fish tales

Ok, first lemme say I should know better...

But I'm slow sometimes. Anyway, been talking to a couple semi-pro
tournyment-type bassers lately. I talk fish with anybody that comes in the shop,
and you just have to play with the cards you're dealt.

Theres a question coming here - (If any of you would admit talking to a
bass fisherman) - have you ever noticed this particular attitude on some
of 'em? It varies from case to case, but usually goes something like this:

"Yeah, them crappies are good to eat. I need to go catch me some of 'em.
Wife would like that, she likes to eat crappies. I know Billy Joe Jim Bob
an' he catches 100 or so every time he goes. I need to go catch me a
mess, I prolly wouldn't want over 50 or so..."

Other day one told me BJJB (for short) caught 75 in an hour and a half.
Same general area where I been strugglin to catch 5 or 20 in a day.
Now I KNOW I'm a greenhorn at this crappie fishin', but COME ON.
I've seen times I caught 75 fish.
I've seen times I caught a fish every 72 seconds (that's busy!)
But not 75 at that pace - well OK, maybe catchin dinks at a state park
in the winter a few times, but not decent sized fish on the big water.

Well, I don't "call bs" on folks much, but if you do ever question one
of these basser's "somebody I know catches a million crappies" stories,
you get this treatment:

"Well heck, crappies are EASY to catch. 50 or 100 of them lil thangs
shouldn't be no big deal. It's not like they're hard to catch, like BASS
or something." :rolleyes:

What I normally do J, is just tell 'em about the time I caught a 12 pound Largemouth pulling cranks and then throw in - "You know, them things are pretty good if you fillet them just right and bake 'em."

Gets their goat every time.

Wannabe...

I ask em if them billboard shirts they are any good for skeeters.

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Originally Posted by jimfish

I ask em if them billboard shirts they are any good for skeeters.

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Originally Posted by jimfish

I ask em if them billboard shirts they are any good for skeeters.

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meant to say are them shirts any good for keeping skeeters off?

Them bass must not be any good to eat every time you see one of those fishing shows they never keep any. Bill Dance is always talking about catchin em but never talks about eating them.

I got a buddy that gets plum mad when I tell him bout eatin one. Heck they must be bout extinct. They fish all day and only catch 8 or 10. And them jokers must be really fast, cause them boys will sure burn the water up trying to catch up to em. I just laugh at em and try to make sure they see me throw one in the live well every chance I get. Sometimes I will keep a few extra crappie and give to the older people in our chruch, but these boys aint on that list. They wanna be though.

Had a guy tell me today that he didn't like crappie. Said bass was his favorite, and gar was a close second. Said he liked his fish to have some flavor. He also said he ate opossum. Takes all kinds, I guess.:rolleyes:

Bet he voted for Obama too....:D:D

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Originally Posted by feelay

Had a guy tell me today that he didn't like crappie. Said bass was his favorite, and gar was a close second. Said he liked his fish to have some flavor. He also said he ate opossum. Takes all kinds, I guess.:rolleyes:

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That a tough dude.:eek:

Man......:eek: I bet he had some bad breath, the kind that would make your eyes tear up. I'd hate to be around him when he passed gas....:mad:

Them bass taste fair, if you cook them in the same oil ''after'' you cook your crappie. That is what I feed my mother in law, she thinks it's crappie...:rolleyes:

crappie cowboy

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Originally Posted by crappie cowboy

Man......:eek: I bet he had some bad breath, the kind that would make your eyes tear up. I'd hate to be around him when he passed gas....:mad:

Them bass taste fair, if you cook them in the same oil ''after'' you cook your crappie. That is what I feed my mother in law, she thinks it's crappie...:rolleyes:

crappie cowboy

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Cowboy, you're living dangerously.:eek:

I personally like fish in general (by the way I do not consider gar a real fish), but I guess my fav is good ole bream

REAL CLOSE to. It's hard to beat getting on a big ole Bream bed with all of them close to a pound on a flyrod as well. Talk about some fun

I'm loving this crappie fishing but I've got to agree with DD & Tman that bream are the best tasting and that flyfishing is THE most fun.:D

I think spots out of moving water come real close to brim in goodness, when I was younger and could muscle a jon boat out of the back of a truck a friend and I would fish the upper Pearl for bass and those spots sure did taste good.

where I can get on some Big ole Bull Blues with that Flyrod. Had a falling out with a guy that's a major jerk but he had an awesome Pond I used to fish in for Bream. Everyone you'd catch was over a pound and man, you talk about fun. Sitting there in the boat and pulling in 30-40 Bull Blues in within an hour on that flyrod.

Hey Jeff. This old bird used to fish for bass before free spool reels. Used a cane pole and about 5 ft. of the heaviest line we could get. They were pretty good eatin". One day several days later, I happened to get a crappie on a spinnerbait whilest bass fishing. Cooked him with the bass fillets and was impressed. Ain't bass fished since. Ain't missed it a bit.

No bass fer me!! I told Wd yesterday......."I got a problem, If I aint crappie fishin, Im thinkin bout it."
By the way is it OK to Quote yourself???

Just don't go talking about yoself in a 3rd party and your good to go. BTW, I got that exact same problem. Either fishing of thinking about fishing. Guess it's contagious

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Originally Posted by DonDon

Just don't go talking about yoself in a 3rd party and your good to go. BTW, I got that exact same problem. Either fishing of thinking about fishing. Guess it's contagious

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Not just fishing Don, crappie fishing.;)

you b right