Author Topic: TO OLD (Read 2037 times)

RIVERRAT2 · « **on:** Feb 19, 2013, 02:30 PM »

what is to old to fish???,at 74 this year,i donot think i am to OLD,BUT today i ice fished the hudson river
and did not feel "right"-anxiety??? i donot know,i have fished the tide waters from about 1948,with my
2x6x8 and spud,???

RAT

RIVERRAT2 · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 02:38 PM »

THANKS,
i have also fished in parish ny.good place to fish

RAT

pascoag icefisher · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 02:44 PM »

Your not old. I saw a thread on here this year of 88 year old still fish. Good luck!

fish4fun8 · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 03:37 PM »

never to old to fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chuckrudy · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 04:15 PM »

I thought that I was old 72yrs sometime it feels like 100

hardwaterB · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 05:40 PM »

my dad was 74 last year and still fishing.our last outing in march last year,he fell on the ice and broke his wrist.thought for sure he would be all done but we still have been getting him out this year.hopefully this weekend too. never give up.

dan_lais · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 06:03 PM »

hope im out at ur age.keep truckin bud!!!

chummer16 · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 06:09 PM »

Fishing keeps you young. I am sure there is some one on here that would love to tag along with you. I love hunting and fishing with your generation. I learn more than any tv show or magazine.

Moonshine mike · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 07:06 PM »

Good man pops! Love you guys. I'd love to hear some stories aBout fishing in upstate NY. Keep going and remember you have to set the hook a little bit quicker. Ol guys rule!

zAc · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 07:19 PM »

RAT your on the internet you can be a 100 or 25

you out do a lot of us young bucks

OneidaSteve · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 07:21 PM »

I love hearing about the good old days. To tell the truth at 31 most of my friends have a decade or better on me. Just love good times with good friends-- nothing beats it!! FISH ON

Edm87 · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 08:10 PM »

Your still good to fish. Heck I have a friend of the family that just stopped fishing altogether a little over 80 or so. The only reason is due to virtego and not being able to wade streams anymore. Keep going your got plenty of days of fishing left, just dont go for the polar plunge.

pimplepounder · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 08:12 PM »

never give up

coldfish · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 10:42 PM »

keep fishing your not to old.

Gillpill · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 19, 2013, 11:06 PM »

never too old to enjoy gods creation

wec · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 03:10 AM »

Never to old. Keep on fishing.

trapper2000 · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 05:30 AM »

in fulton there is a old man that was fishing when i was a child , we use to call him the cackler because he would be in a tent shanty laughing saying he "he just couldn't keep the gillies off the hook" 2 years ago i seen him perch fishing oswego river in fulton! walking down the wall ...must be in his 90's now ....... made me smile i could hear him still talking to himself ...... hey thanks God! that made me feel good ! so rat when your feeling old ,remeber yer a youngster compaired to the old cackler! so keep doing what ya love

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 05:48 AM »

Quote from: RIVERRAT2 on Feb 19, 2013, 02:30 PM

what is to old to fish???,at 74 this year,i donot think i am to OLD,BUT today i ice fished the hudson river
and did not feel "right"-anxiety??? i donot know,i have fished the tide waters from about 1948,with my
2x6x8 and spud,???

RAT

You are not to old by any means. Age is only a number. By the way thanks for sharing your knowledge of the Mohawk with my buddy Ed, much appreciated!

CNY Fisherman · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 07:57 AM »

Rat, I hope I am still on top at your age and I don't mean on top the ice,

. So glad to hear your are still so passionate about your hobbies!!! Keep after them with a vengeance and you will be able to continue fishing for years to come. Staying active now will pay great dividends in the future, keep giving them sore lips as often as you can get out there

!!! Best of luck to you with all your angling adventures, may you feel the tug on your line for many years to come

.

reddog11 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 09:03 AM »

What is old?

youngster · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 10:26 AM »

hey RAT a good friend of mine just passed he was 86 and he went with me alot..... he took me and im 69.. his favorite saying was ," LIVE A LONG TIME BUT DONT EVER GET OLD!! lol,,,,, keep strokin my friend we all have those days but when we make it thru and we ,re back out there and back again ,, we wonder why we ever wondered about it to begin with.

Raquettedacker · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 11:10 AM »

I wish Rat would get some one over there to post some pictures for him, or show him how...

If he had a scanner and coppied some old pictures from years past and posted them I think we would all be in AWE...
Keep going mister..

scojoe_1999 · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 11:13 AM »

Never too old

fishnmachine · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 11:52 AM »

Keep on fishin' RAT. Never too old!

nilsuser · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 01:20 PM »

NAH, you're not too old. I met a man fishing with his buddies on the ice a few years ago and he was 81 yrs. young. I could walk faster than he could run to his flags, but there he was. When he got a flag they yelled "Davey, you got a flag up". He said 'ayah' and stood there. They said it again louder so he could hear......and he 'ran' to the trap and got his fish. He told me he couldn't navigate rocky jettys anymore and couldn't trout fish in the spring. He missed getting some fresh trout. Somewhere along in the conversation he told me where he lived. That following spring my son and I caught our limit of trout so we stopped by his house on the way home and let him pick how many he wanted. He was thrilled to get them, and we felt pretty good too. So no, you're not too old.

IceBalls · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 01:31 PM »

This past Sunday, in the middle of a lake in Sullivan County, in freezing temps and howling (60 MPH) winds, my buddy Johnny (Squid Boy) turned to me and said "ARE WE NUTS, DOING THIS AT OUR AGE??" What age, I asked him? I'LL STOP ICE FISHING WHEN THEY THROW THE DIRT IN MY FACE, AND NOT BEFORE!!!

I'm 70 in three days, and Squid Boy is 73!! Don't worry about it Rat.....we've all got a LOOOOONG way to go !!!

IceBalls

milo44 · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 06:52 PM »

I hope I can still get out there when I am your age.... would love to fish with someone like you that has fished for so long just to here some of the stories. And maybe get a little knowledge....

jigumup · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 08:56 PM »

Rat get out every single day and then come home and tell us all about it cause we couldn't go cause we had to work! Enjoy it!

cnypanfisher · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 20, 2013, 10:02 PM »

My best fishing buddy, 84 years old and a catfish catching fool.

cny

missfishy · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 21, 2013, 08:01 AM »

Quote from: RIVERRAT2 on Feb 19, 2013, 02:30 PM

what is to old to fish???,at 74 this year,i donot think i am to OLD,BUT today i ice fished the hudson river
and did not feel "right"-anxiety??? i donot know,i have fished the tide waters from about 1948,with my
2x6x8 and spud,???

RAT

you are not old, till you say your old. this years ice is giving everybody the heebie geebies.your not getting old your just getting smarter

with age comes wisdom young man. I have a 92 year old friend who tends his bees, lives alone, cooks, houskeeps and drives does he get anxious ...sure he does he's not an idiot

. you just have to shake a little harder, to shake it off

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Author Topic: TO OLD (Read 2037 times)