I know I'll get slammed for this, but isnt it a little funny that this pic and the pic of IM with the 60+ fish were taken the day after the fish was caught, and yet Mike is wearing surf gear, sporting his VS and showing thr plug he caught the fish on? Did he dress up just for the pic? He is obvioulsy a great fisherman but its a little too much marketing for me.

I guess it just depends. If you want to have a good shot of a fish you go to the water or be fortunate enough to have a camera on you at the time it happened.

A big dead fish covered in lawn clippings just isn't as much fun.

But I can certainly see why an after the fact photo session bothers people.

RIJimmy :kewl:

Pete, I like the second pic waaay better, could be just me, but seems way more "unposed"

Nice Pete! Thats more real!

Iron Mike on the front lawn in shorts,showing a trophy of a fish, suits me just fine and is very realistic. I have to admit I like that one better too, makes him more of a person to me. Not saying that the first pic isnt nice too , just my .02

And......if you look closely, he is sort of smiling in the lawn pic. So maybe Mike doesnt like the posed shots either?

even though you use less muscles when smiling maybe his smile muscles are undeveloped ? with out beer !

Nice fish and great pix.
F the smile. I never smile..just happy inside..:rotf3:

I was still asleep from fishing all night and really didn't feel like going down to Ocean drive. It was his idea to go down to the water.

I don't "pose" him...

I am glad someone mentioned that because I had a half page rant that I deleted (because I thought it was too much) here was the drift of it though:
He poses more then a supermodel working on a swimsuit issue. The "dress-up" seems more like a Madison Ave ad to me then trying to capture a fishing memory. With the gear and plug arranged just so. Next time put mike in a Aquaskinz thong for us!:biglaugh:

And I take nothing away from his catch...great fish!!

Nice Bass Mike
 

Who cares :doh: ....nice fish Mike!

I have to draw a line when it comes to thongs ! too converse about some guy smiling or not is one thing and him being a poser but a thong ?
"he poses more then a supermodel working on a swimsuit issue. The "dress-up" seems more like a Madison Ave ad to me then trying to capture a fishing memory. With the gear and plug arranged just so."
I have to agree it sure looks like the next add for any and all of the manufactuers .


now a picture of a fish and a fishing rod ( for size comparisons ) is all that is required .

there isnt enough alcohol !

it is a nice fish

I don't care if the picture is staged (aren't they all).

He could be naked on a bear skin rug hugging the fish... the only thing that upsets me is he's catching huge fish and I'm catching schoolies... and we're probably fishing the same nights and just a few hundred yards from each other.:huh:

I think all the pictures are pretty cool. Although, if you are going to stage a pic, it would be better to do it at night for that hardcore surfcasting feel.

bear skin rugz ? no wonder you arent getting big fish your thinking of little naked men while you should be thinking about large girls . LOFL I kill myself sometimes . where is the comedy club ?

"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one
Care less for them!"

Later he says: "Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,
While I myself say there is naught nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the face of God's grey earth
As that prince of foods . . . The muffin girls !"

I'm gonna try that next cow I get..:bshake: :scream:
I'll have Canalman pose for it....

That would be pretty funny

Figured you'd like that, how bout u join us..Group pic.:yak6: :bshake:

LOL, actually when I read your post it reminded me of Sienfeld, the pictures of George..
http://www.1stoppostershop.com/produ...lessArtOfS.jpg

:hihi: :rotf3: :hee: :laughs: :spin:

http://myspace-737.vo.llnwd.net/0079...99735737_l.jpg

I'd like to thank:
Hodgeman's
Musto.
Avet.
Saltheart. (I think... whoever wrapped that rod.)
Bomber.
Mountain Hardwear.
Jockey.
Yo-zuri.
Lee Valley.
Ripcurl.
Gold Toe.
The United States Marine Corps (Special edition Outer Cape jungle boots resoled by the Village Cobbler with Vibram soles and drains enlarged by moi)
And booger for being a dirty old man.

:spam: :D

Oh right, and Spam.
For being my personal fish slammin fuel.

Likwid is a sand sissy

Thats only because you don't wanna play. :bc:

go check ya front door it's xmas

Not here yet. :bc: :bc: :bc: :bc: :bc:

So lets make a list.

I see a VS. Most people had trouble identfying the lure. Seawolf's custom stick, also real tough to ID. Enlighten me on "advertising for any and all manufacturers"? He's a tester for new VS gear, you can't be too surprised he's got the hat on. What else? They're fairly unmotivated pics, on Mike's part, if you ask me.

Gear positioned just so? That's the rod, reel, plug bag, and wading belt he fishes with all the time, all year long.

The photos were taken during the morning because that's when he showed up with the fish.

It is what it is. I snapped a ton of pics (it's digital so why not) to get some good shots. It's in the running as a potential OTW cover, for the same reason I posted it here in the first place.

I think I've changed my mind about the photo gallery. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& was right. It's not worth posting photos. Admittedly he occasionally brought some of the flak on himself when he posted pics, but still, he's completely right. He warned me no matter what the reason was that I posted a pic it would get jumped on, and I'll admit I kind of dismissed the warning. The thinking was it was just a good photo of a bass in the surf people would enjoy, which is why I liked the idea of a photo gallery for the board. Lesson learned.

Pete..It's F%$#@! sad it has to be like that cause of a few :cputin: .
I thought the pix were A OK.......:claps: Hope ya reconsider and Ignore..Works 4 me dude.:D