WTF - Did everyone quit fishing or something?

[Fish Dog]

Well, lately medical issues have kept me pretty much at home (and no, I don't mean the COVID stuff, other things that would keep me out if COVID had never been invented...or made up...or whatever you believe about that) so I have to fish vicariously by coming on websites such as this one. Today was disappointing, although typical lately. Four reports in the So Cal Freshwater forum one new one but all the rest were responses to posts made 8/16, 8/27, and 8/29 and NOTHING new on the Saltwater side. Doesn't anyone fish anymore or is everyone so paranoid that they think they'll burn "their hot spot" if they post they caught a couple of two-pound bass at Pymirid Lake (without zeroing in on the actual spot) or that they got a couple of dink dorado from under a kelp paddy 40 miles out in the Pacific somewhere? You can't tell me out of nearly 30,000 members only one guy has gone fishing in the last week.

[etucker1959]

Well, lately medical issues have kept me pretty much at home (and no, I don't mean the COVID stuff, other things that would keep me out if COVID had never been invented...or made up...or whatever you believe about that) so I have to fish vicariously by coming on websites such as this one. Today was disappointing, although typical lately. Four reports in the So Cal Freshwater forum one new one but all the rest were responses to posts made 8/16, 8/27, and 8/29 and NOTHING new on the Saltwater side. Doesn't anyone fish anymore or is everyone so paranoid that they think they'll burn "their hot spot" if they post they caught a couple of two-pound bass at Pymirid Lake (without zeroing in on the actual spot) or that they got a couple of dink dorado from under a kelp paddy 40 miles out in the Pacific somewhere? You can't tell me out of nearly 30,000 members only one guy has gone fishing in the last week.

The problem is, "Obama is no longer the President!" Say what??????? Are you smoking the good stuff you must be thinking!!! What does that happen to do with a fishing website? (A lot) Most fishermen are Conservatives and when Obama was President. They could kill 2 birds with 1 stone! Call Obama the worst President ever and then talk about fishing! Once Trump won the Presidency, they all put their heads down! How do you defend the President from Putin? When Putin put a bounty of $100,000 a head on American soldiers. (Trump said and did nothing!) Or calling soldiers, Losers or Suckers for fighting for their country! (that was just the latest, but Trump does that kind of stuff every week!) You can't defend him, so many people just took a hike! I'm the dumb Liberal who will still "WRITE" a fish report without pictures and nobody will respond to that! I wrote 3 fish report without a single response. (so what's my incentive to write another one?) I went to Irvine today and Wohlford and Silverwood last week. Did I feel like writing a fish report about them? Ah NOOOOO! If I was motivated I could write about the Bundy bounce. (Wohlford) Or Irvine is being guarded like Fort Knox! Except their isn't any Gold there anymore!

[XFACTOR]

What a pathetic moron!!!
The post was about no fishing reports, not politics. You fing biden suporters have major mental issues to believe all the fake news pushed by the democratic media.
Trump will kick sleepy joes *** in november then you can crawl back in your basement like joe will.
Next agenda will be to oust palosi, shummer, shiff and the rest of the lieing, cheating scumbags.
TRUMP 2020 is comming soon

[etucker1959]

What a pathetic moron!!!
The post was about no fishing reports, not politics. You fing biden suporters have major mental issues to believe all the fake news pushed by the democratic media.
Trump will kick sleepy joes *** in november then you can crawl back in your basement like joe will.
Next agenda will be to oust palosi, shummer, shiff and the rest of the lieing, cheating scumbags.
TRUMP 2020 is comming soon

Thank you for proving my case! Lol

[Natural Lefty]

Between Covid-19 and my wife being "ultra cautious" about it, plus 110 degree temps around here, I have not been fishing much lately, and if I did go fishing, the Mo-rons such as XFactor who still patrol this site would make me think twice before posting about it.

I do hope to go fishing sometime this week. The temps won't be as hot as they have been this past week, but still pretty hot.

[Theos]

What a pathetic moron!!!
The post was about no fishing reports, not politics. You fing biden suporters have major mental issues to believe all the fake news pushed by the democratic media.
Trump will kick sleepy joes *** in november then you can crawl back in your basement like joe will.
Next agenda will be to oust palosi, shummer, shiff and the rest of the lieing, cheating scumbags.
TRUMP 2020 is comming soon

Yes sir MAGA 2020 !!!!!!

