On 9/22/2025 at 12:26 PM, king fisher said:

I'm not supposed to set the hook as soon as I see a topwater bite but after 50 years of topwater fishing I still do.  I still miss most of my bites, but I guess I am just a slow learner.

You already said that you eat bananas in the boat, saying you're a slow learner is redundant. 

No better way to lose a fish than with them throwing the hook mid-air. I like it, as long as they aren't a new PB.

Scary!!  I once had a boat bearing down on me. I stood up in my kayak to make myself more visible and to get ready to jump off.  He veered last minute and played it off like it was all planned.    He was watching his skier im

sure. 

59 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Scary!!  I once had a boat bearing down on me. I stood up in my kayak to make myself more visible and to get ready to jump off.  He veered last minute and played it off like it was all planned.    He was watching his skier im

sure. 

 

It is scary and made even scarier by the fact that many boaters are drunk.