Do you have a "that friend" and what does he do?

[Tweek1106]

Everybody has "that friend".

 

My biggest fishing buddy has some horrifically complicated knot that he ties.........I mean this thing takes 10min for him to tie and that's if he doesn't mess up. I've literally tied on my Palomar and had 3 bass before he gets his line in the water. On top of that he loses a good 10-15% of the fish he does get hooked because the knot comes apart.

 

3yrs of this and I don't even try anymore to persuade him to change knots, just smile and shake my head.

 

Do you have a friend that does something while fishing that just makes you shake your head?

[lo n slo]

imma preface my response with this statement

I SHOULD BE ON THE LAKE! ! ! 

maybe tomorrow.

it used to be tobacco juice, now it's Yum garlic spray.

[the reel ess]

My THAT FRIEND fishes 5 times a week.He's separated and works nights. But it's pretty cool to have a weekly real time fishing report.

He also catches the big fish almost all the time. I can be killing him on numbers or size and he'll clean up right at the landing before we take out. It's not really a competition, but it always is a little as you try to improve every time out.

But he would say about me that I'm very patient and will slow down as much as needed to catch fish. I'll throw the whole tackle box and kitchen sink at them. I'll try techniques I've never succeeded with when nothing works.

[S. Sass]

I have "that friend" that is pretty darn good at catching fish. But when making our last stop as we head out he likes picking up way more alcohol than one guy should consume in 24hrs. Amazingly he could fish well past what they call inebriated. Usually it wasn't a issue but just makes it a uncomfortable situation for the one not getting plastered. I like the guy when hes not messed up he is fun to fish with. 

Hopefully he is now going to fly straight he has had a run in with the law for like the 3rd time or 4th time so he's serving weekends for a few months. 

[Fish the Mitt]

I get along well with my main fishing partner. We mesh well and work together to find/land fish. He's actually my co-angler as well.

However, we got this other "friend" that comes sometimes too. He's that guy that has a 8ft H Salmon Rod & no tackle. So when he comes, he becomes the tackle bandit. Usually not an issue but dang, sometimes it gets on our nerves. So he's been deemed "that guy"!

[blckshirt98]

I saw a couple of dudes fishing last night and one dude kept throwing a ball into the water for his dog to retrieve.  I'm assuming when a large chocolate brown lab jumps into the water to fetch a ball, the fish scatter.  Don't think I saw them catch anything the whole time.

[Gundog]

Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.

[IndianaFinesse]

4 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Man my best friend is a real "That guy". I pretty much taught him how to fish for bass. Every time we go out fishing on his boat if I'm catching bass and he isn't instead of changing lures to what type I'm using he moves the boat away from the area. That kills me and then neither one of use is catching any fish. Part of his problem is he only fishes the way he wants to fish. He's the guy that picks what lure he wants to use before he gets on the lake. Also he only uses a few lures. Spinnerbait, crankbait and topwater frog, thats all he uses. He's never thrown a worm, or jig and doesn't know what a dropshot rig or shakey head is.

I think you should probably find a new fishing buddy.

    I don't really have a fishing buddy, except for my dad coming occasionally, I fish alone.  The way I look at, I don't annoy myself, I'm not carelessly breaking my equipment, I don't talk non-stop, and I don't want to quit early.  Sounds perfect to me.  

3 hours ago, the reel ess said:

My THAT FRIEND fishes 5 times a week.  He's separated and works nights.

I wonder why.

[Senko lover]

My best friend always has a knack for hooking me, he's done it multiple times. I lost it when he accidentally got an EWG in my head. That wasn't pleasant. 

[ww2farmer]

I have a buddy named George that...............I better stop right now............LOL. 

Actually I can't complain. I have a pretty good bunch of friends that I have all met through bass fishing. 

I at one time (maybe still am at times) was "that guy" when it came to sharing things.............I have no problem sharing stuff with my close friends...........I just gotta learn not to get bent outta shape about it when they do well with some of the knowledge that I have shared.

 

[Jaderose]

7 hours ago, Tweek1106 said:

Everybody has "that friend".

 

My biggest fishing buddy has some horrifically complicated knot that he ties.........I mean this thing takes 10min for him to tie and that's if he doesn't mess up. I've literally tied on my Palomar and had 3 bass before he gets his line in the water. On top of that he loses a good 10-15% of the fish he does get hooked because the knot comes apart.

 

3yrs of this and I don't even try anymore to persuade him to change knots, just smile and shake my head.

 

Do you have a friend that does something while fishing that just makes you shake your head?

A different term for "that friend" is "moron".

[Master Bait'r]

I have a "that guy".  He takes FOREVER, and it doesn't even matter what it is.  He is always late, and every little step is as if he was a 80+yo man...  Loading the boat could take an hour lol.  Stopping for gas?  Who knows.  Could be a coffee, a sandwich, a bathroom break, all of the above and maybe a pony ride too if they've got 'em.  

[Maxximus Redneckus]

I fish alone most of the time but when  do fish with someone...it could be a shoreline on the chesepeake bay 1/4 mile long and they will be right beside me.or we could be at  a pond we went to during our early teens and he will still be all up beside me askin me hey you see that snake,beaver,frog im like yuuuup im right here beside you now stfu

[everythingthatswims]

I'm VERY particular about my fishing habits I guess you could say, if my leader is too short, I'm tying on a new one, one leg rips off of the craw on my jig trailer? New one. One tiny nick in my line? Knot feels like it didn't cinch down correctly? I'm retying. Fish looks like he's hooked really well just swing him in? Nope, get the net!

My little brother on the other hand tends to stick with the idea of things being "good enough". If his leader is down to 1.5' hes still gonna fish it and not retie, and with me being so nit picky it's just painful to watch. Especially when he loses a fish because of something! So he's "that guy".

