Aaron Martens gets it done!

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

Let along folks that fish once a month or even once a week, that want to flip bushes and shoot docks.

Yep.   Hard to practice skipping and pitching in an office cube.  Trust me....

[evilcatfish]

Anybody notice the color martens was using? I was a little surprised as most of my success dropshotting at TR has been with shad and night crawler type patterns. Just proves I need to get out of my comfort zone and take a chance more often 

[Seth]

36 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

One of the things I hear more than anything from clients is that "I fished when I was a kid and I was pretty good."  I always know when I hear that, it's going to be a long day.  Even though  both professional fishermen and guides are in somewhat the same business, I cannot do what they do and for the most part they cannot do what I do.  They Catch fish.  For the most part most pro-fishermen cannot guide worth a hoot.  They know fish are there to be caught and really do not understand why you cannot catch them.

I run in to this when I take people fishing for trout and crappie. Straight lining jigs for trout and shooting docks for crappie produce the most fish of those species for me by far, but not everybody can just pick up a rod and do it. It's takes practice. My casting abilities to get baits in tight to cover is decent (I think), but my skipping abilities are crap compared to somebody like Montgomery. It's not even fair how easy they make it look.

[Bill Babler]

He exclusively used Morning Dawn.   Yamamoto 4 in. purple cuttail has been the standard for years.  Morning Dawn is the new kid on the block and really came on hard last year.

One of the anglers that represents another soft plastic company was using the Purple 4in cuttail and not telling the truth.  This always really aggravates me, but they do it all the time.

Lying for the all mighty dollar.  I used to fish 2 circuits back in the day with a guy that was represented by Strike King.  Everytime he mentioned a Strike King product on either the radio or in print he  would get $50.00 bonus.  We never fished Strike King a single minute and he mentioned it countless times.  I got sick and tired of it and told him, either he fished what he said or I was going to rat him out.  We stopped fishing together.

This was way before Beck and I started tournament fishing.  Beck was just the opposite he would tell what we caught them on and where we caught them.  Never heard him say the slightest of a fib to anyone.

If you don't want to tell, just keep your mouth shut, and don't fib about it for money.

[Sore Thumbs]

What Martens did in those conditions was amazing. He could tell if a fish was going left,right and even said that certain fish weren’t biting his bait cuz he had already caught that particular fish. Dude was dialed in. Just gotta watch and appreciate these guys abilities. 

[Bill Babler]

54 minutes ago, Sore Thumbs said:

What Martens did in those conditions was amazing. He could tell if a fish was going left,right and even said that certain fish weren’t biting his bait cuz he had already caught that particular fish. Dude was dialed in. Just gotta watch and appreciate these guys abilities. 

Well said.

[vernon]

10 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Yep.   Hard to practice skipping and pitching in an office cube.  Trust me....

Geez. C’mon.

Seriously, how many times have you really ever even tried it?

 You guys that “work” do nothing but whine. 

[crazy4fishin]

15 hours ago, vernon said:

Geez. C’mon.

Seriously, how many times have you really ever even tried it?

 You guys that “work” do nothing but whine. 

Apparently we have time in our cubes to post on fishing boards during the day though 😎 I only post during breaks and lunch.....(that was a fib)

And Vernon we work to support those that are "retired" so try to not bite the hand 😉 

[vernon]

6 hours ago, crazy4fishin said:

Apparently we have time in our cubes to post on fishing boards during the day though 😎 I only post during breaks and lunch.....(that was a fib)

And Vernon we work to support those that are "retired" so try to not bite the hand 😉 

I guess you got me there seein’s how many of the country’s leaders have now declared that my retirement pension and social security are now “entitlements”. 

Nonetheless, I appreciate whatever support I can get!

Especially since my little extortion plan doesn’t seem to be gaining much traction.

☹️

 

[magicwormman]

1 hour ago, vernon said:

I guess you got me there seein’s how the country’s leaders have now declared that my retirement pension and social security are now “entitlements”. 

Nonetheless, I appreciate whatever support I can get!

Especially since my little extortion plan doesn’t seem to be gaining much traction.

☹️

 

I really believe that we can come up with a all inclusive vacation somewhere on the Rock sometime in August!