# how to catch a 37 pound salmon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910 "2007-12-05T15:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/41 "2007-12-07T03:59:51Z")
You have to join us. Anybody that can spin fish stories like that, needs to be one of us. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/42 "2007-12-07T04:20:05Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Welcome aboard, **justanoldvet**. Great fish tale. Thank you šŸ™‚ Iā€™ve certainly been made to feel welcome šŸ™‚ Yā€™know, you just canā€™t go wrong with a good fishing story. Reminds me of a time when a friend of mine and I were carp fishing down on the Mississippi River (read: reclining on the sand with fishing rods propped up on a forked stick while drinking copious amounts of beer). His fishing rod started bouncing (indicating a fish), and when he jumped up to grab it, he got stung in the nuts by a bee that had evidently crawled up his shorts. I took over fighting the fish (he had very unprofessionally dropped his rod) while my friend did a **justanoldvet** impression and dropped his pants. Some nut slapping was involved. Fishing, beer and beesā€¦it donā€™t get no betterā€™n that. [/QUOTE] YOUCH! Iā€™m allergic to bee sting.. canā€™t imagine which would be worse: the sting, or the epi pen ( you are supposed to inject at the site of the sting ). ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/43 "2007-12-07T04:21:55Z")
Just wanted to thank everyone that has made me feel so welcome here. soooā€¦ THANKS šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/44 "2007-12-07T15:12:17Z")
Pssstā€¦the intiation rite involves a 37-pound squid. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/45 "2007-12-07T15:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Pssstā€¦the intiation rite involves a 37-pound squid. [/QUOTE] And a condom ? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/46 "2007-12-07T15:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] And a condom ? [/QUOTE] Of course, this is a very modern board. Not like some of the othersā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/47 "2007-12-07T16:51:25Z")
Following the excellent example of MsWhatsit over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446911), youā€™re all set for a year if you want to keep hanging around. \*\*Release the squid! \*\* /montgomery burns ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/48 "2007-12-07T17:44:06Z")
Great stories, **justanoldvet**. You need to stay. If only to help prove that us nukes arenā€™t the craziest mofoā€™s in Squidland. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/49 "2007-12-07T18:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Following the excellent example of MsWhatsit over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446911), youā€™re all set for a year if you want to keep hanging around. \*\*Release the squid! \*\* /montgomery burns [/QUOTE] Thank you! WOW.. wasnā€™t expecting this.. wow Thanks. One lil question.. Goat, or squid? ok.. two questions: how do the smiley thingies work? Clicking on them doesnā€™t do anything, least as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/50 "2007-12-07T18:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Great stories, **justanoldvet**. You need to stay. If only to help prove that us nukes arenā€™t the craziest mofoā€™s in Squidland. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] ermā€¦ Thanks? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/51 "2007-12-07T18:32:58Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] how do the smiley thingies work? Clicking on them doesnā€™t do anything, least as far as I can tell. [/QUOTE] When you have a reply box open, make sure that the cursor is where you want the smiley and just click on one to insert it. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/52 "2007-12-07T19:22:52Z")
+1 on the greatness of the stories - good stuff, well told. Welcome to the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/53 "2007-12-07T20:48:26Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] Thank you! WOW.. wasnā€™t expecting this.. wow Thanks. One lil question.. Goat, or squid? ok.. two questions: how do the smiley thingies work? Clicking on them doesnā€™t do anything, least as far as I can tell. [/QUOTE] First of all, excellent fish talesā€¦ easily in the class of the Horror of Blimps, IMO. The smiliesā€¦ you only need have your cursor in the area in which you want to put your smilie, then click the smilie itself. Done and done. Alsoā€¦ goat\* or \* squid? I admire your optimism, I really do! ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/54 "2007-12-07T22:49:32Z")
