Tim Salmon….wait no, Mike Trout. Actually Mike Carp……nope I’m Kevin Bass. 

I'm a bass bustin, muskie maulin, crappie killin, saugeye slayin, SON OF A GUN BABY!!!

 

I'm trying for in between the ying and yang

 

A cross between Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and the Hulk. Because I go all out and sometimes HulkOut according to friends. 

Dontrelle Willis.   I suspect most of y'all have never heard of him.  He was a major league baseball pitcher for a few years.   His pitching was excellent at times, but sometime erratic.  (just like my fishing).  The main reason I picked him is regardless of what was happening in the game he always had a BIG smile of his face, and looked like he was having the time of his life.   That's me fishing.   

 

 

My fishing? I dunno. But lately I feel like this guy. 
 

 

This guy. Lived in the trenches no finesse in his game.

10 hours ago, king fisher said:

Roger Staubach.  Because every cast is a Hail Mary.

Or is that Clint Longley?

Giancarlo Stanton.

 

I’ll be on fire for a week and then slump for a month.

@herder I was just waiting for someone to mention John Daly in this thread.

Forest Gump I usually just run blindly until something good happens. 

Nolan Ryan

I’ve lost my fastball and now I’m pushing Advil 

i'm who, playing first base, in the abbot and costello routine, who's on first......  uh, probably most guys and gals here won't no who i'm talking about......... it's a pretty old routine

3 minutes ago, fishhugger said:

'm who, playing first base, in the abbot and costello routine, who's on first

I'm the shortstop.....

Evander Holyfield.  As long as I’m married, my ear will be chewed on.

23 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Which sports figure parallels your career ?

 Virtually None.

They play a Childs game for a living.

My career required participating in real Life & Death deals almost on the daily.

No question these men & women work hard to perfect their rare God Given athletic ability,

but they are still playing a game, regardless of the press coverage

and the misguided pedestal they get placed on. 

Their efforts often offer us a welcome distraction from the reality of our life's,

however, there's usually very little there to emulate in my mind.

Being able to pass, punt & throw is not an indicator of good character. 

Isn't it funny how "Being a Good Man or Woman" just doesn't mean that much any more.

Unless one isn't. 

A-Jay

 

14 hours ago, Woody B said:

Dontrelle Willis.   I suspect most of y'all have never heard of him.  He was a major league baseball pitcher for a few years.   His pitching was excellent at times, but sometime erratic.  (just like my fishing).  The main reason I picked him is regardless of what was happening in the game he always had a BIG smile of his face, and looked like he was having the time of his life.   That's me fishing.   

 

 

I remember Willis 

12 hours ago, keagbassr said:

This guy. Lived in the trenches no finesse in his game.

Diesel!!!

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  23 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Which sports figure parallels your career ?

 Virtually None.

They play a Childs game for a living.

My career required participating in real Life & Death deals almost on the daily.

No question these men & women work hard to perfect their rare God Given athletic ability,

but they are still playing a game, regardless of the press coverage

and the misguided pedestal they get placed on. 

Their efforts often offer us a welcome distraction from the reality of our life's,

however, there's usually very little there to emulate in my mind.

Being able to pass, punt & throw is not an indicator of good character. 

Isn't it funny how "Being a Good Man or Woman" just doesn't mean that much any more.

Unless one isn't. 

A-Jay

 

Andy, I used career in a bass fishing context. Can this be done? Well, here's the meaning of career:

 

"an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress."

 

And here's the secondary meaning of occupation:

 

"any activity on which time is spent by a person"

 

I invited the guys to play, to be goofy, and self-deprecate. They did. 

 

Lots of good jokes on this thread

7 minutes ago, flatcreek said:

Lots of good jokes on this thread

 

Heck, yeah. That John Daly/Tiger Wood yin yang one is my favorite, but there are lots of near favorites. 

16 hours ago, Sasquatch said:

Forest Gump I usually just run blindly until something good happens. 

That one is perfect for me as well. I couldn’t have said it better.

 

 

I won’t ride on the coattails of Sasquatch so I’ll say not a sports figure but a sport franchise. I’m the Detroit Lions for every year of their existence it seems like with the exception of last season. They try and try, make countless changes with no positive luck! 😁

2 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

That one is perfect for me as well. I could’ve said it better.

 

 

I won’t ride on the coattails of Sasquatch so I’ll say not a sports figure but a sport franchise. I’m the Detroit Lions for every year of their existence it seems like with the exception of last season. They try and try, make countless changes with no positive luck! 😁

 

I'm Forrest Gumpy too. I never know where the bass have gone. I just keep casting/paddling/running until something good happens.

Will Perdue…

…and any LMB over 3 lbs is Hakeem Olajuwon.

1 hour ago, flatcreek said:

Lots of good jokes on this thread

Yeah I used up my daily allotment of reactions on this thread alone.

13 hours ago, flatcreek said:

Nolan Ryan

I’ve lost my fastball and now I’m pushing Advil 

I still wouldn’t charge him on the plate. You member what happened to Robin Ventura ? Oof ! Nolan Ryan, what a beast. 

Babe Ruth you got to be kidding!

The only thing I may have in common with the Babe is we drank too much.

Never gave this threads topic a thought.

Rock Clunn comes to mind as a bass angler with similar appreciation to keeping in touch with our surrounding environment  on the water. Any success Catching those green fish was a result staying focused on what is going on and listening to our intuition.

Tom