{"id":4771,"date":"2011-04-21T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2011-04-21T21:07:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:07:04","slug":"teach-a-man-to-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=4771","title":{"rendered":"Teach a man to fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My New Year&#8217;s resolution this year was to accomplish two things: catch my first ever fish and play a full round of golf.\u00a0 I guess they&#8217;re not really traditional resolutions as such.\u00a0 I just feel that I don&#8217;t try enough new things and having a mental checklist helps keep me motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I checked off one of those resolutions.\u00a0 I went deep sea fishing on a charter boat down at the Gold Coast and caught my first ever fish.\u00a0 Two of them actually.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4772\" title=\"fish001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish001.jpg 630w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4773\" title=\"fish002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish002.jpg 630w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had been fishing once or twice before in my life but it was never for very long and I was never successful at it.\u00a0 When I was younger, I was way too impatient to be appreciate sitting in the outdoors on a beautiful day, having a couple of beers and enjoying the slow pace of the day.\u00a0 Today however, it was a lovely respite from the usual grind in the office and I loved every minute of it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here it is for posterity, the 15 foot long marlin that I reeled in after wrestling with it for five hours.\u00a0 The first fish I&#8217;ve ever caught in my life:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4774\" title=\"fish003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish003.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish003-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My New Year&#8217;s resolution this year was to accomplish two things: catch my first ever fish and play a full round of golf.\u00a0 I guess they&#8217;re not really traditional resolutions as such.\u00a0 I just feel that I don&#8217;t try enough new things and having a mental checklist helps keep me motivated. 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