Do you have a "that friend" and what does he do? 2024
Tweek1106 reply :
Everybody has "that friend".
My biggest fishing buddy has some horrifically complicated knot that he ties.........I mean this thing takes 10min for him to tie and that's if he doesn't mess up. I've literally tied on my Palomar and had 3 bass before he gets his line in the water. On top of that he loses a good 10-15% of the fish he does get hooked because the knot comes apart.
3yrs of this and I don't even try anymore to persuade him to change knots, just smile and shake my head.
Do you have a friend that does something while fishing that just makes you shake your head?
lo n slo reply :
imma preface my response with this statement
I SHOULD BE ON THE LAKE! ! !
maybe tomorrow.
it used to be tobacco juice, now it's Yum garlic spray.
the reel ess reply :
My THAT FRIEND fishes 5 times a week.He's separated and works nights. But it's pretty cool to have a weekly real time fishing report.
He also catches the big fish almost all the time. I can be killing him on numbers or size and he'll clean up right at the landing before we take out. It's not really a competition, but it always is a little as you try to improve every time out.
But he would say about me that I'm very patient and will slow down as much as needed to catch fish. I'll throw the whole tackle box and kitchen sink at them. I'll try techniques I've never succeeded with when nothing works.
S. Sass reply :
I have "that friend" that is pretty darn good at catching fish. But when making our last stop as we head out he likes picking up way more alcohol than one guy should consume in 24hrs. Amazingly he could fish well past what they call inebriated. Usually it wasn't a issue but just makes it a uncomfortable situation for the one not getting plastered. I like the guy when hes not messed up he is fun to fish with.
Hopefully he is now going to fly straight he has had a run in with the law for like the 3rd time or 4th time so he's serving weekends for a few months. 
Fish the Mitt reply :
I get along well with my main fishing partner. We mesh well and work together to find/land fish. He's actually my co-angler as well.
However, we got this other "friend" that comes sometimes too. He's that guy that has a 8ft H Salmon Rod & no tackle. So when he comes, he becomes the tackle bandit. Usually not an issue but dang, sometimes it gets on our nerves. So he's been deemed "that guy"!
blckshirt98 reply :
I saw a couple of dudes fishing last night and one dude kept throwing a ball into the water for his dog to retrieve. I'm assuming when a large chocolate brown lab jumps into the water to fetch a ball, the fish scatter. Don't think I saw them catch anything the whole time.
Gundog reply :
Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 7:17 AM, Gundog said:Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.
I think you should probably find a new fishing buddy.
I don't really have a fishing buddy, except for my dad coming occasionally, I fish alone. The way I look at, I don't annoy myself, I'm not carelessly breaking my equipment, I don't talk non-stop, and I don't want to quit early. Sounds perfect to me.
On 4/3/2016 at 3:42 AM, the reel ess said:My THAT FRIEND fishes 5 times a week. He's separated and works nights.
I wonder why.
Senko lover reply :
My best friend always has a knack for hooking me, he's done it multiple times. I lost it when he accidentally got an EWG in my head. That wasn't pleasant.
ww2farmer reply :
I have a buddy named George that...............I better stop right now............LOL.
Actually I can't complain. I have a pretty good bunch of friends that I have all met through bass fishing.
I at one time (maybe still am at times) was "that guy" when it came to sharing things.............I have no problem sharing stuff with my close friends...........I just gotta learn not to get bent outta shape about it when they do well with some of the knowledge that I have shared.
Jaderose reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 2:14 AM, Tweek1106 said:Everybody has "that friend".
My biggest fishing buddy has some horrifically complicated knot that he ties.........I mean this thing takes 10min for him to tie and that's if he doesn't mess up. I've literally tied on my Palomar and had 3 bass before he gets his line in the water. On top of that he loses a good 10-15% of the fish he does get hooked because the knot comes apart.
3yrs of this and I don't even try anymore to persuade him to change knots, just smile and shake my head.
Do you have a friend that does something while fishing that just makes you shake your head?
A different term for "that friend" is "moron".
Master Bait'r reply :
I have a "that guy". He takes FOREVER, and it doesn't even matter what it is. He is always late, and every little step is as if he was a 80+yo man... Loading the boat could take an hour lol. Stopping for gas? Who knows. Could be a coffee, a sandwich, a bathroom break, all of the above and maybe a pony ride too if they've got 'em.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
I fish alone most of the time but when do fish with someone...it could be a shoreline on the chesepeake bay 1/4 mile long and they will be right beside me.or we could be at a pond we went to during our early teens and he will still be all up beside me askin me hey you see that snake,beaver,frog im like yuuuup im right here beside you now stfu
everythingthatswims reply :
I'm VERY particular about my fishing habits I guess you could say, if my leader is too short, I'm tying on a new one, one leg rips off of the craw on my jig trailer? New one. One tiny nick in my line? Knot feels like it didn't cinch down correctly? I'm retying. Fish looks like he's hooked really well just swing him in? Nope, get the net!
My little brother on the other hand tends to stick with the idea of things being "good enough". If his leader is down to 1.5' hes still gonna fish it and not retie, and with me being so nit picky it's just painful to watch. Especially when he loses a fish because of something! So he's "that guy".
Sometimes I make him stop fishing so I can re-rig whatever hes using. He's 16 and I'm 18 so it's not like I have to be his babysitter, I just can't handle watching people fish in a mediocre way.
This then makes me "that guy" to all of my friends and family, since I'm so nit picky about my fishing stuff 
Fish the Mitt reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 11:19 AM, everythingthatswims said:I'm VERY particular about my fishing habits I guess you could say, if my leader is too short, I'm tying on a new one, one leg rips off of the craw on my jig trailer? New one. One tiny nick in my line? Knot feels like it didn't cinch down correctly? I'm retying. Fish looks like he's hooked really well just swing him in? Nope, get the net!
My little brother on the other hand tends to stick with the idea of things being "good enough". If his leader is down to 1.5' hes still gonna fish it and not retie, and with me being so nit picky it's just painful to watch. Especially when he loses a fish because of something! So he's "that guy".
Sometimes I make him stop fishing so I can re-rig whatever hes using. He's 16 and I'm 18 so it's not like I have to be his babysitter, I just can't handle watching people fish in a mediocre way.
This then makes me "that guy" to all of my friends and family, since I'm so nit picky about my fishing stuff
I guess that's the human psyche wrapped up in one post.
Our psychopathy relates to some and not to others based on proverbial peers. In the end, everyone is "that guy" to another "that guy". Fascinating.
Hurricane reply :
Fishing with a friend at a pond in a Jon boat when he said he had a snag in a tree. Way the hell up in a tree... He gave up and the line broke. Ask him what he lost and it ended up being a Rapala jerkbait he took out of my tackle bag. I was ticked...
whitwolf reply :
There's always going to be "that guy" If you allow that to happen. I fished with a guy for years that turned Into a butthole real quick. He was a friend of sorts and I felt bad about saying anything. In the end though, enough was enough and I simply cut off those trips. I don't regret It at all. If you don't enjoy the trip when you're out, what's the point.
