Stupid Question About Bassmasters

[toddwchandler]

I recently took back up fishing for the first time since I was a kid and have fallen in love with it all over again.

Anyway, I was watching Bassmasters the other day and the dumbest question came to mind. What do those guys do when they need to poop? I mean, there are cameras everywhere. Obviously, they would not film a guy trying to do his business, but still, how awkward.

Do they go in the woods, have some kind of portable toilet on their boat, how does that work?

[BassAssassin726]

Good thing for them they're usually surrounded by forest on those lakes. Keep a roll of TP in your boat and your set! 

[Ima Bass Ninja]

No intake no output. They are only on the water for 8 hrs I would I guess they do their business before they go. The guy that announces the British open every year stays in the same spot for 12 hrs without ever leaving his post. When asked how he does it that's his reply " no intake no output". Always got a kick out of that response.

[Dyerbassman]

I always wondered the same thing. Your a BASS pro, being followed by spectators and cameras, and you pee off the side of the boat?

[Marty]

I always wondered the same thing. Your a BASS pro, being followed by spectators and cameras, and you pee off the side of the boat?

 

I'm a rank amateur without any cameras following me, but I never get into my canoe or friend's bass boat without a pee bottle. It's as standard an accessory as pliers or tape measure or line cutter.

[wnybassman]

I have been fishing tournaments for nearly 22 years now, and have only had to poop once during the actual tournament.   Makes carrying a roll of TP and a bucket well worth it for just such an occasion.

 

I can pee so discreetly sometimes the guy in the back of the boat doesn't even know I went.    lol

[slonezp]

Why do you think bass boats have dual livewells? One for the toads and one for the turds.

[Jack Fate]

If I'm not mistaken  the rules do not allow the angler to leave his boat during the day so going in the woods is out of the question. I imagine the "nothing in, nothing out" is most plausible scenario

[derekxec]

i can usually hold for 12 or more hours but sometimes you just have to go lol...so ive gone everywhere cause usually me and a friend go miles and miles from being able to get to a bathroom just carry some tp and a bucket or just some tp lol

[Fishing Rhino]

Why do you think bass boats have dual livewells? One for the toads and one for the turds.

 

I just recently realized that my plastic trash container, when lined with a plastic baggy can do double duty (pun intended) as the head.  Flip up the step, sit, wipe, knot the top of the bag and resume fishing.  Haven't had to use it yet, but should the need arise, I'm prepared.

 

The problem is the toilet is adjacent to the cooler.  Oh well, whatcha gonna do.

[stkbassn]

I have to admit, this hasn't yet made my list of things I've wondered about bass pros lol! 

[slonezp]

I just recently realized that my plastic trash container, when lined with a plastic baggy can do double duty (pun intended) as the head.  Flip up the step, sit, wipe, knot the top of the bag and resume fishing.  Haven't had to use it yet, but should the need arise, I'm prepared.

 

The problem is the toilet is adjacent to the cooler.  Oh well, whatcha gonna do.

As long as the wife doesn't pack any fudge brownies in the cooler, you should be alright.

[WRB]

Nearly every lake on any tournament trail will have "USS Relief" floating toilets for emergencys when nature calls. Eating properly isn't always going to happen, however keeping regular and doing your business prior to launching the only way to prevent accidents on or in the water.

Tom

[Bluebasser86]

No input, no output isn't an option on the water if you want to perform at the level these guys do. Just look at some of the on the water shots from the tournaments, plenty of pictures of them eating and drinking during the tournament. 

[BuckMaxx]

Yes they cannot get out of the boat to goto the woods. There is always a marshall with them. I had a grumbler come on one time on Bull Shoals I had to just hang it over the side and let er rip.

[Oregon Native]

I asked em one time fishing a Federation tourney. Said couldn't leave boat unless it was an emergency. Taking a @$!# constitutes an emergency!

[MarkH024]

"Depends" 

[Snakehead Whisperer]

"Depends" 

No pun intended

[prjavelin]

I crap a lot. lets get that out of the way. Knowing that, Ive also given this thing  a lot of thought. I guess those floating toilets are a good option, the problem is, where to go when you are in the middle of nowhere? you cant leave the boat... 

 

I think human feces are not good for the environment or the side of your boat lol 

[mg4u2nv]

I recently took back up fishing for the first time since I was a kid and have fallen in love with it all over again.

Anyway, I was watching Bassmasters the other day and the dumbest question came to mind. What do those guys do when they need to poop? I mean, there are cameras everywhere. Obviously, they would not film a guy trying to do his business, but still, how awkward.

Do they go in the woods, have some kind of portable toilet on their boat, how does that work?

"depends"

[mg4u2nv]

d**n didn't realize someone beat me to it, lol

[RyneB]

 I have to go a lot. It used to affect my fishing. I resorted to a 5 gallon bucket, a garbage bag and a roll of TP. But when you have a co-angler in your boat, that isn't an option. I tried eating right and all that stuff and it never worked. I eat a saltine, its coming out. So I decided to take an anti diarrhea pill before I leave for the ramp. I'm #2 free all day. For #1, a Gatorade bottle is my best friend. 

[BassAssassin726]

If I'm not mistaken  the rules do not allow the angler to leave his boat during the day so going in the woods is out of the question. I imagine the "nothing in, nothing out" is most plausible scenario

 

Oh yea I forgot about that. They must keep a body part on the boat at all times. Like you said, no intake no output. lol

[Marty]

So I decided to take an anti diarrhea pill before I leave for the ramp

 

 

A friend does the same thing.

[Osprey39]

I'm kind of odd that if I am nowhere near a toilet, I can literally go all day without having to even take a leak.  However, once I get off the water, the closer I get to the toilet, the stronger the urge to go gets to the point where sometimes I'm thinking I won't make it through weigh-in lol.