Fishing Korea & Tennessee

From Ty:

“Nomad here are the pics from Asan Bay 6 June 2010.
I’ve been itching to get out and fish after two and a half weeks in the states and I couldn’t wait any longer so Jim and I headed out to Asan Bay at 3pm on 6 June 2010. No bites for the first 30 minutes and then it was on. I managed to catch 6 and Jim caught 4 but we both had one break our line. Also right after the first boat ramp there are chains up to stop vehicles from going any further down the road. I took some pictures of the signs that were out and have no idea what they say right now. Enjoy the pics.”

Guess who’s back from his vacation in the states?  And those bass on the stringer, he and Jim are only obeying the local laws, as you’ll see in a second as you continue reading.  Law abiding fellas, those two

Above, you can see that the road we used to drive down to get to a really good point is now chained off to vehicular traffic.  The white sign in the 2nd pic says that of 4 June, the road is blocked because the many cars that were driving up and down it were bothering the farmers that have their fields a bit further down.  Ok, whatever.  Better start closing down every frigging rice paddy road and any other road that goes next to the fields in Korea then.  After all, one can’t be bothering the farmers. The blue sign has several warnings such as that anyone caught using a casting net without a proper license from city hall can get prison time as well as a hefty fine.  The sign also goes on to warn that throwing bluegill and bass back into the water is illegal.  Again, ok, whatever.  As long as gill nets and the other nets that are put in every 10 yards are legal and it’s ok to keep fish of every size with no hint of conservation whatsoever, I’ll be putting back every single bass I catch until I get on the plane back to the states.  After all, I can’t read Korean so as far as I know, that sign could be warning me against keeping bass because of the polluted water