Pitching is Officially Flipping Forevermore!

[jbsoonerfan]

Unweighted weedless if you are using an EWG or off set worm hook and hooking it weedless.  

[PhishLI]

47 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

Its been that way for a long time here...

...and just about everywhere else.

 

The impetus for this thread wasn't actually the MLF tourneys at St. Johns where many pros were breaking this sacred rule. Here's the story.

 

I met a kid at a local lake about 5 years ago. He was pleasant and curious, so it was easy to give him tips. One outing I took a fish pic for him, then sent it to his phone which he'd left at home. It was a good fish, so a few days later I showed it to my SIL, and as it turns out the kid was one of his students. Small world.

 

Fast forward 5 years later, and the kid still fishes there. I ran into him the other day as he was leaving. We exchanged the typical fishing courtesies, reports, news, etc, then he told me about a 3 pounder he caught "flipping", and where he'd caught it. I know every inch of this place, so I know he wasn't flipping at all. He was obviously pitching, but the last thing I was going to do was kill this kid's buzz over his catch with another schoolmaster lecture about the distinctions between the two. I know for a fact that I've been over this in the past with him and his pals, so I just let it go. It wouldn't change a thing. The world around him keeps calling pitching flipping, so that's what it'll be.

[jbsoonerfan]

2 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

I met a kid at a local lake about 5 years ago. He was pleasant and curious, so it was easy to give him tips. One outing I took a fish pic for him, then sent it to his phone which he left at home. It was a good fish, so a few days later I showed it to my SIL, and as it turns out the kid was one of his students. Small world.

Wait what? Sister in law? His?

[PhishLI]

5 hours ago, QED said:

I disagree with your conclusion.

Dude, my post is rhetorical nonsense. Yeesh. If there's an update available for your sense of humor program, just click "accept" and follow the prompts...

5 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Wait what? Sister in law? His?

SIL stands for either son in law or sister in law once context is provided, and I did. Didn't I?

 

SIL

 

noun

INFORMAL

 

1. 1.

   a person's sister-in-law.

   "I think you should tell your SIL that you found her comments upsetting"

    
2. 2.

   a person's son-in-law.

   "my SIL lives in the UK with our DD and their son"

 

 

[jbsoonerfan]

9 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Dude, my post is rhetorical nonsense. Yeesh. If there's an update available for your sense of humor program, just click "accept" and follow the prompts...

SIL stands for either son in law or sister in law once context is provided, and I did. Didn't I?

 

That's my fault, I never got the context. I never thought of Son in law, since thank goodness I don't have one yet.  

[QED]

17 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Dude, my post is rhetorical nonsense. Yeesh. If there's an update available for your sense of humor program, just click "accept" and follow the prompts... [stuff deleted]

 

What about my response wasn't appropriate or responsive regardless of the original intent of your post?  Perhaps you should resume your sense of humor which is lacking in this post.

[Bass Rutten]

 

Wut da fudge is this world coming to? Next thing you know they’ll be calling a man a woman and jig worm a ned rig ?

[PhishLI]

1 minute ago, QED said:

What about my response wasn't appropriate or responsive regardless of the original intent of your post?

Nothing was "wrong" or inappropriate with your post, man. While well thought out, it was simply a serious response to my very unserious post.

[Hammer 4]

I could care less what the pro's or anyone else chooses to call it. For me, Flippin is Flippin and Pitchin is just that, Pitchin.

[Chris Catignani]

1 hour ago, ironbjorn said:

What would the term be?

One version of the that would just be a "floatin' worm"

[12poundbass]

18 hours ago, king fisher said:

I once caught a big mouth bass on a rubber worm. It tasted the same as the large mouth bass I caught on a plastic worm.

Try catching one on a soft plastic worm. Whole different taste. ?

[J Francho]

Another instance of a pro not having much influence over my fishing or what I call things. I think this started with someone saying they were flipping the bait into cover, not actually making a flip cast. Now it's just misappropriation.  I will correct anyone, anywhere, any time. 

[king fisher]

I would like to point out a couple more misused fishing terms.

 

1- A back lash happens on a bait caster, and a birds next happens on a spinning reel.  Either way you are SOL.

2- Loosing a fish close to the boat is referred to as an LDR( Long distance release), not The SOB got off.

3- A fishing pole is cheap, you only need one, and it catches fish.  A fishing rod is expensive, catches the same fish, and multiplies.

4- My wife is going to kill me is the proper term for my new rod came in the mail today.

5-It's catch and release, not he only catches fish to small to eat.

6-Fishing in the trees refers to trying to catch fish hiding in trees located in the in the water, not trying to catch fish that have evolved to live in trees out of the water.  I have to remind myself of this every time I go fishing.

7-Fishing wood is the correct term for fishing around wood not dragging a branch off of the bottom.

8-If it tears the lower unit off of your outboard it is shallow structure, if you can't find it, it's deep structure, and if you loose all your tackle to it, it's cover.

9- Luck is what others depend on to catch bass.  Skill is what I use to catch bass.  I haven't determined why so many others have much more luck than I have skill.

10- There are many types of line used for fishing, but only mono is called fishing line.  I wonder why some many fisherman never use fishing line.

 

[OkobojiEagle]

15 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

 

I'll stick with my blueberry muffins

 

Yes, you probably will...

 

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9 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

I could care less what the pro's or anyone else chooses to call it. 

So that I can accurately understand your thoughts and intentions... how much less could you care about what the pro's or anyone else chooses to call it?

[PhishLI]

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

7-Fishing wood is the correct term for fishing around wood

I get fishing wood just thinking about fishing wood.

[Big Rick]

And while we're at it:

 

LOOSE is the opposite of TIGHT

 

LOSE is the opposite of FOUND

 

If you LOOSE something it doesn't mean you have LOST it. It means you have made it less restrictive. 

 

My bad.....

[J Francho]

petal, peddle, paddle, pedal

[new2BC4bass]

Witch does not mean Which.

[PhishLI]

10 hours ago, J Francho said:

I will correct anyone, anywhere, any time. 

I'm picturing you seated next to Mike Tyson on a commercial flight.

"For the tenth time, Mike, the correct pronunciation is silly, not thilly".

[J Francho]

I'd teach him how to make the s sound. I'm not an ass. 

[The Maestro]

I honestly can't recall the last time I saw someone who was actually flipping while out fishing. And that's a lot of hours on the water. Even on TV and videos I don't remember the last time I saw someone using the proper flipping technique.

[J Francho]

I I do a flip cast about every 4-7 casts when drifting through a flat in the dead of summer. I'm mostly pitching to targets and then I see one I missed that's close. Reel up to the right length and flip that thing before it's gone. 

[RDB]

On 6/19/2022 at 10:27 AM, A-Jay said:

btw, WTH is a Ditch ?

It’s what I do every time the mother-in-law comes over.  Hope that helps.

[Chris Catignani]

2 hours ago, The Maestro said:

I honestly can't recall the last time I saw someone who was actually flipping while out fishing. And that's a lot of hours on the water. Even on TV and videos I don't remember the last time I saw someone using the proper flipping technique.

There are log jams I fish where all you can do is flip.

[PhishLI]

Oh, the horror...

https://www.bassmaster.com/how-to/news/hopelessly-devoted-to-summertime-flippin/