck from above..hey it cant hurt right..? didnt mean to go linder on you guys..its just how i look at it...god bless, muskieheads!