Things You Think About While Fishing

[MacP]

I'll be honest.....

 

Boobies.

[Big Jon]

I just run through the calculations. How many times and places have I run a specific lure, how many times I think I need to. How many times I have thrown it using a different retrieve. What the weather is doing, what the water temperature is. I try to remember everything I see on the forums here and the articles I've read, and videos I've watched to try and implement the different techniques. 

 

Unfortunately, all this thinking doesn't seem to really help. The places I have to fish at the moment only produce on T-rig with green pumpkin/watermelon colors with a hint of blue. It doesn't seem to matter, post spawn/spawn/pre-spawn/middle of the summer/fall. If the water is not frozen over and I throw this setup long enough or slow enough, that is what they hit. I'm trying to figure out new lures and baits but they don't hit anything else it seems. I've only caught a couple fish on a couple other lures at random. 

[jessejames556]

I think about a lot of different things, usually where I'm heading next. One thing I've noticed is I seem to catch the fish when I'm deepest in thought.

[AK-Jax86]

I think about a lot of different things, usually where I'm heading next. One thing I've noticed is I seem to catch the fish when I'm deepest in thought.

Yea I fish top water and it seems like they strike when I am not focused on my lure

[bigbill]

As my lure is being reeled in if I can see it above the sight line(crankbait) or on the top(topwater) I'm 100% focusing behind my lure to look for the short strikes. Then I can adjust my speed or change lure color next. Once these two changes are tried I adjust the size of my lure.

I think not watching behind our lures is the biggest mistake we can make.

[Bankbeater]

When I first get out on the water I tend to think about fishing.  After I'm on the water for a while my mind starts to wander. 

[kjfishman]

how I have this nice Ranger, down imaging units with GPS, over $2,500 in rods and reels, storage compartments stuffed with tackle, piles of fishing magazines and I still cant get a bass to bite.

Sometimes it seems like the more you spend on any hobby the less succesful you are. I have had more sucess this year fishing out of my 15 year old kayak, 3 poles and a small amount of tackle than I have with my big boat with all the electonics and all the rods, reels and tackle  it has room for..

[keith71]

I think about family and friends and how I hope there is fishing in heaven.

[iabass8]

chinese food. i love chinese food.

[GeorgiaBassBros]

Completely depends on the day and what the past few have been like for me and my family. If its been a bad week then i wont really be focusing on fishing, itll be more of a deep thinking in the woods kind of deal. If its been a good week then im focused on that next pig to make the week even better. If im with my buddies (aside from ChasingBass) then its just jackin around, not much fishin goes on

[shimmy]

Always about where the big bass is...until time goes by and i start daydreaming about who knows what. I do know that i always end up singing or whistling something stupid or some tune that i hate and is obnoxious but gets stuck in my head. 

[Todd2]

Uh.. Ginger or Mary Ann?

[rockchalk06]

[hoosierbass07]

Since I'm usually throwing a Texas rig, I think about how that plastic worm looks in the water and if it is rising off the bottom too much or too little.

[TRYTOFISH]

I don't think about anything. That's why I love to fish.

[RAMBLER]

My mind never quits.  Drives me nuts sometimes.  I have to consciously shut off the ramblings and make a conscious effort to be aware of my surroundings.  Then I can concentrate on making every cast more accurate, putting the lure exactly where I want it instead of in a tree or dead centered on the top of a stump.  Why do I hit a 3" stump dead center and can't hit the 100 yards of water around it?

[Mike L]

Am I useing the right bait?

 

Did I throw it at the right spot?

 

Too Fast Dummy!, Too Fast!!

 

OK what am I gonna try next,

 

Man it looks good here,

 

Bears better win this week!!

 

7 months 24 days to retiring!!!!

 

 

Mike

[Felix77]

In Tournaments its about the cast I am on or the next one. I try hard not to stray but it happens.

Fun fishing it can vary. Sometimes absolutely nothing at all.

