Quote from a Bass fisherman

[pryan0225]

We were taking about places to fish in a lake I never fished before. I was talking to my "soon to be ex" friend who favors bass fishing. I asked him where all the walleyes might be.

His response:

"I see the walleye guys all around but they don't know what they are doing. They are all live-bait fisherman"


aaahhhhhhh


Pat

[cc unlogged]

Aw, you just have to remeber with bassers you're dealing with
the "unwashed" :stirthepot: just tell him bass ain't so smart,
you catch them all the time and pitch them up on the bank -
then enjoy the facial tics this should provoke.:rotflmao:

[bentrod]

I fish bass now and then for the fight, and just about anything else just for the tug. Until a few years I killed all the dogfish I caught until I realized that I was fishing for fun and the dogfish gave me more fun, so now I look at dogfish as a better sporting fish than the bass and release them all. I might even target garpike, gonna kill them. I think I am becoming like my Grandpa, he would fish for anything, anytime, but favored perch and pike and was a master at both.

[Meat Hunter Unlogged]

I was also told by a buddy that I was fishing for "Stupid fish."

It's funny how all these guys ask me where I'm running into the monster bass when I'm out trolling.

I love to get a rise out of these guys... just tell them something like, "Are them largemouth good eating!!!" I didn't know there were soooo delicious!!! Dynamite on the grill. That'll shut em' up.


Meat Hunter.

[SUPERTROLLER]

>His response:
>
>"I see the walleye guys all around but they don't know what
>they are doing. They are all live-bait fisherman"



Let's see. Which fish is smarter and harder to catch? The one that will hit a chunk of plastic dragged with a 1/2 oz. sinker in the weeds 10 ft. from the boat (OR) the one that you've got to finesse with live bait in deeper water 50 to 100 ft. from the boat?

[Gritty]

>I asked him where all the walleyes might be.
>
>His response:
>
>"I see the walleye guys all around but they don't know what
>they are doing. They are all live-bait fisherman"


Sounds one-dimensional. I like to fish both, depending on the type of water and the time of the year. Here's what you do - take him out fishing for walleye on a hot bite. I bet he's never been out so he has no frame of reference. Of course, he'll have to start using his head which may be hard to do (just forget telling him about NOT lipping them).

[expectthebest]

I like fishing for both bass and walleye. There's nothing like the fight of a big smallmouth. On the other hand, I enjoy fising for large walleye too. It just depends on what kind of mood I'm in that day. Or, sometimes I'll fish for both on the same day.

[Dacotah Eye]

I have never found a Walleye that was dumb enough to bite on a Chevy hubcab with a treble hook attached.:cheers:

[rspahr]

There is not much finesse required to catch walleyes. I accidentally catch these fish all of the time. The big fish at the bass tournament this weekend was a walleye. Too bad it did not count.

[joeman79]

Sounds like a type of racism, I like fishin for all kinds of fish but would never slam someone because they enjoy fishing for bass more than walleye. I knows its all in fun though. And being a ex tournament fisherman for both species I can say it was tougher to place in a bass tournament than a walleye tournament but that was 10-20 years ago. Lots of great fisherman anymore.

[Meat Hunter Unlogged]

The bass guys catch the walleyes... when the walleyes are in 2' to 10' of water.

Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of really good bass fishermen out there. The best ones can consistently catch bass when they're well away from the shoreline.

One guy by me that wins a LOT of tournaments spoons the deep bass after they pull off the shorelines. His brother leaked to me what he does.... get this.... he feeds the alewifes to make them stay in certain spots... GRAYTRAIN in sacks weighted down. The day I have to bring dog food up the lake is the day I quit.


Meat Hunter.

[Dacotah Eye]

You're right, it's all in fun. My bass fishing friends tease me about hanging a pork chop on a hook to catch fish so I give the hubcap one back to em. If I wanted to be mean, it would have been a Dodge hubcap. By the way, I may be buying a new Dodge/Cummins this week and didn't mean anything by that either. I just wish I could learn to be more sensitive. :cheers:

[Chuckles]

When I want to think about how to catch a fish I go for eyes. When I just want explosions and thoughtless battles I go for smallies - they like sparkley lures. Note my quote below... Chuckles

[Rod Cutter]

I showed a pitcure of a couple of butt kicking smallmouth that I caught last week end to a bass fisherman yesterday. The first thing out of his mouth was "you turned those back didnt you?". I said, "yes I did, in a pan of hot peanut oil." and walked away.

[FuzzyIL]

He said that to get under your skin.....and it worked.

[Dacotah Eye]

I was close to keeping a couple of smallies for the pan last week, but the walleyes were hitting really well. I do eat smallies occasionally, but largemouths taste like mud where I catch them.

[AllenW]

I have told bass fishermen that I bury 3-4 bass in the ground next to each of my tomato plants, and it makes them grow like crazy....then when their about to wind up and say something, I mention how hard it is to get enough bass to do 30 or so tomato plants...that usually gets them...:)

Al...who usually tells them he's kidding...:)

[Dacotah Eye]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :funnypost:

[REW]

By the way, you have hit on the exact way that I fish for whitefish in the winter time. If you haven't tried it before go for it.

Hubcap fishing really works. Find a good whitefish / tullibee hole. Be sure that you are marking some fish. Then, drill a bunch of holes around the area. Be sure to drill a larger hole in the center of the bunch of the holes which will accomodate the hubcap.

Fish for the whitefish using small spinners and waxies. If you find that the fish began to drift away, drop the hub cap down the hole and jig it a few times. The shine of the hubcap will draw the whitefish back to the area, and you can began to catch them again.

Another thing that works equally well is to use Ca. truck mirrors.
Again, drop them down the center hole - they work even better if you string 2 or 3 together. and jig them with a 1/4 inch rope. The flash of the light on the mirrors really attract the whitefish as well as other salmoinoid type fish - such as lakers or salmon.

Take care
REW