Your Fishing Partner Bothers You When......

[bayouXpress]

I have a good fishing buddy that is a speed fisherman that never wants to fish plastics. I refuse to go in his boat. But when he is in my boat he is kinda clumsy and tends to break things. He has stepped on multiple poles, broke cup holders, radio face plate, and he has lost 2 of his rods in the water and has kicked one of mine over but was able to save it.

The worst thing is he is very generous with the information that you just spent the last 2 weeks and hundreds of dollars in gas to find some fish and will tell anyone and everyone that he sees. And has no shame in asking every single person what they got, what they caught them with, what color, etc. He just has no want to find his own fish. I love the dude, but sometimes I find reasons not to bring him.

Kinda crappy on my part, but I like to fish and relax.

[tate]

I bring a brother like friend with me in my boat, he has real crappy gear and no lures so I let him use some of my rod/reels and provide the lures that he should use, I put him in the right spots and help him with the pattern for that day .... so basically full guide service. And then he out fished me and I never hear the end of it.

My wife would answer this with .... "when my fishing partner (me) annoys me when he kneels on and breaks my expensive sunglasses ..... then 10 minutes later he drops my smartphone in the lake!"

[SAC2]

when getting up at a "decently early time" to fish means 8 in the morning!!! hell ive already milked all the cows and make breakfast by then!

[brushhoggin]

cant stand it when my buddy makes the first few casts of the day and when he doesn't get bit, "wonders" why they're not biting, before even trying another spot or lure. or if he only catches 10 fish in an 8 hour day he's like, "why'd i take off of work again?"...instead of just enjoying himself and his time off.

[retiredbosn]

Growing up me and my uncle fished alot, I got on his nerves, a lot. He insisted that I would keep the boat straight while going through rapids on the river, I was more interested in casting to the eddies, lol. The time I flipped the boat changed that though, the biggest thing that really got him aggrevated was to cross his line. If he were a member of this site I think he would have a couple of pages about me. It was his and my aunt's influence that has kept me fishing all these years, now when we go, I make sure he gets the good water first, the only thing that bothers me is that now he is always wanting to crappie fish, but I think spending few days crappie fishin when I could be bassin every year is worth it. I guess it's time for me to repay the debt. He is in his 70's now and we get to go a few times every year, BTW I always make sure I cross his line a few times, just to keep him honest, lol.

[redboat]

My fishing buddy I.M. HaungUp does two things that aggrivate me, one minor, one major:

Minor: He is the only person I know who can get hung up on the exact same stump or rock ten or more times in a row;

Major: He calls his girlfriend every two or three minutes on his cell phone, "Hi baby, I LOOOOVVVVEEEE you, kiss kiss, yeah, I cast my bait out but didn't catch anything yet but I haven't reeled it in yet either, kiss, kiss, I LOOOOOVVVVEEEEE you baby, i MIIIISSSSS you SOOOO much, well, I'll call you back as soon as I reel this bait in..."

[james 14]

When we're fishing a tourney and he gets a phone call, puts it on speaker-phone and carries on his conversation. I'm usually tempted to kick the trolling motor on high towards the opposite side.

[NCbassmaster4Life]

Just today my buddy goes fishing back home(i'm in another state) he sends me a text and says any idea what to use today and I have no problem telling him in my opinion it's just that he needs to do more homework on the seasonal patterns. He's a really good fisherman, he just needs to learn how to fish all seasons instead of after the spawn.

[BASSclary]

People who are obliviously to other peoples choice in what they spend their extra cash on (Rods, reels, etc).

People who do not respect others' equipment.

People who constantly move around.

[NILBasser]

I have two pet peeves when my partner and I are tournament fishing.1. He wants to cast past the front of the boat to hit the dock two ahead of where we are now. 2. If I say something he will cast back several docks and almost always get hung up requiring me to turn around, wasting time. Some days I just wanna kick himout of the boat but most days we do great together. Besides, someone has to bring the donuts.

[NCbassmaster4Life]

I have two pet peeves when my partner and I are tournament fishing.1. He wants to cast past the front of the boat to hit the dock two ahead of where we are now. 2. If I say something he will cast back several docks and almost always get hung up requiring me to turn around, wasting time. Some days I just wanna kick himout of the boat but most days we do great together. Besides, someone has to bring the donuts.

Yeah that's another one of mine also...the guy in the front of the boat always get's to cast to the tree in the water or stump and the guy in the back has to catch whatever he didn't, rule of thumb I guess.

[Vinny Chase]

I only have a few buddies that are really into bass fishing, so when I take a majority of my freinds out a) they catch more than me they go through my plastics like there is no tomorrow!

