Do you ever feel bad ?

[Ksam1234]

Do you ever feel bad when you go out fishing with a buddy who also “fishes “ but then when you go out? who really is a fisherman with the gear and rods and every tackle and bait and catch 7 fish to his 1 fish.. and his are tiny lol. Do you feel bad like dang let me help or like just stop fishing so he can try and fish? Or do you just keep crushing them lol

[jbsoonerfan]

I don't feel bad when I beat my own kids at anything. Fishing, basketball, checkers, video games, etc. I have never let anyone beat me at anything. I have been beat plenty of times, but not because I felt sorry for anyone. 

[Tennessee Boy]

Just catch a small fish, hand it to him and tell him it’s his participation trophy.

[brgbassmaster]

I always just say mannnn my back is killing me...They usually say mine too we been out here all day. And I say no mine hurts from holding up the team all day hahahahahaha.

[newriverfisherman1953]

Nope. When I am fishing with a buddy, we do not compete. His fish and my fish are our fish. We have a good day fishing whether we catch them or not. 

[Kenny Yi]

i don't feel bad, per se.

 

i might give a piece of advice, maybe what has been working for me, but i feel that if you're going out fishing (or doing any sporting event, for that matter), you should be prepared to see the guy next to you have a better day.

 

34 minutes ago, Ksam1234 said:

Or do you just keep crushing them

Yes, I want to catch fish.

[E-rude dude]

If they don’t watch fishing success, how will they learn????

[Bankc]

I might give them some help and myself a challenge in those situations.  Like I might rig up a drop shot, hand my rod to them, and say "cast this over there".  And I might pick up what their throwing and try to see what I can do with that somewhere else or something.   

 

That's what my grandfather did with us grandkids when he taught us how to fish.  You don't want to be patronizing or controlling with it.  Just, if you see them getting frustrated and not having fun, try to share a little bit of your fun.  

 

Fun is like fire.  The wider is spreads, the brighter it burns everywhere.  

[GreenPig]

Feel bad. Nope. But I do tell them "A little help would be appreciated " or " You want to reel in the next one". 

[Happybeerbuzz]

Ron Swanson:  "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man how to fish and you feed yourself.  He's a grown man. Fishing isn't that hard."

 

When I take friends out who are new to fishing, I try to help them the best I can.  However, after the third or fourth time, I remind them Youtube has a tutorial on how to tie a palomar knot, hand them a spinning rod, some jig heads, and some 3 inch swimbaits.  

[Bluebasser86]

Not only will I not feel bad, I'm going to give them a hard time the whole time I'm outfishing them.

[Hammer 4]

I use to fish with a group of guys, both fresh and salt. Not bragging but 99.99% of the time, I caught more fish, and more often than not, bigger fish.

Did I feel bad, absolutely Not..? 

[Bluegillslayer]

When I fish with friends I out fish them everytime. I dont feel to bad though because they don't care to learn or get better at fishing. For them its more about hanging out, rather then catching. 

[ironbjorn]

No because my one fishing buddy has basically everything I have. It's not my fault that he does something different (whatever different is) that results in less fish.

[Bubba 460]

 

I have two buddies I fish with at times, either me in their boat or them in mine or each in our own boat. We are all decent bass fisherman and about equal in our skill and knowledge so there is usually a little money involved.  I have found it to be interesting that on one day one of us will out-fish the other two. The next day same thing only another will prevail and put a whoopin' on the other two. So that five bucks gets passed around. Then of course some days it's about equal. As my one buddy says~ "The sun don't shine on the same dogs behind, all the time." Now I know that is not exactly Shakespeare but does make an interesting point. One day I had a buddy in my boat in the back seat and we were fishing a gnarly shoreline with skinny dippers and wackys, skipping them up under bushes. We are equal on our casting ability but that day he's catching  two or three to my one. So I finally said ~ "Hey, is it my turn to sit in the back now"?  

 

If I take someone fishing who is a not experienced, I act more as a guide and try to put them on fish (I'm taking THEM fishing). I fish over 200 days a year so I'll get my time in another day. I will say that one of my faults is that If I go fishing and don't catch anything in say, three hours in a lake I know... I'm gone cause it's just not happening. At 73 there is pain that goes along with any fishing trip and if I'm in pain I better be catching fish!

[Biglittle8]

8 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I don't feel bad when I beat my own kids at anything. Fishing, basketball, checkers, video games, etc. I have never let anyone beat me at anything. I have been beat plenty of times, but not because I felt sorry for anyone. 

☝️ Great lesson... Life certainly isn't going to take it easy on you. Better to learn that at a young age. If someone continuesly beats me at something, it tells me I need to work harder or accept the whooping. 

[gunsinger]

Sometimes I feel bad, but most times I don’t. Typically, depending on who it is, I’ll offer some advice as to what’s working for me. Sometimes they take it, sometimes they don’t.

 

The funny part is when I’m fishing with my son, if I’m catching fish and he’s not, we’re a team. If he’s catching fish and I’m not, he’s leading the contest.?

[galyonj]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Not only will I not feel bad, I'm going to give them a hard time the whole time I'm outfishing them.

 

 

SWMBO says that teasing is part of my love language. I ain't mean about it or anything, but it's there.

 

I don't really give anybody a hard time unless we're really tight and trust each other, but I also don't fish with anybody whom I'm not really tight and trust.

 

 

So anybody in the boat is fair game (even me, and she'll back that up because she has blistered me before, and it was funny and I laughed right along with her), but I like to think we all understand that it comes from a good place.

 

[FishinBuck07]

When my fishing buddy and I go, it gets brutal on the boat!  If someone was sitting within hearing range they would think we were getting ready to beat each other to death!  haha  Never feel bad if I am kicking his butt, and neither does he!!

[Deleted account]

The crushing thing. 

[scaleface]

I give them every opportunity to catch fish . If they are hard headed about it and dont take advantage of the opportunity or advice then  let the crushing begin . 

[DaubsNU1]

I love catching fish, shooting ducks, geese, a nice buck, tagging a turkey...you name it. 

 

When I'm fishing with my buddies, we are pretty competitive and talk a lot of smack. Good times. 

 

When I'm fishing with my 80 year old Dad, my kids, niece/nephew, brother, wife, etc...then it's all about "putting them on fish" (or ducks, etc.)

[Bird]

If I'm having a good bite on a certain bait, I always offer the same bait to a fishing companion. 

 

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, galyonj said:

 

 

SWMBO says that teasing is part of my love language. I ain't mean about it or anything, but it's there.

 

I don't really give anybody a hard time unless we're really tight and trust each other, but I also don't fish with anybody whom I'm not really tight and trust.

 

 

So anybody in the boat is fair game (even me, and she'll back that up because she has blistered me before, and it was funny and I laughed right along with her), but I like to think we all understand that it comes from a good place.

 

I'm the same way. If I'm not giving you a hard time, we're not really that close of friends. 

 

I expect the same back when someone else is putting it on me. 

[galyonj]

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'm the same way. If I'm not giving you a hard time, we're not really that close of friends. 

 

I expect the same back when someone else is putting it on me. 

 

Yesterday I showed her a meme about not actually being able to get fish into the boat (her hooksets are still kind of...tentative), and she turned around and said "Oh, like that time you were butthurt cause you didn't get a picture of your fish for your internet friends?"

 

 

This woman, y'all.