Domestic Harmony

[Rockfish]

The girlfriend stayed over last night and got up and headed for the bathroom where I hear “ow ow – ow – what the f$#*&% is that” followed by a short pause and the light turning on, followed by “damn Hootchie”.
Now to put this in context, I sometimes rinse of my gear with freshwater in the bathroom sink and hang them by the hooks on the towel rack or on the edge of the counter top to dry and them put them back in the tackle box (hey - it’s a bachelor pad). I guess I must have missed one, but not to worry, there was no real injury or unintended body piercing.
Luckily my survival instincts kicked in and I was able to suppress all laughter or smiles and even managed to blurt out a sincere “sorry hun”. Surprisingly, I also avoided serious Injury.

 

[Tips Up]

Hope you were fishing barbless

Tips

 

[Rockfish]

Yup. - I am a little concerned that she may restrict me to glow in the dark lures only.

 

[famograham]

Haha...funny story Rockfish! I'm glad you escaped unscathed!
What you need to do is get her as addicted to fishing as my husband got me! Then you should have no problem

I may be a new(ish)bie, but I'm not sure there's anything I like more!

 

[wolf]

Well that is funny but why not have a bucket of fresh water on your boat dip them in that and hang them in your boat to dry???

What I do is I have a bucket full of soapy bleach water whith a rag in it,as I cant stand a stinky dirty boat so when I get blood on it I wipe the boat down quickly takes a few secs just to keep on top of it.also use it to wash my hands after sticking them in the bait bucket basically every thing.
And then at the end of the day all I have to do is rinse my boat down not a major clean as dryed on blood can be a real ***** to try and get off after its been baked on all day as you know.

Good luck Wolf

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[tubber]

In some circles, and among other things, it is considered bad luck to have a full bucket of water sitting on deck. It's probably worse luck to pierce a girlfriend with a hook more than once.

Starting a trip on a Friday, opening stuff upside down, whistling on deck, on board suitcases, and bananas are some other things best avoided.

 

[Rockfish]

Well that is funny but why not have a bucket of fresh water on your boat dip them in that and hang them in your boat to dry???

Sounds like a good idea Wolf, especially for a bigger boat. With the 17 foot boat I fish in, I usually manage a couple of times a year to kick over the little bucket of salt water we sometimes unthaw Anchovies in. Of course that could just be my big clumsy feet and staying up late the night before. Nothing like trying to find an Anchovy washed down behind the batteries and the kicker tanks, - now that will give you a stinky boat.

 

[Little Hawk]

Yer gonna' make somebody 'a-good-wife' someday Wolf!

 

[Rockfish]

Well to keep things going on the humorous side, I read about this a number of years back and it still gives me a chuckle. The story goes that some guy put a singles add in the paper that said something like “Looking for a single women who likes to fish. Must have own boat and motor. Please include photo -- of boat and motor”.
I told that story to a woman at work (she fishes) and she replied that’s not bad but I prefer mine. - “Attractive women looking for a man who has a boat – big enough to put my pool table on”

 

[tubber]

quote:Originally posted by Tyee Slayer

Tubber, you mentioned opening things upside down. Learnt this from some of my co-workers, ex Navy types, if you accidentally open a tin can upside down you immediately tear off the label. Funny about old superstitions and sayings. Oranges are another you don't want to touch if you are handling your hooks and bait.

I never open anything upside down, and the kids on the teams I coach know that if they open a bag of chips upside down, they get confiscated and chucked out of the team van at the next garbage can. The father of the skipper of the commercial boat I once worked on lost an arm on a trip when one of these 'rules' was broken, so they were enforced rather strongly. Here I am 30 years later still following them. I enjoy seeing how the lads on Deadliest Catch approach the superstition thing.