Newsletter - KAS 2/2002
Debbie Ferguson and Peter Major got married
Congrats to both of you.
Gordon McRobb and Anne Malcome also tied
the knote Congrats to both of you.
Secondly - Dave Olds
Dave got malaria and at the same time had
Kidney Faliure. He was in intensive care for serveral days, but is now
recuperating at home in Sentosa. He could do with a few visists from friends
to get him through this time.
Any one got a motor to sell - Dave Bowness is looking for a 150 hp motor, if anyone has one please contact Dave on 777086 Dixon's Services Station.
The weekly tips I was getting have stopped
, so I have been on the Internet trying to find tips on fishing. So here
goes let hope it helps .
Your fishing foundation
consists of three areas:
approach, attitude, and enjoyment. These three areas
are all of equal importance. They must be addressed and
strengthened in order to support and organize the large
amounts of information available to anglers today.
Without a strong foundation, your questions and the
answers to them remain as individual pieces to a puzzle.
Approach
Fishing is very easy to over-think. Keep it simple. Approach each problem,
no matter
how complex it may seem, with the attitude that there are always simple
solutions.
Keeping fishing simple can be one of the most difficult things to do. With
the real facts
and information intertwined with advertising and myths, recognizing these
true, simple
facts can be a major challenge.
Separating facts from advertising, myths, and information designed only
to sell products
is simple. You must approach each piece of fishing information armed with
one fact: fish
don't think or make decisions. Fish react to an action. Understanding this,
fishing can
become quite simple, and the information that can make a real difference
becomes quite
clear.
Attitude
The identification of a truly good fisherman is his smile. A smile is your
ticket to fishing
success. Twenty years ago, you couldn't pass another boat without a wave
or a smile,
and a friendly, "Hello." You couldn't walk past another fisherman along
the bank without
getting a smile and a, "How they biting?"
Today, you could call a smiling fisherman an endangered species. Most fishermen
don't
smile or say, "Hello." They act as though they are the only one on the
lake, even though
they are in a pack of boats. This is a sad commentary because there's only
one thing
that can make you a better fisherman, and that's communication. Communication
is the
sharing of experience and information and is the key to fishing success.
You, as a fisherman, don't have enough fishing days in your lifetime to
do all the things
that could be and should be done on your favorite lakes, let alone tackling
new waters.
If you smile, it will open communications and allow knowledge to flow.
Join a fishing club,
attend a fishing seminar or fish a tournament. These are the things that
will make you a
better fisherman. Remember: It all begins with a smile.
Enjoyment
Enjoyment is another part of your fishing foundation that
must be considered and worked at. Enjoyment and fun
don't automatically come with fishing. On the contrary, a
fishing trip can at times be a great deal of work and little
or no fun. Just ask your wife. Fishing today has changed
dramatically from what it was 20 years ago. Fishing today
is too often squeezed into busy schedules, taking
something we should enjoy and savor and compressing it
into something closer to work than fun. Fishing trips
today are high- tech, with all the expensive equipment
and the bells and whistles that go with it. Too often time
is condensed and restricted. This leaves us without any
fun or relaxation, but instead with frustration and a family
who hopes they never hear the word "fishing" again!
Today's fishing trips leave much to be desired, as they
are generally scheduled to fit into a particular time slot.
"We've got to get there by 6:00 A.M. because I have to
be back by 3:00 P.M." This means a quick stop for bait
(maybe some snacks and ice if you're not in too big a hurry), launch the
boat, hit your
first hot spot, then the next, and so on. When a fish is eventually caught,
it's admired
briefly and then quickly tossed back into the water because you don't have
enough time
to clean it anyway. Soon, the time is up and it's back to the ramp you
go. You load the
boat and head for home arriving in time for supper. Then at supper, rather
than a recap
of all the fun you had, you say to your son, "Don't forget to clean the
boat." And we
wonder why kids don't like to fish anymore!
Twenty years ago fishing was an event that
involved the entire family. Planning started
about mid-week with deciding where to go. Bait shops were called along
with fishing
buddies to find where the hot bite "was happening." Kids made sure the
grass was
mowed and the trash was taken out, being sure not to leave any obstacles
that could
derail their fishing plans.
Bait gathering was an event, not just something bought along the way to
the lake.
Snacks weren't bought or picked up at the drive-through along the way.
Mom packed
the lunch the night before. Fishing was always for the day or until you
were done, no
time limits. Most of the fish that were caught were kept, and even though
they may not
have been the biggest, Dad sure acted like it. Dark was the only time we
knew to be
home, but it was always later than that. First, a stop had to be made at
Grandpa's, then
Uncle Bill's, showing off the catch-of-the-day. Once home the duties weren't
cleaning
the boat, but to clean the fish and listen to Mom tell us how she was going
to fix the
catch for supper. These weren't just fishing trips, but fishing events
involving the entire
family.
How does involving your whole family make you a better fisherman? Simple:
you can go
fishing more frequently. The more you fish, the more you catch, and the
more you catch
the better you become, and the more fun you have. These are the three simple
things I
consider your fishing foundation: approach, attitude, and enjoyment. Strengthen
this
foundation and the pieces to the puzzle will fit together.
Kas Memebers - Our next
fishing league is on the 24 February 2002,
Alan has put a log on our Internet site so you can enter your own results.
Visit the site as it has all the Fishing
Maps , Fish that you find in the dams etc.
So you can plan where to fish on the 24
visit the site. The address is "http://www.geocities.com/karibaangling"
Kas Memebers subs are now
due!!!!!!!!
Cheers and tight lines
Jenny