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Title: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: slipbob on May 05, 2004, 03:24 PM
Okay everybody what do you like out there on the water?  Do you bring some icetea, sodas, water, coffee, or maybe, just maybe beer?  I find myself bringing at least 2 beers and a gatorade in my backpack which contains all necessary fishing stuff.  I like to bring some darker beer like stout or porter because as it warms up it tastes better.  It's not the stuff you want on ice but I don't bring a cooler unless I boat fish which I don't do much of now because I don't have a boat.   
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Cider on May 05, 2004, 03:28 PM
I find myself bringing at least 2 beers and a gatorade in my backpack which contains all necessary fishing stuff. 

Add ten to your beer count (assuming that I don't have to drive the boat) and switch the gatorade for suntea (no sugar or lemon) or fresh squeezed lemonade!  ;D
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Fat Boy on May 05, 2004, 04:11 PM
Cold water is my favorite.  It hydrates, is not fattening, and quenches thirst better than any other liquid.  Any water is my favorite, warm, hot, it doesn't matter as long as it's wet. 

During a hot day on or in the water, nothing refreshes and keeps me focused like a nice drink of water.

Don't get me wrong, I like the taste of the above mentioned beverages, but I want to be at my best while fishing, that's all.  I'll save the brewskis for when I get home (or back to camp).
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on May 05, 2004, 05:01 PM
Gatorade for hydration, beer for dehydration. ::)
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Mackdaddy21 on May 05, 2004, 05:04 PM
I would have to say gatorade or powerade. Water is the best thing for thirst quenching, and it doesn't fill you up like other things. Gotta be ice cold though.

Tyler
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: fishercat on May 05, 2004, 05:11 PM
 Tang Orange is not bad!! I Do not like plain water :) 
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on May 05, 2004, 05:12 PM
Tang Orange is not bad!! I Do not like plain water :) 
I grew up on that stuff, I think if I ever tasted that stuff again I'd be sick.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: fishin_musician on May 05, 2004, 07:27 PM
H2O,  followed by Bud. Try to keep the adult beverages for the darker hours but occaisionally I will crack one in broad daylight after a long session.
FM
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Otter on May 05, 2004, 07:31 PM
Ah man, coffee in the AM, beer in the PM.  Who cares about hydration!  Caffination, intoxication, and of course, urination...
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: seaweed01 on May 05, 2004, 07:51 PM
I enjoy a brew or two when I am not driving the boat or vehicle. Other than
that its water.  Of course if it is a cold day, nothing beats a hot cup of coffee.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: reubenpa on May 05, 2004, 07:59 PM
a swig of fish slime then a good thirst quencher of creek water and I am fine!!! lol

If I take anything fishing it is water, and if I am catfishing it would be moutain Dew, but I won't touch that beer stuff!!!!   I wanna be a normal human instead of a dumb intoxicated idiot stumbling all over the place puking!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: billditrite on May 05, 2004, 08:34 PM
coffee early, fruit -2-0  and then maybe a beer :P
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: fozsey on May 05, 2004, 09:14 PM
Water, DC and maybe Dr. P. No beer til after all is done. Bac here is .08 inc. the wet road and they do check.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: fishin_musician on May 05, 2004, 09:16 PM
I wanna be a normal human instead of a dumb intoxicated idiot stumbling all over the place puking!!!
Gee I guess if that was what happened to me when I had a beer I'd be afraid to go near it too! I feel your pain man.
FM
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Webguy on May 06, 2004, 06:30 AM
A gallon of water is all I bring... but if I'm fishing with my usual buddy who always brings beer I end up having some. (http://www.kneedeepclub.org/Sounds/redneck.wav)
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Polar on May 06, 2004, 07:15 AM
Sometimes it's water,coffee,ice tea or beer.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Bobman on May 06, 2004, 09:31 AM
Water, iced tea or lemonade!  My uncle used to have what he called his snake bite kit on his boat.  It was a locking hardside briefcase/suitcase style box that had the inside lined with red velvet and pockets designed to hold a bottle of Black Velvet, bottle of Squirt, 4 Highball glasses and a silver drink stirrer.  The kit never left his boat  ;D.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Otter on May 06, 2004, 06:41 PM
Haha, I just chill when I drink a few.  I love to drink while I'm cooking, the recipe is never quite the same.  "Variety is the spice of life."  I really don't like to drink more than like 3 though. 
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: big walleye on May 06, 2004, 08:50 PM
Labatts Lite on shore and water in the boat!!!!
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Esox on May 07, 2004, 07:21 PM
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Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Cider on May 07, 2004, 08:03 PM
Hey sandman, I think you missed a category...

beer in the morning - beer after that!!  ;D
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Jigwiggler on May 08, 2004, 02:27 PM
I really don't like to drink more than like 3 though. 



