Hmmmm....what do I do best regarding bass fishing?

Dedicate your entire life to catch a world record record bass.

I didn’t accomplish that goal.

Along the way I learned a lot about bass behavior and tried for over nearly 50 years to share my knowledge regarding catching bass. 

At the end of the day I can hope someone was inspired to bass fish as a result.

Tom

I'm just trying to be a good dad..… my 11 year old son is my tournament team partner and goes on EVERY trip..... He loves it so I'm trying to get him as much experience as I can before highschool starts.... right now he wants to be a "pro" fisherman and get a college scholarship for fishing.

 

im not great at anything but I'm trying to get him on many different bodies of water and trying to give him a good foundation in the basics.

 

 

I am very good of finding the right height of praire grass beside a lake and next to the road in a ditch to squat down in wearing chest waders and take care of business all the while road traffic is driving by.

1 hour ago, El jefe said:

I'm just trying to be a good dad..… my 11 year old son is my tournament team partner and goes on EVERY trip..... He loves it so I'm trying to get him as much experience as I can before highschool starts.... right now he wants to be a "pro" fisherman and get a college scholarship for fishing.

 

im not great at anything but I'm trying to get him on many different bodies of water and trying to give him a good foundation in the basics.

 

 

Wish my dad could have been into fishing, his father was a massive angler like myself.   I had to take advantage of neigbhor who mentored me. 

 

When it works out that both father and son like the same thing, magical memories, and lifelong friendship beyond the father/son relationship can happed 

2 hours ago, WRB said:

Hmmmm....what do I do best regarding bass fishing?

Dedicate your entire life to catch a world record record bass.

I didn’t accomplish that goal.

Along the way I learned a lot about bass behavior and tried for over nearly 50 years to share my knowledge regarding catching bass. 

At the end of the day I can hope someone was inspired to bass fish as a result.

Tom

Got pretty close my man, and chasing trophy Bass for a lifetime isn't that bad of a gig lol.   

 

I'm sure you have the best "fisherman" stories about times/places you just might have had the one that bested ole' Dottie 

 

One thing I didn't realize was how many of those SoCal Bass were taken off live baits, specifically crawfish.   Nothing wrong with that, but I always heard it was big swimbaits in rainbow trout colors 

7 hours ago, Kirt Howe said:

I am best at being in love with my wife. As far as fishing goes, I would say that I am best at crankbait fishing.

 

I just puked. 
 

 

jk

2 hours ago, El jefe said:

I'm just trying to be a good dad..… my 11 year old son is my tournament team partner and goes on EVERY trip..... He loves it so I'm trying to get him as much experience as I can before highschool starts.... right now he wants to be a "pro" fisherman and get a college scholarship for fishing.

 

im not great at anything but I'm trying to get him on many different bodies of water and trying to give him a good foundation in the basics.

 

 

This is me as well. Have a 12 year old that’s my tourney partner. All he wants to do is play baseball and fish. 
 

 

I’m a jack of sorts and so a master of nothing. 
 

If I had to choose things I’m a master of, they’d be as follows:

 

1) Master of snagging lures. It doesn’t help that I’m a shore angler, lol.

2) I’m an analysis “master” and a trouble shooter/solution finder. Fishing wise, I know how to find nuggets of information from knowledge, research and experience. I’ve devised things to enhance my fishing experience. There are trade offs however. Sometimes I can think too much and can’t act because of indecision or information constipation (think hanging hourglass of a frozen pc), but this trait gets me through the winter, lol. 

3) I have mastered the art of the honey do list. It extends fishing liberty and created a phrase I coined through master analysis that I call “Spousal Credit.”  I just extended our backyard patio by laying pavers and I told my wife no way Jose, I ain’t young anymore to do that kind of labor. She then said, “please for her mom to enjoy when she visits.”
6000 lbs of gravel and 2000 lbs of sand later and a myriad unforeseen challenges that I resolved along the way, I got it done. never ever did such a task. I can tell that my wife did appreciate this effort and consequently, I’ve earned enough “spousal credit” to fish or golf or do whatever I want for the rest of the year. ???