[etucker1959]

Ok, it looks like I smoked some people out! Lol So here is the challenge, I just cranked out 2 quick fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (Fish Dog I'm trying to go Island Yellowtail fishing in the near future) So hopefully I'll give you something really exciting to read! So now it's up to the Conservative to write some fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (We know you guy's went fishing some where!) So report it!

I'll tell you what.

To make you guy's feel like it was the Good Old Day's. You can start off by saying, Obama was the worst President ever and then write your fish reports! I won't say a word because I know Obama was a top 10 President! (Historians said that not me) In addition Obama and his wife are the most popular couple in the world! Can your Boy Trump claim that and not be Laughed off the stage?

[Theos]

Ok, it looks like I smoked some people out! Lol So here is the challenge, I just cranked out 2 quick fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (Fish Dog I'm trying to go Island Yellowtail fishing in the near future) So hopefully I'll give you something really exciting to read! So now it's up to the Conservative to write some fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (We know you guy's went fishing some where!) So report it!

I'll tell you what.

To make you guy's feel like it was the Good Old Day's. You can start off by saying, Obama was the worst President ever and then write your fish reports! I won't say a word because I know Obama was a top 10 President! (Historians said that not me) In addition Obama and his wife are the most popular couple in the world! Can your Boy Trump claim that and not be Laughed off the stage?

Most of us conservatives are too busy working, I know I am, so smoke that out cuck.

[drifter023]

Ok, it looks like I smoked some people out! Lol So here is the challenge, I just cranked out 2 quick fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (Fish Dog I'm trying to go Island Yellowtail fishing in the near future) So hopefully I'll give you something really exciting to read! So now it's up to the Conservative to write some fish reports for Fish Dog to read. (We know you guy's went fishing some where!) So report it!

I'll tell you what.

To make you guy's feel like it was the Good Old Day's. You can start off by saying, Obama was the worst President ever and then write your fish reports! I won't say a word because I know Obama was a top 10 President! (Historians said that not me) In addition Obama and his wife are the most popular couple in the world! Can your Boy Trump claim that and not be Laughed off the stage?

Thanks for messing up another tread your good at that that’s why people do not reply to most on here anymore thanks again.

[webmaster]

Well, lately medical issues have kept me pretty much at home (and no, I don't mean the COVID stuff, other things that would keep me out if COVID had never been invented...or made up...or whatever you believe about that) so I have to fish vicariously by coming on websites such as this one. Today was disappointing, although typical lately. Four reports in the So Cal Freshwater forum one new one but all the rest were responses to posts made 8/16, 8/27, and 8/29 and NOTHING new on the Saltwater side. Doesn't anyone fish anymore or is everyone so paranoid that they think they'll burn "their hot spot" if they post they caught a couple of two-pound bass at Pymirid Lake (without zeroing in on the actual spot) or that they got a couple of dink dorado from under a kelp paddy 40 miles out in the Pacific somewhere? You can't tell me out of nearly 30,000 members only one guy has gone fishing in the last week.

I certainly have. For someone who used to fish 30+ times a year I don't think I've made more than 5 trips over the last 3 years.


In spring of 2018 I started to not feel well. Throat swollen and difficulty breathing. At first I thought it was just allergies because we were having a bad pollen season but it kept going so went to my Dr. She said I have an infection, gave me antibiotics and sent me home. This went on for about 2 months back and forth to the Dr. and numerous antibiotics. Finally ended up seeing a specialist and they determined I have Grave's Disease which is an immune disease that attacks the thyroid. So they tried medications at first but that wasn't effective, finally ended up going through radiation treatment in spring 2019.


The treatment worked, started recovering, by late May I was ready to rock and roll, start fishing again! I made one trip to Catalina and caught some yellowtail. Then in early June my mom, almost 80, slipped and fell. Hit her head pretty bad and ended up in the hospital. She hung on for 2.5 months but ended up passing from complications. Lots of stuff to do after her passing so no time for fishing the rest of 2019.


And so here we are in 2020 and because of my graves disease I am high-risk for covid and have to be super careful. No getting together and fishing with friends like the old days. I could still go with my GF though since we live together and while getting the boat ready for a trip last May I ended up tweeking my back lifting some gas cans.


So back to the DR I went. Specialists, x-rays, MRI, and determined I need surgery to correct the problem. Had surgery on July 21st and still recovering at present. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to get out fishing again but probably not before this season ends.


A good friend once told me that health is wealth. You can have all the money in the world but if you're not healthy then it's worthless because you can't enjoy spending it. Here's to good health to all who still read this site. With any luck I will start posting reports again in 2021.