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I was watching an episode of Bill Dance and he recommended sitting instead of standing to fish . Which way do you fish, sit or stand?

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    I am 74 years young and have been bass fishing since I could hold a fishing rod. In my fifties, I started having pain in my back and hips when stand up fishing.  To counter this, I learned to flip sit

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Mostly I sit. Only times I always stand is to flip/pitch.

I'm young so I stand. I also find it easier to control my casts when I'm standing.

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I stand nearly 100% of the time in a boat.  I sit nearly 100% of the time in my kayak. 

I pretty much stand 100% of the time

I almost always sit in my 1232 Jon boat. But if it was bigger, I’d stand more.

Stand when fishing, stand when fighting fish, sit when landing.

 

Similar to what @K1500 wrote, if fishing is slow & I'm dragging a dropshot around, the urge to sit while fishing is strong.

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I pretty much stand while fishing @Skunkmaster-k the majority of the time. I don’t “Bill Dance” fish very much yet, I use the seat with the extended post to lean on when casting or pitching/flipping.

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I rather stand or walk while bass fishing. At least this way I get some good exercise. 

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I stand about 50 percent of the time . I have a bad foot thats  not very strong so the balance is not good . Its not safe for me to stand unless its calm .

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Young at heart, so I stand.

In fact, I took the pedestal seat(s) out of my rig.

If I am fishing solo, I will stand in the Old Town Canoe as well.

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A-Jay

 

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I stand to fish unless I need to give my back a short break. 

Standing almost 100% of the time and I’m in a kayak and over 60

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I'm kayak fishing in the Oklahoma wind, so I sit mostly.  I've even developed a method of pitching that I can sit while doing.  It's basically just roll casting with the rod a few inches above the water.  It's a little harder to do without making a splash, but I can pitch it a lot further that way. 

 

But if the weather's nice, I'll stand as much as I can.  If nothing else, just to stretch the old legs.  

I prefer to stand as much as possible. The years, injuries and arthritis in my knees and hips will probably have me sitting soon.

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I have a pedestal bike style seat on the front deck that I use for most of the season while I'm bass or muskie fishing.  Its more of a lean-to type seat rather than a chair.

 

I have a standard height folding chair up there in the spring when I'm crappie fishing because I tend to do more bobber fishing.

 

On the back deck, I always keep a folding chair.  My Father will often go with and he's 68 so I know he likes to sit quite often.

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On shore, dock, kayak, or boat: stand if possible. 

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Stand( lean hard on tall seat). 

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I've always done both but now with 3 ruptured disc it's sit as much as possible.

usually stand but if its been slow and im dropshotting or ned fishing ill sit.

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