Angler eccentricities

[MillerTime]

Anybody else do anything fishing related that makes people think your a few fries short of a happy meal? I'm not talking about the "normal" stuff like religiously organizing and checking your gear, I'm talking downright loony. For example I talk to my jigs when I rig them up. I usually say if I was a fish I'd eat you or something along those lines. Anyone else care to fess up? ;D ;D ;D

[islandbass]

You just about got me covered! ;D

When I catch a dink, I look it straight in the eyes and tell it to tell her bigger siblings to bite my line with a pretty please, beggin' on my knees.

-A Dinkmaster

[Bass Smacker]

Here fishy fishy fishy in a nice voise  COME BITE MY F#@! Hook In a evil voise

[Jake P]

I usually just tell the bait how good it looks and just to build its self esteem up i will say "if i were a fish i would eat you right now". Thats when im rigging them up, i don't go to my tackle boxes and pick a lure to talk to, im not crazy.

[bassfanatick]

"Here fishy fishy, eat up this is good for you ;D" as I'm reeling in.

[Evan Pease]

I was fooling with a KingKong on shore and this couple was saying," Is he really fishing with that?" and stuff like that. It was funny.

[guitarkid]

You think, if my yard was flooded I would throw this there and that up there.

                                 -searoach

[sdcoll]

Here fishy fishy fishy in a nice voise COME BITE MY F#@! Hook In a evil voise

thats messed up cause i say the same thing and have been for yrs....lol

[Cory20]

"If I were a fish, I'd eat this."

[paangler3117]

i say "hit it" all the time.... drives my fishing buddies nuts!

also anytime the water temp changes even a tenth of a degree i feel the need to anounce it!

tight lines--Jim

[weknowhowtolive]

I tend to say "Ooo that was a nice cast" or "Oh that place looks fishy" even when I'm by myself.

[Eddie Munster]

When I make a great cast (shorefisherman here) say under some overhanging trees, down a treeline right next to a downed tree, I'll imitate a line from the Disney movie 'The Goofy Movie'........'The perfect cast!' in Goofy's voice. Pretty dang weird if you ask me.  

[Tom Bass]

Howdy

I find interesting that I am not the only guy out there chanting "Here fishy fishy fishy" while I'm fishing. 8-)

I always talk to my fish when I am unhooking them. I reassure them and praise them. My fishing partners think I'm a little nutty but that's okay...Who isn't "Nuts"that is a Bass fisherman? ;D

[MALTESE FALCON]

I go fishing. Isn't that eccentric enough????LOL

Falcon

[Handy]

When I catch one I will say "thanks buddy". I mainly do this after going a long while without a bite. Or the ussual "I got one".

Paul

[ventureboat]

When my lure hits the water, I say out loud several times a day, "somethin eat that thing". Whether by myself or with a partner. And I kiss everything big enough to go in the livewell and accompany me to the weigh in

[RLinNH]

When I catch one I will say "thanks buddy". I mainly do this after going a long while without a bite. Or the ussual "I got one".

Paul

  I do the "Thanks Buddy" thing also.

  Funny thing though, both of my most recent "Off's", in which I lost a GOOD fish as it was jusmping out of the water, hence spitting the Bait out of it's mouth, were next to another boat. On both occasions, I hit my knees and crouched in silence for a good 30 seconds. My last Off, I was crouched so long in disbelief and disgust, that they guy in a boat about 50 yards from me asked me if I was alright. :'( I replied to him that I was, then he said, "That's cool. Cause if I lost that Fish, I'd be in Tears."  

[Chad.]

I always say " If i were a fish i'd eat this"

[Ellesar]

I have a song and dance that I do at the start of every fishing trip. Once I get to my initial fishing spot I do this little dance where I sort of slowly dance in place and move around in a circle while chanting "bring the fish! bring the fish!". Obviously I can't dance around too much in the boat.

If the day turns out really slow, I've been known to perform this ancient rite again in an attempt to placate the fishing gods and have them bestow upon me great fishing success.

[surfer]

You mean the normal stuff like spend X amount on a boat designed for fishing gear and ease of fishing then spend X on gear, then spend X time getting to the lake and throwing lures, then spending 30 seconds excitedly reeling in a fish, just to admire it for another 30 seconds an throw it back with only a memory to go home with.  No, nothing abnormally eccentric.

[bassbanger]

ITs funny how many people say the if i were a fish id eat it.   When i dont get a bite for a  bit i look at my wife and say "whats wrong with this thing if i were a fish id eat it!"

lmao

[Back2fishing]

When fishing with my wife , after I cast I say that's were the gators are.

Kevin

[Bass Smacker]

You mean the normal stuff like spend X amount on a boat designed for fishing gear and ease of fishing then spend X on gear, then spend X time getting to the lake and throwing lures, then spending 30 seconds excitedly reeling in a fish, just to admire it for another 30 seconds an throw it back with only a memory to go home with. No, nothing abnormally eccentric.

Have you been talking to my wife????? ;D

[Jeff H]

Because I fish deep most of the time, my eyes are my flasher and I've become quite good at "mental imaging".  When I'm fishing I sometimes describe my "mental images" and usually the guy in the back thinks I'm nuts jabbering away.  I probably am because I've done this when alone too, which means I'm talking to myself.  My 2 boys have gotten used to it though.

[iamjoe2]

your not crazy if you talk to yourself....

your only crazy if you talk back.