I agree Otter!   3 six packs is my limit!  ;D
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Mudbug on May 08, 2004, 03:52 PM
This is a recipe for a beverage I brew up when fishing in the cooler weather. First, I go down to the lake and get a coffee can of water, pour it in a Krupps expresso steamer. Pack the coffee basket as tight as possible with Java high octane coffee from some island where Pygmys live. The sell it on E-Bay for about fitty bucks for a coupla kees. If necessary pack the bowl with a hammer. Steam the heck outta the coffee, it will look like oil, this is good. Run out 6 oz. . Pour in a beeker, add an ounce of heavy cream and float an ounce or two of some good whiskey on top, stir if you want to. I don't. Slam it down. Do Not use a styro cup, the oils and acids in the swill will make it spongy. This is not a drink for the faint hearted or weemen.  Enjoy.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: wny angler on May 08, 2004, 05:13 PM
water
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: sbfpa_Mike on May 08, 2004, 09:07 PM
Oh my,  where to begin. ::) 

FB,  I would hate to see the tree that got you mad when you were drinking beer :o, I don't like plain water,
Otter,  let your brother drive the boat,
Reuben,  don't be prejudiced towards beer drinkers,  not everyone gets drunk,  falls down,  and pukes :-X,
Esox,  may favorite non-beer beverage is Pepsi 8),
Sandman,  try Bloodymary in the morning-then beer after that and Screwdriver in the morning-then beer after that (that is what I like to do up North) usually nap in between though ;D

In the end though,  I don't really have time to drink anything when I am casting for fish,  mostly drinking when bobber fishing,  or maybe trolling;  I do tend to spill a lot when I am drinking anything in the boat. :P
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: reubenpa on May 08, 2004, 11:51 PM
Reuben,  don't be prejudiced towards beer drinkers,  not everyone gets drunk,  falls down,  and pukes :-X,

I am not as prejudiced as I sound, I just find it funny and disgusting that everybody raves over a drink that can make you be stupid, and potentually lose everything if it really takes control.  It slurs speech make one stagger, causes wrecks which kill people.  Even one drink leaves a smell.  If I eat onions I stink so I feel a little self conscious when I am around others. I don't want them to have to get a wiff of my onion breath.  Also as a non-drinker, I save a lot of money. 
I understand that not everybody goes to the complete drunkenness, but let me ask a question...  Would you tell your 4 year old boy that he can light the fuse on the stick of dynamite and play with it just so he never lets it burn the whole way to the stick part???  My two cents



Nobody take offence to my thoughts, just understand where I come from !!!!!     Tight lines and catch many fish!! beer or no beer  lol
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Cider on May 09, 2004, 08:02 PM
I have to agree with you Sandman.  I like my beer and bourbon.  I even like to get drunk occasionally.  However, I think getting googley while fishing just doesn't mix.  I like to be in control.  I will drink beer at a steady slow rate during the day, but not enough to hurt my fish catching ability or my safety.  If I am driving then I really keep it to a bare minimum if any at all.

I was on a hardwater trip one weekend for a large derby.  It was a great day; almost 35 degrees and the sun was shining bright.  It was nice enough to be on the ice in your short-sleeves with the tunes going and the bud flowing.

We saw this guy coming across the ice towing a sled with something hanging out of the front and back.  When they got within 50 yds I could clearly see that it was a person.  The guy in the sled was soaked from the waist down and was lifeless.

I thought for sure he had gone through and drowned and that his buddy was in shock.  Suddenly, they stopped and the guy in the sled came to and rolled out, barfed, and flopped back into the sled like a big fish!

I asked his friend who was towing him off the lake what had happened.  He replied that they decided to drink a shot of schnapps every 10 minutes until someone caught a laker.  Guess they found out the hard way that they were fishing an area where there weren't any lakers!  They consumed at least one full bottle, maybe more.

I imagine that they were too drunk that morning to even pick out a likely spot to catch fish let alone any lakers!

Have fun, but keep your wits about if you want to stay safe and catch fish.  It is a fine line to walk, but can be done!  ;D
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: got em on May 09, 2004, 08:16 PM
 ;) I bring nothing,I'm out to fish not drink..maybe some beef jerkey..
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: TroutFishingBear on May 09, 2004, 09:39 PM
I usually only bring gatorade or water, but if I found a better way to pack it, I'm the biggest tea drinker this side of the mississippi.
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Jigwiggler on May 10, 2004, 06:58 AM
In PA the blood alcohol limit is .08 and this applies to boats too.  All the more reason to take it easy on the beer while on the water.  Last summer there were 3 DUI's issued within a mile of my house on our local river.  :o This all but eliminated our annual "Pontoon run" where on the first nice weekend of the summer we would launch 20+ miles upstream, role a 1/2 keg onto the Pontoon boat and drift all day and into the night.  That was a lot of fun but we catch more fish now since it is hard to reel with a beer in your hand.  ;)
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Scott on May 10, 2004, 07:36 AM
Dido

I would have to say gatorade or powerade. Water is the best thing for thirst quenching, and it doesn't fill you up like other things. Gotta be ice cold though.

Tyler
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: Jigwiggler on May 10, 2004, 09:55 AM
Dido


Isn't that a lesbain musician??  :-\

Just Kidding Big Guy!!  ;)
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: vancouvercanuck on May 11, 2004, 10:15 AM
They consumed at least one full bottle, maybe more.

Only an American would barf off one bottle of shnapps. :P :P :P
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: buzzbomb on May 11, 2004, 11:45 AM
In the boat, water or diet pop.  On the shore, maybe a Boh, eh.  If I'm carp fishing I like to take a tall can of Brit or Euro beer.  If ice fishing, maybe a small dose of spirits, but not enough to be distracting.  I'll try to save the excesses for when I'm out of sight ;).
Title: Re: Favorite fishing beverage?
Post by: wyogator on May 11, 2004, 12:57 PM
I like coffee in the morning; water or Gatorade after that. I like beer when camping.