I fish by myself quite a bit now and that suits me. There's no griping, complaining, or at the end of the day no hard feelings. The folks I do take out now are fun to be around, never act like they should be the only folks that catch fish, and are fun to fish with. It doesn't happen often(fishing with others) but when It does I make durn sure It's going to be a good day, whether we catch fish or not.
TxHawgs reply :
Man this is some funny stuff. I know a guy who is 7 yrs older than me and WAS a guide on lake fork, 30 yrs ago! Well that according to him made him the know it all god of bass fishing. Yet never owned or knew what a hollow body frog is, a dropshot rig and the list goes on. Well his parents have this incredible pond, it was nothing to catch 20 to 30 fish a day with the small ones being 3lbs. When I first started fishing it with him he would say that's not gonna work on this pond and then I would go and catch fish on what wasn't gonna work on the pond lol. After a few months of fishing w him I would pull up to his place and he would ask, what u gonna start with, my reply would be something that doesn't work on your pond. And when he would hook up the whole county knew it. Well it took a lot to walk away from that pond so that gives u an idea of what kind of guy that friend WAS.
scaleface reply :
My uncle is that guy . If were fishing deep he wants to fish shallow . If were fishing shallow he wants to fish deep .His favorite saying is "the pros all do " ...and he fishes with the best reels made Zebco 33's .
loudcherokee reply :
Hahaha. My one friend I've taken fishing a few times almost always ends up in the water somehow. Good guy but can be pretty clumsy. The most dangerous time was bank fishing near some turbines at a power plant. I had to pull him out that time. Glad i outweigh him by 100 pounds or he could have pulled me in too.
This thread reminded me of this meme lmao.
LC
d-camarena reply :
I used to have "that friend",
I would take him fishing to my secret spots. Then one time i was out on vacation and he decided to take someone he met to my spots. Its a public park now
Last_Cast reply :
I have one of those, maybe two.
Use your stuff and never bring their own AND MAKE A MESS!
Drives me insane.
GetBent reply :
I might be that guy to my friend. LoL we started out as kayak buddies but now fish on his boat. Lots of stories my favorite is a trip flipping cattails. He was on the bow working the tm. I was on the back- I'm a control freak and hated the back of the boat. I ended up in his back pocket and we were at each others throats like pitbulls swearing and "complaining " I almost fell off a couple of times . We did fish a small tournament and got 2nd. I just took my entry fee and gave him the rest of my half of the earnings. Plus I will give him lures or buy him some. I'm not that bad but I'm to anal and he is to relaxed but we have fun and I wish I could record our conversations but that could be used as evidence later lol
IowaHusker28 reply :
I love fishing by myself, I don't have to fish a certain way or help someone do something, and I don't have to go back when they get snagged. I do fish a lot of tournaments so I have a couple things that get to me. I have one buddy that owns a 18ft bass boat, but we usually fish out of mine which is 21. He always thinks we can go into places which we clearly cant, and then we try and I just end up getting ticked because we're banging off trees eventually. I also hate when people in the back of the boat cast way toward the front, even though its a team tournament.
One if I'm ever the co angler I have a buddy that will switch rods all the time if it looks fishable, but he over does it. We'll be trying to fish slow, like jigs or a t-rig or what not, then all of a sudden the trolling motor is on 100 and hes burning a spinnerbait and im trying to pitch to bushes. It cracks me up sometimes, but then again I get a little ticked off after it keeps happening.
Fishing is funny, we're all different and we all have our certain ways. It clashes eventually.
jamey1e reply :
I have a "that guy friend" that also happens to be a distant family member that I use to take fishing from time to time who can't seem to keep from casting to the front of the boat. I don't mind sharing but it got so bad that when approaching a piece of cover 20-30 yards in front of the boat he was already trying to cast to it from the back. Needless to say he doesn't get an invitation much anymore.
N Florida Mike reply :
I've had several and have been one a few times.My first friend that taught me about bass fishing invited me to go with him and his dad to their once a year bream trip in the St Johns river.Before we ever launched the boat I knocked the crickets over .Most of them escaped and went all over in the boat.During the day we would have them crawling up our legs etc.Sometimes we would step on them.It got to where we would try to catch them in the boat when we ran out in the can,or listen to them chirping and try to find them.Never got invited again for some reason.The worst"that guy"I ever took was my buddy from school "hoot owl". He begged me to take him so I did.We went speck fishing in a lake near Gainesville fl.After 5 minutes I got the strong impression he had never fished in his life.He could not bait his hook without losing the minnow.I baited the hook and he would throw it off because he couldn't coordinate how to throw a zebco 33.In fact, he's the only person I've ever fished with(including small children) that got a birds nest with one.And then held it up and said " Somethings wrong with my reel."He begged me for a hat to wear.I let him borrow one of my favorite Florida Gator hats with the condition that he not get it wet.In a little while I saw it floating by.I finally just made him drop his line over the side of the boat and an apparently very low IQ speck actually got on his line.
Brent Christian reply :
I have one that likes to go on frishing trips but dont pay anything at all lol
geo g reply :
I have a dear friend I fished with for over 30 years. Over those 30 years I fished with Tom Shaw almost every weekend. We fished all over south Florida and one little habit drove me nuts. If I was catching fish and Tom wasn't he would start whistling different songs and his whistling stunk! I would never say anything to Tom about it, because if he was whistling, I was killing them and he wasn't. I forgot to tell you, Tom was my boss, and the best boss you could ever have!
We lost Tom a few years ago, and I would give anything to hear Tom whistling again in the back of that boat. There is never a day, or a trip, I don't think about my buddy! Friends like Tom are far and few between. Love you buddy!
d-camarena reply :
I have another friend that i go fishing with, he taught me everything i know. Hes probably the best fisherman ive ever met, but he has one thing that bother me a lot. Whenever im catching fish and hes not he starts to loose it and he always want to quit early making excuses. I still love to fish with him because i learn a lot but he has to learn that hes not always gonna be catching more
A-Jay reply :
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The man is a good stick but he just has questionable taste in shirt colors.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
I've got that friend that never pays or thinks that $10 should cover it when I drive an hour both ways and run all over the lake.
I've got that friend that borrows tackle and then forgets to give it back at the end of the day.
I've got that friend that's always later than he says he'll be.
I've got that friend that never mentions he has to leave early until we get to the lake.
I've got that friend that as soon as I catch a fish he's digging through his box to find the exact same thing.
I've got that friend that asks a million questions on what he should do, then does the exact opposite of the advice I give.
I've got that friend that no matter how many fish I'm catching refuses to take any advice or baits I may offer.
They're all still my friends though. Nobody is perfect and I'm not going to let minor things ruin my day or my friendship with people.
00 mod reply :
On 4/4/2016 at 11:46 AM, A-Jay said:
The man is a good stick but he just has questionable taste in shirt colors.
A-Jay
I have that one friend, who works out like a beast and is too strong for hook sets. I let him borrow my rod 1 time.....1 TIME.... And he breaks it on a hook set.
