What is your fishing Dogma?

[fin]

1. Start high, then low.
2. Start quiet, then loud.
3. Start fast, then slow.
4. Start big, then small.
5. They won’t bite if they ain’t there.

[JediAmoeba]

Just like New Hampshire's absolutism "Live Free or Die" ,mine on the water seems to be the mantra "Hero or Zero".

[Crow Horse]

On 3/20/2024 at 12:13 PM, A-Jay said:

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

This is so choice. It's a keeper. Thanks!

[A-Jay]

22 minutes ago, Crow Horse said:

This is so choice. It's a keeper. Thanks!

Keeps me fairly busy ~

A-Jay

[Catt]

On 3/20/2024 at 11:13 AM, A-Jay said:

Situational Awareness is a life style.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

 

Exactly 😉

 

I posted on another thread that it doesn't matter where I'm going fishing the preparation is the same. 

 

I never understood this idea of fishing differently during a tournament as opposed to "fun" fishing. 

[MassBass]

'Fair weather fishermen don't catch fish'

 

'You need to suffer to catch fish'

[JediAmoeba]

1 hour ago, Catt said:

I never understood this idea of fishing differently during a tournament as opposed to "fun" fishing. 

Sometimes you know the most fish are going to be caught fishing a wacky worm but I would rather go throw large swimbaits for 8 hours trying to catch 1 huge one...

[slowworm]

1 hour ago, JediAmoeba said:

Sometimes you know the most fish are going to be caught fishing a wacky worm but I would rather go throw large swimbaits for 8 hours trying to catch 1 huge one...

Same here.  Sometimes it's more about learning a new technique than getting a tug on the line.

 

At the end of the day for the majority of us it's all about unwinding from work and relaxing on the water, fish or no fish.

[Koz]

1. Safety first

2. Have fun. Remember that (insert Elite series angler name here) can’t do your job.

[Motoboss]

In the grand scheme of things, fishing aint that important. 
 

edit: Making memories is

[Flippin4Biggins]

Chartreuse at night is a game changer

 

always have pliers clipped to my belt when I’m fishing trebled baits

 

Unpopular opinion more theory I believe in when I’m fishing is “fish aren’t smart….they are predators that are very curious”. So don’t over think stuff.

 

bottom baits i try to contrast the bottom.  Meaning weedy green stuff and I’m throwing an opposite like white or chartreuse.  If I think natural is the way to go I go Junebug or a Green pumpkin but I want it to sparkle or flash

 

of I don’t have my dedicated cranking rod I will not crank for them.  I’ll go chatterbait or spinner.  A great cranking rod will tell you everything you need to know about what’s going on with your bait from side to side motion, did you run into weeds, did a fish just swim up on my bait and eat it / swipe it.

[ghost]

On 3/20/2024 at 9:24 AM, herder said:

Never eat White Castle Jalapeno burgers the night before fishing  

Frog mating call I reckon?

[Swamp Girl]

7 hours ago, ghost said:

Frog mating call I reckon?

 

Are you speaking from experience?

[GaryH]

After reading through all of the post, there is great advice and knowledge from our BR family. Then I started to smile and thought about a complete newbie reading this and thinking the heck with fishing it’s too complicated. I’m just going to learn to be a nuclear physicist. 😁

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, GaryH said:

I’m just going to learn to be a nuclear physicist. 😁

 

You're not alone, Gary. I too get overwhelmed by all the info. 

[GaryH]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

 

You're not alone, Gary. I too get overwhelmed by all the info. 

I was only joking …  and I don’t believe you get anymore overwhelmed than I do. But I guess even after all ours years of fishing there are times when we scratch our heads. 😁

[Swamp Girl]

28 minutes ago, GaryH said:

I was only joking …  and I don’t believe you get anymore overwhelmed than I do. But I guess even after all ours years of fishing there are times when we scratch our heads. 😁

 

I wasn't joking. I truly do get overwhelmed, but I'm slowly getting up to speed. 

[GaryH]

Just now, ol'crickety said:

 

I wasn't joking. I truly do get overwhelmed, but I'm slowly getting up to speed. 

I could only wish I’d get up to your speed. Just reading your articles shows the passion and knowledge you have for the sport. 

[Swamp Girl]

7 minutes ago, GaryH said:

I could only wish I’d get up to your speed. Just reading your articles shows the passion and knowledge you have for the sport. 

 

Thank you. You are kind. 

[FishTank]

Being able to find fish is the first step

 

No white rods - old family superstition 

 

No Crocs on the boat or at the boat ramp - I saw it again on Friday. A guy was on his own, trying to put his boat on the trailer. He climbed out on to the tongue of the trailer to attach the winch hook to the boat and slipped. He went head first, hitting the side of his head on the trolling motor mount but then he fell split legged onto the frame, busting his you know whats.  So no Crocs.

 

Fish the conditions you are given not what you plan on fishing. Learn to adapt.

 

Fish live in the whole lake not just at the bank

 

Do what you can to make fishing fun 

[GrumpyOlPhartte]

Always pee to the lee.

[Functional]

On 3/25/2024 at 6:14 PM, MassBass said:

'You need to suffer to catch fish'

Most of my fondest memories are times I suffered through something. Some "educated" person might suggest I be medicated because of this though.....

 

43 minutes ago, GrumpyOlPhartte said:

Always pee to the lee.

I bring a big empty Gatorade bottle now. It wasn't the wind that got me it was the rogue wave that had me doing a dance over my back deck mid stream.

[Tom Rust]

First some humor: never squeeze your toothpaste in the dark-it might be hemorrhoid cream! And never open “snacks in the dark-it might be your dog’s treat bag!

Fishing mantra-“The fish will be there tomorrow, but you might not be” so go anytime you can!!!

And…there’s always unexpected surprises at the boat ramp- just accept they’re gonna happen and either laugh about it or accept them with grace!! 😳

[MIbassyaker]

On 3/20/2024 at 12:24 PM, herder said:

Never eat White Castle...

 

Could have stopped there with no loss of meaning!

[you]

21 minutes ago, Tom Rust said:

And…there’s always unexpected surprises at the boat ramp- just accept they’re gonna happen and either laugh about it or accept them with grace!!

 

Second that. There's a lake I fish where a shooting broke out over parking (https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2017/09/29/argument_over_parkin). Love fishing there, but I feel a little sad whenever I launch.

 

Don't be those people, don't be an a**hole, realize that everyone on the lake to have a good time. That's my dogma.