The fishing thread ( not about fish fertilizer)

[raratt]

 

[raratt]

 

[Ozumoz66]

Milf = man I love fishing.

Worm and bobber. Shore and stream fishing. Solitude and serenity.



Then out of nowhere, some Amish showed up. They caught lots to take home.

 

[Aeroknow]

I dont think there’s any Amish around these parts but there are some mennonites. There’s a church not too far away from me. A bad ass bakery a few miles away. They build and sell well built sheds all around the North State too. Never seen any down on the river fishing but i used to see the same 2 couples playing disc golf all the time when I used to play allot.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Did I mention that I know a pretty lady that is a Replica Artist?
She just finished this for a client.

 

[raratt]

 

[Ozumoz66]

Haze on the water, fire in the sky! Caught 8 walleye - Lake Erie.

 

[BWG707]

Milf = man I love fishing.

Worm and bobber. Shore and stream fishing. Solitude and serenity.

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Then out of nowhere, some Amish showed up. They caught lots to take home.

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I don’t care what anybody says you just an’t beat bobber fishing. I used to love trout fishing using a sliding bobber from the bank. Always got that little rush when your bobber disappeared.

 

[BarnBuster]

Haze on the water, fire in the sky! Caught 8 walleye - Lake Erie.

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You ever do much perch fishing on Erie. A while (well, a long while) back we went and caught a bunch of jumbos.

 

[BarnBuster]

I dont think there’s any Amish around these parts but there are some mennonites. There’s a church not too far away from me. A bad ass bakery a few miles away. They build and sell well built sheds all around the North State too. Never seen any down on the river fishing but i used to see the same 2 couples playing disc golf all the time when I used to play allot.

We have them (Amish) around here and a few of the inland lakes changed policies to catch and release only because they were overfishing. This from 2 park managers.

 

[Ozumoz66]

You ever do much perch fishing on Erie. A while (well, a long while) back we went and caught a bunch of jumbos.

Not a whole bunch of it, but yes when the nephews and friend's kids were younger we went out more for the perch - usually in June before bass would open. The catch/possession (includes what's in the freezer) limit here is 50. Perch are delicious.

Ice fishing too was more popular years ago for perch, when ice actually got thick enough to allow it - eligibility is hit and miss these days. Here's a primarily nocturnal mudpuppy (Feb '22) the only fully aquatic salamander in Ontario. It can live to be 30 years old. Told my nephews that it was an evolutionary marvel!

 

[Ozumoz66]

I dont think there’s any Amish around these parts but there are some mennonites. There’s a church not too far away from me. A bad ass bakery a few miles away. They build and sell well built sheds all around the North State too. Never seen any down on the river fishing but i used to see the same 2 couples playing disc golf all the time when I used to play allot.

We have them (Amish) around here and a few of the inland lakes changed policies to catch and release only because they were overfishing. This from 2 park managers.

There are over a dozen sects of Mennonites around here within an hour's drive - all with their nuances of manmade rules/guidelines.

The Amish around here are from Ohio and use horse and buggies as their primary mode of transportation. Horesback, walking, scooters and bicycles are used too. There are also Ubers for Amish - for business/banking/shopping, and doctor's appointments.

Regarding overfishing, they both believe/recognize that everything that they have access to - resources, time, people, and finances - as gifts god has entrusted to them. They also both subscribe to the prosperity gospel that if one is doing well (regardless of whether they had to screw others over for it) it's god's blessing.

On the surface, Amish appear simple enough, even conservative in their ways. Imo it is creative to run a diesel engine, that turns an air compressor, then runs a forklift tethered with and air hose or turns a metal lathe with a pneumatic motor or a washing machine - but quite wasteful and inefficient. My ocd regarding hygiene won't have me purchasing a pie from them, but all that aside, they're terrific/peaceful/curious people.