Jimmy, I watched the Bass-masters on TV Sunday morning and have a question. The bass being caught were in the 4-6lb range- really nice fish. But the fishermen were hauling them in vey quickly, like an average of 6 seconds or so, as I timed them. Are they using such heavy gear that they just over-power the bass? They sure didn't seem like much in the fighting dept.? Only one or two of them gave them but a second's resistance at the surface.
Curious mind wants to know. I've caught nice bass in La, and they fought way harder than those did. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Flyfishing World" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:39 AM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY > Bet I get some good comments on this one. :-P > > "But if the salmon and trout must be classified as elite in this > mythical social structure then let the black bass be given permanent > status as the working class of American gamefish. He's tough and he > knows it. . . . .He's a bass sax grumbling, get-down blues in the > bayou. He's a factory worker, truck driver, wild catter, lumberjack, > barroom bouncer, dock walloper, migrant farmhand, and bear wrassler. > And if it's a fight you're looking for, he'll oblige anytime, anywhere. > Whether it's a backwater at noon, a swamp at midnight, or dockside at > dawn, he'll be there waiting. He's a fierce-eyed, foul-mouthed, tobacco > chewing redneck who has traveled to every corner of the nation, paying > his way and giving no quarter." > > Pat Smith > "Old Iron Jaw" > Lamar Underwood's Bass Almanac (1979) > > -- > > > > ============================================================================ = > Jimmy D. Moore - Retired Scout Executive, BSA, Asst. Moderator Fly Fishing > World Email List,Member VFB, HCFF, NAFC - Life Member. Freelance > Outdoor writer and Author of "MOON HOLLER MISFITS" Click URL for info. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a > fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a Quarterback." > ============================================================================ = > > > > > > > > > >
