Writing a novel with a bass fisherman character, need help with plot and character realism

[Sam]

Bass guy fishing in his boat in a marsh area.

As he is sitting down changing lures, he hears an argument.

He raises his head slowly and sees two bass boats about 50 yards away in the marsh.

One of the guys in the  bass boat with the two guys pulls out a gun and shoots the guy who is alone in his bass boat.

The shooters take off and never see the witness.

The witness goes over and sees the dead guy and calls the authorities.

After telling the sheriff as much as he can, they let him go.

Now, he starts to see the two guys in Bass Pro Shop, at ramps, in tournaments but he is not totally sure so he starts following them.

The story picks up from there....with your help!  ;D

Bass boat chases; escapes from BPS; money and drugs; guns; hot women and fishing.  This can have it all.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Priceless Sam. ;D You always have a unique way of putting things into perspective

[Daniel My Brother]

Daniel, very funny. Do you have too much time on your hands?

That and I've been watching too many 'Walker' re-runs on the Hallmark Channel.

Chuck Norris has a kick-boxing solution to all of the world's problems. I honestly believe he could kick-box General Motors back into the black.

[farmpond1]

Bass guy fishing in his boat in a marsh area.

As he is sitting down changing lures, he hears an argument.

He raises his head slowly and sees two bass boats about 50 yards away in the marsh.

One of the guys in the bass boat with the two guys pulls out a gun and shoots the guy who is alone in his bass boat.

The shooters take off and never see the witness.

The witness goes over and sees the dead guy and calls the authorities.

After telling the sheriff as much as he can, they let him go.

Now, he starts to see the two guys in Bass Pro Shop, at ramps, in tournaments but he is not totally sure so he starts following them.

The story picks up from there....with your help! ;D

Bass boat chases; escapes from BPS; money and drugs; guns; hot women and fishing. This can have it all.

It should also have a duck  

[Sam]

....and then Muddy shows up with the Mook Patrol......

[Glenn]

Guys - this is a family site. Please refrain from discussing adult entertainment topics.  I've deleted such comments.

At this point, a moderator has stepped in, and I've been involved twice. It's getting dangerously close to being deleted.

Fair warning.

[Quinn]

I gotta say, I haven't learned anything new about bass fishing on this thread, although I read each post.  I do enjoy a novel now and then and I understand why this would be a point of research, because of the vast knowledge of the members.  This is not the place for this though.

I have been known to kill threads with my posts so if the admin. won't after 4 pages, then this might.  

[Buckshot George]

I gotta say, I haven't learned anything new about bass fishing on this thread, although I read each post. I do enjoy a novel now and then and I understand why this would be a point of research, because of the vast knowledge of the members. This is not the place for this though.

I have been known to kill threads with my posts so if the admin. won't after 4 pages, then this might.

Quinn, I would agree this is not one of the more educational threads I've read on the site. I did think I received a lot of valuable responses and really walked away with an idea about bass fishing culture and people in the sport. I met some guys on this site that were funny and creative. I think this has actually been a fun thread but I can also see that there is certainly a more conservative element to the sport too.

I checked out another site on tournament catfishing that was a lot of fun. Talk about a sport that seems a little jealous of bass fishing and they are fighting really hard to earn credibility for their favorite fish. Who knew?

I'm buying a fishing license this weekend though.

Regards.

[Quinn]

Good luck with the write.  I am glad that this forum has been a good experience for you.

[bocabasser]

The only part I don't like is that he was "pressured" into cheating.

If you're an adult, nobody pressures you to do anything. Adult choices are made and adult consequences are dealt.

Please post your story when you're done, we'd like to read it, and welcome aboard.

i believe he said he was writing a F I C T I T I O U S story.

try reading or looking up carl hiassen. he has written many FICTITIOUS novels about fishing, hunting. good luck with your story. i would love to read it when it is complete.

[Buckshot George]

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try reading or looking up carl hiassen. he has written many FICTITIOUS novels about fishing, hunting. good luck with your story. i would love to read it when it is complete.

I'll check him out. Muddy mentioned this Craig Baugher dude too. I couldn't find as much on him. He must be underground or just not have much internet presence. Of course, humorist Patrick McManus is really good too.

[bocabasser]

some of the best novels by hiassen (imo) are: Double Whammy, Tourist Season, Flush (i read it every year to my fifth graders) Nature girl. all of his novels are centered around florida and he uses references from buffett songs. he is a great author. i am sure you have noticed that there are a lot of moral police on this site. whatever you do, for the love of god, don't write about killing a bass! lmao. good luck with your contest.

[swimbait]

I didn't think it was completely relevent but I remembered this story of cheating from last year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/news/story?id=2870012

[farmpond1]

whatever you do, for the love of god, don't write about killing a bass!  

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[Buckshot George]

I didn't think it was completely relevent but I remembered this story of cheating from last year.

Actually I read that one last week. It's a well-written piece although I'm a little skeptical of the "approval seeking" motive. Coming from a fairly small town south of Louisville KY (it was small when I left home anyway), I can easily imagine a community shunning a guy over something like that. He'd probably have a pretty hard time finding a business that would be willing to sell him a fishing license. Well, maybe an indifferent teenager working in Wal-Mart sporting goods might...  

[Buckshot George]

there are a lot of moral police on this site.

I got nothing to hide. I have never fished with buying a license first.  

[broncoboxer]

I've got this figured out.

The tortured bass fishing uncle, played by Chuck Norris, hits rock bottom and is sent to prison for losing the family's money. In prison he is targeted by the Arian Nation of Trout Fishermen, the sworn enemy of bass anglers on the inside, and must fight for his life on a daily basis.

His cellmate, David Carradine, teaches him to channel his anger through the ancient art of Karate. Chuck is a gifted student and soon he is stronger than he's ever been. Together, they kick-box the ANTF into oblivion, making the yard safe again for Bass Anglers.

Chuck is released early. He vows to never fish again, but images of 8 pound bass haunt his dreams and eventually he returns to the lake. He longs to compete, but has been banned for life. Set up by his notorious ex-sponsor, Banjo-Minnow Bob.

Disguised as Rick Clunn, Chuck finally confronts Banjo-Minnow Bob backstage at the BassMaster Classic. An arrogant Bob admits to being the mastermind behind the plan to dupe anglers with shoddy baits that don't work, and that Chuck was only an unwitting pawn in his plan.

What Bob didn't realize was that Chuck was wearing a wire hooked into the stadium's sound system, and now the entire BassMaster crowd knows Banjo-Minnow Bob is a crook.

Bob tries to escape, but Chuck Norris kick boxes him into a 5,000 gallon aquarium filled with hybrid man-eating meanmouth bass. The water turns red with the blood of the man who invented the Banjo Minnow.

A vindicated Chuck Norris is now a bass fishing hero and wins the BassMaster Classic the following year using *** *

ROFL.