Date: August 9, 2004
To: PFIC Message Board
From: oldmanandthesea
Subject: Are you a Pier Rat?
If you rummage through your local pizza joints trash looking for discarded anchovies to use as bait......You might be a Pier Rat. If you haven’t had a bite in hours and getting hooked up in a kelp paddy gives you a thrill.......You might be a Pier Rat. If your clothes smell like bait and it inspires you to go fishing.......You might be a Pier Rat. If you fish on your lunch hour and have squid tentacles on your sandwich......you might be a Pier Rat. If pushing your pier cart wears you out.......you might be a Pier Rat. If you climb down pilings to get mussels......you might be a Pier Rat.
Posted by SDBrian
“If you climb down pilings to get mussels......you might be a Pier Rat.” That is Big Rich! Great stuff. You are the man Rich.
Posted by garth
If you find sliding sinkers, barrel swivels, and scrounged swim baits in your pockets at work...you might be a pier rat. If you've caught more than two birds on fishing line in your life...you might be a pier rat. If you can base you entire opinion of a person on whether or not they throw back that 11 and 15/16” sand bass...you might be a pier rat.
Posted by dompfa ben
...if you've ever flossed fast food out of your teeth with 20 lb. test, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever used part of your sandwich or burger to chum for baitfish, you might be a pier rat.
...if your clock radio alarm is set to indicate the time to wake up for high tide, and not to indicate morning sunlight, you might be a pier rat.
...if the popsicles in your freezer have a subtle "bait" flavor, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever wrapped up a serving of "all u can eat" shrimp in a napkin, and slipped it into your pocket for later use as bait, you might be a pier rat.
...if your bathroom has several old Cabela's catalogs and a water-stained copy of PFIC 2nd edition, with a brand new 3rd edition on top of it, you might be a pier rat.
...if you have ever packed a black lawn and leaf bag for a fishing trip "just in case it rains," you might be a pier rat.
...if your car’s glove box is an eclectic mix of lures, line, sinkers, and sunflower seeds, you might be a pier rat.
...if you’ve ever thought your neighbor's kid’s stroller could be retrofitted into a great pier cart, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever ruined a perfectly good pair of shoes catching sand crabs, you might be a pier rat.
...if showering between fishing trips has been put on hiatus, “because you’re just going to get fishy again anyway...” you might be a pier rat!
Ben
Posted by gordo grande
If your wife asks “Do all of our vacations have to be near the ocean?” you're a pier rat.
If fishing rods and reels have taken over your garage, you're a pier rat.
If you keep an “emergency” rod and reel in your trunk at all times, “just in case,” you're a pier rat.
If you lie awake at night, thinking of new and improved pier carts, you’re a pier rat.
If all your boat fishing buddies think you're nuts, you're a pier rat.
If you tell them that you fish for free twice a week, you're a pier rat.
If you travel hundreds of miles to hang out with friends you only know by cryptic screen names, you’re a PFIC pier rat.
Posted by garth
I keep six rods and reels, plus a hoop net, an umbrella net, a tackle box, four sand spikes, and two folding chairs (and a small folding cart) in my trunk at all times. Oh my!
Posted by gordo grande
My trunk isn't that big, or I would keep that much as well. You should have seen the back of my old pickup truck.
Posted by Heretic
You can too fit it all into a small car, Gordo! My 2001 Honda Civic Coupe trunk: bucket, hoop net, two folding chairs, tackle box, rope, 60 qt. rolling cooler, aerator, and backpack with various snacks, supplies, Ken’s book, and a blanket for those benches. If I really need to jam it up, I can put the four rods there too, but just to prevent damage, they’re in the back seat. I have these at all times in case I need to escape from work. Needless to say, when I go grocery shopping the stuff goes into the cooler or the passenger seat now. Heh.
Posted by gordo grande
I think you need a minivan!!!!
Posted by oldmanandthesea
If your screen name is dompfa ben and you can think up that many quips......You might be a Pier Rat.
Posted by StripeSideChaser
If your name isn’t Ken Jones, and you are reading this, you are probably a pier rat!
Posted by Red Fish
If you expect a pier fishing website to solve all of your life’s problems and issues, then you are probably a pier rat.
If every timeout you get at work you are looking to see if even (1) new post has been added since you looked at the site 5 minutes, then you are probably a pier rat.
