Favorite fishing partner

[justtrying]

gotta go with the  wife. ......she goes very seldom, but we have a ball when she does. ..i just love to have her in the boat with me (and, the fact that she brags on me when i catch 'em don't hurt! Wheeeeeeeee)

[IllinoisBasser]

My buddy Rich.We usually fish together about once a week.If we don't,we will call one another and compare notes on what worked,what didn't,wind,air temp,water temp,what lake,etc. I pick up so much knowledge from the guy,and i know he picks up quite a bit from me.He's one of the few local tourny guys i know that i fish with on a consistent basis.I also enjoy fishing with my wife,she enjoys being out on the water with me as i give her a seminar on how to catch fish in this situation.what tackle to use,the proper retrieve,and of course i end up catching dinks.My 7 year old step-son is a blast to fish with as well. I usually set him up with a crappie tube, a grub,or a beetle spin. He caught his first 3 pounder this past fall.I seriously thought he was going to get pulled in.He never did let go of the rod though.Give him another year or two and he will be fishing local tournys with me.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Illinois- That's what it's all about for me man!  

I love fishing with new people.  You either learn or teach and I love both.

Kids

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women

Two of my favorite "teach" situations.  Sometimes I won't even fish.  I really get alot of happiness out of bringing fishing to others.  Perhaps I just want more people to understand me.

[Phishn_Phool]

I fish alone now, but I don't like it.  I guided for 25 years and when i wasn't guiding I fished with other guides(friends).  When I retired to Florida I thought I would enjou being alone, but it is not what I thought it would be.  The fact that I can't catch fish here has something to do with it. :-[  I thought living on the water in a retirement community I could find someone to fish with, but of you indicate you are going out longer than 2 hours at a time they don.t want to fish.  Oh well, my bowling is getting better LOL

CPR

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Phool- There are lots of guys here on the board from Fla.  including guides like acstech.  Someones GOT to be able to set you straight or at least give you some good durable company.

[chevy]

I'd have to say my favorite fishing partner is my dad. He got me into fishing when I was about 5 or 6. And I still love just spending the day on the water with him.

After that I like trying to introduce people to loving fishing. My last boyfriend, I got him right hooked. The current boyfriend, doing the same thing.

Then there are my friends who I always have a good time going out fishing with.

There's also my mom, who I'm getting used to spending 8 hrs in a boat with during bass tournaments. She'll be my toourney partner next year.

[mobassattack]

I fish with my best friend KB. thats his nickname and we grew up fishing together so when the bite is on for one of us its on for both of us we use the same stratagies in the same situations when one of us learn something new the other does to, its just how it has been forever.

[FutureClassicChamp]

my brother.....or whichever of my acquaintances looks the best in a bikini on a particular day.

[DDbasser]

My wife is my favorite fishing partner.

Even though she usually gives me a lesson in fishing.

I also like to fish with my son.

I do my best fishing when I'm fishing alone, I tend to concentrate harder when I'm not trying to get someone else bit!

[Kana]

i love fishing with my dad, but being we havent lived close enough to fish together in 5 years, it is a little too long.  but soon im going to take some time away and catch up on missed time (when i move back to the states).  it nice just to be able to talk about any and everything, share stories just hang out. i dont mind fishng alone either, as i get to take soem time out, enjoy some music and let my mind cruise.  

[Guest the_muddy_man]

God is always my best Partner!  

[Guest River_stumps]

I have several friends that I fish with, but I don't have a best partner. These guys have been my best friends through out the past 30 years or so, and all of us fish with each other... There is always one of us available to fish with, when one of the other calls...They all are good fishing partners.

[CBedo]

I've gotten a chance over the last year or so to take my brother fishing.  We used to fish together as kids, but hadn't in a long time, and I don't think he had probably picked up a rod in over ten years.  Now he is back, as addicted as me.  We are even trying to buy a boat together to fish some team tournaments.  

I treasure every minute of it.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey fellas didnt have time to finish the post the other day b/c i was at work The most important partner is always god who rescued my butt from a world of misery. 90% of the time I fish with my friend Ron and except for his pre disposition to decorate trees with expensive plugs (Then we gotta go to shore to get em out) i really have a lot of fun fishin wiht him

But my favorite fishing partner changes every spring LET ME EXPLAIN

14 years ago I was a homless drug addict Some fellas intoduced ne to a 12 step program and with god working through the it saved and changed my life I am now clean 13 1/2 years.

The reason I bring them up when I got clean they got me a rod and reel and someone would always have (Extra) bait and a pack of smokes and after the morning meeting they would pack me in a car and off to the docks in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn we would go fishin all day for snapper blue fish until the night meeting It kept me in good company around guys with the experince i needed to get baCK TO SOCIETY AND GAVE ME SOMETHING TO LOOK FOWARD TO THE NEXT DAY

when i had 3 months clean they gave me a mitchell 300, a 6'6" shakespear Rod and a couple of rapalas and took me bass fishin at Greenwood Lake NY which i hadnt done since i was a kid What they did worked b/c im still clean and a worrkin productive member of society

Now every spring I grab the newest guy get him a rod and reel combo from wal mart a couple of rapals and some worms and take him fishin with me and ron between meetings

There is a spiritual principle where i go to meetings YOU CANT KEEP WHAT YOU HAVE UNLESS YOU GIVE IT AWAY! i DONT SAY THIS B/C I WANT PRAise i want you fellas to know how much you all mean in your families life and your communities life Look outside of those areas find some one you know is strugglin TAKE THEM FISHIN get them a rod and reel and god will work through you

[Chris]

Thats way cool muddy man!!!

[Bass Hammer]

Muddy

Thanks for sharing that with us.

Sometimes it is hard to open up on things like that.

Thanks

Hammer

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey thank u fellas its not hard at all and you need to know what you mean to me and to all you share with Why wait to put in out in some obituary or something