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re: How much skill do professional fishermen really have?
Posted on 8/15/15 at 6:41 pm to wickowick
Posted on 8/15/15 at 6:41 pm to wickowick
One thing not mentioned is catching fish under pressure also. Lot more challenge to catch 5!big fish with 100k or more on the line.
Certainly skill required along with so much else. If it was that easy everyone would be doing it.
Certainly skill required along with so much else. If it was that easy everyone would be doing it.
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Posted on 8/15/15 at 6:54 pm to ToulatownTiger
It's still skill. kVD sat in the same tank pond as 20 or so other anglers fishing the same techniques and he still smoked them. He knows how to work the baits, which color, size, depth, and action to fish with.
Everytime they have a tourney, fishermen are stacked up fishing the same fish and the same few rise to the top more often than not
Everytime they have a tourney, fishermen are stacked up fishing the same fish and the same few rise to the top more often than not
Posted on 8/15/15 at 7:24 pm to ToulatownTiger
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Of course they are better fishermen than most because they go all the time, but I just have a feeling that with todays technology that you see in boats there isnt as much skill involved except reading a computer map that shows you where to cast.
Posted on 8/15/15 at 7:50 pm to ToulatownTiger
quote:Enough to catch fish consistently regardless of the conditions, spectator boats or a cameraman intent on capturing the "moment".
How much skill do professional fishermen really have?
Posted on 8/15/15 at 7:53 pm to ToulatownTiger
I've got nothing to add to this discussion that won't get me in trouble so have a nice night. 
Posted on 8/15/15 at 8:33 pm to QuietTiger
I consider myself a decent fisherman and have fished with a few on the outdoor board. Me nor anyone I have fished with can hold a candle to an semi pro tournament fisherman much less the pros the KVD or anyone else. Most people I fish with can barley pitch and flip.
Bringing your zero 202 out there and casting to the bank with a black worm isn't gonna get it done
Bringing your zero 202 out there and casting to the bank with a black worm isn't gonna get it done
This post was edited on 8/15/15 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 8/15/15 at 9:29 pm to Rize
So ill take this as the worst thread i ever thought of. Please forgive me and dont think im retarded
I was leaning more towards should BASS regulate how much technology you can use.
I was leaning more towards should BASS regulate how much technology you can use.
Posted on 8/15/15 at 9:59 pm to Rize
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I consider myself a decent fisherman and have fished with a few on the outdoor board.
That isn't a nice thing to say about King Ranch...
Posted on 8/15/15 at 10:01 pm to ToulatownTiger
Davy Hite won the first classic held down here fishing the canals around lake boeuf. Go fish those canals for the next year and I'll let you weigh the biggest 15 fish you catch over that time period, and I bet you don't beat his stringer. And that Classic was in August... Not spawning fish.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 6:18 am to ToulatownTiger
Honestly the way and precision that those guys use and interpret those graphs is damn near a art form into itself. That screen is your only little window into the water. Your only seeing a sliver of what's going on. When fishing say deep structure in open water that's all you have is what your seeing on the little screen. It's not as easy as it looks on TV.
I will say that today's technology has made the average angler much better than the past overall. The cream at the top is head over heals better than the rest though. Even at a local level you would be humbled at the skill of how good some of these guys really are. Your not catching just five your trying to catch the biggest five. Even on the worst weather conditions you can possibly think of some guy's will still bring 16-18lbs to the scale.
I will say that today's technology has made the average angler much better than the past overall. The cream at the top is head over heals better than the rest though. Even at a local level you would be humbled at the skill of how good some of these guys really are. Your not catching just five your trying to catch the biggest five. Even on the worst weather conditions you can possibly think of some guy's will still bring 16-18lbs to the scale.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 8:50 am to ToulatownTiger
We are the best, thats why we get paid to do what we do.
Best trip- Super Grand Slam twice in one day. Two blacks, two blues, two sails and two stripes. Can you do that?
Best trip- Super Grand Slam twice in one day. Two blacks, two blues, two sails and two stripes. Can you do that?
Posted on 8/16/15 at 8:56 am to Sparkplug#1
I didn't think so.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 9:22 am to Sparkplug#1
Thanks for the down votes
Posted on 8/16/15 at 11:04 am to Sparkplug#1
From the BASS side I've been fortunate to have spent time on the water with KVD, Skeet Reese, Bobby Lane, Chris Lane & a few others.....they way these guys can break down a lake/reservoir/river system is just eye-opening from using their electronics to things that they notice that the average good angler misses. Add in their precision casting & lure placement it's uncanny. I consider myself to be a decent angler though & I'm an uncoordinated doofus compared to these guys
The saltwater tournament guys fishing the big Billfish tournaments for hundreds of thousands are equally amazing.....as well as the pro's fishing the big fly-fishing tournaments for tarpon, bonefish, permit etc. There's a reason these guys make a living doing what they do. I have great deal of respect for them
The saltwater tournament guys fishing the big Billfish tournaments for hundreds of thousands are equally amazing.....as well as the pro's fishing the big fly-fishing tournaments for tarpon, bonefish, permit etc. There's a reason these guys make a living doing what they do. I have great deal of respect for them
Posted on 8/16/15 at 11:57 am to BooDreaux
Fished with a pro at a pro-am at Toledo Bend in the late 90s' . You would not believe how precise and methodical these guys are . Spent most of the day observing and learning . Kind of embarrassing , and I thought I was a pretty good fisherman .
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:27 pm to ToulatownTiger
Maybe a better question would be, does all that modern technology really make fishing so easy or is it the pro fisherman that selling snake oil.
Maybe the pros can catch fish on a carved pine cone but convince consumers it's the bristle technology that traps air bubbles for a presentation that triggers fish to bite involuntarily.
Maybe the pros can catch fish on a carved pine cone but convince consumers it's the bristle technology that traps air bubbles for a presentation that triggers fish to bite involuntarily.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:34 pm to 007mag
Now that's something that can be debated
Posted on 8/16/15 at 1:31 pm to burgeman
What cant be debated is that it was a terrible day in grand isle
Posted on 8/16/15 at 2:31 pm to ToulatownTiger
When all else fails, change the subject
Posted on 8/16/15 at 2:35 pm to ToulatownTiger
FACT!
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terrible day in grand isle
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