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And just when you thought a beat horse had been beaten beyond recognition.....

Well that's one side of the story...

I don't want to jinx myself here, so I'll refrain from giving specific details but, I got in contact with an editor for a fishing magazine and they have given me an assignment to do an article with a pro. A few of you doofs know the specifics, but that's only because I'm a blabber mouth. When the article gets the thumbs up to go in the magazine, I'll tell you all which mag, pro, and topic. Looks like my english degree is finally going to get some use. Needless to say, I'm pretty dang excited.

If she's really that bad, she's always been that bad. No offense, but HE married her.

I've determined them to be a gilled chupacabra. Win.

Sounds like not going fishing is the least of his problems

No. If fishing has to go it has to go. If I have to change a few things I will. If she has has to change things then I would address it. You do whatever you have to do. Except for a couple of serious marital issues that you did not mention aboive, MARRIAGE IS FOR LIFE. I WLL SAY IT AGAIN FOR YOU GUYS, MARRIAGE IS FOR LIFE. God designed marriage to be for a life time. Not for a long as times were good. Marriage is not high school where u are with someone until you find out she's lame, then your on to the next one. Society has watered down marriage, to the point that people are seriously asking if you would divorce your wife and baby mama, because she is a nag and doesnt like you leaving her long enough to catch a fish. ...the answer is Hell NO. My life, my marriage, my wife, my walk with God is a heck of alot more important than what ever satisfaction j get out of fishing. Your friend obviously has some issues, or maybe to him they are non issues. Who knows. But u got one side of the story.

You can't triple stamp a double stamp Lloyd!

Redlinerobert, You are slowly sinking to our level. I couldn't be more proud. Keep up the good work

In a boat practice the jig from shore id practice the spinner bait

when I buy a new reel, I ride it like I stole for a couple of days. That will prove that there are no defects from the factory. Then i tear it down, clean and properly lube it to my specs. Never had a problem doing it this way.

She's probably hot. The hotness factor is blurring his senses

Sword in the stone and robin hood are two of my favorites and, don't laugh too much, alice in wonderland

Jack Skellington from the Nightmare before Christmas rocks!

I thought I would share my mistake in hopes of helping someone else. We had a beautiful day today so I had to get out on the water. The air was low 60's with water around 45 degrees. After about an hour I hooked a small LM but he got wrapped in the top of a brush pile. I pulled up on it and leaned over to clear the line when splash! I had lost my balance and went head first into the water without a PFD. Between the cold of the water taking my breath away and the weight of my wet clothes I really struggled to get my head above water. I grabbed the side of the boat but I could get a grip to pull myself up. The only thing that saved me was the brush pile. I was able to climb it like a ladder back into the boat. If it had been open water I might not have been so lucky. Please my stupidity be a reminder to wear your life jacket at all times.

I gave a funny card and a $25 McDonalds gift card. She loves those frappes from McDonalds. Am I romantic or what?

This is the kind of thread that just can't really be dealt with here. None of us know the facts. We only have a well meaning third party's view of the facts. There are many issues brought up here that are worthy of discussion: The sanctity of marriage, the morality of divorce, the importance of happiness and righteousness, maybe even the meaning of life itself. I love the conversation. Just not here. We are a fishing forum. We can learn many other fun things, like ladle wielding restaurant owners are a serious threat, and who has the biggest 4x4. There are boundaries though, and this is well outside of them in my opinion.

The most comfortable... Well that would have to be Lund. I have yet to see the Bass boat where you can lean back in your chair, and kick your feet up on the side of the boat to fish...

Green Jacket, Gold Jacket, Who cares? In all seriousness, who cares if your set up costs 30 dollars or 3000 dollars. Fishing is about catching fish, use whatever means you feel comfortable to have fun and catch em'. I own and regularly use a 30 dollar uglystick set up with $1 wal-mart spinners and catch fish. I also own a $350 dollar set up i use for other techniques and I catch fish on that too. Same goes for lures, I know my rant is a lil off topic

Almost sounds like my marriage lol. Which yes guys the wife and I are back together. My marriage has been to hell and back between the cheating, being broke, and countless other things we are still together though barely. My wife hates my hobbies she says i go from fishing to deer hunting to coyote hunting back into fishing with no breaks. We now have a understanding we both work full time now and I provide for the family and help around the house if i wanna go fish or hunt I'm going to go unless the kids are sick or something then I stay and help out. Maybe his wife needs hobbies or friends I know thats what the issue was with my wife. When she started working she met some new friends and now has stuff to keep her occupied besides the kids when I take off hunting or what ever. If me and my wife can figure it out with three kids and all the crap we have gone threw any one can. I mean heck my daughter isn't even mine but the dad bounced leaving her without a father. I took my wife back and then adopted Charlotte as my own when she was born signed the birth certificate. I figured how is it fair to her that her real father is a dead beat and how would she feel if her mother and I were still separated and her brothers got to go with me and had a father in their life and she didn't. So now I have a daughter I get to teach to fish with my boys shes a little tanner then my boys and I if you catch my drift but it don't matter to me. Only your friend knows what to do I'm sure he has reasons for staying with it as bad as it sounded.

