Apparently angling is not among Our Hostess' pastimes. Pity, that. But it did remind me of one of the more amusing incidents I have witnessed. At a local gas station, I watched as a young man asked a girl whose face was bedecked with piercings whether she had fallen into a tackle box. She appeared unamused, but I suspect that was her general mien.
I use such a lure and assume, artificial as it is, it is close enough to a crawdad/crayfish or other lake-bottom denizen to stir up the bass. I am reminded of an old sci-fi story of sports-aliens who came to fish in the earth's atmosphere . . . people would pull out a box of Kallogs Corn Flekes from their cabinet for breakfast, not realizing it was not quite the real thing . . . and then be reeled up kicking and screaming to the alien UFO. One supposes a man fry ensued.
"Fish aren't all that smart. Even I can catch a few."
I once caught the same fish twice. On consecutive casts. A small northern, I released him, cast again with the same lure and he hit it again. There's stupid and then there's incomprehensibly stupid. "What were you thinking?"
I'm not much of a fishman. I imagine real anglers have plenty of stories like this.
I once spent fifteen minutes watching a moray eel make repeated strikes at a tang. The eel missed every time (they have crappy eyesight) and each time the tang would scoot a couple feet around the base of this big coralhead, then resume casually swimming. The eel would shake its head, spend a minute or two re-finding the tang, and prep for another strike.
Bloody in Tooth and Claw! ... Eventually ... any day now, folks ...
"I once caught the same fish twice. On consecutive casts. A small northern, I released him, cast again with the same lure and he hit it again. There's stupid and then there's incomprehensibly stupid. "What were you thinking?""
Smaller fish are in contention with each other for available food. They gotta be first. That's what they are thinking.
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39 comments:
Fishing lure
Fishing lure.
I didn't need AI. As a child I walked along shorelines and collected lost lures. It was very entertaining back then.
Soft plastic lure. Thread it on a jig head. Mimics a crayfish. I'm sure the Madison chain has a few of the real thing and are eaten by gamefish.
I’ll go with Aggie AI.
Or rather Aggie Intelligence
Pretty fishy.
"Soft plastic lure. Thread it on a jig head."
Yep.
it's pride month. that is a butt plug.
I've always been surprised that fish will bite on those things.
Peachy, Peachy, Peachy...Heh.
With a hook in place, this would be a nice Bass Pro Shops themed earring. It'd also be suitable for punk-eco-alt-poly jewelry and body adornment.
Perhaps Peachy happened across "The Teaches of Peaches" album...err....okay...
Thanks, Peachy for a good laugh.
“I'm glad I didn't rely on guessing. I used AI and I know what it is.”
But before you consulted God, what was your guess?
"But before you consulted God, what was your guess?"
Please don't say it was butt plug.
"...Or rather Aggie Intelligence..."
Is today Oxymoron day?
Apparently angling is not among Our Hostess' pastimes. Pity, that. But it did remind me of one of the more amusing incidents I have witnessed. At a local gas station, I watched as a young man asked a girl whose face was bedecked with piercings whether she had fallen into a tackle box. She appeared unamused, but I suspect that was her general mien.
"...I'm glad I didn't rely on guessing...."
Oh, dear. What on earth did you guess ?
Althouse is posting content with allure.
I use such a lure and assume, artificial as it is, it is close enough to a crawdad/crayfish or other lake-bottom denizen to stir up the bass. I am reminded of an old sci-fi story of sports-aliens who came to fish in the earth's atmosphere . . . people would pull out a box of Kallogs Corn Flekes from their cabinet for breakfast, not realizing it was not quite the real thing . . . and then be reeled up kicking and screaming to the alien UFO. One supposes a man fry ensued.
@Peachy, I hope they were smart enough to remove the hooks. But being Democrats they probably weren’t.
Original Mike said...
"I've always been surprised that fish will bite on those things."
Fish aren't all that smart. Even I can catch a few.
"Original Mike said...
I've always been surprised that fish will bite on those things."
Their brains are the size of a pea.
“Their brains are the size of a pea.”
So you’re saying distract Democrats with fishing lures?
"Fish aren't all that smart. Even I can catch a few."
I once caught the same fish twice. On consecutive casts. A small northern, I released him, cast again with the same lure and he hit it again. There's stupid and then there's incomprehensibly stupid. "What were you thinking?"
I'm not much of a fishman. I imagine real anglers have plenty of stories like this.
"So you’re saying distract Democrats with fishing lures?"
Just don't throw them back.
Peachy, I almost spit out my coffee. LOL
I took it for a trilobite.
“Who’s that lady?”
Ain’t no lady, she’s our Peachy!
Yea, Peachy! All I know is I wouldn't eat it and I wouldn't want it crawling on me!
same fish twice...
I once spent fifteen minutes watching a moray eel make repeated strikes at a tang. The eel missed every time (they have crappy eyesight) and each time the tang would scoot a couple feet around the base of this big coralhead, then resume casually swimming. The eel would shake its head, spend a minute or two re-finding the tang, and prep for another strike.
Bloody in Tooth and Claw! ... Eventually ... any day now, folks ...
Aquatic Turnip Bomb?
Ribbed for your pleasure. Peachy knows her stuff.
This is the worst disclosure day ever.
"I once caught the same fish twice. On consecutive casts. A small northern, I released him, cast again with the same lure and he hit it again. There's stupid and then there's incomprehensibly stupid. "What were you thinking?""
Smaller fish are in contention with each other for available food. They gotta be first. That's what they are thinking.
reeled up kicking and screaming to the alien UFO. One supposes a man fry ensued
TO SERVE MAN.
Pretty sure that's an artificial-bait fishing lure. Beware the hook if you touch it though professor.
They say that "Anything is a dildo if you're brave enough." I guess that goes for soft plastic fishing lures as buttplugs, too.
no butt plugs for me - thank you.
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