_CACKLE_ Welcome to the SD, dude. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/55 "2007-12-08T01:18:44Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] (sigh) Does anyone know how to catch 38 pound salmon? [/QUOTE] My biggest was a 72 pound king, I caught it during the Westport, Washington salmon derby. All fish had to be weighed by 5 pm, the boat I was on didnā€™t get into port till about 5:30. The sad part about that fish is I didnā€™t even get to eat any of it, I was working as a deckhand on a charter boat and any fish I caught either went to customers that were skunked or I sold them to a cannery. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/56 "2007-12-08T03:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=Enfant Terrible] First of all, excellent fish talesā€¦ easily in the class of the Horror of Blimps, IMO. The smiliesā€¦ you only need have your cursor in the area in which you want to put your smilie, then click the smilie itself. Done and done. Alsoā€¦ goat\* or \* squid? I admire your optimism, I really do! [/QUOTE] Horror of Blimps? Do tellā€¦ Hmmmmm I have no clue what Iā€™m doing wrong: I am making sure the cursor where appropriate, then clicking on a smiley.. and all that happens is the page jumps to the top. ~sigh~ There are times I could become a Luddite re: Squid and/or Goatā€¦ Why do I get the idea this could be.. interesting? ( Recall the Chinese Curse: " May you live in interesting times" ) ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/57 "2007-12-08T03:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] My biggest was a 72 pound king, I caught it during the Westport, Washington salmon derby. All fish had to be weighed by 5 pm, the boat I was on didnā€™t get into port till about 5:30. The sad part about that fish is I didnā€™t even get to eat any of it, I was working as a deckhand on a charter boat and any fish I caught either went to customers that were skunked or I sold them to a cannery. [/QUOTE] 72 POUNDS?? DAMN!! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/58 "2007-12-08T05:10:00Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] Horror of Blimps? Do tellā€¦ [/QUOTE] Iā€™ve got this one. [The Horror of Blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851). ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/59 "2007-12-08T14:39:05Z")
[QUOTE=justanoldvet] Hmmmmm I have no clue what Iā€™m doing wrong: I am making sure the cursor where appropriate, then clicking on a smiley.. and all that happens is the page jumps to the top. ~sigh~ There are times I could become a Luddite [/QUOTE] Well, if you canā€™t get the buttons to work, you could just go back to using ASCII characters to get most of them easily enough: A colon, followed by a closing parentheses yields šŸ™‚ A colon, followed by the text ā€œmadā€ followed by another colon yields :mad: A colon, followed by the text ā€œrolleyesā€ followed by another colon yields :rolleyes: A colon, followed by the text ā€œcoolā€ followed by another colon yields šŸ†’ A colon, followed by a lower case p yields šŸ˜› A semicolon, followed by a closing parentheses yields šŸ˜‰ A colon, followed by the text ā€œdubiousā€ followed by another colon yields :dubious: A colon, followed by a capital D yields šŸ˜ƒ A colon, followed by the text ā€œsmackā€ followed by another colon yields :smack: A colon, followed by a lowercase o yields :o A colon, followed by the text ā€œconfusedā€ followed by another colon yields šŸ˜• A colon, followed by an opening parentheses yields ā˜¹ A colon, followed by the text ā€œeekā€ followed by another colon yields :eek: Be sure to omit the quotation marks when typing in the ASCII. :eek: is a good one to remember when you finally do meet the goat and the squid. ---
**Author:** ![justanoldvet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@justanoldvet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanoldvet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910/60 "2007-12-08T19:54:37Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Well, if you canā€™t get the buttons to work, you could just go back to using ASCII characters to get most of them easily enough: A colon, followed by a closing parentheses yields šŸ™‚ A colon, followed by the text ā€œmadā€ followed by another colon yields :mad: A colon, followed by the text ā€œrolleyesā€ followed by another colon yields :rolleyes: A colon, followed by the text ā€œcoolā€ followed by another colon yields šŸ†’ A colon, followed by a lower case p yields šŸ˜› A semicolon, followed by a closing parentheses yields šŸ˜‰ A colon, followed by the text ā€œdubiousā€ followed by another colon yields :dubious: A colon, followed by a capital D yields šŸ˜ƒ A colon, followed by the text ā€œsmackā€ followed by another colon yields :smack: A colon, followed by a lowercase o yields :o A colon, followed by the text ā€œconfusedā€ followed by another colon yields šŸ˜• A colon, followed by an opening parentheses yields ā˜¹ A colon, followed by the text ā€œeekā€ followed by another colon yields :eek: Be sure to omit the quotation marks when typing in the ASCII. :eek: is a good one to remember when you finally do meet the goat and the squid. [/QUOTE] Printed and taped to the edge of the monitor; thanks šŸ™‚ Ummm.. isnā€™t that goat _OR_ squid ? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-37-pound-salmon/428910.md?page=4)