SeekingBarradise
27-12-2006, 12:15 AM
Hello Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to everyone on Ausfish.
We have started this chat to get everyone thinking of helping fellow fisherman/women out over the Festive season as we are all out there to have fun and we are not competing against each other like the Olympics etc so lets relax and help a someone new (or an old hat) to the fishing scene catch their first Barra/Bass over the holiday period.
Don't be a Fin DK! There is nothing worse than meeting a Fin DK after a days fishing!
What is a Fin DK? Some of the actions below describe what many of us call a Fin Dk.
It's someone that is not helping people in the fishing industry, whether it is because of ego or their own insecurity - some have all the gear and no idea and others have no gear and no idea!! Anyhow here are a few actions many of our friends have had to put up with over the last year. They are actual experiences - we couldn't list them all as the list is long.
1. At a competition a competitor was asked how he went in the pre-fish? He replied "yeah man i got 20+ fish - easy - yeah" He had a few other guys on his boat and he was found out over the next few days to be a liar as he didn't catch any barra - even worse over the next couple of days he only weighted in a baked bean tin size bass in a barra comp. He just had to be the camp hero and decided to make everyone he talked to feel like crap because he basically was telling you how good he was and how bad you were. = Fin Dk1. Please call anyone in a campsite who does this a Fin DK - pull your head in mate etc.
2. When at a boat ramp people usually ask how did you go? If you get the answer "Dropped a few"(Fin DK2) this usually means we caught no fish. Just be honest and say "we didn't catch any". Leave your ego's in the the car park. Don't try to be the camp barra hero!
3. At the boat ramp when people ask how you went? If they say "got busted off in the timber" this usually means "we caught no fish" which was confirmed by his mates later on at camp. (Fin DK3) Even worse we have seen the same people who were leaving the dam that day not give the poor guys/girls any info on where to catch their first barra - they had travelled a long way. Worse than that when asked for the general area the guy replied " in the timber" not much help when there is 10 000 acres of timber ggggggg.
What is it with some fisho's - it's not the Olympics with 180 nations and 10 000+ athletes competing (some comps have less than 18 people) - it wasn't a comp weekend - so help out a fellow fisho. The people asking may have travelled from the southern states and go back thinking geee we got no help from any of the people who fished the dams in that area - we won't come back- this hurts the whole fishing industry because 99.99% of anglers pay for the fish to be stocked and keep fishing companies rich to improve competition prize money etc etc it's all linked in one big circle. So the top end has to help the general population.
4. At a boat ramp this year 7 boats were lined up with no fish between them - it was tough going. One guy said " yeah but they are catching them" Good old they ha this means one guy in the whole camp (which put in a combined 2000 man hours a day on the dam) caught a fish. One local in camp AW is notorious for the "they" quote over the last few years.
Don't make people feel like crap after a days fishing with a cheap shot. Fishing is not a one-up-man-ship competition. Help someone out - it doesn't cost you anything.
He was awarded the title of (Fin DK4) & the local has been the title holder for the last 4+ years.
5. Fin DK5&6 Goes to the guys in a boat who were motoring up a creek at a rate of knots. We were there casting at a weed bed 10m in front of us and we had 50m of channel behind us. The guys next to us were in a comp and we were all quiet for several hours so we didn't spook fish etc.
Rare sense would make many people go past us in the nice wide 50m channel - but no not these guys they were flat chat making a B-line to cut our lines off and hammer past our boat within about 3mts until we decided to wave them down and say what the hell were you thinking? Thats right you weren't Geeeseeee. One of our fishing friends was nearly killed at the Big AW when a clown ran in to him on the water in broad daylight - his son was on board and all were lucky to escape injury. Slow down and enjoy the serenity!
The same day Mammoth (nickname) who we fished with hooked up and we were circled by 4 boats including on group of clowns the motored past us within 10m when we were fighting a fish in the middle of the dam - have some respect please and give a fellow fisho's who's hooked up some room as we were so lucky not to have the line cut.
