POLL: How Are You Faring So Far (Bass) vs. Past Seasons

[BassyiusMaximus]

. . . with the poll question that says "I don't care whether or not I catch." There was a philosopher long ago who said that " . . . (he) I would fish if there were no fish left in the ocean." Now I think that says alot about how hardcore a fisherman that guy was.

I remember an article I had read way back that did a great job of categorizing fishermen and the stages they go through and it went something like;

The fisherman who wants to catch alot of fish (kids).
The fisherman who wants to catch the biggest fish or a certain kind of fish,
The fisherman who wants to be out fishing not caring how many or how big, fishing to fish, and, the fisherman who likes seeing other people catch fish.

While I like to fish and like to catch fish, I do like taking friends and family out to catch fish and I pretend like I'm the Charterboat Captain and mate, operating the boat and putting people on the fish, rigging all the lines and tackle and baiting and netting.

I notice a strange phenomenon among friends whom I take out fishing. After a short time or if we have moved from place to place, that they either get bored or tired since they often wait until I catch a fish before they fish. Sometimes I think they are resting since beating it from one place to another can be tiring while I am so used to it and could go for many more hours when they haven't been on a boat maybe all season, either that or they are observing me and seeing how I'm operating the rod/lure/bait in the water. But I'll tell you, once I hook up, I've never seen people spring to life and in such a rush to get a line in the water. That is the thing, I usually have to catch one to motivate the troops.

Anyhow, I hope this was not "off-topic."

[JohnR]

I have not wet a line for a bass in over a month, just have had to do other things, but getting that line wet come September!!!

I see a lot of mixed, good anglers not getting fish, good anglers getting. I'm hearing areas that the fishing sucks, and other areas where it is good...

But I think that happens every year, a few years ago, Boston Harbor was unreal and Rhody was dead, but things have reversed. The shore guys on the cape might not be doing as well as normal but the boat guys were doing better.

I'm concerned over the total state of the fishery and I guess we'll see in a month when the new numbers come out...

[Rob Rockcrawler]

This has been my best year so far. More fish and they are larger. i strike some of it up as just beeing a better fisherman than past years. For some reason all the crap that i learned in the past kinda fell in place this year and it has made a big difference.