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Anyone go to the Ultimate Fishing Show in Novi this weekend? Thinking of driving down in the morning for something to do.

Originally Posted by Alboy79

Anyone go to the Ultimate Fishing Show in Novi this weekend? Thinking of driving down in the morning for something to do.

Not really worth the trip. The claimed "largest fishing show in the Midwest". I wanna know how they got that claim. I didn't find there to be as many vendors as GR, and I didn't think the hall was that big. They had a lot of boats on show, but not many interesting vendors.
I don't know that I'd go again. If it wasn't Bass, Salmon, or Walleye, it wasn't there.

I can't even tell you how many time someone said "Sir, you look like a bass fisherman. Come check out this gadget I sell"
Now im 5'11" and weigh in around 275. I was wearing cowboy boots and Wrangler jeans... Is that what a bass fisherman looks like?
When they asked "are you a bass fisherman", and I answerd "no", they looked like they didn't believe me. Or like I was putting them on. Like "someone at this show doesn't fish for bass?"
I don't purposely fish for bass(not that I don't have fun when I catch one, I just don't seek them out regularly), and I don't do much Salmon fishing(although this year I did try a few times). That left me with Walleye, and every booth for Walleye at the show, was basically the same stuff as the booth for walleye before.

It did beat sitting around the house daydreaming.

I did listen to one speaker talk about jigging the Detroit river for Walleye. That was a bit informative, not so much teaching me something new, but rather cementing theory's I already had.

The highlight of the trip was, by far, the Elk Jalapeño and Cheddar Jerky sticks, and the ice cold Coors Light.
We also got coupons to Famous Daves BBQ, which is always good.

I've been to a show or two like that. Told a guy I have never targeted Bass in my life. He looked at me like I was crazy. I asked if he ate bass? The reply was NO. I said, "me either, thats why I don't fish for them". Besides, I catch them when I am not trying, how hard can it be? I was invited to fish a tournament to see "how hard it was". He had a 70,000 dollar boat (as did many others). I fished with one bait (all day) out of a 14 foot boat that probably cost 1300 including everything in it! In the end, I won with the bigest fish, and took 3rd place in the tournament. The winner was a row boat (I am not making that up) and 2nd place was a salmon fishing boat with guys that "had nothing better to do that day". FYI, none of the top three placing teams were "bass fisherman". Like I said, how hard can it be?

I have a sarcastic side.... If I would have heard "hey, you look like a bass fisherman" I would have asked if he was? When he replied yes, I would have then said "that is impossible, if something as awesome looking as this looks like a bassfisherman, we look nothing alike". Another good one would have been " I weight 275 lbs, you think I got this way from eating Bass"? Bass fishing? Anyone can do that... now sucker fishing, that is tough!

LoL.

Went and did some ice fishing on Muskegon Lake this morning. Seen lots of fish caught, just none through my hole.
Wind was wild. My wife and daughter shared the shanty with my buddies wife and daughter. He and i sat out side.
It was my daughters first ice fishing trip. I think she liked it.

How thick was the ice? Glad the daughter like it.