I wish I had a neighbor that kayak bass fished.

[Darth-Baiter]

in my neighborhood, it's rare, but occasionally a home comes up for sale.  my wife and I have an inside joke.  when we drive by we both say, " I hope a kayak bass fisherman moves in".  It's been a long time, but I think I was serious when it first came up, and now it is just a passing thing we say in an attempt to be funny.  

 

but hot-dang!!  it would be awesome if a moving truck pulls up an the first thing that gets pulled out is a fishing kayak.  I love my current bass kayakers, but they are not explorers.  I want to team up (to save gas) and hit some more distant mystery bodies of water.  

 

a new rabid bass fishing neighbor..  would be awesome.  most awesome if he owned a two kayak trailer, and was a plumber.  and his wife loved to dog sit.  JUST KIDDING!!

 

you fish with a neighbor?  all my neighbors have ocean boats.

 

man, I hope a kayak bass fisherman moves in.

[gim]

18 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

you fish with a neighbor?

Nope.  None of my neighbors fish.  But that doesn't make them intolerable neighbors lol.  They enjoy different things I'm sure.  They probably think I'm borderline crazy for hooking up my boat at 6am in the darkness and heading out to fish in the rain.

[WRB]

Try contacting your local bass clubs.

Tom

[Scott F]

I moved to a new neighborhood last year. On the corner at the entrance to the subdivision, there is a house that has a jon boat with a jet motor sitting in the driveway. I had just sold MY jon boat with a jet motor shortly before I moved. I’ve met a few of my neighbors, but not the one with the boat. Wouldn’t you know it, the neighbor with the boat one day comes up and rings my doorbell. He was talking to one of the neighbors I’d met and found out I’m a smallmouth fisherman and he asked if I wanted to go fish the river with him! He’s a good guy and we’ve been out a few times. 

[gim]

1 minute ago, Scott F said:

Wouldn’t you know it

I thought you were going to say that you found out he was the one who bought your old jon boat.

[TnRiver46]

My neighbors indeed kayak bass fish. At least 6-8 of them. And dozens of them paddle along and just watch the birds and catch some rays . 
 

And this last pic was December 26, 2021. It was about 65 degrees and sunny 

 

 

[Bankc]

All of my neighbors are pretty old, so I don't think most of them could even get into a kayak.  And while retired people are known to take up fishing, for whatever reason, my neighbors didn't get that memo. 

 

I've met quite a few kayak anglers out on the lakes.  I've yet to meet one that I really bonded with though.  Most of them seem to want to immediately want to jump into politics or personal problems like ex-wives and such.  The kind of people that you immediately know drama just follows like a lost puppy.  

 

Besides, I kind of like being alone and doing my own thing when fishing.  If I want to hang out with a buddy, I'd rather spend that time enjoying them deliberately and fully immersing myself into the conversation.  When I fish, I want to concentrate completely on fishing with no distractions.  

[BustedSwimbait]

I always say to myself that I would like a kayak fishing buddy, but then I realize I don't like people and love my solitude. That's why I got the yak in the first place, to get away from it all.

[Darth-Baiter]

so of you dont like people?!!

 

as I gotten older, i am quite honestly shocked how it is more difficult to make friends.  I take every opportunity to make new contacts.  

 

I like people.  well, most people.  but trust but verify.  haha.

[gim]

3 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

so of you dont like people

 

Haha.  I generally lean more towards the companionship of my dog than people.

[Functional]

I have one a few houses down... spent a lot of money for a rig and rods and never wants to go out. Haven't seen it move in almost a year. 

 

Now I have another neighbor wanting me to help her and her son. She's married and his dad is aroun.... just feels weird teaching another man's son and taking his wife out. 

 

Overall I prefer my line of sight not to have another human in it. 

[flyfisher]

I rarely if ever fish with anyone so it wouldn't matter to me if they fished or not.  

 

There is a guy down the street from me that has a Ranger, an aluminum jon boat small water type and about a month ago saw him towing an outboard jet boat.  I have only see him pull them out of the neighborhood probably a dozen times since I moved in 6 years ago.  

[gim]

46 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

I have only see him pull them out of the neighborhood probably a dozen times since I moved in 6 years ago.  

