Smoking & Fishing

[rogersto]

load of crock. grew up in Port Macquarie as a teenager, used to take a quart or half an oscar of sticky icky with my night fishin' at the breakwall or up to Pt Plomer, rollin' joints between casts, high as a kite, to the moon mate, chinese eyes all the way, cheech and chong style and i'd always catch something depending on what was on the chew....

Smokin' and fishin' is OK, but smokin' and fishin' and drinkin' is even better

[notsa]

I gave up smoking about 9 years ago, still have trouble catching anything but I have more money to spend on tackle.

[peterm]

I haven't had a cigarette this year after smoking for over 20 years. It hasn't made a difference to my catch rate. I am more concerned about the sunscreen and insect spray on my hands getting on my bait or plastics.

Cheers,


Pete

PS - If you want to stop smoking I highly recommend Allan Carr's Easy Way book. It made sense to me and it has worked.

[Lovey80]

I'm a smoker and heard that same theory a few years ago. I'm constantly washing my hands before and after touching bait. I was conscious of this a few weeks back after I had had a smoke and forgotten to do it. It was in Sydney harbour on a trip after my first King fish. I had stupidly had my drag too tight and was thinking about the fact that I had not washed before rebaiting (Like that guy off the TV MONK that had the obcessive compulsive disorder) Anyway next thing my rod is bouncing in the rod holder after my line was snapped (by what i cant confirm) but as i was rerigging less than 2 minutes later when my fishing parter hooked up on a nice little Rat King about 65cm. Now we both recon I was done by a King. I was struck first with the same rig and everything. So now I've put that thoery down as a myth and will not worry about tobacco and wait to see if i get outfished (from now on i'll leave it to the ROOKIE errors that studd me up!!!! Like a loked up drag) IDIOT


Cheers Chris

[Nowhere Bob]

I won't comment on the smell affecting catch rates, I do know it's a pain in the freckle rolling your own while beach / rock fishing.
No Rogersto I do mean brown tobacco, not the wacky.

I'll step up and say that it was a hard call JuJu, I know that it's your boat and house rules apply-BUT- I reckon it would have been cooler to agree to the house rules [IE no smoke on boat] before leaving, that would have saved any aggro.
If he was like me the aggrieved smoker would have teed up patches or another ride.
Its pretty easy for those who don't smoke to underestimate just how edgy you can get after a couple of hours without a bunger / coffin nail / call 'em what you will, and what length you will go to & justify getting one. I have a spearo mate who wont let me smoke in his boat, so over the side I go. It's tricky but it can be done.

[paulez2]

I have 2 mates who smoke like chimneys and geez can they catch fish. They even smoke while fishing.

My brother in law fishes for Trout down south in Tumut and won't use deodorant or hand soap before going fishing. He's also allergic to fish and can't eat them. In fact he gets a tingling sensation in his fibnger tips just touching them.