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I'm sure there is a biological difference between them. They're in completley different enviroments, temperatures and sometimes food. But the most obvious indication is their size comparison. If you've ever fished up North, especially up here in Canada. A 5-6lb Large mouth is a monster. Meanwhile, you guys are catching 8-9lbers. I'm desperately trying to avoid the religion debate, but that is what we call evolution.

I hopped onto someone's dock the other day. I didn't get snagged, I just saw an overturned turtle on her dock and went to rescue it lol. Apparently that happens quite often, she thanked me and I went on my way. I don't mind people fishing around my dock if I'm not around. And at best they'll get snagged, snap their line and leave me a new lure.

I caught some in a state of intoxication. But besides that, I've never fished in the US...Well, maybe on their side of the St Lawrence or Lake Ontario.

Yeah, I keep everything locked up, even though this area is filled with trustable, nice people. But I've been burned in the past when someone stole my guitar and all the music I had written down in it. Since then I keep everything locked down.

Good question. I've done far better this summer with live bait rather than artificial. It's gotten to the point where I'm questioning if I even know what I'm doing with them. Yet, every time I throw out a minnow I seem to nail 'em. It's not you, it's me - says the bass.

You sure you don't have crawfish? I'm slightly North of you, in Canada and we've got lots of them here. Bass love 'em.

haha I caught my friends bass on the same day. His line snapped and about 2 hours later I pulled it up with his missing lure, he was pretty excited about getting that back.

Interesting. I'll test this out a bit tonight and early tomorrow morning because there's certainly no shortage of cedar and pine laydowns here.

slappin' da bass mon.

Happened not too long ago to me, right through my knuckle, just the skin...but the best part was the fish was shaking around like mad and the multi-tool we used to try and cut it got stuck....Oh great.

I started around 5, and 34 now. I didn't get to go fishing on the boat but I would sit at the dock and catch them with a net and pieces of bread lol. Since then I learned that being bigger and older is better because you get to go on the boat...lol But really, I've learned a lot of patience, appreciation for nature and a whole bunch of mechanical skills because my boat motor is a pile of junk.

I also stab them in the brain and either fillet them or put them on ice to keep them fresh and then batter them up and mmmmmm

It happens. But you've got to admit, even a bad day on the lake is a hell of a lot better than a good day in an office or at work...Unless you fish for a living...I guess that'd be nice.

crack of dawn until around 10-11, come back for a break and some lunch and then head back out around 4 or 5 until sundown. That's on a good day though.

I'm eating some bass and pike right now and gotta say it's pretty amazing.

Very cool. I will be watching this later only because I have some bass to catch right now. Thanks though.

Bluegills are usually the culprit.

I know a lot of people keep them on a stringer or take them back to shore, some even leave them over night in shallow water. At that point they get pretty stressed out and almost taste muddy and the meat isn't too good. But it's the same thing as hunting. A stressed out animal doesn't taste as good as one that gets dispatched quickly.

Bass, perch, rock bass, crappie, walleye, pike...I've had almost all of the lake fish and if cooked right they all taste great. Having fished cod on the East Coast, I think one of the most important things is dispatching them immediately instead of keeping them in a live well or worse yet, a stringer. I usually keep a cooler on board and fillet them and put them on ice immediately. Then you get a decent beer batter or lemon butter and some dill, some homemade fries, tartar and lemon....I seriously doubt most people could tell the difference between the fish they're eating if you mixed it all together.

Personally, I try everything. Why limit yourself to one specific style, bait or speed? I know a girl that only uses a pink fishing rod and specific pink bait...It's annoying and she never catches anything. The best tool for fishing is versatility.

Yeah, it happens to everyone eventually. I'm mostly paranoid about someone else casting and hitting me in the eye or face, that wouldn't be fun at all. And as of now there's a pair of pliers and wire cutters and first aid kit on the boat now hah. Actually, I did step on a boat anchor once, it was a really old one I got from my grandfather along with his boat when he passed away. It was ridiculously pointy and rusty and went right through my shoe into my foot. Thank god I haven't had my tetanus shot in forever.

quite literarlly. Fishing with my friend the other night he catches a bass, I catch one and reel it in. The thing shakes like mad and the the treble hook on the hulapopper goes right through the skin on my knuckle. He's struggling to get his fish unhooked and meanwhile the bass attached to my finger is shaking wildly. Finally, my friend unhooks his bass and scrambles for some pliers. Uh-oh, he can't find any, so we use my multitool. Turns out it sucks and it gets stuck as he clamps down. So now I've got a hook through my knuckle, a multitool and an irate bass all hanging from my skin. I ended up unhooking the bass and getting the multitool off but we had to go back and find a decent pair of pliers to actually cut the hook off. It was a decent bass and by far my worse fishing accident. Tell me your best fishing accidents.

I've seen this and given away the rest of my bait because I was done for the day anyway.

I'm guessing that's what it was. Just saw a monster one some guy recently caught there...Coulda been the same one lol