My neighbor at my last house before I moved in May had a 16 foot Lund Rebel in his garage with a 25 hp 4-stroke outboard on it and during the 10 years that I lived there, I literally saw him use it ONCE the first year I was there in 2012.  I wondered why he even had it.  He retired a couple years ago too and STILL didn't use it.  I told him that people would pay good money for a used garage-stored boat in good shape and he just kinda shrugged it off like "whatever."  Never could figure that out.

[Bankbeater]

None of my neighbors fish.

[MN Fisher]

Lets see

'D' across the street fishes occasionally - sold his 24' jet ski boat last year, bought an old 17' tri-hull that he's been working on in his garage...wife, two teenage daughters and 1 year old all go out, so he needs something that can cart them all.

'B' kitty-corner behind me has a 16' Lund utility (old version of the WC-16) that he takes out now and then with one or both of his sons.

'T' next to him has a Sea-Ray SPX-190 outboard that he fishes from now and then.

Up the street, one guy has a Vexus 22 and just down from him is a guy with a Smoker Pro Angler...both those guys go out (or at least haul their boats around) 2-3 times a week.

[12poundbass]

My new neighborhood has 9 houses on it as of now. I’ve met three of them. The older couple at the end of the cul de sac has what looks like a wood Chris Craft or at least an older wood boat that style. The two guys a couple houses down has a big pontoon, and the guy next door who I’ve talked to a couple times I’ve seen him wearing a Mercury hat but I’ve yet to see a boat. Im not sure if any of them fish or not. I’m kind of a keep to myself type of guy, but wave in passing, so I may never know. ?

[Darth-Baiter]

I wave at all cars with fishing kayaks on them.

[king fisher]

I wish I had a neighbor that would do my yard work, while I bass fish.  Just saying, if I'm going to make a wish, I might as well wish big.

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, king fisher said:

I wish I had a neighbor that would do my yard work, while I bass fish.  Just saying, if I'm going to make a wish, I might as well wish big.

I got a 'barter' system with my neighbor...he doesn't have the room to park his 2nd pickup, Explorer and utility trailer at his place...so in exchange for letting him park those in the back corner of my yard, he does my mowing and snow-blowing.

[scaleface]

I have nothing in common with my next door  neighbors . A guy a block away is on the same bowling team .

[new2BC4bass]

I live in Bethlehem, PA.  Nuff said.

[WRB]

On 9/23/2022 at 4:47 PM, Darth-Baiter said:

so of you dont like people?!!

 

as I gotten older, i am quite honestly shocked how it is more difficult to make friends.  I take every opportunity to make new contacts.  

 

I like people.  well, most people.  but trust but verify.  haha.

When members like me try to advise you your reply “don’t reply on my posts” doesn’t help.

Tom

[JustJames]

This is funny story. Where I used to live, next to lake Perris, by a golf course. I used to Ninja-Fishing there in golf course pond. One day a young family  moved in, he walked into golf course (our backyard) with fishing pole in his hand in afternoon. My wife told me the story and I just laugh. After awhile we got to know each other, actually from our other hobby wood working and we talked about that incident.

We became clicked and turn into close buddy for most everything. I bought our first Jon boat so we can fish more. He taught me how to handle a car with trailer, he taught me how to operate boat. He even jokingly told us to buy a house in Canyon Lake so we can fish day and night, seven days a week. I eventually moved into Canyon Lake and had good time with my only fishing buddy. Came home from work at midnight and went straight out in our jonboat until 7-8 in the morning. 
Thing changed he moved out of state not long after I moved. My neighbor, every other houses has either a nice bass boat, kayak or float tube and a lot of them bank fish. I never want to fish with any of those. I got invited a few time on their boat, even to join bass club. I always said thank you. I’m remain known as that Asian guy who always walking around catching fish.

 

[gim]

9 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

so in exchange for letting him park those in the back corner of my yard, he does my mowing

So does he have to move his stuff then when he mows your yard?

 

”Get your stuff outta my yard so you can mow my yard.” -Ken

[MN Fisher]

21 minutes ago, gimruis said:

So does he have to move his stuff then when he mows your yard?

Na - the back corner is basically bare dirt...

 

Same place I use to park the runabout.