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You can learn a lot while fishing.
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?

Your spouse will either outfish you or claim you sabotaged their rod/reel/line/lure/bait.

Gee Theo, my wife is always accusing me of having the bass trained to only bit my lures out at the pond. :p

A fish can hurt you in more ways than you would expect....especially if you've been drinking.

Music: You can tune a guitar but you can not tuna fish.

sheez...almost forgot my password..

ouch cary...

good stuff heybud

here's my little diddy...

work ethics: a bad day fishin is better than the best day workin

Dentistry: If a northern pike has taken a lure deep, use a hemostat.

You can lead a horse to water....But you cant make him dribble a basketball.

Physics-Two year old grandchildren think water is solid...so they take their first turn trying to walk on it.
Baseball-Two year old grandchildren absolutely believe every rock in the drive is supposed to be thrown into the water, now.
Patience-Two year old grandchildren don't love to fish, they love to catch.
Flexibility-Two year old grandchildren can get near the water much, much faster than 50-something grandparents.
Nutrition-Two year old grandchildren will eat anything while fishing, crackers, cookies, worm dirt, rocks, cookies, grass, twigs, cookies.

Bob,
I have 4 boys...17 grandkids,ages 9mo through 10,use your imagination.Good thing they werent all here to help me set up the aeration huh?
Medical-All boys between 2 and 10 are bulletproof and indestructable.
Religion-The lord in his wisdom made kids that bounce very well,forgot about grandparents nerves though.

Grandparents -- Are genetically wired to take grandkids fishing and forget about the their worn out nerves (teaching them about Patience is a virtue) - even if there are 4 of them with cane poles in the boat at the same time.

Decision making - 5 yr old grandson has a hard time fishing because he has to put down his BB gun.

When you and your brother-in-law load all of your fishing gear into your canoe and carry it over a very long distance over rough terrain to get to a remote and rarely fished pond (can you feel the anticipation?), put the canoe in the water, push off really, really hard to get a good float out into the middle of the pond....it is absolutely essential that you remember the paddles...

It is also important that your brother-in-law knows what poison ivy looks like -- especially since he likes to cast into it over and over again. Now I know why it is a rarely fished pond.

A lesson I never seem to learn, after the first cast, tighten the drag, not open the beer. Invariably the first bite was made by the largest fish.