[Brian Needham]

my mind rambles.....job, fishing, life in general, the afterlife, jigs, trailers, making a 10 mile run, job, I should do these 100 things when I get back to work, jigs, pea gravel, the government, that guy just caught one, making a 15 mile run, jigs, smallmouth, do I hate my job or just my boss?, I should go to church more often, jigs, is it time for a sandwich?, I want a diet coke, do I really like the terrova?, taxes, shakeyheads, JIGS, I to wash my truck, wonder what my employees are doing, do I want to get married?, I doubt I will get married, I got paid yesterday, I don't get paid for another 2 weeks, why don't we go back to the moon, 7 mile run, jigs, wonder what that guy is catching, what is over there, that he is camped on, jigs, am I happy?, how could I be more happy, Kate Upton, job, do I want to move, jigs, why is the wind blowing, tatsu, should I supertune more reels, I like this boat or do I?, jigs on pea gravel, run to the dam?, my parents, will I ever retire, how will I retire, jigs, I wish I could retire, I am getting old, why? jigs........... 

 

ask anyone who fished with me and they will tell you the same.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

sometimes my mind drifts but 95% of the time im just fishing and enjoying the outdoors trying to catch some pigs!

[JT Bagwell]

I usually think about how to approach my next target or analyze the conditions to figure out how to get the fish to bite more.

[SudburyBasser]

Uh.. Ginger or Mary Ann?

 

Ginger man, Ginger. I don't trust guys who would honestly choose Mary Ann.

 

At any rate I try not to think too much while fishing. I'm just trying to enjoy each individual moment.

[00 mod]

my mind rambles.....job, fishing, life in general, the afterlife, jigs, trailers, making a 10 mile run, job, I should do these 100 things when I get back to work, jigs, pea gravel, the government, that guy just caught one, making a 15 mile run, jigs, smallmouth, do I hate my job or just my boss?, I should go to church more often, jigs, is it time for a sandwich?, I want a diet coke, do I really like the terrova?, taxes, shakeyheads, JIGS, I to wash my truck, wonder what my employees are doing, do I want to get married?, I doubt I will get married, I got paid yesterday, I don't get paid for another 2 weeks, why don't we go back to the moon, 7 mile run, jigs, wonder what that guy is catching, what is over there, that he is camped on, jigs, am I happy?, how could I be more happy, Kate Upton, job, do I want to move, jigs, why is the wind blowing, tatsu, should I supertune more reels, I like this boat or do I?, jigs on pea gravel, run to the dam?, my parents, will I ever retire, how will I retire, jigs, I wish I could retire, I am getting old, why? jigs........... 

 

ask anyone who fished with me and they will tell you the same.

 

 

That pretty much sums up Needham to a T!  HAHA...  his whole life!

 

Jeff

[A-Jay]

my mind rambles.....job, fishing, life in general, the afterlife, jigs, trailers, making a 10 mile run, job, I should do these 100 things when I get back to work, jigs, pea gravel, the government, that guy just caught one, making a 15 mile run, jigs, smallmouth, do I hate my job or just my boss?, I should go to church more often, jigs, is it time for a sandwich?, I want a diet coke, do I really like the terrova?, taxes, shakeyheads, JIGS, I to wash my truck, wonder what my employees are doing, do I want to get married?, I doubt I will get married, I got paid yesterday, I don't get paid for another 2 weeks, why don't we go back to the moon, 7 mile run, jigs, wonder what that guy is catching, what is over there, that he is camped on, jigs, am I happy?, how could I be more happy, Kate Upton, job, do I want to move, jigs, why is the wind blowing, tatsu, should I supertune more reels, I like this boat or do I?, jigs on pea gravel, run to the dam?, my parents, will I ever retire, how will I retire, jigs, I wish I could retire, I am getting old, why? jigs........... 

 

ask anyone who fished with me and they will tell you the same.

 

LOL.

 

Hey Brian - that is classic.

 

More importantly after reading this, I am now able to understand all your other posts completely.

 

Thanks.

 

 

A-Jay

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Fat chicks.

 

All day.