Fishin Chix

The first Tuesday in March we will have a membership drive at Hurricane Oyster Bar, and then again the second Tuesday at Stinky's Fish Camp.

Everyone is welcomed...we will cover all ideas and have a round table for others to voice their ideas.

It will be from 5-7:00 pm. First Hour info...Second Hour Happy Hour!

Will you do all of us geriatric fisher women a favor and remind us a day or two in advance? Thanks.

Yes...Be Glad too!

Sounds great, though I'm not in SoWal too often at this point, but will be someday. I'm determined to learn how to fish because I've heard the fishing across the street from our cottage in Seacrest is great (I'm sure it's great in many places). So, I've been thinking about learning how to fish for about a year now. I guess I'll have to learn how to (gulp) gut the fish and prepare them for cooking, but I'm up for that. Sounds like something funn to do during a SoWal soiree weekend, too (either just women or men and women). Just simple fishing.

Bo Walker is really a girl? Who'd a thunk it?

Not hardly. Far from it.

You said it right...it isn't a gender issue at all, but I don't see any men wearing red hats and attending high tea either.
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Actually, my sister is the president of the Eugene, Oregon Red Hat Society, and I HAVE been too a high tea. Honorary of course. Pics are somewhere around here....

Good point! In fact, judging by the photos of drunkkenartist at his not-my-birthday party, I'd say that requiring pink attire to be worn might actually encourage some of the SoWal guys to join in the funn.
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AAArrrrrggggghhhhh! For the last time, I HATE PINK!

Y'all don't have to worry about me joining. Or trying to join. I do my fishing with my finger.... as I look over the MENU!
I lived on my own huge a$$ bass infested lake and have no desire to go fishing. I just don't get it.

HOWEVER.....once upon a time 20 years ago, when I was stationed at Eglin, I worked Midnight shift with a late late middle aged woman who would go fishing every morning when we got off work at 7am.
I asked her what was so great about it.

She said she used to go fishing with her husband all the time till he passed and this was a way to reconnect with him. She said she'd roll her cooler and bait kit out to the end of the Fort Walton pier, set up her chair, bait the line, throw it out, secure the pole, open her cooler, pop open the first can of beer in a six pack, and pray to god the fish would bother her!

Sounds like you gals are going to have a great time as well. Post pics!

My wife still outfishes me and I think it is just cool. How she can catch fish sitting right alongside me when I can't.......who knows.
I am telling her about this group and hope to get her to join. I think she will have a blast and get some networking in with the locals as well. Looking forward to that first date to have her there.

This will be fun

The only fishing experience I have is on charter boats. I hope that counts. This sounds like so much fun. When is the first meeting?

Is this still going on next week at the Oyster bar?

I was just going to search this thread for new info. Glad I havent missed the first meeting. Ill see you gurls there next week!

I guess I'll have to learn how to (gulp) gut the fish and prepare them for cooking, but I'm up for that.

NAH.... this is your chance to help reverse that gender stereo-typing of the men bringing them home and handing them off to the woman to clean and cook. Besides my hubby will at least get to see a fish since he hasnt been able to CATCH any recently.:funn:

I don't clean the fish I catch, let alone someone else's! Our household rule was that you can catch/shoot whatever you want, but anything that enters the house must be in a grocery store or post-professional taxidermist state.

Free fish to anyone who will clean them (I just like to get a pic of me and my catch first.) ;-)

Consider "catch and release".

Consider "catch and release".

I always release unless I am going to EAT it. I have always believed that if you kill something you better be going to eat it (or vice-versa). Trophy hunting/fishing is ranks right up there with trophy "wives/husbands" IMO.

I practice catch and have someone else release it whenever there's no deck hand ;-). Otherwise it's supper!

No doubt! I love those boots! So - Tuesday at Hurricane? Anyone know what time?!?

5pm info - 6pmHappy hour LAST i HEARD

I just figured out how you ladies can keep the men involved without having to take em with. I personally enjoy cleaning fish.
Now, if I was to be getting free drinks for my efforts, all the better and I bet I'm not alone here. You ladies need only let us guys know when you will be back to shore and line us out with a place to clean fish and all the free beer we can drink while cleaning. We'll be lined up all the way around the corner looking for a knife and board.
Even if there wasn't a line, I'd still show up for this.

