Bass are just....awesome critters!

nofearengineer · 05-25-09, 01:37 PM

I was hangin' out at my brother's house yesterday evening for a bit of a cookout. I looked out the back window, and I see his next door neighbor fishing the little pond in back (they live on a golf course, with lots of irrigation ponds and creeks).

Heck, I even like watching peoplr fish, so I go out there to take a look. The guy has hiw two youngest kinds out there, and he's teachin' them to fish. They've got the obligatory Spider Man pole and whatnot, which is just great for little kids...whatever hooks them in.

In between baiting his kids hooks, this guy is twitching a floating crank up and down the edge of the weeds, and the bass are just murdering it. Little guys, 10-12 inches. Regardless of size though, they have all of the attitude of a 20 lb'er. They are the masters of their little hole, and they know it. One of them broke the guy's line when he set the hook, taking the plug down with it. Then all of a sudden, about 5 seconds later, as the guy is first starting to bemoan losing his good lure, the little badass jumps right out of the water again, and shakes the lure out of his mouth. P'tooey! Man...that was awesome to see. Bass are just special.

From now on, when I go to my brother's house, I'm taking my ultralight spinning combo with me.

JB · 05-25-09, 01:40 PM

The more you're out there observing and hunting, the more tips under the ol' noggin you'll have. We all are always learning and adjusting.

Bassboss · 05-25-09, 03:46 PM

Man, I love watching people taking kids fishing (not kinds

), once I was fishing and grandpa was fishing with his young grandson using live shiners catching a poop load of bass!

- Happy Memorial Day!

jooleyen · 05-25-09, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

broke the guy's line when he set the hook, taking the plug down with it. Then all of a sudden, about 5 seconds later, as the guy is first starting to bemoan losing his good lure, the little badass jumps right out of the water again, and shakes the lure out of his mouth.

WHOA! That same exact thing happened to me a few weeks ago.

bamabassman · 05-25-09, 07:33 PM

nofear, THAT to me is what it is all about. watching others fish is almost as much fun as fishing myself. i just love to see a father teach his kids the sport of fishing. althoiugh i LOATH golf, LOL, I WISH MORE FOLKS WERE PLAYING GOLF THAN OUT ON THE WATER TODAY,HEHEHEHE. man when we came in around 3 pm. there were a thousand pontoons going into the water. glad we came in.

MallenManson · 05-25-09, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bassboss

Man, I love watching people taking kids fishing (not kinds

), once I was fishing and grandpa was fishing with his young grandson using live shiners catching a poop load of bass!

- Happy Memorial Day!

I agree. More people should take their kids out fishing, or, as I saw this last weekend, take them out to the baseball diamond. Kids are impressionable and the parents are the one that need to do the impressing

05-25-09, 01:37 PM	#1
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Bass are just....awesome critters! I was hangin' out at my brother's house yesterday evening for a bit of a cookout. I looked out the back window, and I see his next door neighbor fishing the little pond in back (they live on a golf course, with lots of irrigation ponds and creeks). Heck, I even like watching peoplr fish, so I go out there to take a look. The guy has hiw two youngest kinds out there, and he's teachin' them to fish. They've got the obligatory Spider Man pole and whatnot, which is just great for little kids...whatever hooks them in. In between baiting his kids hooks, this guy is twitching a floating crank up and down the edge of the weeds, and the bass are just murdering it. Little guys, 10-12 inches. Regardless of size though, they have all of the attitude of a 20 lb'er. They are the masters of their little hole, and they know it. One of them broke the guy's line when he set the hook, taking the plug down with it. Then all of a sudden, about 5 seconds later, as the guy is first starting to bemoan losing his good lure, the little badass jumps right out of the water again, and shakes the lure out of his mouth. P'tooey! Man...that was awesome to see. Bass are just special. From now on, when I go to my brother's house, I'm taking my ultralight spinning combo with me. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

05-25-09, 03:46 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Man, I love watching people taking kids fishing (not kinds ), once I was fishing and grandpa was fishing with his young grandson using live shiners catching a poop load of bass! - Happy Memorial Day! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

05-25-09, 07:33 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	nofear, THAT to me is what it is all about. watching others fish is almost as much fun as fishing myself. i just love to see a father teach his kids the sport of fishing. althoiugh i LOATH golf, LOL, I WISH MORE FOLKS WERE PLAYING GOLF THAN OUT ON THE WATER TODAY,HEHEHEHE. man when we came in around 3 pm. there were a thousand pontoons going into the water. glad we came in. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-25-09, 01:40 PM	#2
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	The more you're out there observing and hunting, the more tips under the ol' noggin you'll have. We all are always learning and adjusting.

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