If you have been going to Berkeley Pier on Friday nights and fishing with Bob instead of out chasing women, then you are probably a pier rat.
Posted by Red Fish
Is this a true confession Ben? LOL
Posted by oldmanandthesea
If you wake up early and compose more than one book about pier and shore fishing...you might be a Pier Rat
Posted by John714
When you’re not on the water and instead stuck at home on the web at the pierfishing.com message board and constantly hitting the “refresh” button to anxiously see the new reports/pics. Might you be a Pier Rat if you do that?
Posted by 1014
...or stuck at work hitting refresh?
Posted by Daniel E.
Checking PFIC before your e-mail at work. And if PFIC is your home page or at top of favorites list. You might be a pier rat.
And waking up from a nap after fishing from sun up till sundown and getting on-line for a report. You might be a pier rat.
And if you are pulling in the driveway at your home on a hot summer day and your trash can is really putting out the stench and your neighbor has their nose plugged with their fingers. You might be a pier rat.
If you have to force yourself to leave the pier only because you’re worried about falling asleep on the drive home. You might be a pier rat.
Posted by garth
If you go to a fancy restaurant with your girl’s parents, and all you can think is that everything in front of you has been used for bait....you’re a pier rat.
True story. I had seafood linguine (mussels, calamari, clam and shrimp) with calamari appetizers & clam cakes at “Fiore” at Harrah’s Rincon. Delicious and expensive.
Posted by SandCrab
If taking your girlfriend pier fishing for a romantic date, you might be a pier rat.
If you propose to her while pier fishing and she says ye, you both are pier rats!
If you ditch school and go take the bus and go pier fishing you might be a pier rat (btw I’ve done this before).
If you go to class smelling like bait you might be a pier rat.
If you draw things about pier fishing on you notebook you might be a pier rat (done this too. lol
Posted by Ken Jones
If you're attending a wedding at the Hotel Del Coronado, one of the nicest weddings you’ve ever attended (with great food, great entertainment, and great company—including the groom, your webmaster Rich Reano), and yet you’re watching the time because you and two of the other guests are going to head over to Crystal Pier as soon as the activities wind down. Yes, maybe you are a pier rat!
Posted by PESCADOR619
Hahaha I was wondering if you were gonna post that.
To: PFIC Message Board
From: oldmanandthesea
Subject: Are you a Pier Rat?
If you rummage through your local pizza joints trash looking for discarded anchovies to use as bait......You might be a Pier Rat. If you haven’t had a bite in hours and getting hooked up in a kelp paddy gives you a thrill.......You might be a Pier Rat. If your clothes smell like bait and it inspires you to go fishing.......You might be a Pier Rat. If you fish on your lunch hour and have squid tentacles on your sandwich......you might be a Pier Rat. If pushing your pier cart wears you out.......you might be a Pier Rat. If you climb down pilings to get mussels......you might be a Pier Rat.
Posted by SDBrian
“If you climb down pilings to get mussels......you might be a Pier Rat.” That is Big Rich! Great stuff. You are the man Rich.
Posted by garth
If you find sliding sinkers, barrel swivels, and scrounged swim baits in your pockets at work...you might be a pier rat. If you've caught more than two birds on fishing line in your life...you might be a pier rat. If you can base you entire opinion of a person on whether or not they throw back that 11 and 15/16” sand bass...you might be a pier rat.
Posted by dompfa ben
...if you've ever flossed fast food out of your teeth with 20 lb. test, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever used part of your sandwich or burger to chum for baitfish, you might be a pier rat.
...if your clock radio alarm is set to indicate the time to wake up for high tide, and not to indicate morning sunlight, you might be a pier rat.
...if the popsicles in your freezer have a subtle "bait" flavor, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever wrapped up a serving of "all u can eat" shrimp in a napkin, and slipped it into your pocket for later use as bait, you might be a pier rat.
...if your bathroom has several old Cabela's catalogs and a water-stained copy of PFIC 2nd edition, with a brand new 3rd edition on top of it, you might be a pier rat.
...if you have ever packed a black lawn and leaf bag for a fishing trip "just in case it rains," you might be a pier rat.
...if your car’s glove box is an eclectic mix of lures, line, sinkers, and sunflower seeds, you might be a pier rat.
...if you’ve ever thought your neighbor's kid’s stroller could be retrofitted into a great pier cart, you might be a pier rat.
...if you've ever ruined a perfectly good pair of shoes catching sand crabs, you might be a pier rat.
