Disappointing, but no surprise. Generally, in my experience, the very top end of any field are breaking the rules. What used to be the words of a heel wrestler to draw boos have become a mantra for success for many unethical people: "if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying."The Dark Secret of "America's Big Bass Guru"
How a catfish poacher lied, cheated, snagged, bribed and bullied his way to become the big bass king of the world Mike Long was, and to some of you, is, widely considered not only the best big bass fisherman in the world, but one of its best anglers. He has…sdfish.com
I can relate to your view . We had a pretty big king nob fishing guru who did his own TV show and wrote articles and also was in the habit of rubbishing commercial fisherman and our practices to protect his own recreational interests first .Disappointing, but no surprise. Generally, in my experience, the very top end of any field are breaking the rules. What used to be the words of a heel wrestler to draw boos have become a mantra for success for many unethical people: "if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying."
My response is that if you are cheating, by definition, you can't truly win. Guess that's why in that type of competition, I'll settle for being a loser who loves himself and his life.
I've only fished with one world record holder and found it an unpleasant experience. Imagine that ultra-competitive kid from elementary school, the one that has to be the best at everything, the poor loser with an excuse for every mistake and a cheap shot toward competitors at every opportunity. Yeah, that guy.
Additionally, I've been told that at least one of his world records is a sham as it was taken using illegal bait.
Oh well, no skin off my ass. He still has to look in the mirror and know what he did. ?
Hahaha look at my Avatar . I can assure you if the time came I could walk on water , or run for that matter !Went walking on water today. Let's see you Aussies do that.
Checked the ice on a local lake. Only found about 2-1/2 inches of cloudy ice, so I'll give it a while longer. Getting pretty amped up for the season, luckily the forecast is all good ice-making weather.
Beautiful markings . Especially that golden orange flank or belly . That mouth is built to hunt ??First time on the ice today. Dodged bambis and bullwinkles on the road getting there and ended up landing three tigers. This one gave an absolutely incredible fight. It got to the point I was just hoping to see it, let alone land it. When it finally hit the ice I was ecstatic.
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This one wrapped around the underwater camera cable during another great fight, so I was fortunate to bring it in as well. Not as big as the other, but much prettier.
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Still waiting for an @AlienAthena sighting in this thread. Let's hear about these bass you've been slaying.
Around here, if you don't ice fish, you miss out on about 5 months of the year. Homey don't play dat.Too cold, the fish will have to wait until spring to see me ?
See, I knew you were a proper lunatic like the rest of us.I lied. Bought a tiny 3ft rod and some small lures to target crappie and bluegill but caught a little bass instead. As long as it’s above 50 and low wind i’ll probably go out