Fish per Cast ratio

[mac7373]

RW

If you want to talk ratios including skipjack, drum, gar, buffalo, bream, crappie, catfish, sauger, white bass, Kentucky, stripers, chinook, silvers, brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead, halibut, marlin, shark, whale and...blah, blah, blah...etc...etc, then you should move over to the board called---Other Fish Species---link follows...

http://bassresource.com/cgi-bin/bass_fish/YaBB.pl?board=species_ID

...I mean, last time I checked this board was called--General Bass Fishing and not General Multi Species Fishing?

Yep...this thread was started by Redtail. I found his topic intriguing and waited for him to elaborate on it but he didn't...so I did, that's, that. I asked the question in a different way with "my specific criteria" and you come back saying that you stand by your numbers. That being said, you either don't understand the question, or you are just trying to flame and get something started? I asked the question with those specific guidelines to basically see how many of you would give me a half-@$$<? answer like 5 or 10:1, which would show me who the real bass fisherman are and who's just pretending, and so far you are the only one who doesn't seem to play by the rules. Again, if its just any fish...I have a 1:1 ratio and I will prove that all day long. I bet if you didn't sit at home and watch the weather/news and say "well tomorrow looks good so I will go tomorrow" and if you were forced out of your comfort zone and didn't have a guide holding your hand and wiping your nose, your numbers wouldn't hold water. You go 30-40 days in a row, not skipping a single one because the weather doesn't suit you or whatever and you fish on your own expertise and not have a guide baiting your pole and setting the hook for you and you fish for keeper size BASS, hell you might just quit fishing when you realize its not as easy as you think.

Ever read Bassmaster Magazine...ever check out the new series called "A Day on the Lake" where they take the top pro anglers on the circuit and put them on a lake they have never fished and never seen, with whatever conditions that are present the day that was scheduled rather than looking for optimal days, (like you) with no idea what the patterns are in this water, just see how they fair and how well they find fish over an 7 hour period. Edwin Evers...an Oklahoma boy I might add (Boomer Sooner) had about the best day I have seen so far and he only caught 5 fish for a total weight of 13lbs 11oz. Skeet Reese was the most recent victim; he caught 3 fish for 4lbs 6oz. I bet if you told Skeet that you could fish that lake and go 10:1 against his approximate 350:1 (being that he is a typical Cali power fisherman, he casts at least 2.5 per min.) he would probably laugh you out of the water. Oh....my fault, your not talkin about bass...right, I am so stupid sometimes. But...it does beg the question, "if your not talkin bass, what are you doing here then?"

I don't remember anybody asking about how many Walleye or Redfish you catch and what guide you use. But if that question was asked I would welcome your numbers and bow down before them, but until that time or until you fess up to the fact that you can't catch bass at a rate of 10:1 and quit insulting the intelligence of me and anybody else who has fished for bass in any capacity...like I said earlier, "go sell crazy someplace else-we're all full here".

[Guest hydrillagorilla]

1:9  

WOW!

[abelfisher]

Hey Mac7373,

You need to go over to your medicine cabinet, and look for the bottle that say's "Chill Pills" and open it up and take the BIGGEST ONE IN THERE!!

I think if anyone is trying to get something started, it sounds like you are.  Man, just chill out!

[Glenn]

Mac - watch your tone and accusations - and I MEAN IT!

I have no problems banning people who cannot treat people in a courteous and polite manner. Either you start showing some respect to others, or you're gone.

Don't even bother arguing or debating with me about this. It will only grant you the instant boot. No Exceptions!

[elkhunter7x6]

Mac it seems to me that you have gotten a little carried away. If you go back and read the original question redtail simply asked fish to cast ratio. There was no spacific criteria as to size of fish,size of lake , tourney rules,ect. (I  assumed bass was the species). Just simply fish to cast ratio.

Now as unbelievable as the published #ers by RW may seem to you, does it really warrant the bashing. After all you are boasting being able to catch 1:1 ratio on you terms.     Maybe you can, I can not.

Howeever, I do think that the numbers that you put together for you criteria was well thought out fairly accurate for a public lake. But some folks do have access to above average fishing holes and better ratios are possible.

Perhaps you should have started a new thread instead of bashing a good man.

I am new to the forum,(not too fishing) and personnaly feel that RW makes this Forum  a more informative and friendly place to hang out.

Mac if talking about fishing makes you this angry perhaps you should find something else to talk about.

[JTL]

Mac7373,

I think that in the movie "STRIPES", they used a statement that went something like this:

"Lighten up Francis"

[mac7373]

It's over as far as I am concerned.

As far as the 1:1 claim I made its true, but still is not an accurate representation of what we were discussing so there for it does not count.  They are all largemouths under 10 inches and are in a private pond me and my family own that we use to stock the other ponds on our property.  You can take a rod and reel with one of those Manns in-line spinners and reel them in until your arm falls off.  

As far as what I wrote...prove me wrong.  

Roadwarrior to Nick_Barr

If you are really 1:288, I think you need to try some different technique or find a new place to fish.  

Why...288:1 is a heck of allot closer to the truth and a more accurate representation than 5:1 or 10:1...he flat out told someone they don't know how to fish basically.  No outcry that that was disrespectful?

The next time I read something from someone who is clearly "out in left field"...I'll ignore it.  No problem here.  

Lastly...

If I have offended anybody...I really apologize.  That wasn't the goal or intent I had in mind.  I had no idea some were so sensitive.  I used no profanity and said nothing derogatory, but if reading my posts some found themselves offended or however it may have effected you, I am sorry.  It won't happen again.

[JTL]

Although this is a "General Bass Fishing" forum, look on the bright side...

The "Musky" is known as "the fish of 10,000 casts"...

[mac7373]

Yep...

I like the quote too

"Lighten up Francis"

That gave me a laugh.  Later

[Redtail]

I should have been a bit more clear with my original question, but I just assumed since this is a Bass Fishing Forum and named the Ultimate Bass Fishing Rresource Guide, I was only talking about bass.  

My original intent was to ask how many casts you guys think you make (on average) to catch a bass, any species of freshwater bass any size in a pond, lake whatever.  

Sorry for the confusion this caused!

Roadwarrior-You are definately one of the most respected people on this forum!

[elkhunter7x6]

Mac I believe in constructive critisism. I just thought you got a little carried away. I enjoyed your information, just not the rest of the non-sence.