Why?

[Don Champion]

Thought I would share shme questions with you a local sports writer posted in his coulmn. You might get a chuckel out of them.

* How did fish ever acquire a taste for earth worms?
* Why does the person in the front of the boat never position it so the person in the back can make a decent cast?
* Why do the boats that put in at the upper end of the lake fish down stream and the guys that put in at the lower end fish up?
* What makes people casting from the bank want to cast so far out into the lake, while those fishing from a boat cast so close to the shoreline?
* Why are boat profellers attracted to shallow water or rocks?
* Why do you never have a camera on the day you catch a trophy fish?
* Why are yesterday and tomorrow better days to fish than today?
* Why do people always catch more fish when they fish alone?
* How many times do you have to forget to put the drain plug in before you add that chore to your pre-launch check list?
* Why do you never catch fish off your own dock, but everbody else does?
* Why are boats attracted to other boats, when there are miles of open water between them?
* Why does it never fail, that just about the time your lure hits the water near the bank a big one jumps behind you?
* Why does the line break, the net tear or the hook pull out when a trophy fish is almost in the boat? Is it bad luck or just a smart fish?
* Why do you get checked by the warden the day after your fishing license or boat registration has expired?

[Reel Geezer]

Good post Don. A few of those really hit home:

Why do the boats that put in at the upper end of the lake fish down stream and the guys that put in at the lower end fish up?

When I wade the lake out front I can see the two major boat ramps. One is about 4 miles west on the W end of the lake. Guys who launch there always run past me to the E end of the lake. The other ramp is across the lake to the NE. Those fishermen always zoom across to the SW corner of the lake.

Why do people always catch more fish when they fish alone?

Concentration.

Why are boats attracted to other boats, when there are miles of open water between them?

One of my major gripes. I even have them pull in on me when I'm wading. Why can't people leave me alone when I'm fishing.