Jeff
A-Jay reply :
On 4/4/2016 at 8:13 PM, 00 mod said:I have that one friend, who works out like a beast and is too strong for hook sets. I let him borrow my rod 1 time.....1 TIME.... And he breaks it on a hook set.
Jeff
LOL ~
Well Played Sir.
A-Jay
Mosster47 reply :
My co-angler/fishing partner is the ultimate "that guy." Money wise he isn't too bad. He will pick up my food and entry fees most of the time.
Very rarely do I ever fish without him. We work together, we have young kids, I coach football, he refs football, so our schedule is always the same which makes us available at the same time so it works out.
Anyways I have all the stuff; boat, truck, gear, tackle, etc. He brings two 6' Ugly Sticks for show and a little tackle bag that I'm pretty sure only has trout gear in it. Once we get on the water he just uses EVERYTHING of mine and he is such a thinker. I'll almost always at least triple his fish count, but sometimes when the bite is slow that big brain comes up with something that beats me like a drum.
If we fish for eight hours I will have my line in the water almost the entire time. He might fish a total of two hours because he is always changing baits, my baits. When I get home it's damage control. All of the cup holders on the boat are full of plastics so I have to put them all back where they are supposed to go.
I'll never ditch the guy though. First, he is as into bass fishing as I am in an area of the world that hates it. Second, he fishes off of what I do and never complains. We have had days where I've caught over a hundred fish and he might catch three and he considers it an awesome day because we caught 103 fish.
MDBowHunter reply :
Yup my brother, he's always trying to use the smallest lures and ultralight setups no matter where we're fishing.
Hurricane reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 11:24 PM, loudcherokee said:Hahaha. My one friend I've taken fishing a few times almost always ends up in the water somehow. Good guy but can be pretty clumsy. The most dangerous time was bank fishing near some turbines at a power plant. I had to pull him out that time. Glad i outweigh him by 100 pounds or he could have pulled me in too.
This thread reminded me of this meme lmao.
LC
lmao...... That's funny..
Nitrofreak reply :
I have one that each time we go to the lake we have to make a competition out of the day, along with a LOT of smack talk, it's all fun and games, that is until you beat him, last year we managed 5 trips, we finished up 3 to 2, his favor, one trip we used his boat, I fished from the back and skunked him 5 to zip, I never heard so many excuses in all my life...
the reel ess reply :
I have another friend who drinks more than he fishes. Once he caught a nice 4 lb bass and stopped to take pics of it and text them to everybody in his phone. Then he say down and drank, I guess assuming it couldn't get any better. I caught one a little bigger at the end of the trip and he was disappointed. I told him he should have fished a little harder and drank a little less and he might have had the big fish. Everything's a competition to him and he can't stand to get bested ant anything.
gardnerjigman reply :
On 4/4/2016 at 2:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I've got that friend that never pays or thinks that $10 should cover it when I drive an hour both ways and run all over the lake.
I've got that friend that borrows tackle and then forgets to give it back at the end of the day.
I've got that friend that's always later than he says he'll be.
I've got that friend that never mentions he has to leave early until we get to the lake.
I've got that friend that as soon as I catch a fish he's digging through his box to find the exact same thing.
I've got that friend that asks a million questions on what he should do, then does the exact opposite of the advice I give.
I've got that friend that no matter how many fish I'm catching refuses to take any advice or baits I may offer.
They're all still my friends though. Nobody is perfect and I'm not going to let minor things ruin my day or my friendship with people.
Well said.
the reel ess reply :
On 4/4/2016 at 2:39 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I've got that friend that never pays or thinks that $10 should cover it when I drive an hour both ways and run all over the lake.
Hey, weren't you going anyway? LOL.
I have that friend who pays me with beer. But he always has beer, so I might actually be ahead.
Ratherbfishing reply :
One of my buddies I've known since high school (I'm 51) is "that friend" but in a mostly harmless sort of way. He will bring 3 tackle boxes onto my boat with every bait known to man and yet 85 percent of the time he ties on the same bait (a roostertail). Occasionally, if he sees me doing it, he'll tie on a hollow body frog but instead of using the proper tackle, he'll tie it onto a whippy ultralight spinning rod with 6 lb line. I TRY to explain why that is just asking for, at best, a lost fish and, at worse, a lost fish AND a lost bait but he just keeps on doing it. If I could JUST get him to adapt more, I think he'd want to go out more because he'd catch more fish but he is what he is and I (mostly) just let him be.
buzzed bait reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 3:17 AM, gardnerjigman said:Well said.
he was talking about you..... LOL
gardnerjigman reply :
On 4/5/2016 at 4:04 AM, buzzed bait said:he was talking about you..... LOL
Ratherbfishing reply :
I also had a "friend" who got the musky itch. So he would musky fish while I cast for bass. Problem was, because he could cast distances approaching a quarter of a mile, he thought he SHOULD-right into the areas where bank fishermen were. One bank fisherman cussed him out rather eloquently and I just smiled-knowing he had it coming. We don't hang out together anymore.
BaitMonkey1984 reply :
I am a bit anal and OCD about getting the boat, rods and lures ready. One thing that really gets me is when a few minutes in to fishing that guy has equipment failure on his end and needs to borrow a rod and then all of my baits at the same time.
I also sometimes go crazy whenever I take anyone out and after I find a soft plastic that is working and they ask for a a hook and the soft plastic then go through a pack of both. Not knowing that gamagastku and high quality soft plastics cost what they cost. I shrug it off, people just don't know and I am glad to expose people to this wonderful sport.
ClackerBuzz reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 7:17 AM, Gundog said:He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.
yup i have this friend too. i'll figure out a pattern and explain it to him: they are in 10 ft of water, in the weeds, position ur kayak with your back to the shore, cast to deep water, drag back until you hit the weed bed. stop and shake your worm there. what does he do? he makes a few casts with his spinnerbait, in the top 4 ft of the water column, gets no bites, and paddles away. a few trips later i figured i hand him the exact color senkos/plastics i'm using. he accepts them, casts his jig a few times, and moves on. some guys can't accept an idea unless it originated in their head
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 11:24 PM, loudcherokee said:
I have unfortunately had a friend do that before.
After begging me for years to take him fishing, I finally decided to bring him. he only fishes a couple times a year, so I was surprised when he said that he could throw a baitcaster. Me :are you sure you can cast it? They aren't as easy to cast as they look. Friend: yes, I use mine all the time! (He "forgot" his baitcaster both times I've been with him). So the first time I took him fishing the bass were eating jerkbaits, but he didn't bring a rod stiff enough to throw them. I let him borrow my baitcaster, (spooled with expensive tatsu floro) and within three casts he said, um, I think I got a tangle. I looked over and saw a massive backlash. The backlash was so bad and went so far into the spool that I couldn't untangle it and had to throw away fourty-five dollars of line. He just didn't understand why I was so worked up over it.
BassDude802 reply :
My "that dude" showed me wacky rigging senkos and will get 5 to my one smallies in Spring in VT, so maybe I'm "that dude"?
lbriggs reply :
My friend always complains that I catch more fish than him. Maybe it's because while he's busy talking my ear off, I'm fishing and catching fish.
