Man befriends Smallmouth Bass on a dive. The two are inseparable.

[Fishin Dad]

18 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

This video made me join TikTok so I could see how deep this relationship went. He's got about 50 videos of himself hanging out with this fish. No idea of the time period. They chill like best friends and it eats from his hands in the vids I've seen so far. It comes to him when called. Absolutely amazing stuff.

That is really interesting.  I might have to have my daughters show me on Tik Tok, as much as that pains me.  This is too cool not to check out.  Thanks again. 

[ironbjorn]

10 minutes ago, Fishin Dad said:

That is really interesting.  I might have to have my daughters show me on Tik Tok, as much as that pains me.  This is too cool not to check out.  Thanks again. 

So I just watched one in which he took a dive this spring after the winter. It was a spiring reunion after all that time. Just incredible.

[Fishin Dad]

3 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

So I just watched one in which he took a dive this spring after the winter. It was a spiring reunion after all that time. Just incredible.

That is crazy!!   It would be interesting to have someone else dive down and see what the bass does!  

[TnRiver46]

When I was a kid we just watched the show flipper on TV

[ironbjorn]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

When I was a kid we just watched the show flipper on TV

Anyone getting away from the screens these days is a win in my book 

[TnRiver46]

15 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Anyone getting away from the screens these days is a win in my book 

Says the guy that just signed up for TikTok? 

[ironbjorn]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Says the guy that just signed up for TikTok? 

It's a Saturday and I wanted to watch fish videos. Come on now. We all know this isn't about idiot teens drinking laundry detergent. I have an Instagram for the same reason. Saw some fish info and signed up to see the rest. Doesn't make me an Instagram queen.

[PhishLI]

On 5/13/2023 at 6:52 PM, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Bass would 100% eat humans if they were bigger.

I remember watching a video many years ago where a diver made friends with a Barracuda. When he dove in the area the fish would always visit him. He fed it by hand, and he even gave it nice scratchies, which the fish loved. They were pals. Then one day, and quite out of the blue, the 'cuda clamped down on homeboy's face.

[slonezp]

On 5/13/2023 at 3:12 PM, TOXIC said:

Looks like spawning behavior to me.  Bass is just a little confused.?

Bass identifies as a human

[AlabamaSpothunter]

33 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

I remember watching a video many years ago where a diver made friends with a Barracuda. When he dove in the area the fish would always visit him. He fed it by hand, and he even gave it nice scratchies, which the fish loved. They were pals. Then one day, and quite out of the blue, the 'cuda clamped down on homeboy's face.

So like having a Pit or Chimp as a pet ?

[king fisher]

On 5/13/2023 at 10:51 AM, Tennessee Boy said:

Does anyone know the waypoints?

Looks like Lake Menderchuck to me.

[ironbjorn]

20 minutes ago, king fisher said:

Looks like Lake Menderchuck to me.

So that's how @A-Jay does it. He hires guys to seduce the big smallies and make them docile, then he gets the waypoints. 

 

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, PhishLI said:

I remember watching a video many years ago where a diver made friends with a Barracuda. When he dove in the area the fish would always visit him. He fed it by hand, and he even gave it nice scratchies, which the fish loved. They were pals. Then one day, and quite out of the blue, the 'cuda clamped down on homeboy's face.

That’s what happens to everyone that keeps a raccoon as a pet 

[ironbjorn]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s what happens to everyone that keeps a raccoon as a pet 

Check this guy out. 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

32 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Check this guy out. 

 

 

That’s disgusting!!! He says they are hungry, their massive obesity indicates otherwise 

[ironbjorn]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’s disgusting!!! He says they are hungry, their massive obesity indicates otherwise 

My mom has about a dozen like this that come to her house just about every night for cookies. They take the cookies from her and dunk them in their water pot she leaves for them to soften them up to eat them. When she's got the big wood front door open and they're on the deck with just the screen door shut you can see their little hands reaching under the screen door into the house doing the "gimmie" motion for cookies. 

 

Couldn't be me but I'm glad they make her happy. Crazy woman also has a couple dozen indoor cats. She set up a sanctuary in her basement for them. Then she's got some squirrels that come up to her for hand feeding.

[TnRiver46]

Tell her to give them some cotton candy, it disappears when they dip it……… 

[ironbjorn]

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Tell her to give them some cotton candy, it disappears when they dip it……… 

So like you when you fish a spinnerbait. Comes up empty.

 

[TnRiver46]

Precisely! 

[ironbjorn]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Precisely! 

Have you tried using cookies? Maybe mom is onto something...

 

[MassBass]

I used to have big smallies follow my raft around. Probably because I dropped down crayfish just to watch them eat it. To be able to dive with bass in clean, clear water is an eye opening perspective that a lot of fishermen don't have. You quickly understand how perfectly adapted the fish is to it's environment, which you can't see if you only see fish on the end of a line and out of water.

[A-Jay]

50 minutes ago, MassBass said:

You quickly understand how perfectly adapted the fish is to it's environment, 

I'm betting they think the same thing about us,

especially while they are hanging off a thumb.

A-Jay

 

[islandbass]

Very cool. There is a similar story with a river and a tiger shark and it was over a period of years. 

[Darth-Baiter]

19 hours ago, MassBass said:

I used to have big smallies follow my raft around. Probably because I dropped down crayfish just to watch them eat it. To be able to dive with bass in clean, clear water is an eye opening perspective that a lot of fishermen don't have. You quickly understand how perfectly adapted the fish is to it's environment, which you can't see if you only see fish on the end of a line and out of water.

Their  gills are a good clue:). 
 

that dude is gonna  be very bummed if some fisherman gill hooks Elvis. 

[Darth-Baiter]

Ajay is gonna go jack that poor fish with a jerkbait.