Fin DK 7. People who work in tackle shops are generally nice people just wanting to help you catch fish - they are usually very keen fisho's and just love fishing. Lately a person we know someone in the fishing industry who is sick of Barra fishos as 8/10 of them in this particular area have been rude when he has asked them if they need any help. No need to be rude to people trying to help. He prays for the 2/10 family orientated fisho's with no egos to come in more often.
Here are some of the comments from this last week - a." No mate i know about barra fishing, you go and sell your stuff to someone else" The guy had been barra fishing twice in the last few years! b. "no mate we don't need any help we catch 30 barra every time we go mate always in this one spot we clean up mate clean up".
The next day another guy comes in and says" no mate i caught 30 barra no worries at a certain dam last week." The shop attendant had been to the same dam the same week and after a few questions to (old mate fin dk) about water temp/weather conditions/tactics he had a blank look on his face and was caught out telling more big fibs gggggg whats with the ego in barra fishing?
What is the go with the barra ego? The guy in the shop has grown up in the NT and caught more fish than most inter state fisho's before he was 10 years old and he couldn't believe the industry would be so rude especially in the barra scene in this one particular area.
This chat is already long so we won't list the rest of the rude actions from fisho's-we haven't even finished this years list. If you are a fellow Ausfisher and see/chat to a fellow fisho who is doing it hard please help them out with a fishing spot or some good information on what is working in your area to hopefully put them on to fish a little quicker. Make it a Happy Festive season for more people who love the outdoors/fishing and instead of writing articles that say " if you are smart or know where the fish are you will be ok" Fin DK. Please just say "the fish were here doing this = in this area= and were caught doing this =good luck-hope this helps you out etc" it doesn't cost you anything to be kind.
If you have had a Fin DK experience let us know what it was??
Hopefully we have put 1 Fisherperson on to a fish this Festive season that they wouldn't have normally caught. We hope to meet some fellow Ausfishers & non ausfisho's on the water soon & make new friends doing what we all love = fishing for fun.
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year = SeekingBarradise (lets get rid of the fin dks)
We have started this chat to get everyone thinking of helping fellow fisherman/women out over the Festive season as we are all out there to have fun and we are not competing against each other like the Olympics etc so lets relax and help a someone new (or an old hat) to the fishing scene catch their first Barra/Bass over the holiday period.
Don't be a Fin DK! There is nothing worse than meeting a Fin DK after a days fishing!
What is a Fin DK? Some of the actions below describe what many of us call a Fin Dk.
It's someone that is not helping people in the fishing industry, whether it is because of ego or their own insecurity - some have all the gear and no idea and others have no gear and no idea!! Anyhow here are a few actions many of our friends have had to put up with over the last year. They are actual experiences - we couldn't list them all as the list is long.
1. At a competition a competitor was asked how he went in the pre-fish? He replied "yeah man i got 20+ fish - easy - yeah" He had a few other guys on his boat and he was found out over the next few days to be a liar as he didn't catch any barra - even worse over the next couple of days he only weighted in a baked bean tin size bass in a barra comp. He just had to be the camp hero and decided to make everyone he talked to feel like crap because he basically was telling you how good he was and how bad you were. = Fin Dk1. Please call anyone in a campsite who does this a Fin DK - pull your head in mate etc.
2. When at a boat ramp people usually ask how did you go? If you get the answer "Dropped a few"(Fin DK2) this usually means we caught no fish. Just be honest and say "we didn't catch any". Leave your ego's in the the car park. Don't try to be the camp barra hero!
3. At the boat ramp when people ask how you went? If they say "got busted off in the timber" this usually means "we caught no fish" which was confirmed by his mates later on at camp. (Fin DK3) Even worse we have seen the same people who were leaving the dam that day not give the poor guys/girls any info on where to catch their first barra - they had travelled a long way. Worse than that when asked for the general area the guy replied " in the timber" not much help when there is 10 000 acres of timber ggggggg.