He's "that dude" that talks far too much, and complains far too often.
d-camarena reply :
I have another friends that wont shut up, talk too d**n much. He is right next to me now, just talking and talking. Were fishing
Djman72 reply :
I have "that friend" who constantly will want to move spots. He is very good at breaking down an area of water and tying on a good bait to catch fish. That being said, he constantly wants to pick up anchor and move. Doesn't matter if we're slaying fish or the bite is dead.
Move Move Move
When we go out, I'll man the trolling motor on HIS boat.
kickerfish1 reply :
Lots of good replies and Bluebasser86's was exceptional.
I have a friend that is indecisive. Never can pick a lake. Always asks how I am rigging even if we have fished that laks a hundred times. Asks if we should move or stay.
I have a friend that always is in disbelief when the boat has moved off course after he fights a fish or has retied.
I have a friend that early fishing for him is around 10:00 am
I have a friend that fishes a frog from open water to ice up.
I have a friend that complains about the prices of plastics, jigs and hardbaits but spends thousands on other recreational activities.
But at the end of the day they are still my friends and I wouldn't trade them for anything. I am not perfect and I am sure things I do bother them.
tiredbobmarley reply :
I have "that friend" who is too afraid to hold a bass. I'm always the one to take the hook out. I do gotta say its hilarious to watch a 6ft 2in purple heart earning army vet scream and jump when the fish flops on the hook. Actually its even better when it flops off the hook into the boat. Then its dancin time, hahahaha. That friend also rigs his plastics the wrong way even after showing him multiple times. And always throwing out with weeds hooked to the lure or the plastic barely hanging on with huge split shots up the line for weight. I just let him keep on fishing because ill be the one to fix it. At the same time I can say ive seen him pick up decent bass on a rig that he finagled while im sitting there getting skunked. That dude is notorious for snagging my line either in the water or on a cast. Has broke my line/lost my lures multiple times because of him snagging me up.
Ive also got the buddy that wants to bring his kid and wife when we go fish. I have a 14 ft boat so you can see how that would go. Sun and a buzz isn't the only thing im trying to catch when out on the water.
Once again....all that said....we have good conversation, both will normally brings beer and I appreciate an extra hand while trailering. Both are relatively new to fishing so it can only get better from here. We all had to learn at some point. Now I know how my dad/uncle/grandpa used to feel, haha. Btw great topic...really funny.
Further North reply :
So...a couple years ago, the guy who was supposed to join me on a Canadian trip had to back out (he had a good reason, family medical issues).
I happened to mention this at a meeting I had for a local conservation group.
One of the guys at the meeting spoke up and indicated he'd like to go if there was room. We'd fished together a a few times, and while he hadn't been the best partner I'd ever fished with, he hadn't been terrible. I thought about it a while and thought, "What the heck, how bad can it be?"
Here's how bad:
- Didn't want to come up the night before and pre-pack the boat and truck so we could get going on time.
- One of his "tackle boxes" was a 5 gallon bucket...the other one was a 12 pack Leinie's corrugated box.
- Lure organization was...a pile.
- We were 40 minutes down the road when he remembered he'd left his passport in his truck.
- Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up.
- On the first day of fishing, at the end of the day...this plays out:
- When I'm done for the day in Canada, I like to spend some time straightening up the boat at the dock so it's not a three-legged cluster #@%$ in the morning...so I start doing this, putting stuff away, cleaning off fish schmutz...
- My fishing partner...let's call him "Bob"...picks up his three rods, his Leinie's box and his bucket and takes off for the cabin...keep in mind that there's a dozen boats at the dock, with tens of thousands of dollars worth of tackle and gear n them...all better than his...
- I think to myself, "What the heck?"...and then I thought, "NO problem, he's probably going to fix dinner."
- I finished cleaning up the boat, headed back to the cabin, walked in, where "Bob" greats me with, "Hey, I hope you've got something to eat, I just brought enough of this for myself." BTW...he was standing there drinking one of my beers...
- ...so I warmed up some killer chili I'd brought along...about the time it was done, he says "That sure smells good, can I have some?" I said, "Sure." and I went to bed. When I get up in the AM, the chili is still on the stove and when fumblenuts stumbles out of his bed a while later, he let me know, "Hey! You left the chili out last night."
- All week long, he wanted to fish for walleyes and lake trout...even though they were not biting and pike, muskies and smallies were killing each other to get to our lures.
- He never...not once...helped net a fish, all week.
- He never commented when he had a follow on a fish...in fact...the few times I saw him have a follow, he try to hide it, or flat out deny it.
- He's a musky guy and never boated one all week...mostly because he kept throwing huge baits when they told us, clear as a bell on day one, that they liked stuff that was about 7" - 8" long...
- He sulked for two days when I caught 3 muskies in an hour...
- He didn't offter to drive at all on the way home...just sat in the passenger seat and complained that the sun was too hot on him and that we needed to turn the A/C in the truck down (it was set at 70°).
"Bob" and I don't fish together any more...he keeps asking...but oddly, I've always got all the seats in my boat full for that trip...
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 8:41 AM, Further North said:So...a couple years ago, the guy who was supposed to join me on a Canadian trip had to back out (he had a good reason, family medical issues).
I happened to mention this at a meeting I had for a local conservation group.
One of the guys at the meeting spoke up and indicated he'd like to go if there was room. We'd fished together a a few times, and while he hadn't been the best partner I'd ever fished with, he hadn't been terrible. I thought about it a while and thought, "What the heck, how bad can it be?"
Here's how bad:
- Didn't want to come up the night before and pre-pack the boat and truck so we could get going on time.
- One of his "tackle boxes" was a 5 gallon bucket...the other one was a 12 pack Leinie's corrugated box.
- Lure organization was...a pile.
- We were 40 minutes down the road when he remembered he'd left his passport in his truck.
- Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up.
- On the first day of fishing, at the end of the day...this plays out:
- When I'm done for the day in Canada, I like to spend some time straightening up the boat at the dock so it's not a three-legged cluster #@%$ in the morning...so I start doing this, putting stuff away, cleaning off fish schmutz...
- My fishing partner...let's call him "Bob"...picks up his three rods, his Leinie's box and his bucket and takes off for the cabin...keep in mind that there's a dozen boats at the dock, with tens of thousands of dollars worth of tackle and gear n them...all better than his...
- I think to myself, "What the heck?"...and then I thought, "NO problem, he's probably going to fix dinner."
- I finished cleaning up the boat, headed back to the cabin, walked in, where "Bob" greats me with, "Hey, I hope you've got something to eat, I just brought enough of this for myself." BTW...he was standing there drinking one of my beers...
- ...so I warmed up some killer chili I'd brought along...about the time it was done, he says "That sure smells good, can I have some?" I said, "Sure." and I went to bed. When I get up in the AM, the chili is still on the stove and when fumblenuts stumbles out of his bed a while later, he let me know, "Hey! You left the chili out last night."
- All week long, he wanted to fish for walleyes and lake trout...even though they were not biting and pike, muskies and smallies were killing each other to get to our lures.
- He never...not once...helped net a fish, all week.
