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Fishing Conversations With Those Who Don't Understand 2024


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 

I thought this would be a good thread. Post up some convos you've had with people who just don't get it. 

This one was with my Mom. 

 

"But I thought I told you not to get any more fishing baits" 

"These ones are different." 

"They look the same to me"

"They all look the same to you." 

"I want you to be saving money for college. You already have a bag full of baits." 

"I am saving for college, Mom. I put away 70% of what I get. That's way better than what most people do." 

"But that __ percent could come in handy." 

"It does come in handy, Mom. I buy fishing baits with it!" 

"I give up..........." 

 

And I don't even buy that many baits.....I probably spend around 50 bucks a year on baits. 

 

This one is one I get all the time. 

 

[Random passerbyer]:  "Caught anything?"

[Me]: "Yep, caught ___ bass today." 

"What'cha catch em on?" 

**Show them the bait**
"Holy cow! That's way too big to catch a fish on. Are you pulling my leg?" 

 

 


fishing user avatarbassinnoobie reply : 

I could totally see me and my mom have that conversation


fishing user avatargulfcaptain reply : 

The best are the ones that pass by and it kinda goes like this

 

Them: "Are there really fish in there?"

Me:     "There are a few"

Them: "So are you trying to catch them?"

 

I've always wanted to be a smart$$$ and say something but I've always been nice.


fishing user avatarcurtis9 reply : 

My coworkers are baffled that I throw fish back. They've all told me to call them and they'll come pick up the fish if I'm just going to throw them back. They don't understand the concept of fishing for fun


fishing user avatarJay-D reply : 

Haha very funny posts! I feel like my dad is the worst! He's old school, he uses a bobber live worm and a split shot exclusively for all fish species. When i take him bass fishing ill suggest that he uses a lure or atleast a simple texas rig, but he just looks at me sternly and says "you gotta let em come to you"! He'll be pulling blue gill and crappie out and throwing back while im on the other side pitching stumps and brush catching 2-3lb bass. He's so set in his ways but ...thats my pop


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 

Not to hijack my own thread but your profile picture is really sharp!


fishing user avatarAlonerankin2 reply : 

As I often bank fish a community lake..

I cast & hook up.. 3, 15 to 18 year old girls approach me and begin dialogue...

1st girl says " did you just catch that ?"

Me. Uh, yes I did..

2nd girl says " it that a real fish ?"

Me. Uh, yes it is..

3rd girl says " are those real hooks ?"

Me. Uh, yes they are..

1st girl says "can I touch it ?"

Me. Sure

She replys oh my god, GROSS..

As I release fish..

Girl #3 says " what did you turn it loose ?"

Me. I always do..

Girl # 1 says " what's the point, then ?"

I finally looked at them and said " I'm quite certain you would not understand"..

Girl #1 says " yea, I guess I don't"

They thanked me and wondered off giggling..

Young girls are silly...


fishing user avatarJay-D reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 3:47 AM, Senko lover said:

Not to hijack my own thread but your profile picture is really sharp!

Thanks alot! It was my first baitcasting setup!
fishing user avatarRhino68W reply : 

My wife is the most amazing thing ever, but she doesn't know a work from a spinnerbait. ANYTIME she say "Oh these are pretty" when looking at lures in the store, I buy them. They may be something ridiculous and "loud" but she is much more willing to let me buy things that she picked out lol. 


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 4:21 AM, Alonerankin2 said:

As I often bank fish a community lake..

I cast & hook up.. 3, 15 to 18 year old girls approach me and begin dialogue...

1st girl says " did you just catch that ?"

Me. Uh, yes I did..

2nd girl says " it that a real fish ?"

Me. Uh, yes it is..

3rd girl says " are those real hooks ?"

Me. Uh, yes they are..

1st girl says "can I touch it ?"

Me. Sure

She replys oh my god, GROSS..

As I release fish..

Girl #3 says " what did you turn it loose ?"

Me. I always do..

Girl # 1 says " what's the point, then ?"

I finally looked at them and said " I'm quite certain you would not understand"..

Girl #1 says " yea, I guess I don't"

They thanked me and wondered off giggling..

Young girls are silly...

 

Haha. Dumb but beautiful.......


fishing user avatarRanndomUndead reply : 

I came across this one guy as i was fishing docks one day, hes pulling his pontoon in it to dock it.