Just when you thought winter couldn't get any more depressing...

Neither you nor any of us can tell the man what to do. He has to live his own life and make his own decisions. If you are that concerned about him, just be there for him if things get worse.

you mean, in past the barb.lol

I was fortunate to be raised on a multiple specie lake and can't remember not fishing. I do remember who took me to one side and taught me how to bass fish, Red and Boots. Red was the manager of the boat landing my older brother worked at and he was one of the top bass anglers on the lake. Reds completetion was Boots and both men taught me different lure techniques when was about 10 to 11 years old. Red taught me how to cast a baitcaster using a #3 Hawiian Wiggler and retrieve this weedless heavy spoon across weed beds into open water pockets. Boots was a top water plug man using Creek Chub Injured Miinow. Red showed me how to tie the Indian knot back in '53, today's Palomar knot. Boots tied the fisherman clinch knot, both men used Dacron braid, no leader. Both men knew how to read water and weed beds and showed me where to find creek channels boarded by weed breaks to catch the bigger bass. The lessons learned 60 years ago has served me well and I will be forever greatful to these men who helped a curious kid to bass fish. Tom

I've had a hook hit me square on the lense before. Wear glasses at all times!

thats what I was thinking..

Well, since Disney owns Star Wars now, can I say Boba Fett????

You can't put a Daiwa on a Shimano. Nooooo! Nice collection.

Mike, How painful was that for you to type and not correct the spelling?

Id just wait for the PQ to go on sale for 79

First video has been posted, a highlights slide show of 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDz61iX1dn4 Thanks for watching!

15 years in the trade and I was learning new things every chance I could. Hell, I belong to a trade forum, and I still work vicariously thru those guys, and I'm keeping up on new stuff that has come out in the 2 years I've been off.

Not much. Just looking over my baits; organized my rods; getting ready to take inventory for the end of month sales; looking over maps of waters to be fished this year; reading magazine and Forum articles; viewing Bassresource productions on YouTube; and tonight watching the snow fall in Richmond, Virginia. Do I live an exciting life or what?

A man in a bass boat caught two nice bass from the slop near our dock, back when was 12 or so. I asked him how he got his lure through the weeds. He showed me a Texas Rig, and have me a bag of Culprit worms, some hooks and sinkers. Totally blew open a whole new world of bass fishing for me.

All of them. Whether it be from the printed or recorded media, or personal instruction, someone else taught me.

This is very considerate of you to have concern for how the fish feels when we throw it back from 3 feet on the edge of a boat or bank... This after we throw, on purpose mind you, an object intended to stick them in their faces.. an object that we use force to set into their lips and sometimes faces by accident.... heck... we even throw some with THREE sharp objects at once... and two of those at a time! In the case of an Alabama rigs.. 5 hooks! Sorry man, I respect your opinion, but I ain't buying it.

I'm just sitting around and and and and getting and I almost forgot, dealing with this Spring please oh God please!

I'm glad to see that others are in similar pain as me. As they say, Misery loves company....

In phoenix az catching bass after bass on spinnerbaits in 80 degree weather. It's brutal I'm telling ya.

I may not be an athlete, but I challenge anyone to use a knife and fork more skillfully than me.........

I think the heavy gauge flipping hooks connected to the 50 lb braid that you just winched them out of a bush with will do more damage than a belly flop in the water.

Oh yeah? That bass in my avatar is 7/11. I was so disappointed that it wasn't a ten-pounder that I threw it up on the bank for about five minutes, rubbed it down with gravel, and then drop-kicked it back into the water. I hope I didn't hurt it.

I always release my big ones by setting them into the water but if it's small it gets the toss back. Question for anyone who has a problem with people throwing fish... Say you are fishing from an elevated point? Or on a pier? You catch a fish on the pier you want the fisherman to walk down the pier to the beach and release the fish that way lol? Some piers are pretty long by the time u get to the beach the fish is dead and that's more of an injustice than throwing the fish back.

Lol at this post, it's not like you are throwing a baby it's a fish! I'm sure the fish would rather be thrown back from a few feet than killed for dinner lol

You'd need help lifting a five pound bass, let alone throwing it you old geezer!

Geez! Kids!

What ticks me off is the picture of a fish covered in grass and dirt laying next to a rod. Not so much the tossing in the water. Just my 2 cents.

It is less harmful to them than being thrown in the hot oil of a frying pan.

cannon balls, half gainers, back flips, front flips, belly flops...i love jumping off a diving board. getting pushed unknowingly into the swimming pool by a buddy isn't quite as fun but I've survived them all.