Sometimes I make him stop fishing so I can re-rig whatever hes using. He's 16 and I'm 18 so it's not like I have to be his babysitter, I just can't handle watching people fish in a mediocre way. 

 

 

This then makes me "that guy" to all of my friends and family, since I'm so nit picky about my fishing stuff 

[Fish the Mitt]

4 minutes ago, everythingthatswims said:

I'm VERY particular about my fishing habits I guess you could say, if my leader is too short, I'm tying on a new one, one leg rips off of the craw on my jig trailer? New one. One tiny nick in my line? Knot feels like it didn't cinch down correctly? I'm retying. Fish looks like he's hooked really well just swing him in? Nope, get the net!

My little brother on the other hand tends to stick with the idea of things being "good enough". If his leader is down to 1.5' hes still gonna fish it and not retie, and with me being so nit picky it's just painful to watch. Especially when he loses a fish because of something! So he's "that guy".

Sometimes I make him stop fishing so I can re-rig whatever hes using. He's 16 and I'm 18 so it's not like I have to be his babysitter, I just can't handle watching people fish in a mediocre way. 

 

 

This then makes me "that guy" to all of my friends and family, since I'm so nit picky about my fishing stuff 

I guess that's the human psyche wrapped up in one post.

Our psychopathy relates to some and not to others based on proverbial peers. In the end, everyone is "that guy" to another "that guy". Fascinating. 

[Hurricane]

Fishing with a friend at a pond in a Jon boat when he said he had a snag in a tree.  Way the hell up in a tree... He gave up and the line broke. Ask him what he lost and it ended up being a Rapala jerkbait he took out of my tackle bag. I was ticked...

[whitwolf]

There's always going to be "that guy" If you allow that to happen. I fished with a guy for years that turned Into a butthole real quick. He was a friend of sorts and I felt bad about saying anything. In the end though, enough was enough and I simply cut off those trips. I don't regret It at all. If you don't enjoy the trip when you're out, what's the point. 

 

I fish by myself quite a bit now and that suits me. There's no griping, complaining, or at the end of the day no hard feelings. The folks I do take out now are fun to be around, never act like they should be the only folks that catch fish, and are fun to fish with. It doesn't happen often(fishing with others) but when It does I make durn sure It's going to be a good day, whether we catch fish or not.

[TxHawgs]

Man this is some funny stuff. I know a guy who is 7 yrs older than me and WAS a guide on lake fork, 30 yrs ago! Well that according to him made him the know it all god of bass fishing. Yet never owned or knew what a hollow body frog is, a dropshot rig and the list goes on. Well his parents have this incredible pond, it was nothing to catch 20 to 30 fish a day with the small ones being 3lbs. When I first started fishing it with him he would say that's not gonna work on this pond and then I would go and catch fish on what wasn't gonna work on the pond lol. After a few months of fishing w him I would pull up to his place and he would ask, what u gonna start with, my reply would be something that doesn't work on your pond. And when he would hook up the whole county knew it. Well it took a lot to walk away from that pond so that gives u an idea of what kind of guy that friend WAS.

[scaleface]

My uncle is that guy . If were fishing deep he wants to fish shallow . If were fishing shallow he wants to fish deep .His favorite saying is "the pros all do " ...and he fishes with the best reels made Zebco 33's .

[loudcherokee]

Hahaha. My one friend I've taken fishing a few times almost always ends up in the water somehow. Good guy but can be pretty clumsy. The most dangerous time was bank fishing near some turbines at a power plant. I had to pull him out that time. Glad i outweigh him by 100 pounds or he could have pulled me in too.

This thread reminded me of this meme lmao.

 

LC

[d-camarena]

I used to have "that friend",

I would take him fishing to my secret spots. Then one time i was out on vacation and he decided to take someone he met to my spots. Its a public park now

[Last_Cast]

I have one of those, maybe two.

Use your stuff and never bring their own AND MAKE A MESS!

Drives me insane.

[GetBent]

I might be that guy to my friend. LoL we started out as kayak buddies but now fish on his boat. Lots of stories my favorite is a trip flipping cattails. He was on the bow working the tm. I was on the back- I'm a control freak and hated the back of the boat. I ended up in his back pocket and we were at each others throats like pitbulls swearing and "complaining " I almost fell off a couple of times . We did fish a small tournament and got 2nd. I just took my entry fee and gave him the rest of my half of the earnings. Plus I will give him lures or buy him some. I'm not that bad but I'm to anal and he is to relaxed but we have fun and I wish I could record our conversations but that could be used as evidence later lol

[IowaHusker28]

I love fishing by myself, I don't have to fish a certain way or help someone do something, and I don't have to go back when they get snagged. I do fish a lot of tournaments so I have a couple things that get to me. I have one buddy that owns a 18ft bass boat, but we usually fish out of mine which is 21. He always thinks we can go into places which we clearly cant, and then we try and I just end up getting ticked because we're banging off trees eventually. I also hate when people in the back of the boat cast way toward the front, even though its a team tournament. 

One if I'm ever the co angler I have a buddy that will switch rods all the time if it looks fishable, but he over does it. We'll be trying to fish slow, like jigs or a t-rig or what not, then all of a sudden the trolling motor is on 100 and hes burning a spinnerbait and im trying to pitch to bushes. It cracks me up sometimes, but then again I get a little ticked off after it keeps happening. 

Fishing is funny, we're all different and we all have our certain ways. It clashes eventually. 

[jamey1e]

I have a "that guy friend" that also happens to be a distant family member that I use to take fishing from time to time who can't seem to keep from casting to the front of the boat.  I don't mind sharing but it got so bad that when approaching a piece of cover 20-30 yards in front of the boat he was already trying to cast to it from the back.  Needless to say he doesn't get an invitation much anymore.