If you could fish with five BR members & five pros, who would they be?

[N Florida Mike]

@Catt

@Bluebasser86

@A-Jay

@TnRiver46 ,

and a 3 way tie between 

@Dwight Hottle

@Mike L

@Captain Phil

Pros: Dance, Martin, Hank Parker,

shaw Grigsby, Jimmy Houston.

[throttleplate]

any member on BR and for a pro? well he may not be a pro but if the top 5 pros were standing waiting for me to choose and i seen Mean Gene the Fishing Machine standing next to an outhouse i would pick mean gene.

[BrianMDTX]

I won’t name any pros as I have no real interaction with any. As far as members here?

 

@A-Jay I’d love some big smallmouth

@WRB Just to hear his tales in person

@TnRiver46 That’s a bass catcher 

@roadwarrior Another bass catcher!

@hokiehunter373 Never met him in person, but have “known” him for years from bowhunting on an archery site. It’d be nice to fish with a friend 

[islandbass]

Any BR member willing to fish with me. I don’t play favorites, lol. 
 

Pros

Bill Dance

Ish Monroe

Shaw Grigsby

Mike Iaconelli 

Tak Omori (sp??)

 

[jbsoonerfan]

I'd fish with anybody. BR member or Pro, I don't care who you are, you are welcome on my boat any day and if you are kind enough to have me on yours, then I appreciate it.

[Jigfishn10]

12 hours ago, slonezp said:

@deaknh03

@12poundbass

@Jigfishn10

@Further North

And whomever has a big enough boat to put all of us on.

Well, this group won't be bored, we'll definitely have a lot of laughs, that's for sure.  

[scaleface]

Kingfisher for big Mexican bass

AJay for big smallies

WRB for big California bass

Mobasser because we fish so similar 

Jaderose for a froggin lesson 

[scaleface]

Andy Montgomery for a skipping lesson

Seth Feider for fun and beers 

John Cox to show me all the  shallow fish that I have been missing

Tacu Ito to show me new ways to catch them

Roland Martin because he is Roland Martin 

[Junk Fisherman]

MickD, AJ, Frydog, Gimrius, and Team99 are a couple that come to mind.

 

Pros

Feider, KVD, Zona, Pipkens, Gussy

 

I chose guys that fish or specialize in waters I fish.  

[Bankbeater]

Man, there are too many good people on this forum to just pick 5 out of the bunch. 
Fishing with the pros is a little easier. 
Denny Brauer

Bill Dance

Roland Martin

Guido Hibdon

Larry Nixon 

 

[slonezp]

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Well, this group won't be bored, we'll definitely have a lot of laughs, that's for sure.  

The exact reason I chose you folks

[Jigfishn10]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

The exact reason I chose you folks

I was thinking the same way when I first saw this post.

 

If I may add to your list @slonezp:

@Nitrofreak

@bilgerat

@Redlinerobert

@Raider Nation Fisher

And:

 

[12poundbass]

I’d gladly share my boat or any boat with any member on here. There is that list however that is my bucket list. 
 

@slonezp

@Jigfishn10

@Team9nine

@deaknh03

@WRB

@TnRiver46

@Bluebasser86

@A-Jay  (Mexico and Menderchuck)

 

Pros: Zona, KVD, Ike, Feider, and Wheeler

15 hours ago, slonezp said:

@deaknh03

@12poundbass

@Jigfishn10

@Further North

And whomever has a big enough boat to put all of us on.

Are there any lawless towns around anymore for this trip? 

[slonezp]

14 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Are there any lawless towns around anymore for this trip? 

Chicago LOL

[detroit1]

In no particular order : Wrb, Catt, Capt. Phil, and tn46 for their knowledge and locations i will prob. never fish. I could name about 50 others for #5.  As far as going with a pro- Kvd, Zona, Feider, Strader, and Louisa. (sp?)

[volzfan59]

Pro's in no real order.

 

The late Billy Westmoreland

Ott Defoe

Seth Feider 

Bill Dance

Mark Zona

 

Bass Resources members, in no particular order. 

@MN Fisher

 

@A-Jay

 

@TnRiver46

 

@WRB

[Mike L]

This is really tough and kinda unfair. 
There are folks on here that I would PAY to fish with but can’t list. 
 

I am also not listing those I’ve already fished with 

 

@Catt

@Team9nine

@Dwight Hottle

@Mobasser
@jbsoonerfan

@Bluebasser86

@N Florida Mike
@geo g

@J Francho

 

 

Hackney 

Tharp

 

 

Mike

[Bird]

Took awhile but finally located lake Menderchuck...... won't be needing A-Jay.

[A-Jay]

23 minutes ago, Bird said:

Took awhile but finally located lake Menderchuck...... won't be needing A-Jay.

That is fantastic ~

Because my dance card is Way full at this point . . . . .

#humbled

A-Jay

 

[crypt]

Catt...A-Jay....N Florida Mike....Mike L......Captain Phil......   pros.....Jimmy Houston...Bill Dance...Denny Brauer...Larry Nixon.....Rick Clunn......and anyone that wants to fish with me.......pro or no pro....                                                                         

[Bird]

If Doug Hannon was still alive would he have made anyone's list of preferred professionals ?

[DN3]

not sure on BR members but as far as pros:

 

Mike Iaconelli

Brandon Palaniuk

Kevin VanDam

Ish Monroe

Gerald Swindle

[NorcalBassin]

I imagine everyone would be a good time, but off the top of my head...

• @A-Jay - his aura clearly has its own gravitational pull for giant SM. Pretty much a PB guarantee for that trip.
• @Catt - legend and great angler plus I've never been in the south or fished for bass at night (past 10).  
• @Bluebasser86 -can't believe anyone consistently catches big fish like that in Kansas!
• @TnRiver46 - pretty much guaranteed a great time, good grub, and funny stories.
• @WRB - legend catching giants in CA, I'd need to record the whole trip to play back the education. 

For the pros...

• Brandon Palaniuk- his home waters are absolutely beautiful and full of nice bass.
• Hank Parker- seems about as great of a guy as you'd ever have the pleasure to meet.
• Jacob Wheeler- ridiculously good fisherman and seems like a good dude.
• Butch Brown- not sure if qualifies as "pro" since he's not on the tourney trail, but there aren't many out there who know swimbaits like he does.
• Would have been Aaron Martins but I'll sub in Mark Zona. He'd be nonstop entertainment and he knows how to catch fish.

[N Florida Mike]

11 minutes ago, Bird said:

If Doug Hannon was still alive would he have made anyone's list of preferred professionals ?

I’d definitely have fished with him. He fished a lot of the same areas I have. 

[Eric 26]

I’m definitely not able to pick just 5 as there is so much knowledge and therefore so much that can be learned from every member on here but in the spirit of the post here goes…Bulldog1935, A-Jay, Fish Tank, slonezp and Jig Rookie. As for pros Mark Zona, Al Lindner (or anyone associated with his shows), Hank Parker,Brent Chapman and although she’s probably not a pro Sarah Parvin who posts some of the biggest bluegill I’ve ever seen and are one my favorite fish to target.