[Gatorbassman]

The guy who is fishing in the picture at the bottom of the BR Background is my fishing partner. I couldn't ask for a better guy to fish with. We've taught each other so much over the years that many times during the day we will bend down at the same time and pick up a rod with the same bait on it. We share spots. We keep secret spots between us and neither of us are ever late. Sometimes I just wish I would catch more fish than him. lol

[MacTier]

I have a cottage about 120 miles north of Toronto. For many years, I have had two of my closest friends come up for a week of fishing in the early Summer and again in early Fall. I love them like brothers but...

We will head for a favorite spot, one that we have fished many times. I will pull up, turn on the trolling motor, and make my first cast. I look around and both of them have their tackle boxes open, and are discussing what bait to use. By the time I am done fishing the spot, they are ready to make a cast.

Depending on my mood, sometimes I circle around so they can make some casts. Other times I just head for the next spot.

They can't figure out why I catch more fish than they do.

[StinkyBass]

when my fishing buddy doesnt know the water we're fishing and wont use any of my lures. he's too worried about loosing a $9 crank bait instead of trying to bass fish! (if youre not snagging or losing a lure or two, your not bass fishing) i just want him to hook into a beast

[BASSclary]

when my fishing buddy doesnt know the water we're fishing and wont use any of my lures. he's too worried about loosing a $9 crank bait instead of trying to bass fish! (if youre not snagging or losing a lure or two, your not bass fishing) i just want him to hook into a beast

That bring up a good phrase I tell my dad everytime he pussifoots around cover.

"If you aint snaggin' , you ain't baggin"

[StinkyBass]

That bring up a good phrase I tell my dad everytime he pussifoots around cover.

"If you aint snaggin' , you ain't baggin"

LOL...i was referring to my dad too! gotta love him though

[TRYTOFISH]

all phones in the boat are turned off!

[Diablos]

I have always fished alone then I found a great partner then he got a job far away. Now I fish alone again

I am very cynical when it comes to meeting new people so the last place I want to get to know someone is on my boat.

I could never fish tourneys in random pairings.

[SAC2]

you guys are ruthless!! lol. nah i would do the same thing most of you guys do in the same situation. if one of my buddies is 15 minutes late, i just leave without them. and when i say 15 minutes....i mean my truck is going into drive at 14:59 out of my driveway and if i pass them on the way out its too late!

[RyneB]

I annoy myself sometimes as well. I get flustered easily, whether it be the heat, the wind, the lack of catching good size bass. Sometimes i am my own worst fishing partner. The minute the weather gets hot, i feel like i start fishing really fast and start running and gunning.

[Crankenstein Crony]

It drives me nuts when I fish with 1 of my buddies and he blames his back lash on his bait caster. Sometimes he will back last 3 or 4 reels a night so badly he has to respool them. He firmly believes he has his reels tuned in right and the reels are the problem.... Needless to say I take up stock in the line company he uses.

[citybassboy]

My fishing partner is my dad and he gets me annoyed EVERY time we go fishing! Hes always talking and thinking hes pro when I'm thinking of what to do next or something. I cheer up a little after the trip when we go to McDonalds and I talk about how I caught more and bigger fish than him! LOL

[citybassboy]

I have a CLOSE family member (so it's hard to say no) that believes that $29.99 is too much to pay for a rod/reel combo, South Bend line does not need to be changed regularly (just when you don't have enough on the reel to cast), and the beetle spin is sufficient for everything up to largemouth. So he ends up with stuff that can't handle the day and ends up having to use one of mine. I bought two cheap Diawa Samurai combos I bring when he goes so he leaves my "good stuff" unmolested. Is that wrong of me to feel that way?

I feel your exactly right. If he doesn't want to pay more a little quality, then thats his choice. But he is close to you so I can how hard it is to say NO. I have these friends that i used to fish with (thank god its over) and every time they would come and fish on our boat or off a dock or something, instead of fishing, they would pick apart my tackle boxx and inspect everything. They would use and lose my stuff and put backlashes on all of my baitcasters. But i always let them use my stuff cause it was hard to say no.

[Pegwedge]

My fishing partner is my dad and he gets me annoyed EVERY time we go fishing! Hes always talking and thinking hes pro when I'm thinking of what to do next or something. I cheer up a little after the trip when we go to McDonalds and I talk about how I caught more and bigger fish than him! LOL

I fish with my dad mostly as well but he's the complete opposite. He's got a severe case of no confidence. He claims he's my-bad luck charm and that I always catch more/better fish when he's not around. Kinda depressing but I make him come fishing with me as often as I can. He's also one that refuses to upgrade his equipment. Still using a Shakespeare spin cast combo he's had since I was a kid that grinds and grinds on the retrieve. But he enjoys using it for some reason so I keep my mouth shut.

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