I wonder about posting pics in general.

[Bird]

Yes, I always target big fish and then rush on here to gloat.......self proclamation.

[Big Hands]

12 minutes ago, Bird said:

Yes, I always target big fish and then rush on here to gloat.......self proclamation.

Next time, reel it in very slowly. . . . Might have to backreel quite a bit for a while to successfully boat that one. . . . or whatever else might eat 'your lure'.

[fin]

1 hour ago, Big Hands said:

Next time, reel it in very slowly. . . . Might have to backreel quite a bit for a while to successfully boat that one. . . . or whatever else might eat 'your lure'.

 

Seriously though, you can catch a nice fish when you've got a little baby like that on. Reel in verrry slowly.

[ATA]

I usually dont take pictures if I am fishing, Unless it is my PB or First fish of season or something like that to remember our share to others.

[schplurg]

Photos shmotos! It's all about video!

 

If you're wondering why you show off photos then I really gotta wonder why a crap angler like me has a Youtube channel! But then, I have to REALLY wonder about the people who WATCH me! "Hopefully schplurg will get better one day...."

 

People watch me fish! Are you crazy? I love it, it's fun.

 

I started it as a way to show my fishing buddy videos of us fishing together. We lived a few hours apart so it was the easiest way. I had a GoPro laying around so I started using it after watching other Youtubers.

 

After a short time someone subscribed and commented and I was like "what the...?" So after awhile I started talking to the camera a bit and trying to put together better content. I don't make money at it.

 

Sometimes I show photos to maybe get friends interested in fishing, sometimes to show others that I'm not always at my computer, sometimes I want to show the people close to me how much fun I'm having and they're not!

 

I rarely catch anything worth showing off, but I'm sure that's part of it in some way. I don't really care why, and I stopped asking myself if the Youtube channel was weird or whatever. I find it fun to edit videos and show them. It's kinda not "like me" to do because I'm not on any type of social media. I'm kinda quiet. But I enjoy it so why ask why?

 

Edit:

As an angler I enjoy looking at them too. I mean other people's pics here. Bring 'em on! So many different shapes and sizes and lures.....It's cool.

[Koz]

On 3/2/2022 at 11:43 AM, Choporoz said:

Of course it is to show off.  I don't post pics anywhere when I find deal on ground beef.....or when I get my oil changed.

 

But I would say all of us posting our bass pictures here are a lot more interesting than someone posting on Instagram a picture of their lunch from Panera Bread.

[detroit1]

Bird..i love that picture. It reminds me of my last trip last year, when all i caught was a 6" perch for 4 hours of casting. At least it hit a 1/2 oz. bladebait. I have a few worth posting on this site, but lack the skills. You guys are missing out!

[SC53]

As the old saying goes “ No pictures, no proof”. ?

[Glenn]

Show off?  Meh.  If it's truly a lunker, then ya, it's great to show people what you accomplished. But really it's about taking pics of something you enjoy doing.  Everyone does it, be it biking, hiking, building a deck, vacation pics, family pics, endless baby pics.... If they love it, they take pics of it.

 

I love seeing pics here, regardless of fish size. 

 

<begin rant>I get annoyed by people "calling out" somebody because they think a fish is smaller in the picture than claimed.  I know for a fact most people cannot accurately guess the weight of a fish from a pic anyway, so the argument is pointless. But let's play along and assume somebody has the superpower to accurately know the weight of a fish from looking at a pic, and said fish was smaller than the angler claimed.  So what?  Who cares? He was out fishing and caught a fish!  YES!!  The dude with the superpower is just being a jerk, and has completely missed the point.  Let the guy embellish a little bit. Who cares?  Such a petty thing to be concerned about.</end rant>

 

I love seeing all your fishing pics, all shapes, sizes, and species. Seeing people out there enjoying the sport with big smiles on their faces just makes my day every day!

 

 

 

[schplurg]

I like the smiles too. With all the beards it's hard to tell what some people look like until they have a big grin.

 

My main reason for wearing a GoPro on my head is that if something special happens I will have it for myself. Whether it's a PB, cool birds flying by, a dog chasing me, it's all for me first.

[GRiver]

I take pics all the time when out on the water, for bragging rights? Oh yeah !! and ribbing rights too.
My friends and I usually send them to each other while we are out ……” hey they are biting here”. We all send them to the one guy who couldn’t come fishing too.  And say “ too bad you had to mow the yard or paint the kitchen” ….. it usually gets some pretty colorful responses. It’s all in good fun, they have done it to me too. It kinda sucks when your in Home Depot and you starts blowing up with fish catch pics. 

[N Florida Mike]

On 3/2/2022 at 5:21 PM, DitchPanda said:

Had a guy ask me a few springs back  if I'd caught anything that day. I said yeah I caught a nice largemouth about 10 minutes before he got there..he said its too cold so I don't believe you. I said your right..then I shook my head in his face and walked away.

I had a guy fishing my lake once .( had never seen him before or since) that told me he just caught “around” a 17 pound bass and had just released it . No pics. I KNEW he was lying, but just moved on and didn’t say anything as he kept jabbering about it …

[Catt]

I've never taken a selfie & until last year I don't know how to!