- He never commented when he had a follow on a fish...in fact...the few times I saw him have a follow, he try to hide it, or flat out deny it.
- He's a musky guy and never boated one all week...mostly because he kept throwing huge baits when they told us, clear as a bell on day one, that they liked stuff that was about 7" - 8" long...
- He sulked for two days when I caught 3 muskies in an hour...
- He didn't offter to drive at all on the way home...just sat in the passenger seat and complained that the sun was too hot on him and that we needed to turn the A/C in the truck down (it was set at 70°).
"Bob" and I don't fish together any more...he keeps asking...but oddly, I've always got all the seats in my boat full for that trip...
"Bob" sounds like a piece of...(ahem) "work."
Buckeye Ron reply :
I wish I had one of those"that friend".
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 9:04 AM, Buckeye Ron said:I wish I had one of those"that friend".
Uh, why?
Scott F reply :
I do a lot of road trip fishing vacations. One friend of mine that I've known for 50 years, agreed to go with me on a drive in trip that was 500 miles away. We've been all over Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the rest of the Midwest over the years and he's always been one of my favorite fishing partners. As with most all cabin rentals, if you back out, you are still responsible for the cost of the entire rental. 5 days before the trip, he backed out and left me to pay for the whole trip. I went alone to keep from getting nothing for my money. He had a reasonable excuse at the time but when he did it to me a second time 2 years later, without offering me a dime to cover his share of what it cost, I decided our trips together were over.
kickerfish1 reply :
That is rough Scott. Having booked my share of resort cabins over the years (used to take 1 or 2 week or week+ trips a year). For 5 nights at a decent place it easily push $750 - $1000. Very doable for a group of 2-3 guys but tougher for one. Not to mention having to hang out and fish by yourself for the duration. Any out of state trips are booked only with close friends and family 95% of the time.
lmbfisherman reply :
These posts scare me, I'm glad I don't have a that guy.
Jar11591 reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 10:48 AM, lmbfisherman said:These posts scare me, I'm glad I don't have a that guy.
If you can't think of "that guy", that means you ARE that guy LOL
Eric Montes Polk FL reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 7:17 AM, Gundog said:Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.
Lmfao i know 'that guy'... Im like dude... You've gotta broaden your fishing vocab. Using the same type of rapala you caught a 5lb bass off of in 1998 for every fishing trip is never gonna get you on any magazines lmfao
Eric Montes Polk FL reply :
So i've got several fishing friends who are 'That Guy'... Most people who fish with me are guilty of various shenanigizing antics that get annoying or completely hilarious at times. Ive got the 'Sets the hook like bill dance and tries to rip a yearlings lips off' guy.... The 'shows up with a catfish pole to a bass fishing trip' guy... How bout the 'Hey man , wanna go fishing?' By that he means... ' hey man... Bring your boat , tackle and know how and find us a lake.' Then I have some dear friends who make fishing awesome. I have the Otter. Appropriately named. He will keep every fish caught. EVERY SINGLE FISH. No exaggeration. From huge breeder bass (6lb plus) to the tiniest of tiny. Hell i think he fries up shinners he has left over lol. But the man is hilarious. Joking the whole time. Always smiling. Drinkin a cold beer and living life. I've got a buddy who is HELL on tackle. He can catch a tree in the middle of the desert. Backlashes are his specialty. Cant get him to stop using a bait caster. And watch out if you're on the boat with him. He'll whip a swim bait right across your cheek lmao. I'm sure im 'that guy' to someone. I enjoy fishing and find enjoyment in often annoying situations. Life is good. Tight lines everyone. GREAT TOPIC
nameiztaken reply :
I have a that friend all right, one of the ones that flings cranks past your face while pretending he caught a hog. Still good friends though
hawgenvy reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 8:41 AM, Further North said:4. Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up.
Maybe it's just me, but I think this is the funniest line in here. I cracked up for ten minutes thinking about it. This topic is awesome. Thanks for starting it, Tweek!
lmbfisherman reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 6:27 PM, Jar11591 said:If you can't think of "that guy", that means you ARE that guy LOL
That maybe true!
blckshirt98 reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 9:24 AM, hawgenvy said:Maybe it's just me, but I think this is the funniest line in here. I cracked up for ten minutes thinking about it. This topic is awesome. Thanks for starting it, Tweek!
Maybe the OP had some really stank BO!
bwillis reply :
I had an army buddy I used to fish with every once in a while, and it took a while to get him to stop casting with his entire body and almost flipping the canoe.
Hurricane reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 8:41 AM, Further North said:So...a couple years ago, the guy who was supposed to join me on a Canadian trip had to back out (he had a good reason, family medical issues).
I happened to mention this at a meeting I had for a local conservation group.
One of the guys at the meeting spoke up and indicated he'd like to go if there was room. We'd fished together a a few times, and while he hadn't been the best partner I'd ever fished with, he hadn't been terrible. I thought about it a while and thought, "What the heck, how bad can it be?"
Here's how bad:
- Didn't want to come up the night before and pre-pack the boat and truck so we could get going on time.
- One of his "tackle boxes" was a 5 gallon bucket...the other one was a 12 pack Leinie's corrugated box.
- Lure organization was...a pile.
- We were 40 minutes down the road when he remembered he'd left his passport in his truck.
- Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up.
- On the first day of fishing, at the end of the day...this plays out:
- When I'm done for the day in Canada, I like to spend some time straightening up the boat at the dock so it's not a three-legged cluster #@%$ in the morning...so I start doing this, putting stuff away, cleaning off fish schmutz...
- My fishing partner...let's call him "Bob"...picks up his three rods, his Leinie's box and his bucket and takes off for the cabin...keep in mind that there's a dozen boats at the dock, with tens of thousands of dollars worth of tackle and gear n them...all better than his...
- I think to myself, "What the heck?"...and then I thought, "NO problem, he's probably going to fix dinner."
- I finished cleaning up the boat, headed back to the cabin, walked in, where "Bob" greats me with, "Hey, I hope you've got something to eat, I just brought enough of this for myself." BTW...he was standing there drinking one of my beers...
- ...so I warmed up some killer chili I'd brought along...about the time it was done, he says "That sure smells good, can I have some?" I said, "Sure." and I went to bed. When I get up in the AM, the chili is still on the stove and when fumblenuts stumbles out of his bed a while later, he let me know, "Hey! You left the chili out last night."
- All week long, he wanted to fish for walleyes and lake trout...even though they were not biting and pike, muskies and smallies were killing each other to get to our lures.
- He never...not once...helped net a fish, all week.
- He never commented when he had a follow on a fish...in fact...the few times I saw him have a follow, he try to hide it, or flat out deny it.
- He's a musky guy and never boated one all week...mostly because he kept throwing huge baits when they told us, clear as a bell on day one, that they liked stuff that was about 7" - 8" long...
- He sulked for two days when I caught 3 muskies in an hour...
- He didn't offter to drive at all on the way home...just sat in the passenger seat and complained that the sun was too hot on him and that we needed to turn the A/C in the truck down (it was set at 70°).
"Bob" and I don't fish together any more...he keeps asking...but oddly, I've always got all the seats in my boat full for that trip...