Apparently this guy hated fishing and those who fished so hes just repeatedly criticizing me with things like "Did you abduct any fish today, murderer"

After a minute or so of ignoring him he gets close to me, i let him pass then get his attention by yelling "OH OH GOT ONE" he turns around, looks and me and goes, "So what is it, criminal?" And i just say "Your boat hitting the dock" as he proceeds to ram into a break an entire section.

My best day ever fishing to date


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 

I gotta say, that doesn't sound very nice. But bet if I had been there, that would have been hilarious!


fishing user avatarGoTakeANap reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 2:41 AM, curtis9 said:

My coworkers are baffled that I throw fish back. They've all told me to call them and they'll come pick up the fish if I'm just going to throw them back. They don't understand the concept of fishing for fun

 

 

Same here man. I don't think they will ever understand. Must be South Carolina lol.


fishing user avatarBig C reply : 

My brother fly fishes 95% of the time we go fishing, and everytime we go I ask him "What are you using today?"  He always just looks at me and says "bass bug" ( which is a small popper made of deer hair or cork)  It can literally be 12 degrees out and he' using a bass bug.  Or I'll make an order to TW show him all the awesome stuff and he just says "Expensive ain't it?"  or "I bet I catch more fish with this here bass bug (I look up and he's holding up a green 1.5" long deer hair bug) than that giant rat (my new Spro rat).  I just hope he's not right with that last one.


fishing user avatarscaleface reply : 

A few   older gentlemen were talking in a a bar about bass fishing. I was not in on the conversation , but just listening. It was funny as could be.  One  guy said . "I have two lures and if the bass are not hitting either of them , then they just are not biting . "


fishing user avatargulfcaptain reply : 

I just remembered one night a buddy and I went to fish a park after hours. (parks close at 10pm) and do some night fishing.  We got out and these two other people (who also weren't supposed to be there) asked if we were fishing for ducks.  I replied no, but I hear they taste a lot like chicken.  She then told me she was going to call the police for being in the park after hours and fishing.  Think she forgot she was in the park after hours herself doing something shady with a guy a lot younger then she was in their van.  

 

Love that dock story though....that was pretty funny right there.


fishing user avatarBooyahMan reply : 

Not exactly a conversation, but a one-liner that always gets me when I'm fishing.

 

"Are there fish here?"

I try so hard not to be a smart ass. 

 

 

Also recently had a funny conversation with a one of the typical Salmon/Steelheaders out here while bass fishing. He came over to say hi:

Him: Are you fishing for bass?
Me: Yes.
Him: What are you using?
Me: Just a crankbait (Norman Squarebill).

Him: That's too big for bass.
Me: Not really.
Him: *gives me funny look*

I wish he had still been there when a tiny 10 inch Cutthroat slammed it. :D


fishing user avatarkcdinkerz reply : 

When I first got into bass fishing, every time I came back from the lake my parents asked me if I had caught any fish? And I'm like yeah but threw them back. There like you spend so much money and you throw back. they grew up in a third world country where cnr is unheard of. I'm just glad we made it to America lol.


fishing user avatarRSM789 reply : 

Bass fishing awareness in Orange County is low among the general population, even with those who live on a lake. Given most folks here view the lake as a decorative water feature and that fishing is what people do in the ocean, here are some of the questions & comments I hear the most:

"Is that a trout?"

"Is that a catfish?"

"You will catch more fish if you use hotdogs instead of lures".

"Do they stock this lake?"

"Throw over here, I saw a huge fish there yesterday".

Most folks are just being friendly & striking up a conversation, so I keep my answers simple. I could tell them I'm fishing for Steelhead & they wouldn't know the difference. What is fun is while we are chatting (me in my boat, they on their dock), I'll casually skip a lure under their dock. The look on their face of "What the...?" is great, even better if I then wrestle a fish out from under their feet.


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

I've tried to explain to the "Why do you fish if you don't keep them?" people more than once, it's pointless. Right up there with the "Why do you need so much stuff?" 


fishing user avatarmrc.in.wi reply : 

Although I will take a bass or two home for dinner. The one that always gets me is "Why did you throw a fish that big back"?


fishing user avatarABW reply : 

"I'll just stick with my worm and bobber.."


fishing user avatarwhitwolf reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 2:41 AM, curtis9 said:

My coworkers are baffled that I throw fish back. They've all told me to call them and they'll come pick up the fish if I'm just going to throw them back. They don't understand the concept of fishing for fun

 

A lot of folks that grew up in depression times think I'm out of my mind to throw a fish back. I have many older family members that comment on my C&R habits and simply will never understand.


fishing user avatarMaster Bait'r reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 10:19 AM, scaleface said:

