Open Challenge To Only The Best 2025
FirstnameLastname reply :
Our challenge "I haven't started it yet" is to catch a bass using only resources found in nature. No rod no reel no line not even hooks. You must make your own line and tackle using only things growing in the woods. Nothing man made or otherwise manufactured. The only tool you are allowed that is man made is a knife. By the way hand made nets and traps are allowed, no spears though. I would prefer nonlethal options. Even more respect to you if you don't use live bait. Report your results here or directly to me. Good luck.
PondHopper96 reply :
Someone should do this with a go pro on!
A-Jay reply :
And when your done be sure to record your success by carving a very life like line drawing on the inside wall of the nearest cave.; and then ride your brontosaurus off into the sunset . . . . .
On your way by, say hello to Barney Rubble for us.
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
Rambo?
Master Bait'r reply :
The peoria carp guys come to mind haha... Am I allowed to use waterskis and a trident?
K_Mac reply :
I could have started a fire out in the yard, even though it is raining, and made my oatmeal this morning if I wanted to. I have nothing to prove to myself or anyone else, so I used the stove. I also have no interest in fishing using primitive techniques, not that there is anything wrong with that. Enjoy!
dam0007 reply :
Chuck Norris could have this done in 3 minutes!
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
All Chuck would have to do is get in the water and the fish would jump to safety in the boat.
When Chuck does push ups he's actually pushing the Earth down.
gulfcaptain reply :
I noodled a couple bass that happened to be really lazy sitting on the bank(no they weren't dead)....can I enter those fish?
Catch and Grease reply :
On 8/7/2014 at 11:32 PM, Delaware Valley Tackle said:All Chuck would have to do is get in the water and the fish would jump to safety in the boat.
When Chuck does push ups he's actually pushing the Earth down.
Giraffes didn't exist until chunk Norris uppercutted a horse.
flyfisher reply :
we used to catch trout in the mountain streams using just our hands and a pair of goggles and a snorkel....it takes some time but they get pretty used to you the longer you sit in the water with them.
FirstnameLastname reply :
Noodling counts. Funny comments, but I figured some one might try it with me. What a bunch kill joys.
Weld's Largemouth reply :
On 8/8/2014 at 2:42 AM, FirstnameLastname said:Noodling counts. Funny comments, but I figured some one might try it with me. What a bunch kill joys.
I would actually try this instead of being lazy like the rest. I could get some vines off of a tree to use as fishing line, find a beetle and use it's claw as a hook, or use a sharp rock. Make a lure out of sticks, and flowers. Go fish!
Vavatron reply :
The best and most manly way to do this: Go to a salmon hole. Wait for a bear to knock one out on the bank or trap one in it's mouth. Then wrestle that sum'***** to the ground and kill him with your bare hands. Eat the salmon while standing on his corpse to flaunt your superiority over the other bears. After your meal, you tear the arms off the dead bear and walk around the river with them to display your right to bear arms.
RAMBLER reply :
Know your local fishing regulations before you try this. There are places that specifically say you can not catch fish by hand. Some say that you can catch fish only by approved methods and then there is a table of approved methods.
By the way, the next time I want to go a long distance to visit someone, I will not get in an airplane, I will merely get out on the runway and flap my arms really, really hard and run until I take off and fly there on my own power. 
RAMBLER reply :
On 8/8/2014 at 3:31 AM, Vavatron said:The best and most manly way to do this: Go to a salmon hole. Wait for a bear to knock one out on the bank or trap one in it's mouth. Then wrestle that sum'***** to the ground and kill him with your bare hands. Eat the salmon while standing on his corpse to flaunt your superiority over the other bears. After your meal, you tear the arms off the dead bear and walk around the river with them to display your right to bear arms.
This is too good!!!!!!!
kikstand454 reply :
Cordage will be the hard part.
You can fairly easily make the rest. Whittle a hook out of bone, or find a mesquite thorn or similar. Etc. Make a fly with some bird feathers, done.
1099gl reply :
On 8/7/2014 at 10:14 PM, Master Bait said:The peoria carp guys come to mind haha... Am I allowed to use waterskis and a trident?
haha I was thinking that
BassWhole! reply :
We used to catch them as kids by making fykes and weirs with flat slate rocks, you herd them in there and they are trapped.
Jolly Green reply :
For my money, raccoon small intestine makes the best all around natural line. Squeeze everything out of it, making sure to save the tapeworms for bait, then soak it for a while and stretch it out to dry. (Fly fisherman will find that they suddenly have all the flies they could ever ask for at this point.) Although mono-gut is fine for panfish, for bass you should strongly consider braiding several lengths together, because braid is awesome. You'll find that its refractive index is nothing to brag about, but it's certainly better than that of twisted plant fiber. Coon-gut braid's superior diameter to pound-test ratio and above average abrasion resistance make it a no-brainer in my book, but lots of guys still use twisted plant fiber and do just fine. It all comes down to confidence.
Tight guts!
Catt reply :
Uh! No!
I've worked for 50 yrs, wore out my body so I wouldn't have to!
Bankbeater reply :
Careful, you might get a strongly worded letter from some of the bait and tackle makers.
K_Mac reply :
On 8/8/2014 at 11:46 AM, Jolly Green said:For my money, raccoon small intestine makes the best all around natural line. Squeeze everything out of it, making sure to save the tapeworms for bait, then soak it for a while and stretch it out to dry. (Fly fisherman will find that they suddenly have all the flies they could ever ask for at this point.) Although mono-gut is fine for panfish, for bass you should strongly consider braiding several lengths together, because braid is awesome. You'll find that its refractive index is nothing to brag about, but it's certainly better than that of twisted plant fiber. Coon-gut braid's superior diameter to pound-test ratio and above average abrasion resistance make it a no-brainer in my book, but lots of guys still use twisted plant fiber and do just fine. It all comes down to confidence.
Tight guts!
That is funny stuff! I am not ready to make my own, but if you can get it to market at a reasonable cost I will try it. 
Jolly Green reply :
In all seriousness, I know of one or two fish traps a person could make out of sticks and live bait, but technically it would be illegal here to take a bass that way. There's a video on YouTube I can't find of a guy spending hours (mercifully edited) creating a rod and line out of stuff he found in the woods and using a whittled bone hook. He didn't catch squat. I can catch squat just fine with regular tackle so I'm gonna pass, but I give props to anyone who undertakes it and succeeds. Best of luck to ya.
Josh Smith reply :
1. Dig trench in from pond.
2. Line trench with sticks pointing inward to form a funnel.
3. Bait and wait for fish to swim into trench.
Josh
plumworm reply :
Iffin I could, I would, but I can't, so I won't
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