Meet your match

[Robert A Whit]

How would you people that love to fish handle this fish?

You may be dinner before the fish is.

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[aboutime]

Who takes care of the DENTAL PLAN?

[taft2012]

As an ocean fisherman I often scoff at the freshwater guys on television soiling their undergarments over large mouth bass.

But the "River Monster" guy gets props from me.

[mundame]

I sent that photo to my husband. I've told him 79 times or so that I don't like him fishing from his kayak, because Chessie (our local Loch Ness monster) will pull him at speed out into the Bay if he hooks it.

But this picture may convince him.........

[CSM]

I love that show. Makes me want to go out and catch the "river monsters" that lurk in the local ponds, lakes and rivers!

[aboutime]

I love that show. Makes me want to go out and catch the "river monsters" that lurk in the local ponds, lakes and rivers!

Has anyone seen the program on cable where people from Near New Orleans go Giant CATFISH hunting...Barehanded, in the water?

Another reason why I would never go into murky, dirty water, and always preferred Pools.

[fj1200]

^Okie Noodling. Those catfish aren't exactly after you though.

[jimnyc]

As an ocean fisherman I often scoff at the freshwater guys on television soiling their undergarments over large mouth bass.

But the "River Monster" guy gets props from me.

I'll admit that there are a lot bigger and a lot more of variety of fish in the sea, but there's something special about a Largemouth! It's a helluva fighter for a fairly small fresh water fish. Hell, my best is only about 5lbs, and I thought that was awesome and took me like 10 minutes to get it onto the bass boat. My father in law is catching 10+ pounders left and right in Florida, or so he says.

But as much as I love the Bass, I think I'd much rather fish for the Stripers. Or maybe Tuna! I had one hit the pole in Atlantic City, and luckily the pole was in a stand, and I figured it HAD to be at least 50 pounds. It shook the boat and I was barely able to hold the pole for a minute or two. Damn thing fought like hell up till the very end, when we scooped him in to see it was like 3 or 4 pounds! But it made me wonder what it would be like to hook into a big one!

[Robert A Whit]

Who takes care of the DENTAL PLAN?

[Robert A Whit]

Has anyone seen the program on cable where people from Near New Orleans go Giant CATFISH hunting...Barehanded, in the water?

Another reason why I would never go into murky, dirty water, and always preferred Pools.

Yes I have. And it is not only in LA that they do it. They show it going on in OK as well.

The Catfish we have here in the SF Bay area are small.

I think they call that type of fishing spelunking. Don't know the origin of the word. (hand fishing for large catfish)

I doubt they would put their hands in the mouth of the fish I posted. That sucker with those enormous teeth.

[Robert A Whit]

Yes, I have heard Noodling too. Seems I also heard the term spelunking. If I am wrong, what does that mean?

[fj1200]

Yes, I have heard Noodling too. Seems I also heard the term spelunking. If I am wrong, what does that mean?

Spelunking is mountain climbing in caves.

[taft2012]

I'll admit that there are a lot bigger and a lot more of variety of fish in the sea, but there's something special about a Largemouth! It's a helluva fighter for a fairly small fresh water fish. Hell, my best is only about 5lbs, and I thought that was awesome and took me like 10 minutes to get it onto the bass boat. My father in law is catching 10+ pounders left and right in Florida, or so he says.

But as much as I love the Bass, I think I'd much rather fish for the Stripers. Or maybe Tuna! I had one hit the pole in Atlantic City, and luckily the pole was in a stand, and I figured it HAD to be at least 50 pounds. It shook the boat and I was barely able to hold the pole for a minute or two. Damn thing fought like hell up till the very end, when we scooped him in to see it was like 3 or 4 pounds! But it made me wonder what it would be like to hook into a big one!

Heh, you know what a 5 lbs. bluefish would do to a 5 lbs. large mouth? Bite it in half. Heh, bluefish; pound-for-pound they are the ocean's pitbulls.

I never hooked into a tuna like you did though.

As for freshwater, I sort of dabble from time-to-time. There's a brackish pond near me, the culmination of a series of ponds and streams that exit out into Jamaica Bay. It's home to some massive carp, who surprised the crap (hah! carp - crap) out of me by fighting as strongly as striped bass pound-for-pound. One day I pulled up 3 20+ pounders. Monster goldfish....

Took one home to eat and wished I had thrown it back into the pond...lol.

[taft2012]

Spelunking is mountain climbing in caves.

It is? I thought spelunking was scuba-diving in underwater caves....

Is there a separate word then for scuba-diving in underwater caves?

[Gaffer]

Splunking is cave exploring. Has nothing to do with diving or fishing.