I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.
When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
I am an avid fisherman, and my daily schedule is to write in the morning and then go fishing in the afternoon. In Maine, I fish mostly for stripers, and in the Florida Keys, I go after all kinds of game fish.
Right now I am kicking around an idea to do a web talk show on a boat. Guests would come on and go fishing with me. I would like to take people who have never fished: You get them out on the water and they really open up.
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
I'd like to own my own garage and my own fishery. I'd also like to be a professional fisherman. But I'll take whatever happens.
I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy.
The day you hear someone call me captain will be the day I buy a boat.
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.