Yes, this week! We will meet at 5:00 Happy hour and meet and greet at Hurricane Oyster Bar! Then at 6:00 we will have a info meeting to go over all the details, and Cyndi Eastburn will talk to us about the shirt design! Next week we will do the same meeting at Stinky's (Same time and day).
The 3rd and 4th Tues will be for membership drives, leaving April as the month to go into full swing as the first Fishin Chix chapter!

Looking forward to seeing all of you...Tomorrow between 5:00 AND 6:00!

Tomorrow 5:00 at Hurricane Oyster Bar & Grill will be our first meeting.

We will meet at 5:00 for cocktails and a meet and greet time. Then at 6:00 we will start the meeting with info, and Cyndi Eastburn will present the t-shirt artwwork.

See you between 5:00 and 6:00 on the back deck.

Next week we will meet at Stinky's Fish Camp, the the 3rd and 4th Tues we will do the actual membership drive!

See you tomorrow! Watch out 30A...here comes the Catch of 30A...Fishin Chix!

I can't make it tonight - but I'll be at Stinky's next week for sure!

Attn: CrazyCoconut/Sunset Baby/Others

I don't want to burst anyones bubble but the way you are affiliating yourselves with Fishin' Chix is not exactly being done correctly. We love that you are getting a group of women involved with fishing and exposing them to Fishin' Chix. However you are not able to have a Fishin' Chix membership drive or apparel with out our consent or participation. Please contact Elese Woolen (Fishin' Chix Membership Director) at the Fishin' Chix office at 850-916-4444 or e-mail her at guppy@fishinchix.com. There is a correct way of going about this and we encourage it. I live in Destin and would have loved to have attended last night but was unaware until someone contacted me about it. I'll make sure that one of us will be able to attend next weeks meeting. Until then...

Thank you!
Alli Gammel
alli@fishinchix.com
850-207-9616

Attn: CrazyCoconut/Sunset Baby/Others

I don't want to burst anyones bubble but the way you are affiliating yourselves with Fishin' Chix is not exactly being done correctly. We love that you are getting a group of women involved with fishing and exposing them to Fishin' Chix. However you are not able to have a Fishin' Chix membership drive or apparel with out our consent or participation. Please contact Elese Woolen (Fishin' Chix Membership Director) at the Fishin' Chix office at 850-916-4444 or e-mail her at guppy@fishinchix.com. There is a correct way of going about this and we encourage it. I live in Destin and would have loved to have attended last night but was unaware until someone contacted me about it. I'll make sure that one of us will be able to attend next weeks meeting. Until then...

Thank you!
Alli Gammel
alli@fishinchix.com
850-207-9616

Is she wanted at the meeting??? I hate rules........maybe, start your own club.

We are not enforcing rules. Again...i don't want you all to be taken back from this. We as the brand "Fishin' Chix" have to protect ourselves and make sure that we are represented in the correct way. I would hope that anyone would understand that you can't go around using someones name without consent. When someone else uses "Fishin' Chix" there are legal, liabilty, and representation issues at risk. I cannot stress enough that we LOVE that there is such an interest. We just want to go about it the correct way. We know that we can enhance the fun of it and the participation at the same time! I don't want to put a bad vibe around this at all! That is not what we are trying to do. We want everyone to have fun and get the most out of what we love...fishing! Enjoy the rest of your week. It looks like the weather will be nice this weekend and trout season just opened! Go for it! If you have any further questions feel free to contact us. Tight Lines!!

We are not enforcing rules. Again...i don't want you all to be taken back from this. We as the brand "Fishin' Chix" have to protect ourselves and make sure that we are represented in the correct way. I would hope that anyone would understand that you can't go around using someones name without consent. When someone else uses "Fishin' Chix" there are legal, liabilty, and representation issues at risk. I cannot stress enough that we LOVE that there is such an interest. We just want to go about it the correct way. We know that we can enhance the fun of it and the participation at the same time! I don't want to put a bad vibe around this at all! That is not what we are trying to do. We want everyone to have fun and get the most out of what we love...fishing! Enjoy the rest of your week. It looks like the weather will be nice this weekend and trout season just opened! Go for it! If you have any further questions feel free to contact us. Tight Lines!!

Thank you for the clarification. You probably did not mean to come across as dictarion, however, you started your quote off with " I don't want to burst anyone's bubble". Kinda condescending....

Rules can be good and it can enhance the enjoyment of the activity if done with the right kind of sensitivity. It sounds like a great group of CHIX and hope you have a great time.