Sit.  Have no choice in my smaller canoe.  I can stand in my wider, semi-vee canoe, but still sit.

I have stood and cast recently, and the perspective is dramatically different.

After sitting while fishing for many hours over the last year, when I stood, it seemed like I was about 12 feet tall.

Sitting in the canoe makes me feel like a part of the pond.

Can't beat it for handling the fish when you get them to the boat.

99.9% of the time I stand.

I'm shore bound/wading bound. So, I'm always standing.

I stand when casting artificals for bass & crappie, sit when bait fishing for stripers or catfish.

I normally stand unless there are larger boats or a jet ski zooming by!

-j

Stand I only sit if I have to tram with the trolling motor to another spot, it it is close by.  I do sit once in a while because of back aches.

I stand as much as my knees and back will allow.  I feel like I have more control standing then I do sitting.

Later,

I stand all the time, even at tournaments. It doesn't feel I'm giving it my all if I'm sitting.

                                  joe

Which do you prefer while fishing? I stand most of the time for most techniques except when I'm using worms. I find it hard to stand and fish slow.

i stand always mainly cause im using a jon boat and my seat is just mounted on existing frame seat.

I stand to fish everything but soft plastics.  I just can not seem to slow down enough with out sitting down.  

Matt

Both.  Depending on how I feel.

I always stand.....But with SML's constant boat traffic and huge wakes you are forced to "lean" against the butt seat alot.

If it were not for the constant beating you take on that lake I would not even have the butt seat.

I fish the same way I pee.

I fish the same way I pee.

How can you set the hook while sitting down though, LOL!!!!

Just kidding man!!!

i use a leaning seat when im on the trolling motor, when im in the back i sit when troughing slow baits and stand when cranking, top water, and other faster baits.

I try to get to highest point on my boat for best vision.

Mostly stand

"Why stand when you can sit?" - Winston Churchill

I try to stand as much as possible.  I fish out of an 8' Pond Prowler and it took me some time to get used to standing in it. I have found they are pretty steady on the water. I feel I have way more control of my casts when I stand but I do alright sitting too.

Always stand except to run the boat to a new location.

I stand all the time. I get more distance on my casts, and better hook sets, while standing. When I used to walleye fish, I sat all the time while trolling.

Falcon

When I owned a small open boat with "bench seats", I had to do everything from a seated position.

Today, I always fish from a standing position, and about the only time I sit is to re-rig or relocate.

Roger

Stand always, but an occasional sit to rest.

8-)

I AGREE! 8-)

I'd love to be able to stand but with a 12' jon I'm stuck in the seat 99% of the time.  It's got to be some very calm water in order for me to be able to stand...even then its not a "steady" comfortable way of fishing.

Both.