It's hard to pick one thing. When you've been at this for several decades, you oughta be a pretty well rounded fisherman. I can tell ya, pitchin heavy cover, and rolling a chatterbait around after dark are my favorite ways to get 'em. My weak area is offshore for sure. The little impoundments in my area just don't set up for it. 

I'm a really good caster.  I can hit 6 feet to the left or right of my target.......or get snagged in a tree 20 yards past my target.   

 

 

Seriously, I guess my best strength for fishing/boating is backing a trailer.   Occasionally people who've seen my at the ramps ask me to back their stuff into the water.   

23 minutes ago, Woody B said:

 

Seriously, I guess my best strength for fishing/boating is backing a trailer.   Occasionally people who've seen my at the ramps ask me to back their stuff into the water.   

That turning right to go left business is one reason I stay as a co angler!

 

It gets confusing man!!

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Mike

10 hours ago, Mike L said:

That turning right to go left business is one reason I stay as a co angler!

 

It gets confusing man!!

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Mike

 

40+ years ago an old man told me to put my hand at the center of the bottom of the steering wheel.  Move your hand the direction you want to trailer to go.   

Junk fishing. It's really tough to get on a good pattern on most of our lakes, so being ready for whatever you run into next is important to catching fish here, so I'm already for anything. 

19 hours ago, Woody B said:

I'm a really good caster.  I can hit 6 feet to the left or right of my target.......or get snagged in a tree 20 yards past my target.   

 

 

Seriously, I guess my best strength for fishing/boating is backing a trailer.   Occasionally people who've seen my at the ramps ask me to back their stuff into the water.   

I drive a crude oil transport for a living and pull a boat on my days off. I get confused backing up without a trailer at this point. LOL.

9 hours ago, Woody B said:

 

40+ years ago an old man told me to put my hand at the center of the bottom of the steering wheel.  Move your hand the direction you want to trailer to go.   

This technique works well, especially for someone new to backing a trailer.

I love poppers   
I can make a pop r sing dance and do the hokey pokey ?

Fish slow.  I'm best in the early prespawn tournies.  

Bite detection, especially with slower moving baits, I don't even question if it's a fish, my brain and instincts kick in from doing it so many times..happens so fast I can't explain it, it's crazy lol. 

Some of the things I'm good at 

 

Sharpening hooks

Checking my line and Retying "often"

Trolling in to hot on a piece of cover 

Getting tangled up in marker buoys

Being aware  

 

 

 

 

 

Fishing a Ned rig and landing quality fish using light spinning gear by myself.  

 

Throw’n a spinnerbait. Pretty darn accurate and successful with one, both in daylight and at night.

Like @Kirt Howe said, I'm best at loving my beautiful wife. I'm truly crazy about her.

Fishing, organization and preparation are a couple of my strong areas. Crankbaits are my confidence baits. Give me a crankin' stick, BPS Platinum casting reel, 10 pound test and a crankbait, I'm catching them.

Catching what the water will give me. Some days it’s Bass others it’s Bluegill.

On 8/24/2022 at 10:38 PM, WRB said:

Hmmmm....what do I do best regarding bass fishing?

Dedicate your entire life to catch a world record record bass.

I didn’t accomplish that goal.

Along the way I learned a lot about bass behavior and tried for over nearly 50 years to share my knowledge regarding catching bass. 

At the end of the day I can hope someone was inspired to bass fish as a result.

Tom

Tom, I know you have inspired people. look at some of your posts and look at the responses. I don't know you from Adam but I can surely say you have inspired me about not only fishing but life in general. So thank you.

Oh yeah what I do best................fish. just fish.

I'm really good at drinking beer. As for fishing, it's not a technique. I just try hard. I don't get discouraged because I know the big bite will eventually come if I'm doing the right things. I guess one thing I do well is not targeting small bass. But that means fewer bites.

Getting blown into trees with hornets nests.

Wash lures.

Spend money on lures I don’t use