A few older gentlemen were talking in a a bar about bass fishing. I was not in on the conversation , but just listening. It was funny as could be. One guy said . "I have two lures and if the bass are not hitting either of them , then they just are not biting . "

And he's not wrong either ;)

OP, moms are different. They know stuff you can't but at the very least least your vice is still a constructive activity. :)


fishing user avatarColdSVT reply : 

We have lake near me that is stocked with tens of thousands of trout each year. It also has bass it...big old trout fed fatties

Evertime i walk up to that lake a trout fisherman will see that i have a jerkbait or swimbait tied on tells that i wont catch a trout in that lol...i say " youre probably right!:

Then when i catch a bass they look dumbfounded and say somerhing about not knowing there were bass in the lake


fishing user avatarA-Jay reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 9:12 PM, ColdSVT said:

We have lake near me that is stocked with tens of thousands of trout each year. It also has bass it...big old trout fed fatties

Evertime i walk up to that lake a trout fisherman will see that i have a jerkbait or swimbait tied on tells that i wont catch a trout in that lol...i say " youre probably right!:

Then when i catch a bass they look dumbfounded and say somerhing about not knowing there were bass in the lake

 

X2 ~

 

A couple of my favorite & most productive bass lakes are the same - stocked trout lakes.

 

And I also relive the same scenario many times a season - and it always makes smile.

 

:smiley:

 

A-Jay


fishing user avatarCatch 22 reply : 

When some one wants to dispute something with me I just tell them "whatever you want to think"

 

Some people will be disagreeable  no matter what the topic or what the conditions. Its a power play on their behalf.

 

C22


fishing user avatarCgrinder reply : 

I used to fish the city pond in a somewhat "affluent" neighborhood. The conversations were pretty good. One time I hit a jogger with a pounder that flew over my head after a Bill Dance hookset. Pleasantries were exchanged and I, uh, did not get her number.  :laugh5:


fishing user avatarBrownBear reply : 

In the store with my wife a while back, I was looking at the fishing poles.

Wife: Don't you have enough fishing poles? You can only fish with one at a time you know.

Me: Do you have enough purses and shoes? You can only use them one at a time too.

Wife: No, but I use them for different outfits.

Me: And I use the fishing poles for different situations and baits.


fishing user avatarAllTerrainAngler reply : 

Yesterday i was fishing a tournament and we were throwing along the sea wall and around the little private boat ramps. We were near this dock full of people fishing. First cast i caught a decent 2-3 pounder and every one of them chimed in. 

1st lady "omg omg he caught a bass, hey *name,name name name, "

kid"what'd you catch it on?"

guy#1 chimes in" he had to catch it on a spinnerbait or crankbait.

me"no it was a shakey head"

guy#2 mustve been a crankbait

me again "no shakey head. 

Guy #3" oh he caught it on a fluke" 

 

we just trolled away slowly.... 

 

Same people not even 10 minutes later. 2 jet skis and a wake board boat flying and playing in the cove which is marked EVERYWHERE with no wake signs...


fishing user avatarLittleBob reply : 

If I had a dime for every time the guy I worked with told me it's a waste to buy all the gear I do and that he could catch more fish with just a cane pole and worm I'd be able to buy a whole bunch more of the "wasteful" gear haha

My dad and I also had a group of high school girls at night on a dock ask us if we were catching anything, told them the bite was slow but we were catching them, said that sounded super boring and they walked off. Then we heard them laughing and saying they should throw rocks in the water ahead of us to make us think it was a fish... I can only imagine from the sound of the splash they had to be tossing grapefruit sized rocks not 25 yards down the bank in the direction we were going


fishing user avatarBooyahMan reply : 
  On 4/20/2015 at 1:10 AM, LittleBob said:

My dad and I also had a group of high school girls at night on a dock ask us if we were catching anything, told them the bite was slow but we were catching them, said that sounded super boring and they walked off. Then we heard them laughing and saying they should throw rocks in the water ahead of us to make us think it was a fish... I can only imagine from the sound of the splash they had to be tossing grapefruit sized rocks not 25 yards down the bank in the direction we were going

 

Pleasant bunch, by the sounds of it. 


fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 

The guy who thinks Shakespeare spinning combos will do everything as well as the Johnny Morris BC combo. BTW, this is my FIRST post.


fishing user avatarAlonerankin2 reply : 
  On 4/20/2015 at 10:02 AM, the reel ess said:

The guy who thinks Shakespeare spinning combos will do everything as well as the Johnny Morris BC combo. BTW, this is my FIRST post.

