Sit or stand ?

[Skunkmaster-k]

I was watching an episode of Bill Dance and he recommended sitting instead of standing to fish . Which way do you fish, sit or stand?

[newriverfisherman1953]

Age, back and knees have forced me to sit most of the time now. ?

[MN Fisher]

Mostly I sit. Only times I always stand is to flip/pitch.

[fishingtx]

I'm young so I stand. I also find it easier to control my casts when I'm standing.

[Choporoz]

I stand nearly 100% of the time in a boat.  I sit nearly 100% of the time in my kayak. 

[K1500]

I sit if the fish aren’t biting much and stand if the action is fast. That means I usually sit...

[Bluegillslayer]

I pretty much stand 100% of the time

[Uncle_MC]

I almost always sit in my 1232 Jon boat. But if it was bigger, I’d stand more.

[OCdockskipper]

Stand when fishing, stand when fighting fish, sit when landing.

 

Similar to what @K1500 wrote, if fishing is slow & I'm dragging a dropshot around, the urge to sit while fishing is strong.

[J._Bricker]

I pretty much stand while fishing @Skunkmaster-k the majority of the time. I don’t “Bill Dance” fish very much yet, I use the seat with the extended post to lean on when casting or pitching/flipping.

[Deleted account]

Stand.

[soflabasser]

I rather stand or walk while bass fishing. At least this way I get some good exercise. 

[scaleface]

I stand about 50 percent of the time . I have a bad foot thats  not very strong so the balance is not good . Its not safe for me to stand unless its calm .

[A-Jay]

Young at heart, so I stand.

In fact, I took the pedestal seat(s) out of my rig.

If I am fishing solo, I will stand in the Old Town Canoe as well.

A-Jay

 

[Dwight Hottle]

I stand to fish unless I need to give my back a short break. 

[GTN-NY]

Standing almost 100% of the time and I’m in a kayak and over 60

[Mike L]

I stand until I just can’t anymore. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Bankc]

I'm kayak fishing in the Oklahoma wind, so I sit mostly.  I've even developed a method of pitching that I can sit while doing.  It's basically just roll casting with the rod a few inches above the water.  It's a little harder to do without making a splash, but I can pitch it a lot further that way. 

 

But if the weather's nice, I'll stand as much as I can.  If nothing else, just to stretch the old legs.  

[volzfan59]

I prefer to stand as much as possible. The years, injuries and arthritis in my knees and hips will probably have me sitting soon.

[gim]

I have a pedestal bike style seat on the front deck that I use for most of the season while I'm bass or muskie fishing.  Its more of a lean-to type seat rather than a chair.

 

I have a standard height folding chair up there in the spring when I'm crappie fishing because I tend to do more bobber fishing.

 

On the back deck, I always keep a folding chair.  My Father will often go with and he's 68 so I know he likes to sit quite often.

[J Francho]

On shore, dock, kayak, or boat: stand if possible. 

[GreenPig]

Stand( lean hard on tall seat). 

[Catt]

I've always done both but now with 3 ruptured disc it's sit as much as possible.

[Michigander]

Stand/Lean. I have tall pedestal seats on my deck.

[padon]

usually stand but if its been slow and im dropshotting or ned fishing ill sit.