Friend wont touch fish

[ScootZilla]

Well the topic says it all.Me and my buddy went fishing a few weeks back he caught a few fish but he wont take them off the hook.He says he gets alittle scared he is 21.So i have to took the hook out of the fish.Was wonderin if there was a way or something to make him take out the hooks in the fish.We are going fishing this weekend and i dont want to take out hooks all weekend.

Scoot

[RLinNH]

If a man can not take a fish he caught off the hook, then he doesn't need to go fishing. Just my .02 cents...

[Panamoka_Bassin]

There's a couple way you can handle this...

First, you can bring along a rag and some needle nose pliers so he doesn't have to touch any part of the fish.

Or, you could show him that bass have no real teeth and he'll see that it's no big deal.

Or, you can tell him, "If you can't take your own fish off your hook, then he can't go fishing with you.

And while you're at it, tell him that you know where some little girls are having a tea party he can join.

[alhuff]

Zilla, tell him to suck it up and stop crying its only a fish.  

the only people that i'll take a fish off the hook for is my wife, a female that doesn't fish and a child...

if a man goes fishing with me and won't touch a fish he doesn't go fishing with me until he does touch the fish.

wanting to fish and not touch the fish is like wanting to go swimming but not get wet.... makes no sense.

just my 2 cents,

Alfred

[ScootZilla]

Yeah i was thinking the same thing about the tea party.I talked him into going in about an hour to fish in the bond behind work b4 we go in for a few hours he said ok.Iam going to make him take the hook out and if he dont i will put him in the pond to show him fish dont hurt you.I just was like lol how do you fish have all the nice rods&reels like he does and not touch fish lol.And the Rod he has is a G-Loomis iam going to steal it from him if he dotn touch 1.That rod should feel homeless right now with him.

Scoot

[alhuff]

tough love Zilla, tough love.....

Good luck man,

Alfred

[RLinNH]

Now Now Zilla. I know you were kidding about the whole Stealing the Rod from him. Stealing is just wrong.

             I sure as hell would Take it from him though, right out of his hands and let him know that he can have it back when he starts to wear Men's Underwear and he starts to take his fish off his own hook.  

[FutureClassicChamp]

lol...my little brother was like this when we were younger.  after so long i started ignoring him when he caught one. at first he would use the pliers and the weight of the fish to release it over the side of the boat.  but when he really got one hooked and had to bring it in the boat, and messed with it for like 2 minutes, i finally yelled at him and told him that i was gonna throw him in the lake if he let that fish die.  that worked.

[flyphisher #]

He wouldnt go fishing with me but once.....What kind of people do you hang out with?

[Captain Cali]

If a man can not take a fish he caught off the hook, then he doesn't need to go fishing. Just my .02 cents...

Exactly! I show my buddies how to lip a bass and take the hook out but they are on their own after that. I'll jump in if they have problems but they have to touch the fish at some point if they want to fish.

Now if it's a little kid that's a different story but this dude is 21!  

[Bankbeater]

Was this one covered in the fishing alone thread?

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1145192465

[grove83]

Just show him this forum.....maybe he will get the hint on his own.  If not.....send him swimming!!!  I wouldn't let him fish with me until he decides to take the hook out on his own!  The ONLY time I LET someone else touch my fish is if they want a shot at guessing the weight.  

[Guest avid]

I can certainly understand a 21 year old not wanting to touch those icky bass.

He could break a nail   and ruin his makeup  :-*

[deadeye32.]

I would charge him $5.00 a fish until he figured it out or paid you for your time.  That would probobly do the trick.

[RLinNH]

I can certainly understand a 21 year old not wanting to touch those icky bass.

He could break a nail and ruin his makeup :-*

           LMFAO over here in NH Avid!!!

[fishingfrenzy]

Tell him to suck it up and be a man.  My little sister would do the same thing, I got tired after awhile of taking fish off the hook for her.  So I told her that she can't fish until she does it herself... problem solved.

[phisher_d]

Other than just telling him to grow up, you could buy one of these...

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=58161&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

They're good for landing bass with a mouthful of trebles too (cranks, topwater, jerkbaits...).  I don't know if you have pike or pickeral in your lakes, but the lip gripper comes in real handy with the little ones of those as well.

Just a thought...  

[Cajun1977]

doesnt he know that if you dont touch it then it dont count  maybe he likes that sweet smell of skunk ;D

[Madhouse27]

Did he have to be home early so he wouldn't miss Oprah?

[Tom Bass]

;D I think Avid's post says it all! ;D

But seriously, take your friend fishing but first stop by a Teahouse for some warm soothing jasmine tea and then perhaps stop by the salon for a spritzer and some lemon herb sunblock.

No, seriously, I'm sorry, I really am. It's a guy thing I guess. Just take him to the lake and throw his butt in. Then take him fishin' and make him take the fish off the hook. If he don't throw him in again and leave him there for awhile.....

By the way, he's catchin' fish? What bait's he usin'? ;D

[tipptruck1]

Waht his he sacred of. There not gonig to eat his hand. I stick my hand averge sized pike when i dont have a jaw opener. Tell him about the glove keith warren wares so his hands dont smell like fish. Also tell him that chicks dig scars.

[Guest avid]

Is your friend "special" ?

It's the only acceptable answer I could come up with.

[ernel]

My 8 year old daughter takes her on fish off the hook. Not to mention the fact that she even baits her own hooks when she is fishing with crawlers or shiners.

Does his thong show when he bends over to pick up his Loomis Rod?

[Vyron]

My 8 year old daughter takes her on fish off the hook. Not to mention the fact that she even baits her own hooks when she is fishing with crawlers or shiners.

Does his thong show when he bends over to pick up his Loomis Rod?

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAH

That's funny

[Lunkers0]

1. Ask him if his husband fishes too.  

2. Tell him you get to punch him in the arm for every fish you take off.

3. Ask his mom to take the fish off for him.