Welcome to the forums!


fishing user avatarSirSnookalot reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 2:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

I've tried to explain to the "Why do you fish if you don't keep them?" people more than once, it's pointless. Right up there with the "Why do you need so much stuff?" 

 

 

I wonder that myself, lol.

 

Fishing South Florida is urban fishing, people always walking around.  Questions are pretty simple and straight forward.  " What kind of fish are in here?", "do you eat them?".  Coming from non fishing people these are inquires just based out of friendliness, a few seconds later their back on their walk.  An antagonist appears once in a while, but not that often.

I fish the ICW in Palm Beach sometimes, different up there.  The area is very upscale and one might think the people are uppity, quite the opposite.  People do stop by and watch sometimes or just have some light conversation while they are walking their dogs.  It's one of the friendliest places I go.  Beaches are like that too, people out for their early morning walk or with their dogs, many pause to say hello, always ask "did you catch anything?".


fishing user avatarboostr reply : 

My wife "More baits"

Me ... (and avoiding eye contact)


fishing user avatarboostr reply : 

Or,

Me "it's not for me it's for Konnor" (my 4yr old son)

My Wife "Yeah sure it is"

She just doesn't understand the Bait Monkey...


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

Fishing With Those Who Don't Understand

Aint gonna happen ;)


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 
  On 4/20/2015 at 11:44 PM, Catt said:

Fishing With Those Who Don't Understand

Aint gonna happen ;)

 

Way to rip those words outta their context!


fishing user avatarww2farmer reply : 

I have learned to save my breath, those who don't get it, never will.... Including a lot of bass fishermen.


fishing user avatarMissourifishin reply : 

People not understanding the concept of catch and release is the main thing I run into. It completely boggles some people's minds. Another thing that I've encountered on multiple occasions is people not understanding the use of artificial lures. Some people don't even seem to realize that people fish with anything other than live bait.


fishing user avatarRatherbfishing reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 4:21 AM, Alonerankin2 said:

girl says "can I touch it ?"

Me. Sure

She replys oh my god, GROSS..

 

I used to get that a lot. 


fishing user avatarMatthew2000 reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 5:12 AM, Ratherbfishing said:

I used to get that a lot.

When you only use those 3 sentences it can really seem a little out of place. Just think about it a minute....
fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 4:56 AM, Missourifishin said:

People not understanding the concept of catch and release is the main thing I run into. It completely boggles some people's minds. Another thing that I've encountered on multiple occasions is people not understanding the use of artificial lures. Some people don't even seem to realize that people fish with anything other than live bait.

I hear that. I have friends who won't throw anything back. They can't seem to understand conservation or management. I fish other people's private ponds a lot. They're kind (and wise) enough to want me to take a good bit of their small fish. I want to keep fishing there, so I'm not so rude and ignorant as to take any trophies home. My rule is not to keep any larger than 3 lbs unless I KNOW there are only small fish. Then I won't keep any over 2 lbs. Little ones taste a lot better.

 

If someone doesn't want me to keep any, I won't. Better to catch and release than not be invited back.


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 12:39 AM, Senko lover said:

Way to rip those words outta their context!

Kinda left a word out huh!

Works either way though ;)


fishing user avatarEvanT123 reply : 

A guy told me once he had a fishing game on his phone but never fished. I told him he needed to get out more and he walked away.


fishing user avatarAQUA VELVA reply : 

I actually bought one of those Spro rats to try out on my lake. When I show it to people and tell them it's a bass bait ,they look at me as if I have completely lost my mind. I hope they are not right.


fishing user avatarRatherbfishing reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 7:57 AM, Matthew2000 said:

When you only use those 3 sentences it can really seem a little out of place. Just think about it a minute....

 

a joke.  humor.  I'd explain it to you but as it was once said, explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog.  You learn a lot in the process but in the end, you kill it.


fishing user avatarMatthew2000 reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 9:02 PM, Ratherbfishing said:

a joke.  humor.  I'd explain it to you but as it was once said, explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog.  You learn a lot in the process but in the end, you kill it.

I understood what you were saying.


fishing user avatarboostr reply : 
  On 4/21/2015 at 5:12 AM, Ratherbfishing said:

I used to get that a lot.

You gotta warsh that thing...


fishing user avatarMatthew2000 reply : 
  On 4/22/2015 at 12:47 AM, boostr said:

You gotta warsh that thing...