...if showering between fishing trips has been put on hiatus, “because you’re just going to get fishy again anyway...” you might be a pier rat!
Ben
Posted by gordo grande
If your wife asks “Do all of our vacations have to be near the ocean?” you're a pier rat.
If fishing rods and reels have taken over your garage, you're a pier rat.
If you keep an “emergency” rod and reel in your trunk at all times, “just in case,” you're a pier rat.
If you lie awake at night, thinking of new and improved pier carts, you’re a pier rat.
If all your boat fishing buddies think you're nuts, you're a pier rat.
If you tell them that you fish for free twice a week, you're a pier rat.
If you travel hundreds of miles to hang out with friends you only know by cryptic screen names, you’re a PFIC pier rat.
Posted by garth
I keep six rods and reels, plus a hoop net, an umbrella net, a tackle box, four sand spikes, and two folding chairs (and a small folding cart) in my trunk at all times. Oh my!
Posted by gordo grande
My trunk isn't that big, or I would keep that much as well. You should have seen the back of my old pickup truck.
Posted by Heretic
You can too fit it all into a small car, Gordo! My 2001 Honda Civic Coupe trunk: bucket, hoop net, two folding chairs, tackle box, rope, 60 qt. rolling cooler, aerator, and backpack with various snacks, supplies, Ken’s book, and a blanket for those benches. If I really need to jam it up, I can put the four rods there too, but just to prevent damage, they’re in the back seat. I have these at all times in case I need to escape from work. Needless to say, when I go grocery shopping the stuff goes into the cooler or the passenger seat now. Heh.
Posted by gordo grande
I think you need a minivan!!!!
Posted by oldmanandthesea
If your screen name is dompfa ben and you can think up that many quips......You might be a Pier Rat.
Posted by StripeSideChaser
If your name isn’t Ken Jones, and you are reading this, you are probably a pier rat!
Posted by Red Fish
If you expect a pier fishing website to solve all of your life’s problems and issues, then you are probably a pier rat.
If every timeout you get at work you are looking to see if even (1) new post has been added since you looked at the site 5 minutes, then you are probably a pier rat.
If you have been going to Berkeley Pier on Friday nights and fishing with Bob instead of out chasing women, then you are probably a pier rat.
Posted by Red Fish
Is this a true confession Ben? LOL
Posted by oldmanandthesea
If you wake up early and compose more than one book about pier and shore fishing...you might be a Pier Rat
Posted by John714
When you’re not on the water and instead stuck at home on the web at the pierfishing.com message board and constantly hitting the “refresh” button to anxiously see the new reports/pics. Might you be a Pier Rat if you do that?
Posted by 1014
...or stuck at work hitting refresh?
Posted by Daniel E.
Checking PFIC before your e-mail at work. And if PFIC is your home page or at top of favorites list. You might be a pier rat.
And waking up from a nap after fishing from sun up till sundown and getting on-line for a report. You might be a pier rat.
And if you are pulling in the driveway at your home on a hot summer day and your trash can is really putting out the stench and your neighbor has their nose plugged with their fingers. You might be a pier rat.
If you have to force yourself to leave the pier only because you’re worried about falling asleep on the drive home. You might be a pier rat.
Posted by garth
If you go to a fancy restaurant with your girl’s parents, and all you can think is that everything in front of you has been used for bait....you’re a pier rat.
True story. I had seafood linguine (mussels, calamari, clam and shrimp) with calamari appetizers & clam cakes at “Fiore” at Harrah’s Rincon. Delicious and expensive.
Posted by SandCrab
If taking your girlfriend pier fishing for a romantic date, you might be a pier rat.
If you propose to her while pier fishing and she says ye, you both are pier rats!
If you ditch school and go take the bus and go pier fishing you might be a pier rat (btw I’ve done this before).
If you go to class smelling like bait you might be a pier rat.
If you draw things about pier fishing on you notebook you might be a pier rat (done this too. lol
Posted by Ken Jones
If you're attending a wedding at the Hotel Del Coronado, one of the nicest weddings you’ve ever attended (with great food, great entertainment, and great company—including the groom, your webmaster Rich Reano), and yet you’re watching the time because you and two of the other guests are going to head over to Crystal Pier as soon as the activities wind down. Yes, maybe you are a pier rat!
Posted by PESCADOR619
Hahaha I was wondering if you were gonna post that.