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

I enjoyed the pics :wave:

:claps:
No need for people to over analyze

Tony, where's the pic of your last?
Congrats dude.

To summarize this thread and people's reactions:

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com...usinessmen.jpg

(i forgot to thank spro also)

great fish

excellent pictures..regardless as to whether they were on the lawn or in the surf

enough said

mikes a great fisherman who shares his knowledge.if your lucky enough to know him you would realize that

sounds like some people are a little jealous

Thats what I was thinking. :hs:

Pete, don't let any of the nonsense get to you:wall:
it's not worth it and it's not even nessesary to have to defend yourself. pretty sad actually.

this is a fishing website, members post pictures of fish we catch, big deal :huh:
Maybe we need NIB to post on this thread to kill it, he's the thread killer:hihi:

I agree. Over the last 2 years I have seen some of the most knowledgeable people of our time slowly fade away from active participation on the boards because of this. I can see whay a guy like Mike is not a member - I think he knows that this kind of thing goes on and stays away on purpose - it's not conducive to his next 60. We all lose.

:rollem: you people knocking the pics need to get a life

jeepers creepers..:smash: :smash:
if we don't have pix...then what.....no talking about catches???:whackin:
posed or not who cares....the guy is the top of the heap
pro athletes pose for pics....right....why not ironman...is this not a sport of sorts????

Pete, don't think that way over this thread. Keep posting those great shots. Blue water is much better than Green grass.

I think Roseneath said it best. They're all staged.

All are staged unless you have a camera crew following you around. Like you have said it is hard to find someone to take a good pic. I find it hard myself to get someone to take a good snowmobile or fishing pic. I have a ton of great pics I have taken but very few of myself.

Great fish
 

Many more are happy just to see BIG fish than blat.
I'm only here for the fish porn. Just like all porn, the best looking stuff IMHO is a little staged, but hey some people are into guys on couches.

I usually delete these instead of sending them.

I'm sure Mike's kids will enjoy both photos when they get older. Give the guy a break!

Pete keep the staged photo's coming. I would rather see a photo of a nice fish like the first one than one in my front yard. :fishslap:

I enjoyed the photo.I think all the naysayer's should just grow up already.An personally I hope Mike does make a few bucks doing it.I know Crazy Al Takes advantage of alot of his photo opportunities an nobody has a problem with that.I here a good fisherman gets something,anything from some reps an I like it.I would put photo's up but I'm too ugly.

Pete please don't stop just grow thicker skin.For the most part the ones complaining have no Idea what it takes.Give one night in Mikes korkers an they probably would not make it back.
By the way I got seven fish over 30 lbs this week.To 39.2
It's to bad the S-C is only one fish per week or I would have 5 fish @175 lbs. from my hand scale.

Consider it done.

If there was any doubt about NIB's ability to kill a thread, just add me to the mix :hihi: :tm:

I think the pic and this thread were both overanalyzed a bit (though I do prefer the pic on the grassy knoll myself) and Pete - I think you are being a little touchy about this thread. Not as bad as you think it played out...

As far as the Iron one joining the board? IIRC a couple years ago Tattoo (or IM's wife - I forget) had to type for him... Not sure even if he has a computer...