What is it with some fisho's - it's not the Olympics with 180 nations and 10 000+ athletes competing (some comps have less than 18 people) - it wasn't a comp weekend - so help out a fellow fisho. The people asking may have travelled from the southern states and go back thinking geee we got no help from any of the people who fished the dams in that area - we won't come back- this hurts the whole fishing industry because 99.99% of anglers pay for the fish to be stocked and keep fishing companies rich to improve competition prize money etc etc it's all linked in one big circle. So the top end has to help the general population.
4. At a boat ramp this year 7 boats were lined up with no fish between them - it was tough going. One guy said " yeah but they are catching them" Good old they ha this means one guy in the whole camp (which put in a combined 2000 man hours a day on the dam) caught a fish. One local in camp AW is notorious for the "they" quote over the last few years.
Don't make people feel like crap after a days fishing with a cheap shot. Fishing is not a one-up-man-ship competition. Help someone out - it doesn't cost you anything.
He was awarded the title of (Fin DK4) & the local has been the title holder for the last 4+ years.
5. Fin DK5&6 Goes to the guys in a boat who were motoring up a creek at a rate of knots. We were there casting at a weed bed 10m in front of us and we had 50m of channel behind us. The guys next to us were in a comp and we were all quiet for several hours so we didn't spook fish etc.
Rare sense would make many people go past us in the nice wide 50m channel - but no not these guys they were flat chat making a B-line to cut our lines off and hammer past our boat within about 3mts until we decided to wave them down and say what the hell were you thinking? Thats right you weren't Geeeseeee. One of our fishing friends was nearly killed at the Big AW when a clown ran in to him on the water in broad daylight - his son was on board and all were lucky to escape injury. Slow down and enjoy the serenity!
The same day Mammoth (nickname) who we fished with hooked up and we were circled by 4 boats including on group of clowns the motored past us within 10m when we were fighting a fish in the middle of the dam - have some respect please and give a fellow fisho's who's hooked up some room as we were so lucky not to have the line cut.
Fin DK 7. People who work in tackle shops are generally nice people just wanting to help you catch fish - they are usually very keen fisho's and just love fishing. Lately a person we know someone in the fishing industry who is sick of Barra fishos as 8/10 of them in this particular area have been rude when he has asked them if they need any help. No need to be rude to people trying to help. He prays for the 2/10 family orientated fisho's with no egos to come in more often.
Here are some of the comments from this last week - a." No mate i know about barra fishing, you go and sell your stuff to someone else" The guy had been barra fishing twice in the last few years! b. "no mate we don't need any help we catch 30 barra every time we go mate always in this one spot we clean up mate clean up".
The next day another guy comes in and says" no mate i caught 30 barra no worries at a certain dam last week." The shop attendant had been to the same dam the same week and after a few questions to (old mate fin dk) about water temp/weather conditions/tactics he had a blank look on his face and was caught out telling more big fibs gggggg whats with the ego in barra fishing?
What is the go with the barra ego? The guy in the shop has grown up in the NT and caught more fish than most inter state fisho's before he was 10 years old and he couldn't believe the industry would be so rude especially in the barra scene in this one particular area.
This chat is already long so we won't list the rest of the rude actions from fisho's-we haven't even finished this years list. If you are a fellow Ausfisher and see/chat to a fellow fisho who is doing it hard please help them out with a fishing spot or some good information on what is working in your area to hopefully put them on to fish a little quicker. Make it a Happy Festive season for more people who love the outdoors/fishing and instead of writing articles that say " if you are smart or know where the fish are you will be ok" Fin DK. Please just say "the fish were here doing this = in this area= and were caught doing this =good luck-hope this helps you out etc" it doesn't cost you anything to be kind.
If you have had a Fin DK experience let us know what it was??
Hopefully we have put 1 Fisherperson on to a fish this Festive season that they wouldn't have normally caught. We hope to meet some fellow Ausfishers & non ausfisho's on the water soon & make new friends doing what we all love = fishing for fun.
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year = SeekingBarradise (lets get rid of the fin dks)