Explain your name...

[grab the net]

Tournament fishing, set the hook, if its a good one, "grab the net"

[WxGuy]

"Wx" is an old abbreviation for "weather". I'm a meteorologist by trade...

[HawgMan]

Love fish'n for Bass!

In fact,it's all I fish for.

[cableguy031]

I installed cable TV, digital telephone, and hi-speed internet services among other things. No, I'm not psycho about customers.

[ATM]

I lack creativity so I used my initials

[upnorth]

Born, raised and lived in Duluth for years, something 42 of them to be precise. Got out of college(2nd time around) in 99 and figured I would have to move to the twin cities to find work and actually wound up moving up north to the Range. Hence I am "up north" (can't spell my handle correctly in a post or it gets replaced "with contact us about this word statement")

[pig_farmer]

I had an interview at a mold shop years ago

And when I met the guys in the shop they played a joke on me by giving me wet limp hand shakes,one guy was nekid under his smock. Another guy (a brother) stood behind the foreman and rubbed his groin. I knew they were jerking my chain. I took the job and on the first day I wore cut off bib overalls and a regulation wife beater.

I walked in and one of 'em said "we got us a pig farmer"

Made some life long friends there.

Pig Farmer

[missedoneagain]

Seems like something I say often on the water or ice.

[Ragenald]

I am going to sound like a nerd, but here goes...When I was registering for a site years ago I was reading a book on a medieval life and they focused on a peasant named Regenald. The guy basically got the dump kicked out of him his whole life and had no real hope for the future; at the time, I could relate. I just keep using it, because I can never remember a new one when I change it.

[Borch]

Mines a lifetime nickname. Short for my last name "Borchardt".

[1luckydad]

I have 2 wonderful children (Hunter-9 and Hailie-5), a good wife, and a 22’ pontoon. Need I say more? Actually all I would need is the kids, the wife, and a fishing pole and it would still be a great day to be alive!

[spudhauler]

I used to work for a large potato farm, and sometimes I would drive a truck full of them spuds!!

[TiredOfWorking]

Should be obvious.

[walleye_guy18]

2 years ago I was into walleye fishing and was 18 thus walleye guy18. little did I know that in a couple of months I would become addicted to musky fishing. I guess I should really change my name to musky freak our something along those lines since I haven't picked up my walleye rod for 2 years, its really a shame that the st. croix just sits in the corner while the big musky rods get to have all the fun

[Juan Grande]

Mine means "Big John" in Spanish. I used to weigh about 265 so the name fit. I've since lost about 65 pounds, but my friends still call me Big John.

[tafadzwa]

I taught in Zimbabwe for a couple of years and "tafadzwa" was a common name in the rural area. It means "to be happy" although a great all purpose word in that it can change meaning depending on inflection and usage. Few things are as great as a fishing outing, so it works well.

[outdoor ran]

I'm always outdoors and my name is Randy but everyone calls me Ran. outdoor ran

[Eastwind]

My marine band radio handle. Grew up on the East Coast. Direction of the wind on at least one day of every fishing trip. Needed a Marine Band handle and my wife wouldn't let me use "Peterdragin" .

[TNFL]

Thats funny, My next ffl team will be PeterDragon.

My name is based on the fishing league I am in. The most unoriginal name for a fishing league...

Tuesday Night Fishing League

Who are the ad wizards that came up with that one.

We even have embrodered guide series fishing shirts from Gander with our names on the front and a big TNFL on the back. Its really generic and most people don't wear them. But I do. Better than wearing my work clothes, as we fish, you guessed it tuesday nights, usually right after work.

[McGurk]

McGurk, actually supposed to be spelled McGuirk, is a character on a show that used to run late Sunday nights on Adult Swim called Home Movies, and he is the worst role model-soccer coach-father figure-date-bachelor I've ever seen, and here's a picture of him to the left

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and yes, that is a chicita(sp) banana tattoo along with a cow head tattoo

[Dragonsm]

Dragonsm = "Dragon" for my college mascot...Moorhead State Dragons....."SM" initials for first & last name

[Fishing Junky]

Well, I'm addicted to fishin'.

[HawgTide]

Combining two of my biggest passions into a word with a totally different (and irrelevant) meaning.

Hawg=Bass Tide=The 3rd ranked undefeated Crimson Tide of Alabama

[Big Pine Walleye]

I hadn't fished for many years and than a friend of mine got me back into fishing and one of the places that we fished the most was big pine--so...

[HARPOON-OR-BUST]

WHEN I FIRST SIGNED UP FOR THIS SITE IT WAS PRIOR TO THE YEARLY DRINKING I MEAN SPEARING TRIP. I THINK IT WAS 2 YEARS AGO MAYBE 3 AND IT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CRAPPY STARTS TO THE HARDWATER SEASON. SO I WAS TRYING TO WEIGH OUT THE OPTIONS -IS IT WORTH WALKING OUT ON 2" OF ICE ON WHINNY AND RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR THE SLIMMER?- WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY I WENT. I WAS THE GUINNI PIG THAT YEAR AND HAD TO WALK OUT FIRST WITH THE CHISSEL AND THE ROPE TIED AROUND MY WASTE.

THEREFORE HARPOON-OR-BUST = GO SPEARING OR CANCEL