Jim J Solo wrote on Nov 15^th, 2013 at 3:44pm:

db, Going for the mussel/muscle joke. ya know clam, oyster  :-[ Thought it was a pearl, but I guess it was a dud  :'(

Wasn't bad Jim.......as far as cephalopod jokes go (I got a chuckle)


pine_knot wrote on Nov 15^th, 2013 at 1:05pm:

Jim J Solo wrote on Nov 14th, 2013 at 2:20pm: db wrote on Nov 14th, 2013 at 8:08am: I broke a nice mid weight graphite rod trying to mussel in a lunker (snag) on 8# test one windy day. How many clams did that rod cost?  ;D ;D Now if I could just keep from dropping (losing) entire rods and reels in the  lake (done that twice in the past 5 years), I'll really feel better...  :'(   >:(   ;D

Now there is an admission which takes some character. Care to share how it happened? It could prove to be a learning experience for everyone.

I have a tale of a lost rod, a loomis at that, which happened out of a canoe in the everglades. Well it happened like this.........paddling along, nice sunny day. I had placed my rods on top of my cooler in my dandy plastic coleman canoe and yup, you guessed it, while I was switching sides I knocked the blasted thing over. I immediately pulled to the side of the small canal and started considering my options. I had an acquaintance in our town who was a diver but I thought it unlikely I could get him to feel around on the bottom in an alligator infested backwater.

So I took my other rod, put a treble hook on and about the third cast I hooked the very tip top eyelet. I will never forget the sight of that rod slowly materializing out of the water. How cool was that?