odd question

WHY would you fish for large mouth bass that are difficult to catch and smaller,when you could fish the salt surf and catch bigger,stronger,more plentiful fish.What do you think?Mike

[rrw4258]

I can sum it up in a few words! "Bass Fishing, It's An American Thing"!!

[Rodman_Rob]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

WHY would you fish for large mouth bass that are difficult to catch

if I wanted something easy, I'd fish for bluegill or cats.

[River stumps]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

WHY would you fish for large mouth bass that are difficult to catch and smaller,when you could fish the salt surf and catch bigger,stronger,more plentiful fish.What do you think?Mike

Big Mouth bass are not difficult to catch,they are more fun to catcn.

[rrw4258]

yeah, trying to find the lure they want that particular day is part of the fun, not many people would do it if it was easy!

[454ss]

Not evreyone can go to the coast and deep sea fish every week but most everyone has a nice little water hole close by.

[lovinfishin9]

its just fun and easy to catch em

[zooker]

umm 7 miles to the nearest lake 350 miles to the nearest surf -nags head- who says i don't salt water fish i do. when i am near the ocean. alantic beach sportsmans pier is my favorite place..

but have several places i like along the beach in hatteras island..

zooker

[va_basser]

I do my fair share of surf fishing.Nuthin like fishing for big red drum and stripers in the surf.This is seasonal though.And the beach is PACKED with tourons in the summer.You can pretty much bass fish all year long and dont need to be slinging 8and bait all day,which I can say from experience is just as tiring as cranking deep divers.Besides,as long as you are fishing,does it REALLY matter where you do it at?

[Christopherkeene9]

I do both and va basser do yall call the red drum or redfish like we call em' down here?

Chris

[tournyfisher508]

when it comes to me i suck at saltwater fishin. ive been on schools of reds without spookin em for hours with cast after cast they are just scared cause they no im that good lol

[bassnman30]

I mostly fish for carp and shoepick,(grennel,bowfin, mudfish).

hmmm live in missouri. 1500 miles at least to the nearest place to surf fish. Don't know crap about fishing in the ocean. looks like from what i've seen it's a lot of "bait-n-wait" or trolling for long periods for a couple of bites. That doesn't sound interesting to me. We do have carp that easily hit 50 lbs. and catfish that easily make 80lbs. and spoonbill that break 100lbs. and fishing for them is boring, too boring till ya hook one. But the few bites ya get, ( or the ones ya snag in the case of spoonbill), even if they are big, is not worth the time to me. Bass fishing is like a puzzle. To consistantly catch them under the different seasons and conditions seems to me to be more engaging. Ya don't just sit and wait for something to come along or hope you get lucky and run accross one to snag (in the case of spoonbill). A person can activly pursue and must adjust to a number of factors, even within a one or two hour period. It just seems to me to be more of a challenge, and you stay busy/active the whole time, IF you want to catch Bass consistantly.

[JB]

Thats a easy one to answer, ya see, just go in debt, buy a 30,000 bass rig, fill up with o lets say 5 grand in rods and tackle, then
hit a bass tournie that pays, o lets say 450 bucks, then hook into a big un that you think will pay the rent, only to find out its a 10 lb shovel head!
try that on the ol ocean

[Christopherkeene9]

You'll be surprised JB about the cost of Ocean Fishing.

Chris

Originally Posted by Unregistered

hmmm live in missouri. 1500 miles at least to the nearest place to surf fish. Don't know crap about fishing in the ocean. looks like from what i've seen it's a lot of "bait-n-wait" or trolling for long periods for a couple of bites. That doesn't sound interesting to me. We do have carp that easily hit 50 lbs. and catfish that easily make 80lbs. and spoonbill that break 100lbs. and fishing for them is boring, too boring till ya hook one. But the few bites ya get, ( or the ones ya snag in the case of spoonbill), even if they are big, is not worth the time to me. Bass fishing is like a puzzle. To consistantly catch them under the different seasons and conditions seems to me to be more engaging. Ya don't just sit and wait for something to come along or hope you get lucky and run accross one to snag (in the case of spoonbill). A person can activly pursue and must adjust to a number of factors, even within a one or two hour period. It just seems to me to be more of a challenge, and you stay busy/active the whole time, IF you want to catch Bass consistantly.

Fishie.. i do both and find there is an art to catching both species.

[KH.]

um why do we bass fish??? if bass were easy to catch like we say bluegill for instance,it wouldnt be that fun right?????its more like trying to figure out whats on his mind.all the bluegill thinks is that he wants a worm,we know that,so we throw a natural worm,its easy, heres a article i once read

http://bassresource.com/beginner/why_bass_fishing.html

that should do it

[1FASTLASER]

Did I mention that bass fishing is BETTER than just about ANYTHING in life.