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Evening Fishing at the North Pier
July 7th, 2007 | Posted in Life |
I went fishing last night with a couple of friends down at the North Pier by the Sunshine Skyway. We didn’t catch a single thing (except a tiny slender sucker fish). It was nice to spend the evening on the pier. It’s so picturesque. The appeal of fishing is to be near the water. Dolphins swim around constantly in the water; pelicans fly by and crash into the water or soar like planes in the sky.
I was so tired from having stayed up late the night before. One of my friends had a lawn chair and he let me use it. I almost fell asleep — the quiet of the ocean is really calming. At one point a dolphin grabbed the fish on my line and tugged it down. I feared he was stuck on my hook, but he easily pulled the fish off and swam around beside my line, as if to say hello and thanks.
As night fell and it grew dark, a new crowd began to replace the fisherman — crabbers. Using twenty foot poles with little nets on them, the crabbers concentrated at the water and looked for floating crabs to catch with their nets. Almost all of the crabbers were Asian, lined up on along the same side of the pier. One had a spotlight she was shining into the water.
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November 3rd, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Sometimes not fishing beats fishing by a long shot. Next time don’t bait your pole. It looks like you have a reason for being there when you are there just to be there.
And if anyone asks you can honestly say “they’re not biting.”
December 22nd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
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April 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Sorry to hear you didn’t catch anything. It’s still fun to just hang out?
May 12th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
That’s a shame you didn’t catch anything, although it must have been nice sitting on the pier, I wish I had more time to do that…
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Thats the beauty of fishing hanging out with mates surrounded by magnificent scenery. All that peace and tranquility and sometimes we might even catch something.