Whats your favorite part of bass fishing?

[5bass]

This can be anything bass fishing related.

I guess my favorite part would be when I pitch to a target and I feel that heavy THUMP!

[Alpster]

I love it when I set the hook and the rod loads up heavy & I know the fight is on! That's my favorite thing!

Ronnie

[Catt]

I love flying across the lake & the sound a 2 stroke makes

I love fishing in grass & kicking bass's @$$

[senile1]

Good idea for a thread, FiveBassLimit.  I'll bet there'll be a plethora of answers to this question.  If I think about it too much, it can become difficult to answer.  I love it when I feel that thump as you say.  I love it when the rod loads up and the fight is on as Ronnie stated.  I love lipping that nice bass and admiring its beauty.  And at all times, but especially when the action is slow, I love to sit back and admire the beauty of the outdoors.  There's nothing like losing yourself on a big lake and catching bass.  

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hanging out in creation and enjoying it all. I also like laying a cast in an impossible spot and feeling a Bass you just knew was there blast your bait!!!!!!!!!!

[FatBoy]

The anticipation.  Like when you know you're in the right spot and you've got the right bait and you're just waiting for that big one to hit.  

And another favorite part is when you beat your buddy for that day.  ;D ;D ;D

[grimlin]

The jump....Most bass i've caught has jumped...for some reason it excites me.

Like today,one nailed my rooster tail right by shore,completely shot straight up  caught my spinner just before my retreive in.Barely hooked him as i lifted my rod to me it fell off and landed on the shallow part of the bank stood there for a minute and swam off...it was like it was laughing at me.

[Cephkiller]

I like the purity of the competition.  It's just me vs. the bass.  If I am successful I feel very satisfied.  If I fail I have no one to blame but myself.

[bflow_6]

I love the cool spring mornings and the muggy sumer days. I love the time I get to spend fishing watching nature and enjoying the day. I love how fishing is a stress relief and i enjoy the time I get to spend out on the water. There realy isnt anything i dont love about bass fishing but above all I really love getting bass thumb.

[Triton21]

I love all the things everone who has posted before me said. But most of all I love release of the Bass. If I am able to hold in my hand and realease the Bass then I have enjoied and captured in my memorry all the wonderful things everone else has posted in this thread.

Kelley

[Hookemdown.]

Just getting away from everything.

[Catt]

The peace & tranquility as a full moon rises on the horizon broken only by the lonesome cry of a whip-o-will.

The smell of bacon mingled with that of a wood burning fire place drifting gently on a summer breeze.

The rush you get when you set hook only to have it set hook back followed the sound of your reel's drag slipping.

[RWHusker.]

I love the hunt.  The planning the purchasing and then when the stars and the moons line up and a plan comes together,  the thump, thump, thump, the slide of the line, the load up and then the big jerk over the shoulder. Then as Kelley put it the release to start the whole process all over again.  Ain't nothing better than that.

GO BIG RED

[BucketmouthAngler13]

Everything.

And Its even better when your "bass catching!"

[clipper]

Being on the water.  The rush of the air hitting my face as I skim across the lake.  The reflection of a beautiful sunset on still water.  The splash of a bass on a still summer morning.  REALIZING THAT A BASS IS SWIMMING SLOWLY AWAY WITH MY SLIDER LURE!

[Jimzee]

I like the sunrise and sunset while fishing. It only lasts for a few minutes but to me there is something magical about this time when your heading out with anticipation of the day or heading in dog-tired counting the hours until the next trip.

[burleytog]

Just getting away from everything.

[frogtog]

Getting up at 3:30 am, the ride to the tournament, when they call my number,

getting to my hole and catching a five bass limit real quick and then just mess

around the rest of the day looking Big Mama's. Priceless

[Long Mike]

1.  Catching.

2.  Peeing off the side of the boat.   ;D ;D ;D

[t bend tex]

Quality time with my wife - enjoying all of God's creation- - -  the sound of a biggun hitting my topwater lure after the sun is down and there is not enough light to see the lure!

my least favorite - sound from the back seat " honey, I've just hung a stump with my favorite deep diving crank" !

Larry G

[Bass Smacker]

I love it when my heart  races when I feel that bump bump   8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[tbone31]

I think the best part is when you stick a bass and you feel your rod load up and you know it's a big one, once I get them in the boat it feels the same as,  just after I shoot a deer with my bow!!

 When I quit getting this feeling I'll quit fishing!!    

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

Just the thrill of being in the outdoors.

[hi_steel_basser]

The anticipation. I love those times that I just KNOW there is a fish where my lure is, and my nerves are almost sizzling, waiting for that moment that I move the lure just right and the battle begins. The satisfaction. When I am holding the fish, admiring it, and proud of myself for figuring out where it was, and what it would take to make it bite, and knowing that I have beaten him. But above all else is just the time I spent on the water, enjoying nature.

[Red]

for me it is just the fact that i am fishing..enjoying the outdoors.

Cliff