 

For 17 years 10-12 hours a day a computer was a big part of my life. Since I retired I keep up with technology but don't feel a need to own it.

 

 

[Darth-Baiter]

18 minutes ago, Catt said:

I've never taken a selfie & until last year I don't know how to!

 

For 17 years 10-12 hours a day a computer was a big part of my life. Since I retired I keep up with technology but don't feel a need to own it.

 

 

Hahaha.  

[Bankbeater]

I take pics on the water all the time, but only post a few.  Mostly I take pics to prove to my wife that I did go fishing. ?

[Derek1]

Sometimes I take a bunch of fish pics. Just so I can send them to my girlfriend as I catch and take them. Because she could care less and it drives her crazy. I also get a colorful response when I tell her I m about to send her pics of a bunch of dinks. 

[slonezp]

On 3/2/2022 at 11:21 AM, MN Fisher said:

Man - my first camera was a Kodak Brownie - upgraded from that to a Kodak Instamatic 110.

 

When I was in the Air Force, I bought a Minolta XD-5 SLR in 1981.

 

(BTW: Anyone want a 35mm SLR? I'm selling it with 2 lenses on FB Marketplace.)

My very first fish was a Door County smallmouth and it was taken on a Polaroid. The pic is hanging on the wall at dad's. Mom put together collage picture frames, and I hung them, when they moved into the condo 25 years ago. 

[schplurg]

This forum would be a lot less interesting without all our photos, and AJ's video trips to Mexico, the hook impalements. It makes it more real.

 

I've never been on a forum where so many members post photos of themselves, or photos in general. Fish come in such varieties as do the fisheries, I like seeing them. Other countries are cool too.

 

Dude, I mean you go to a fisherman's house and the odds are high that you will see fishing photos. Fishermen love photos! Of course we're gonna do it here!

 

I had this whole lake to myself yesterday. Beautiful, perfect looking bass, and my biggest this year so far. Screenshot from head-mounted GoPro.

 

 

Of course you have to be in the photo for the "showoff shot" (with the sun at your back like an idiot).

 

[CrashVector]

I like seeing other people's catches.  Seeing people having fun is...fun.

 

I video most of my significant fishing days, but catch a lot on days without the GoPro too, so I take pics of em.

[thediscochef]

I take photos of everything I catch at this point in time...it started as kind of showing off, but then I got into the exif data and started looking at times, locations, etc. I think I'm back around to showing off, but I also like to look back at the big fish and remember what it felt like to fight/land/hold that thing. Makes me think about where I casted, how I was retreiving. And I can look back at weather for that week. Also makes me eager to go out and get another one.

[desmobob]

By all means... take photos for whatever reason you want and share them.  Photos are absolute magic; they freeze an instant in time.  I love looking at photos, especially of fishermen having fun.

 

My first fishing fun photo...  on Lake George, NY around 1964 with a neighbor in a wooden rowboat.

 

Clobbered the pumpkinseeds that day!  (Before live wells and Yeti coolers there were big galvanized steel buckets...)

 

Latest fishing photo on Core Banks, NC.  My first time fishing in NC and my first-ever redfish.

 

You will likely eventually forget a lot of fishing outings but all it takes is a quick look at a photo to bring back the memories.

[Jaderose]

I don't think I have ever taken a picture of a fish I've caught.  I have taken landscape photos and pictures of other wildlife at the little lake I fish.  It's my happy place and and sometimes I'll look at those pics in the dead of winter to cheer me up.  Most of the time, I don't even have my phone with me on the water.  Fishing is a very personal thing for me.  I actually couldn't care less if people need some sort of visual "proof" of my fishing adventures.  I don't care enough about the opinions of other people to have to lie about things.  I've caught big fish.  I've caught little fish.  I've been skunked.  I've had great days.  All of them are in my memory banks.  Here's a creek channel I was pretty far back in.  Good froggin, that day casting at the little stump you see over by the far bank.

 

[Cgolf]

I end up putting my fair share on social media, but I include the I have a healthy fishery dinks as well. Zero camera trickery to make the fish look bigger as well. I do also post pictures of products I believe in as well regardless if I have a deal with them or not. I know living in WI our largies run small and the river system I fish I see a 20”+ smalllie once every 3 to 4 years, but the average fish runs 12 to 13 inches. Social media is just a lot of fun and I have had positive experiences with social media, but I know not all folks do. 

[GRiver]

I stand corrected desmobob ….. I said I took pictures for bragging rights… Then I saw you pics of your first fishing trip. It brought back memories of a picture I have of my Grandmother and I holding up trout, our catch of the day. 
So not only do pictures give ya bragging right, but can bring back a flood of memories. 
We fished from morning till night, I fell asleep at the dinner table.

Good times 

[desmobob]

 

Don't forget to take photos of your fiends and family fishing.  Those photos of me on my first fishing trip were taken by my oldest sister.  She had no interest in fishing but knew that documenting that outing was a good idea.  I'm so glad she did it!