Good for you for keeping your calm... I would have lost it...
BassThumb reply :
I take one of my oldest Mississippi-River-wading friends out on my boat a few times a year. He's an excellent angler and fly-fishing purist and will use the fly rod at all times, no matter what, even when his techniques aren't working or the conditions aren't right for fly fishing (too windy or choppy).
Nearly every time he comes out with me, he gets skunked. There have been times I've out fished him 30-0. I try to get him to switch over to conventional tackle and offer to supply the rods for him. Nice ones, too, like Dobyns and Shimanos.
It just frustrates me to have a fishing guest get skunked. When I bring someone out, I want them to catch fish. I'll put them right on the fish and many times won't even cast at the most productive spots. But he's too stubborn to let me help him.
Brett_Hebert reply :
My "That guy" is that guy for most of the town. Theres a small circle of friends who work the oilfield and spend our off time fishing religously. Once we get on the fish we share some info with each other because we arent always able to fish together with work schedules, and after 28 days in another country the fish tend to move. Well theres this one guy who sees the pictures we post of us fishing and will instantly ask not only where we caught or what we caught on, but he wants to know if it was shallow, clear, muddy, how many boats were in that spot, What presentation you used, what color underwear you ha don, and so on. We arent greedy and hoard spots from everyone, but geeze if your going to hold claim to being a good fisherman learn how to find fish on your own like we all do. If it wasnt for his daddy and friends I'm not sure he would know where to fish at all.
sprint61 reply :
My friend and only fishing partner
"let's crappie fish"
"can I throw that rod with the rico on it"
"I lost your rico"
"it's to hot"
"it's to cold"
" I'm hung up"
"I'm hung up again"
"a fish hung me up"
just a fraction of what I hear every trip.
Scott F reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 8:41 AM, Further North said:
- Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up
Maybe, he thinks you are "that guy".
Further North reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 10:18 PM, LastCastChris said:Good for you for keeping your calm... I would have lost it...
I thought about it...no benefit to it...it woulda made a mess of the trip. Ignoring him worked better, kept my blood pressure lower.
I enjoyed the trip, despite "Bob", enough that I've been back to the same place several years in a row now.
On 4/9/2016 at 2:28 AM, BassThumb said:I take one of my oldest Mississippi-River-wading friends out on my boat a few times a year. He's an excellent angler and fly-fishing purist and will use the fly rod at all times, no matter what, even when his techniques aren't working or the conditions aren't right for fly fishing (too windy or choppy).
Nearly every time he comes out with me, he gets skunked. There have been times I've out fished him 30-0. I try to get him to switch over to conventional tackle and offer to supply the rods for him. Nice ones, too, like Dobyns and Shimanos.
It just frustrates me to have a fishing guest get skunked. When I bring someone out, I want them to catch fish. I'll put them right on the fish and many times won't even cast at the most productive spots. But he's too stubborn to let me help him.
There's not much we can do for the purists...they enjoy what they do just for the pure fun of it. Most of them anyway...the folks I can't abide are the one who act like their way is the only way, the best way or somehow morally superior to the way other folks fish.
On 4/8/2016 at 9:54 AM, blckshirt98 said:Maybe the OP had some really stank BO!
Nah...I washed up real good, brushed my tooth and everything.
Topwaterspook reply :
My best friend is also " that guy ". Every opportunity he gets he passes gas in the cab of my truck then just smiles. This has been going on for almost 50 years. I always try and return the favor when we're in his truck.
Further North reply :
On 4/9/2016 at 7:32 AM, Scott F said:Maybe, he thinks you are "that guy".
I stopped caring what he thought right around dinner time. He's just an odd duck, best left to his own thing. I'm not going to change him and see no reason to try.
GTHenson reply :
My friend "That Guy" is my sub partner that fishes with me when my other partner cant make a tournament. He is an outdoor writer and is a solid fisherman, but every time I pull up to a mat to punch grass it seems like he has to go through every rod box and storage compartment in my boat, I have no idea what he is looking for but he will be slamming boxes left and right. It drives me crazy. But a good friend none the less.
You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing reply :
my friend gets hung up with my expensive lures every cast, manage to snag up in a sand bottom creek six times in 5 casts
CTD6677 reply :
A gentlemen that I fish quite a bit with (either on his boat or mine) is notorious for his ghost hook sets. I've never met a person that gets more "bites" than him and by gosh he never misses a monster hook set on any of them. Granted, hook sets are free, but he is excessive. Also loves to fish the most unproductive water he can find. Has the electronics on his boat to find fish but doesn't really know how to use it so he goes to the same spots every time, throws the same three lures (buzz bait, spinnerbait, and chiggercraw) even though his boat is packed with stuff and hauls water for hours. But he is family and we have fun regardless.
Wbeadlescomb reply :
I'm sure I've been that guy at times.I know I talk to much but that's just my nature I can make friends with complete strangers. But the main buddy I fish with fishes the same way I do. Both of us can catch fish and we've been fishing tournaments together for almost 10 years. We just about know what the other one is thinking by this point. But then there is "the guy" he had never done much more than fish a pond and he decides to buy a bass boat and fish tournaments. I didn't know he hadnt fished much before and couldn't figure why he was asking a million questions about what lures he needed or what I was going to throw that day. Finally after the third trip I told him just to let me look in this huge tackle bag he has there were two small pond spinnerbaits and a couple of little crankbaits. I started making him a list of basic baits to get and try that are almost guaranteed to catch fish in our area. The poor guy didn't even know what a shakey head was. I hooked him up with some shakey heads soft plastics finesse jigs frogs and swim jigs that I really like and the guy finished 15th in a 125 boat tournament the other day. I had to tell him a few spots to fish to do it but it's cool helping someone out like that. My major problem with him is that he wants to keep every dang fish that we catch. I don't mind someone keeping a few to eat but dang it there isn't any reason to keep 20 everytime we go. I just toss back everything I catch thats over about a pound and a half.
Psychofish reply :
Ugh, "that guy" no matter what we're throwing, it's wrong. Fishing fast? He wants to fish slow. Fishing slow? He wants to move all over. I position the boat parallel with the shore, he insists on casting to the front of the boat. Turn the boat perpendicular, he wants to cast to the shore. Swears he knows what he's doing and has been doing it for years!! Yet calls even the most well known lures and rigs by the wrong name. Thinks it's the funniest thing that " have a thing for hitting submerged trees with a lure! Don't you know you're gonna get hung up casting in there eventually!?"
I try to smile and just fish, but some days I want to pitch him off the side.
whitwolf reply :
On 4/12/2016 at 1:59 AM, CTD6677 said:A gentlemen that I fish quite a bit with (either on his boat or mine) is notorious for his ghost hook sets. I've never met a person that gets more "bites" than him and by gosh he never misses a monster hook set on any of them. Granted, hook sets are free, but he is excessive.
I didn't go into detail about the guy I no longer fish with but this was one of many, many, things he used to do. After several trips I decided to count one night. I have fished this lake for years and I usually get 12-15 bites a day/night. The night I counted he set the hook 117 times. It was irritating for a while but It got so ridiculous I found It highly amusing. All those hook sets for 3 fish.
