walk for mile on end to get to a spot all year round all day and night, spend thousands off pounds on tackle and get wet feet, all to just catch a fish. this is origanaly an age old question that i once read in one of my dads fishing books.
2007-09-03 06:16:00 · 21 answers · asked by random mentalist. 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Because we need to feed a hunger within us.A hunger for being out in the country,for escaping from the noise, regardless of the weather.We really are at one with nature.I personally crave the solitude fishing gives me;I am away from everything and everybody.I can totally switch off and just enjoy the peace;whether I am fishing my local canal or sitting on the rocks by the sea in Cornwall,or anywhere else round the coast.I have spent many a wet,cold day tramping round Lincolnshire,weighed down with tackle,just to try and land that 'monster' Pike.Only to go home dejected at not having caught anything;but knowing I would return again and again.
Once it's in your blood,you are infected for life; there is no antidote.And if there was one,we wouldn't take it...would we?
2007-09-03 11:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Crackerjack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a lot of times the temp at higher altitudes is warmer or colder - usually colder - so when precipitation falls it may be in different forms due to the higher altitudes temps - thats why it can snow even if it seems warm on the surface of the earth - because it may be much colder up higher hail is kind of a different story - heat rising from the earth causes uplifting sometimes this uplifting is violent - air can rush upwards at 100 mph or more this lifts water in the air to higher altitudes where it forms ice pellets (cause remember its usually cooler up there) - these pellets fall towards earth but sometimes they are caught again and again in the uplifting movement - each time adding water and growing the ice pellets bigger - when they finally fall to earth they can be large - i think the largest hail on record was 6" or so - definitely want to go inside for that - sometimes car windshields get broken weather is a young science - one of the youngest - we have only gathered temps from the last 180 years - we have only used accurate satelite temps from the last 30 years - thats why no one can tell you global warming is a risk - we dont know - people will try to tell you that they know the temp 100 years into the future but than why is it the weatherman cant even get the weekend weather right? by the way a general (not always) rule of thumb is as you go up in altitude the temp drops about 2 degrees from the surface temp for every 1000' - if its 80 degrees on the surface and you go up to 2000' it will generally be 76 degrees in theory if its 40 degrees on the surface and you go up to 8000' it will be 24 degrees there - so you can see the rain will freeze up there and become snow or ice when it falls even though its above freezing on the surface dust in the atmosphere also is a factor on how the water forms - because water forms on the dust the shape of the dust can determine whether its fuffy snow or slush good question
2016-05-20 02:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to ask, then you are not a fisherman. Catching fish is not important (although it does help!), but being there to test your skills and enjoying the surroundings (in rain or shine) is what it is all about.
2007-09-03 06:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have ever heard the drag on your reel scream as a fish races off for cover you would understand. Nothing much beats the excitement generated by this.
2007-09-03 12:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by Howard B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As someone once said
“The Best days working will never equal the worse days fishing and hunting”
And I think sportsmen/women around the world will agree
2007-09-03 07:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by Truth Seeker 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats a simple answer,When we have a bad case of fish fever, it tends to give you the same simptons of mild mental retardation, our brains just don't tell us that under no surrcumstances would we go through these conditions other than FISHING!!!!!!!!.
2007-09-03 13:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by crappiekat1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its what real fishermen (or women) do. they dont care what the conditions are or how far they have to travel to get there. they know they're goin to do something they love and nothing is going to stop them. and for asking that question, i doubt that you're a real fisherman.
2007-09-04 02:37:26 · answer #7 · answered by Damunka 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if it was easy and pleasant, then every one would be doing it. This way, it's easier to keep the joy of fishing secret.
2007-09-03 09:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by sleepy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I catch plenty of fish and I don't do any of that cause I am the TEXAS fisherman YEE HAWW
2007-09-03 07:57:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are eternal optimist. We always feel that a monster fish could bite at any minute.
2007-09-03 09:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