i thought this up while i was fishing with my dad in south carolina and i forgot my camera and i said "i better not catch anything big because i dont have a camera". he thought i was crazy for saying that. so then i asked him "would you rather catch a 9lber and not have a camera, or have your camera and not catch a thing?" he said he would rather catch the fish and not get a photo.

i would be just devastated to catch a 9lber (or any new PB) and not have a camera with me.

so lets hear it, would you rather...

Sounds like a no brainer to me. Who doesn't want to catch a fish?

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll take the 9 pounder and no camera.  It's nice to get the photo and share with friends....but if I didn't have the camera I still have the memory.

I would much rather catch a hog. How often do you look at the pictures of fish you catch?

I would much rather catch a hog. How often do you look at the pictures of fish you catch?

pretty often, how bout you? ;D

i would be lookin at a pic of a 9lber everyday!  ;D ;D ;D

Sounds like a no brainer to me. Who doesn't want to catch a fish?

X2

I catch 9lber's all the time without a camera.  It really isn't a big deal... :

Geez, what a stupid question. :

Geez, what a stupid question. :

Mr. warmth.

Hey Mike, what's shakin'?

To answer the question, I rarely took pictures of my fish.  Then I got on message boards at about the same time camera phones came out.

I have yet to catch a nine pounder.  The memory of the experience would please me for years.  No camera?  no problem.

Two years ago, when I caught my 9.8# PB walleye, I was so excited and concerned with getting her back in the water healthy, I forgot to take the picture. As has been said, I still have the memory.

Falcon

I'd catch the 9lber.

wow who were the two people who voted no fish and have camera?

Id always rather catch a 9 pounder

i never photograph any of my fish any way ( dotn ever wana lose it into the water)

Geez, what a stupid question. :

10 lbs is when they become "special". Some people catch a lot of big

fish all the time. I don't think they care about the picture unless it's

with friends or really something.

8-)

I would rather catch the hawg and have the memory.

wow who were the two people who voted no fish and have camera?

Id always rather catch a 9 pounder

i never photograph any of my fish any way ( dotn ever wana lose it into the water)

Bassboy15 and me  :-[

i dunno, maybe im just weird, but photos of fish mean a lot to me. i like to have a photo there to remind me of the fish and all the little details that the mind would otherwise forget  

I'll take the 9 pounder and no camera. It's nice to get the photo and share with friends....but if I didn't have the camera I still have the memory.

Exactly

wow who were the two people who voted no fish and have camera?

Id always rather catch a 9 pounder

i never photograph any of my fish any way ( dotn ever wana lose it into the water)

Bassboy15 and me  :-[

i dunno, maybe im just weird, but photos of fish mean a lot to me. i like to have a photo there to remind me of the fish and all the little details that the mind would otherwise forget  

ME?!??

lol, I seriously would be SOOOO bummed if I caught a fish 9 lb's and didn't have a camera. I think i'd feel sick to my stomach if I didn't bring it...

This is easy.

It is better to have caught and lost than to have never caught at all.

Im surprised the Scale variable wasnt added into the poll equation.

How about if you caught the fish with no camera and no scale? The way I see it, as long as I have the weight documented thats good enough for me.

wow who were the two people who voted no fish and have camera?

Id always rather catch a 9 pounder

i never photograph any of my fish any way ( dotn ever wana lose it into the water)

Bassboy15 and me :-[

i dunno, maybe im just weird, but photos of fish mean a lot to me. i like to have a photo there to remind me of the fish and all the little details that the mind would otherwise forget

No maybe about it , you are weird!!!!!!!!

wow who were the two people who voted no fish and have camera?

Id always rather catch a 9 pounder

i never photograph any of my fish any way ( dotn ever wana lose it into the water)

Bassboy15 and me :-[

i dunno, maybe im just weird, but photos of fish mean a lot to me. i like to have a photo there to remind me of the fish and all the little details that the mind would otherwise forget

No maybe about it , you are weird!!!!!!!!

i do believe that this is  a fairly easy question...

I would be very bummed if I didn't have my camera, but as many others have said... I would much rather have the memory. When I caught my pb 10.2 all I had was an antique camera that I couldn't download the pics onto the computer. But I still have the pic at home with me!!!

I'd leave the camera home everytime if I thought it would make a difference!  ;D