I pictured the otter in your profile pic saying that with that face. I laughed more than I should have.


fishing user avatarS Hovanec reply : 

Any time I talk rods with someone. Even fishermen, I get the deer-in-headlights stare.


fishing user avatarcorn-on-the-rob reply : 

when fishing in general is not understood well, mention tournament fishing and watch the looks of confusion you get.


fishing user avatarGotfishyfingers? reply : 
  On 4/19/2015 at 2:09 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

I've tried to explain to the "Why do you fish if you don't keep them?" people more than once, it's pointless. Right up there with the "Why do you need so much stuff?" 

x2


fishing user avatarZach Nute reply : 

Every person I talk to... They see my fishing decals on my truck and they ask if I fish. I simply reply with "yes". Next questions is "do you eat them". My next answer is what throws people off, I simply reply with the answer of "I don't like the taste of fish"... People go nuts!!


fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 
  On 4/22/2015 at 9:17 PM, Zach Nute said:

Every person I talk to... They see my fishing decals on my truck and they ask if I fish. I simply reply with "yes". Next questions is "do you eat them". My next answer is what throws people off, I simply reply with the answer of "I don't like the taste of fish"... People go nuts!!

I get the opposite from tourney fishermen. Tourney fishermen hate for you to keep any because they have been trained to accept catch/release as the Gospel with no gray area.

 

I DO eat bass. But I fish a lot of smaller waters where they will get stunted if someone doesn't take them. One place I fish they are already badly stunted. It goes against the grain to keep twenty 3/4 lb bass. But if I don't they will never reach any real size. I know they're stunted because many were females on the bed. I just match the tackle to the size of the bass and catch as many as I can. You need to take so many/acre/year even if you don't eat them. SACRILEGE!


fishing user avatarfishballer06 reply : 

I had a tournament 2 weeks ago and I encountered a good one.

 

Weigh in was at 3. A little after 2, we moved over and fished the bank opposite from the launch. There is also a dock to fish off of right beside the launch, of which there was a few people fishing off of and they could all see us fishing. Come 3, we pulled the boat out and did our weigh in. Once done, we walked down to the dock to release our fish (there's 20 boats in this tournament). There were 4 different people fishing off this dock and they just all dropped their jaws as they saw all these guys throwing these 2-5 pound bass back into the lake. 

 

"Is that a bass?! Those are huge!"

 

"Why are you throwing a fish that big back?"

 

"Did you catch that in here? Really? Fish grow that big in here?!"

 

"There's no way you caught that in here."

 

"Did ya'll catch any bluegills?"

 

"Throw it back right over here. I'm going to catch it again and take it home."


fishing user avatarDerekbass02 reply : 
  On 4/23/2015 at 2:06 AM, fishballer06 said:

I had a tournament 2 weeks ago and I encountered a good one.

 

Weigh in was at 3. A little after 2, we moved over and fished the bank opposite from the launch. There is also a dock to fish off of right beside the launch, of which there was a few people fishing off of and they could all see us fishing. Come 3, we pulled the boat out and did our weigh in. Once done, we walked down to the dock to release our fish (there's 20 boats in this tournament). There were 4 different people fishing off this dock and they just all dropped their jaws as they saw all these guys throwing these 2-5 pound bass back into the lake. 

 

"Is that a bass?! Those are huge!"

 

"Why are you throwing a fish that big back?"

 

"Did you catch that in here? Really? Fish grow that big in here?!"

 

"There's no way you caught that in here."

 

"Did ya'll catch any bluegills?"

 

"Throw it back right over here. I'm going to catch it again and take it home."

LOL! :)


fishing user avatarJd_Phillips_Fishin reply : 

I was fishing at the neighborhood docks once and an older guy came by and asked, "What you fishin with?" I replied, "Plastic worm." He looks at me for second and says, "Them things don't work." And he walked away.


fishing user avatardanno054 reply : 

I get some new soft plastics and my wife always asks "What flavor are those?"

 

Me: "Green Watermelon & pumpkin."

 

Wife: "Do fish like the taste of green pumpkin?"

 

Me: "It's a color not a flavor."

 

Wife: "Oh, so what do they taste like?"

 

Me: "Some taste like coffee or salt?"

 

Wife: "So i guess a big bass loves some pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks." 

 

I wish i made that up. She still asks me what flavor it is every time i get something new just to pester me. Her new favorite line is "what flavor where the bass biting today?" I guess that's one way to put it....


fishing user avatarSenko lover reply : 

LOL. I just remembered this from a bassing book. Can't find the book, so I'm trying to quote to the best of my ability.