The biggest reason we no longer fish was he would be out of his mind ticked off If I caught more fish. He constantly made the trip(s) miserable(whining, pouting, yelling, etc.) when I was having a good trip, fish wise. I had enough and to this day, even after bluntly telling him the reasons we don't fish, he constantly asks to go fishing.
I hope all these stories are a good reminder that we do this to have fun, catch some fish, and get away from the daily grind. NEVER settle for being miserable, there's always a choice!
96ecss reply :
I have a friend who always wants to move to a new spot. Even if you're catching fish, he always has a "better" spot. The last time I fished with him was a few years ago. We spent more time driving from spot to spot than we did fishing.
Dave
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
The baitcasting thing is easy set brakes.if u have them to. Highest setting then tighten tension.if they cant figure it out they hand.it back ,.if they do figure it out at least you know they can maybe get a birdnest out
Jd_Phillips_Fishin reply :
My brother was ''that guy" the other day. We were catching tons of fish, I look back and see this.
Bass newb reply :
I really shouldn't complain because I have female company but she misses more fish in a single trip than I've ever caught. I say "baby it's okay if your lure touches a tree or brush, it doesn't mean that a bass hit it".
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/19/2016 at 12:25 AM, Carolina Bassin said:My brother was ''that guy" the other day. We were catching tons of fish, I look back and see this.
That's one of my brothers every time he goes fishing, which is luckily not often. Even if we are catching them like crazy he is curled up on the bottom of the boat eating all of our food. And after he has eaten all of our food he asks over and over if we can go home. After we tell him no, he keeps asking and starts walking around in the boat scaring all of the fish away.
Lunker Huntin reply :
On 4/3/2016 at 7:17 AM, Gundog said:Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.
You and me both I used to fish with the same guy all the time I would be killing in on a bait and Im the type of guy that wants everyone in the boat to catch and have fun, but this dude was horrible about using the same lure all the time or saying well at the other lake i was fishing the other day this killed it on a whole different species so it must work. Drives me nuts because then at the end of the day he will complain that the fishing sucked. Oh and dont get me started on the boat moving this dude would put the boat right on top of where you would want to cast and wonder why we wouldn't catch anything. I dont fish with that guy much anymore my new partner is night and day difference, he's in it to win in no matter what it takes if I'm catching he will switch over and vise versa we dont care we wanna stick some fish sure we bust balls on each other but all in all we both swallow pride when it comes to fishing if he's got the hot bite I'm not ashamed at all to ask what he's throwing we have learned a lot from each other and our catches have just gotten better. My time on the water is limited so I want to make it count and heck one day you might be hot and another you may need a helping hand on the hot bait. At the end of the day everyone wants to catch, being a hard head is only going to end up with a lot of days ending in "the fishing sucked"
Oh and the best part of the other guy was he never took anything I said worth a dang. I could be wacking em left and right and say dude tie this on, Nope kept fishing the same way as soon as someone else (especially my new fishing partner) would say hey this is working you should try it he would immediately change over. Always made me feel like the guy thought I had no clue which really makes for a hard time when your just trying to help a buddy out and he acts like YOU are the idiot.
Gundog reply :
On 4/19/2016 at 6:00 AM, Lunker Huntin said:You and me both I used to fish with the same guy all the time I would be killing in on a bait and Im the type of guy that wants everyone in the boat to catch and have fun, but this dude was horrible about using the same lure all the time or saying well at the other lake i was fishing the other day this killed it on a whole different species so it must work. Drives me nuts because then at the end of the day he will complain that the fishing sucked. Oh and dont get me started on the boat moving this dude would put the boat right on top of where you would want to cast and wonder why we wouldn't catch anything. I dont fish with that guy much anymore my new partner is night and day difference, he's in it to win in no matter what it takes if I'm catching he will switch over and vise versa we dont care we wanna stick some fish sure we bust balls on each other but all in all we both swallow pride when it comes to fishing if he's got the hot bite I'm not ashamed at all to ask what he's throwing we have learned a lot from each other and our catches have just gotten better. My time on the water is limited so I want to make it count and heck one day you might be hot and another you may need a helping hand on the hot bait. At the end of the day everyone wants to catch, being a hard head is only going to end up with a lot of days ending in "the fishing sucked"
Oh and the best part of the other guy was he never took anything I said worth a dang. I could be wacking em left and right and say dude tie this on, Nope kept fishing the same way as soon as someone else (especially my new fishing partner) would say hey this is working you should try it he would immediately change over. Always made me feel like the guy thought I had no clue which really makes for a hard time when your just trying to help a buddy out and he acts like YOU are the idiot.
Sounds like we fished with the same guy. Especially the part about taking other peoples advice and not mine. He once spent 3 hours fishing with a trout spinner cause his father-in-law told him its what the fish were biting on. All he caught was sunfish and crappie.
Lunker Huntin reply :
On 4/19/2016 at 6:09 AM, Gundog said:Sounds like we fished with the same guy.
yep we deffiently fish with the same guy I did a bunch of reading/research for what was working before one of our big long fishing trips, well it payed off and the watermelon red senko was on fire that trip, I was burning through them so fast and couldn't keep the bass off of them (glad I brought a lot of bags) i offered them numerous times and the guy said na ill just keep using this same bait that hasn't caught anything all day. And of course every time i caught another nice bass he was full blast on the TM to a new spot. After a few days just gave up and he complained the whole time, whatever not gonna ruin my trip.
BassThumb reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 8:41 AM, Further North said:So...a couple years ago, the guy who was supposed to join me on a Canadian trip had to back out (he had a good reason, family medical issues).
I happened to mention this at a meeting I had for a local conservation group.
One of the guys at the meeting spoke up and indicated he'd like to go if there was room. We'd fished together a a few times, and while he hadn't been the best partner I'd ever fished with, he hadn't been terrible. I thought about it a while and thought, "What the heck, how bad can it be?"
Here's how bad:
- Didn't want to come up the night before and pre-pack the boat and truck so we could get going on time.
- One of his "tackle boxes" was a 5 gallon bucket...the other one was a 12 pack Leinie's corrugated box.
- Lure organization was...a pile.
- We were 40 minutes down the road when he remembered he'd left his passport in his truck.
- Sat at a different table when we stopped to eat on the way up.
- On the first day of fishing, at the end of the day...this plays out:
- When I'm done for the day in Canada, I like to spend some time straightening up the boat at the dock so it's not a three-legged cluster #@%$ in the morning...so I start doing this, putting stuff away, cleaning off fish schmutz...
- My fishing partner...let's call him "Bob"...picks up his three rods, his Leinie's box and his bucket and takes off for the cabin...keep in mind that there's a dozen boats at the dock, with tens of thousands of dollars worth of tackle and gear n them...all better than his...
- I think to myself, "What the heck?"...and then I thought, "NO problem, he's probably going to fix dinner."
- I finished cleaning up the boat, headed back to the cabin, walked in, where "Bob" greats me with, "Hey, I hope you've got something to eat, I just brought enough of this for myself." BTW...he was standing there drinking one of my beers...
