Dealing with emotions:

Tom & Valentina, who made me jealous with that beautiful Mangrove Jack,
BUT also Inspired me with their lifestyle: 3 years travelling!!!

Jealousy, Inspired action, excited anticipation, than Jealousy again.

Meaning of Jealousy: a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone else has something you want.

Um, that might be a bit harsh a reaction to what I was feeling, but I have known for a long time, that feeling of 'jealousy' is showing you something that you want, so yes it was jealousy, just without the anger....life's to short to get angry, just get out there and get/do what you want to do instead.

When I see other people on social media catching big fish and camping at beautiful locations, and I start feeling 'jealous', I know it is time to get out there and go fishing!

Saturday morning when we pulled up at our remote boat ramp, we meet Tom, an excitable fella who was over the moon to meet us.  He had been watching Positive Fishing on YouTube for a long time.  It was so nice to talk to one of our followers, for the longest time I thought I was talking to myself on here, so I REALLY love hearing from people who watch our clips or read my blogs.  We learnt a lot from our short talk with Tom, about what he likes and has learnt from our channel, as well as things he would like to see us do in the future.  

....Then he showed us all the fish he had been catching from the boat ramp over night, that's when I got jealous.....

The Mangrove Jack, Tom caught that made me so Jealous!

 

Tom caught this beauty of a Mangrove Jack, as well as a big bluenose salmon, a Mulloway, fingermark and bream!  We couldn't talk much after that sorry Tom, it was action stations, lets get out there and catch our own fish!!

....YouTube clip to follow.  We did catch fish, we caught a lot of fish, just not that fish 'that we came for'.  But that's fishing.  The anticipation is part of the fishing, would it be as much fun if you knew you were going to catch that big fish every single time you went fishing?  I'm not sure, but i'd like to find out hahahahaha.

What does fishing mean to you?

To me, Karen, as much as i love catching what we came for, it's still all about the full story.  The planning and preparation.  The getting there, the talking to other people, meeting such interesting people like Tom and Valentina.  

The hanging out in beautiful places, the wildlife, the exploring new places.  Being alone, being remote, but not always.  Sometimes fishing with lots of other people is just as much fun, at least you know you are in the right spot 😉 and not the only person not catching anything. 😊

What is this bird?
Part of what i LOVE about fishing, being with nature.
We followed this bird for several minutes down the river.
Today's mission to learn it's name....I will call him Blue.

Yes seeing Tom's beautiful Mangrove Jack, inspired and excited us, so we took action.  Get out there and do what you want to do everyone.  Use the emotions you get when you see other people on social media to guide you towards what you want, to motivate you to get out there and live your dreams.

Check out Positive Fishing on YouTube to see what happened after we left Tom, video will load 4pm Wednesday 22nd July 2020, and all our other Fishing for the Fun of it and Outdoor Adventures.

Clip of the day after we meet Tom at the Boat ramp:

https://youtu.be/lLVFls0dD20