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Lessons Learned From Fishing

You can learn a lot while fishing.

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Lessons I have learned from fishing:

  • Physics - For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction - sometimes a wet one if you try to step out of a jon boat.

  • Chemistry - Chemical reactions change things - put plastic worms in the wrong kind of plastic box to prove this theory

  • Biology - The main two characteristics of animals are they eat and reproduce. But fish also play games with me, showing me how little I know about them.

  • English - There is a word for every event - but most of them used while fishing aren't printable here.

  • Psychology - Humans are the only intelligent animal - if so, why does it seem the fish usually outsmart me?

  • Math - Numbers are consistent and always mean the same thing to everyone - unless you are talking about the weight of a fish you caught.

  • Physiology - Animals have ways of protecting themselves - I prove this way too often when grabbing a catfish spine or bluegill fin.

  • Sex Education - Some scents attract the opposite sex - fishy hands is not one of them.

  • Spelling - You can learn your alphabet and letters from bass plugs - Big O, Little N, Deep Wee R, Shadrap X Series, Bomber Model A and on and on.

  • Science - Cold blooded fish react slower in cold water - This may be true but they can still react faster than I can during the winter, that is why I miss so many bites.

  • Philosophy - If something can go wrong, it will - Hook the biggest fish of your life and this definitely comes into play.

  • Physical Education - Exercise makes you healty - If so, why do I keep gaining weight even though I spend day after day standing in a boat on one foot while casting and reeling.

  • Health - Repetitive motions can create joint and muscle problems - That is why my hands, wrists, elbows and sholders ache all the time - too much casting for too many years.

    What lessons have you learned from fishing?

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