- ...so I warmed up some killer chili I'd brought along...about the time it was done, he says "That sure smells good, can I have some?" I said, "Sure." and I went to bed. When I get up in the AM, the chili is still on the stove and when fumblenuts stumbles out of his bed a while later, he let me know, "Hey! You left the chili out last night."
- All week long, he wanted to fish for walleyes and lake trout...even though they were not biting and pike, muskies and smallies were killing each other to get to our lures.
- He never...not once...helped net a fish, all week.
- He never commented when he had a follow on a fish...in fact...the few times I saw him have a follow, he try to hide it, or flat out deny it.
- He's a musky guy and never boated one all week...mostly because he kept throwing huge baits when they told us, clear as a bell on day one, that they liked stuff that was about 7" - 8" long...
- He sulked for two days when I caught 3 muskies in an hour...
- He didn't offter to drive at all on the way home...just sat in the passenger seat and complained that the sun was too hot on him and that we needed to turn the A/C in the truck down (it was set at 70°).
"Bob" and I don't fish together any more...he keeps asking...but oddly, I've always got all the seats in my boat full for that trip...
What an odd duck. That should be the last fishing trip with him.
Gundog reply :
Another nugget from "That friend". We were fishing one day on his boat and he decided to take his spool off his spinning reel (he only uses spinning gear). I think you can all see this coming cause I did. I told him not to do it. He didn't bring another reel. Well he did it anyway and loosened the cap that holds the spool on (on most models its the drag adjust but his drag is on the bottom of the reel). He pulled the spool off with the cap and the cap flew out of his hand, hit the rail of his boat and into the water. We had fished only about an hour when this happened so that ended the day for us. To this day I can't believe he did that.
N Florida Mike reply :
Another "that guy" I fished with back in the day would nearly always do some crazy thing while fishing.One day he tried to see if he could stuff a whole pouch of red man in his mouth.He usually talked non- stop.Well,at some point I noticed he hasn't said anything in awhile so I look at him and he's turning green.Sick as a dog.He was about to barf so I put him on the bank until....Another time he suddenly grabbed my rod and began bending it to try and touch tip to butt and said "Is this an ugly stick?" And the rod snapped in half.I stared at him and said " No it wasn't".I was furious and kept staring at him so he climbed out of the boat and swam to the island we were near .The rod was the one I had caught my pb on!.
Lunker Huntin reply :
On 4/19/2016 at 6:49 PM, N Florida Mike said:Another "that guy" I fished with back in the day would nearly always do some crazy thing while fishing.One day he tried to see if he could stuff a whole pouch of red man in his mouth.He usually talked non- stop.Well,at some point I noticed he hasn't said anything in awhile so I look at him and he's turning green.Sick as a dog.He was about to barf so I put him on the bank until....Another time he suddenly grabbed my rod and began bending it to try and touch tip to butt and said "Is this an ugly stick?" And the rod snapped in half.I stared at him and said " No it wasn't".I was furious and kept staring at him so he climbed out of the boat and swam to the island we were near .The rod was the one I had caught my pb on!.
Man I hope you dont fish with "that guy" anymore after you made him replace your rod, he would have been thrown off the boat hahahah man i would have been pi$$ed
Jtrout reply :
On 4/19/2016 at 6:49 PM, N Florida Mike said:Another "that guy" I fished with back in the day would nearly always do some crazy thing while fishing.One day he tried to see if he could stuff a whole pouch of red man in his mouth.He usually talked non- stop.Well,at some point I noticed he hasn't said anything in awhile so I look at him and he's turning green.Sick as a dog.He was about to barf so I put him on the bank until....Another time he suddenly grabbed my rod and began bending it to try and touch tip to butt and said "Is this an ugly stick?" And the rod snapped in half.I stared at him and said " No it wasn't".I was furious and kept staring at him so he climbed out of the boat and swam to the island we were near .The rod was the one I had caught my pb on!.
I laughed so hard snot came out of my nose lol
RB 77 reply :
I don't fish with "that guy" anymore (for other reasons), but I used to fish with a guy that would "fake" a hook set on a super slow day. He would perform a fake hook set with an audible "ayyy". It didn't really do anything to me, but it drove our other friend through the roof! After a while I just got used to it and wouldn't even look over any more after a while.
S Hovanec reply :
After some contemplation, I've come to the conclusion that I must be "that' friend.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 4/21/2016 at 11:12 PM, S Hovanec said:After some contemplation, I've come to the conclusion that I must be "that' friend.
Do you care to elaborate? Inquiring minds want to know. : )
S Hovanec reply :
On 4/22/2016 at 12:37 AM, Ratherbfishing said:Do you care to elaborate? Inquiring minds want to know. : )
I fish too slow, even for myself sometimes.
I don't move when I should.
I move when I shouldn't.
We could be catching a boatload of 12-15" smallies and I'll pick up and move. IMO, big fish don't associate with the dinks.
I have A.D.D. with baits. 2 or 3 casts without a bite and I'm switching.
I won't uncover or launch the boat if it's raining.
I'm a 3 trick pony: dropshot, tube and dropshot.
I fish in the past too much.
I'm sure there's more, but this is what I can come up with off the top of my head.
thomas15 reply :
On 4/6/2016 at 9:11 AM, Djman72 said:I have "that friend" who constantly will want to move spots. He is very good at breaking down an area of water and tying on a good bait to catch fish. That being said, he constantly wants to pick up anchor and move. Doesn't matter if we're slaying fish or the bite is dead.
Move Move Move
When we go out, I'll man the trolling motor on HIS boat.
I have a friend that when we go out in my boat and once we get to the place we are fishing he just goes up front and drops the TM. No discussion, just right to it.
It's actually for the best because he is better at it than I am, in fact he is a better all around fishermen than I am.
the reel ess reply :
On 4/11/2016 at 10:14 AM, You_Only_Live_Once_Fishing said:my friend gets hung up with my expensive lures every cast, manage to snag up in a sand bottom creek six times in 5 casts
I have that friend too, Give him a T rigged worm. He might outfish you with it.
Ohio Yakker reply :
My "that friend" never blames himself for losing a fish. If he gets a bite and misses the hook set, he'll blame the rod or the lure. I get sometimes you can have a dull hook, (but even then that is the anglers fault for not sharpening it) or the hook can bend out, but with him it is every time. Or he'll claim that the fish was so big it broke him off, instead of the fact that the was just trying to horse it in and the line snapped, or that it just came untied. He is full of excuses when it comes to fishing. But I can deal with it because he is one of my bestfriends and he is the person that got me into fishing several years ago.
Wbeadlescomb reply :
A guy I fished with finished 15th in a 100 boat tournament and now he thinks he is kvd jr.
JRammit reply :
Love fishing alone!... Hassle free!
When i do take someone, its usually a family member that doesnt know how to fish... So theyre all "that guy"... No gear, cant tie knots, can only cast with 100 yards of open water all around the boat and still manage to snag something every other cast
I only take them out of guilt, i dont enjoy myself... Lets me know i could NEVER be a guide!
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