# You are looking at a fishing ex-virgin! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453 "2004-10-04T13:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/1 "2004-10-04T13:35:02Z")
No, I didn’t catch anything. But, yes, I did go fishing yesterday morning, on Long Island’s North Shore. We went at 6 AM, and there was no one there except for the three of us. I baited my own hook, (sandworms), cast my own line (several times), the crabs ate my worms, and I did it again! I had a great time! The bay was on our left side, the ocean was on our right side. The beach was completely deserted. It was very windy, which was probably why we didn’t catch anything. We’ve decided to go even EARLIER next time! ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/2 "2004-10-04T13:51:03Z")
I **so** didn’t see"fishing" in the title… I saw…something else. I really need to start visiting more _wholesome_ websites! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/3 "2004-10-04T15:13:09Z")
Naughty **RumMunkey**. Anyway, I’m not sure that I would come on the boards to talk about _that_. :o ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/4 "2004-10-04T15:16:57Z")
I can not tell you how much I love fishing. A couple of years ago I went to Canada with my dad. The plan was actually just to spend some “dad and daughter” time while he did something he loves…fish for Walley, Northern Pike, and Bass. I wasn’t there for an hour before I realized that either the love of fishing is genetic, or it’s just the greatest thing ever! What were you fishing for? Who did you go with? Congrats! L ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/5 "2004-10-04T15:43:42Z")
[hijack]Is **ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks** the longest doper name ever? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/6 "2004-10-04T16:13:31Z")
> [@InvidiousCourgette](#): > > [hijack]Is **ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks** the longest doper name ever? [/hijack] Sorry, I hope it doesn’t confuse anyone. I used to be SexyWriter. I wonder if it is the longest name. That would be sort of cool. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/7 "2004-10-04T16:14:28Z")
Fishing is one of my favorite hobbies! I really hope you catch something next time, though. There’s nothing like catching a fish, of course, but eating it is even better! My husband came home yesterday from a weekend fishing trip with my dad with two huge bags of walleye, northern, and bass. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/8 "2004-10-04T16:27:51Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Naughty **RumMunkey**. Anyway, I’m not sure that I would come on the boards to talk about _that_. :o Why not, I’ve been fishing for an ex-virgin all morning, maybe we can work something out? 😉 [Aside to Exy **SexyWriter**] Cool new nom-de-Dope! I love that poem. [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Spree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Spree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spree)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/9 "2004-10-04T16:32:48Z")
I can catch perch like nobody’s business. Other than that, though, I kinda suck at fishing. I did catch a decent sized bass a few years back but mostly it’s just perch (in my area, we do mostly pond fishing, sometimes lake fishing). But it’s still tons of fun! Very relaxing, lets me zone out… ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/10 "2004-10-04T16:44:49Z")
What? You’re thinking of kissing an ex-surgeon? Speak up! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/11 "2004-10-04T18:38:59Z")
> [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](#): > > What were you fishing for? Who did you go with? You can bet I cut-and-pasted \*that \* name. I believe we were looking for porgies, or maybe some bluefish. Only last week some guy caught a 12-pound striper, but I didn’t think we were going to catch one of those. I went with my SO, and his father, who loves fishing and I think really got a kick ut of me having so much fun. Isn’t **Ponder Stibbons** too young to be having hearing troubles? **ShibbOleth** , I don’t think one morning is going to be enough to find what you need. Well…unless your only requirement is that (s)he is an ex-virgin. Should be easy, then. Anyway, it was really fun…and then, I am definitely a Doper because I was thinking about posting it here! ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Turk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dan\_Turk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Turk)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/12 "2004-10-06T07:20:36Z")
it is, indeed, a lot of fun… I got some of my landlocked orlando friends together recently and had them come down to tampa and go out on a boat… right when one of them said “where’re all your fish, turk?” (I had caught nothing all day), a 12lb, 22" strawberry grouper took my bait 🙂 I had the biggest fish of the group that day, w00t! even if I’d caught nothing, it woulda been a blast ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/13 "2004-10-06T07:32:58Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > You can bet I cut-and-pasted \*that \* name. I believe we were looking for porgies, or maybe some bluefish. Only last week some guy caught a 12-pound striper, but I didn’t think we were going to catch one of those. I must be as bad as **RumMonkey**. I read the above and the words that popped out at me were: orgies, blue and stripper. :smack: I honestly thought \*\*Elenia28 \*\* was making fun of us. Psssst. Is there really a fish called porgies? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/14 "2004-10-06T18:48:46Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > I must be as bad as **RumMonkey**. > > I read the above and the words that popped out at me were: orgies, blue and stripper. > :smack: > > I honestly thought \*\*Elenia28 \*\* was making fun of us. > > Psssst. Is there really a fish called porgies? :dubious: Well I think their full name is something else, but they’re nicknamed or maybe shortened to porgies. Oh, and it’s one porgy, two porgies. The only reason I am fairly sure is I picked it right out of the fishing section of the Long Island newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/15 "2004-10-06T19:13:14Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Psssst. Is there really a fish called porgies? :dubious: Sheesh, kids these days. Don’t know nothing about da classics. Never even heard of _[Porgy &](http://www.stageagent.com/cb/info.pl/ti/porgy_and_bess)[Bass](http://middlebank.tv/porgy.htm)_! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/16 "2004-10-06T19:35:45Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Sheesh, kids these days. Don’t know nothing about da classics. Never even heard of _[Porgy &](http://www.stageagent.com/cb/info.pl/ti/porgy_and_bess)[Bass](http://middlebank.tv/porgy.htm)_! :dubious: I thought you were young? How old are you? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/17 "2004-10-06T19:40:57Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > :dubious: I thought you were young? How old are you? Did you go to the link? Did you go to both of them? I’m 42, so not quite old, not so young. I’m also the answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/18 "2004-10-06T20:00:08Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Did you go to the link? Did you go to both of them? > > I’m 42, so not quite old, not so young. I’m also the answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything. 42! You ought to be ashamed of yourself. The way you’ve been behaving in the picture threads, I thought you were a LOT younger. Like 22, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![TheTyrant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thetyrant/32/19111_2.png) [@TheTyrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTyrant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/19 "2004-10-06T20:02:42Z")
I’m glad to hear you had a good time, **Elenia28**. I have to agree with **Spree** and **Dan Turk** in that, even if you don’t catch anything, it’s a good time. Just relax outdoors with friends (or even by yourself), chill out and get away from everything. There’s a reason they say “a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.” Now, just wait until one of those blessed days when the fish are biting like mad. Then you’ll become an addict. –ty (I initially typed “then you’ll be hooked” without even noticing the terribly lame pun. Glad I’m paying attention today.) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453/20 "2004-10-07T16:55:03Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > 42! You ought to be ashamed of yourself. The way you’ve been behaving in the picture threads, I thought you were a LOT younger. > > Like 22, maybe. Did I say 42? I’m sure you misheard me. That’s just my chronological age. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-looking-at-a-fishing-ex-virgin/267453.md?page=2)