This post is inspired by the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is Waiting
Fishermen spend hours fishing from the rocks or shoreline “waiting” to catch a fish.
They cast their line into the sea and then wait patiently for the tell-tale signs which signify a fish has taken the bait. As I watch the fishermen I feel although this is a solitary hobby it is one I would really enjoy. If only I could master the basics such as attaching the hooks to the line and casting I would be right there and the solitary figure in the photograph above would be me!
Our son-in-law, who is passionate about fishing, encouraged me to go beach fishing one summer and I loved it. He tried to persuade me that fishing from the rocks would produce better results, but I’m a real wimp and I quickly declined. Alone at the water’s edge I cast my line and immediately felt the rhythmic motion of the rod in harmony with the sea. The sunlight glistening on the water and the constant sound of the waves was almost hypnotic. As a feeling of peace washed over me I felt at one with nature – what more could one want?
I did catch a small fish that day which I threw back into the ocean.
Piglet in Portugal 
Fishing – definitely waiting personified!
As you can probably guess, I am not patient enough to be a fisherwoman!
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I Love this post Great entry for the theme waiting 🙂
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They are the perfect example for that prompt too… I love your shot… 🙂
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Wonderful photo perfect for the challenge. I enjoyed your fishing story too. You describe the serenity of fishing perfectly. 🙂
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Hi EC I only wish I was more poetic. Try as I do I’m just not a poetic flowery kind of gal!
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Great photo, PiP, and I loved your description of your experience standing with the fishing line, ending with your notation of having thrown back the fish. Sweet. My son-in-law hunts, but he has often told me that he loves the process of being in the woods, being with nature, more than the hunt, itself. Sometimes I wonder why he doesn’t just hang out in the woods. Period.
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Hi MWD,
perhaps your son-in-law also feels at one with nature when he is in the woods. I threw the fish back to grow more…I can not kill something for the sake of it.
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Hi MC
“a form of meditation” excellent -that’s the exact term I was looking for.
I only caught a fish as it was beginners luck at the prawns my SIL as bait were frozen.
I could stand /sit and stare at the ocean for hours…I would love to paint it, but I’m useless – i’ve tried 😦
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Photography is the creative medium for you Pip. You are far from useless with a camera. You capture so much in your pictures.
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An excellent subject for illustrating this week’s theme. I have often watched with envy when I have seen people fishing. It looks more like a form of meditation than a sport. Definately a way to unwind and be at one with the world. I would love to have a go but would hate to use live bait or injure a fish as I am vegetarian.
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Nice photo, PiP. When I was a little girl, my father used to sometimes take me “fishing.” It was mostly “waiting” and I wasn’t too good at it! I’d rather walk along that lovely beach or even just sit and watch the waves. I do, however, like to EAT fish!
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Hi Ros, you not only watch the waves when you are fishing you feel tham as well. I wish I was more poetic…
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There’s waiting and there’s fishing…the dullest activity in the world.
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It’s not so much the fishing it’s the moment you stand looking out to sea, your mind empties and you de-stress 🙂 The Rod is the link to the ocean. Like plugging a light into a socket 🙂
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PiP…The photo is awesome..Lovely description here..your words- rings multitudes to my ears and my heart…looking out to the ocean….feeling the breeze…the freshness in the air…there is nothing like it…. 🙂
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Dear Penny,
I’ve just read your latest post and hope you do not too far from the ocean. {{{hugs}}}
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Waiting . . . with lots of patience!
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Beautiful shot and post, PiP!
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As a child I used to love fishing…now it’s one of those activities put on the list for “when I have more time”. I wonder when that might be…
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When you retire H, when you retire! 🙂
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Beautiful prose and photo, PiP.
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Lovely shot. I don’t know that I could ever have the patience to fish.
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