 

"My mind is on one track: fishing.

I can usually keep myself from getting embarrassed, but sometimes, it gets me in trouble.

My wife will ask me, "Did you hear what happened at the kid's school today?"

I'll answer, "Yeah, they're moving up shallower and are a lot easier to catch."

But sometimes, she'll get me back. I'll ask her what we're having for supper tonight, and she'll reply,

"A purple worm in those treetops would be killer!"


fishing user avatarjoeblowwwww reply : 

 I always think it's funny when someone says "I just use this $50 rod and pole and catch a ton of fish"   that's great and all but that sounds more like you are out to just pull something in or you are just cheap.


fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 
  On 4/23/2015 at 11:47 AM, carolina bassin said:

I was fishing at the neighborhood docks once and an older guy came by and asked, "What you fishin with?" I replied, "Plastic worm." He looks at me for second and says, "Them things don't work." And he walked away.

My dad and I were trolling around jigging under docks for crappie during the spawn in the days before super long crappie rods. We were using 8' cheap fly rods with spinning reels and mini jigs. A homeowner jokingly asked if anything was biting way under there. He was actually laughing. We asked if he wanted us to see and pulled 4 out from under his dock. The we proceeded to do the same at the other docks in the cove.


fishing user avatarSirSnookalot reply : 
  On 4/23/2015 at 6:35 PM, Bass Sabbath said:

 I always think it's funny when someone says "I just use this $50 rod and pole and catch a ton of fish"   that's great and all but that sounds more like you are out to just pull something in or you are just cheap.

You must be reading my posts


fishing user avatarwuchr20 reply : 

I can imagine that convo.  


fishing user avatarwuchr20 reply : 

lucky for you though, I only get to spend 10% of my money


fishing user avatarPreytorien reply : 

"You should be a professional fisherman!"

 

.....yea....let me get right on that LOL


fishing user avatarRB 77 reply : 

The conversation usually boils down to explanation of the concept of recreational catch and release angling. Quite a few non-anglers seem to think most “fishermen” are either “meat hunters” or “beer drinkers with a fishing problem”. Most often both!


fishing user avatarMontanaro reply : 

These threads usually pop up after trout stockings.

Do the math


fishing user avatarOntarioFishingGuy reply : 

'So can you use the hook again after you catch a fish?'

 

'Yeah'

 

'So you're touching a hook that has been in a fish's mouth?'

 

'I guess'

 

'Gross'

 

:dazed-7::cut:


fishing user avatarmassrob reply : 

Every person I work with doesn't understand cpr. They all think I'm crazy for throwing all the fish back. They also think using artificial lures doesn't work but then I show them the pictures and they don't believe that's what I use. Bass fishing in Massachusetts must not be very popular because I don't know ten people that have any knowledge of it. The only person I can talk fishing with is my mom. She's gotten into it alot just by coming with me. She loves taking pictures of the fish. It's so funny as soon as she sees my rod bent she comes running with the camera.


fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 
  On 4/25/2015 at 4:21 AM, OntarioFishingGuy said:

'So can you use the hook again after you catch a fish?'

 

'Yeah'

 

'So you're touching a hook that has been in a fish's mouth?'

 

'I guess'

 

'Gross'

 

:dazed-7::cut:

My wife is insanely afraid of the kitchen after I clean and bag fish. I have to cleanse the ccounter and sink until there is nary a hint fish meat was there. She refers to it as "raw fish". I tell her when I go fishing (hopefully) I handle maybe a dozen "raw fish", drink a bottle of water and eat a snack without washing my hands with soap. Unbelievably I haven't been poisoned yet.


fishing user avatarLacustrine reply : 
  On 4/27/2015 at 4:48 AM, the reel ess said:

My wife is insanely afraid of the kitchen after I clean and bag fish. I have to cleanse the ccounter and sink until there is nary a hint fish meat was there. She refers to it as "raw fish". I tell her when I go fishing (hopefully) I handle maybe a dozen "raw fish", drink a bottle of water and eat a snack without washing my hands with soap. Unbelievably I haven't been poisoned yet.

I was eating a snack in the woods yesterday after cleaning a turkey I shot. I didn't think a thing of it till my brother pointed out I had not washed my hands. I told him I rubbed them in the dirt, but he didn't believe that got them clean.


fishing user avatarCAbasser reply : 

 I caught one and released it and someone fishing next to me asked why did I let it go? they said if I didn't want it to give it to them... I don't think they understood catch and release





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