From: rpark@stam.QE.Bell.CA (Richard Park)
Subject: Re: Bass vs. Trout
Reply-To: rpark@stam.bell.ca
Organization: CER, Bell Canada
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:51:38 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.170759.28760@mcnc.org>, kevins@mcnc.org (Kevin Siefering) writes:
|> >>"Sink The Bass Boats!"
|> >>Me, after a week on Lower Saranac Lake
|> 
|> >	BASS:  A slow lazy fish chased by people in floating Corvetts.
|> 
|> I can't understand this.  We have one vein going in which trout are
|> claimed to be superior to bass and another vein going regarding catching
|> trout while CHUMMING WITH CORN!!!  A fish has got to be pretty stupid
|> to go for that!  (I reallize that these are probably hatchery fish
|> and that a REAL trout would NEVER go for CORN ;-)  
|> 
real trout do go for corn. Mainly because they think it is an egg drifting
down. Same reason why they would take a yarn immitated egg. You don't need to chum 
to get a hit either.

|> Whoever said bass are slow??? I've tried to chase them while snorkeling
|> with flippers.  They can move many times faster than I can!  And Lazy?
|> During the hot summer months bass slow down a lot, I agree.  But
|> during peak seasons they are highly active, sometimes moving over
|> large ranges and chasing prey with ferocity.  

They can be very pissed off. I've seen a bass go after a lure 3,4 times.
But I've seen steelhead do this also....

|>  
|> I would also contend that bass are just as smart.  One piece of evidence . . .
|> In a good 18 years of bass fishing I have NEVER seen a bass hit a lure
|> with even a small shred of weed on it.  They know that natural things
|> simply don't haul weeds around and won't hit anything with weeds
|> on it.

I have had bass hit lures with weeds on it. Big weeds, all on it and around it
but bass hit it. It does not mean that bass are dumb if they do this.


|> 
|> And fishing for bass is everybit as much of an art as trout fishing 
|> in my book.  Consistently catching bass requires the same levels
|> of skill, knowledge, and patience.  Using the right lure, in the
|> right color, at the right time, with the right presentation, in the
|> right spot is just as difficult for bass as trout.  And who ever said 
|> that a flyrod is somehow naturally superior to a modern baitcasting outfit?  

True, it takes hard work to get bass cause I've seen other anglers on the lake
fish all day without a hit meanwhile I may get 3-5 landed.
I also steelhead and get 4-5 consistently daily during a week where others don't
get a hit. 10% of the people catch 90% of the fish.... I know why they are not 
getting fish. Line is too heavy (visible), not casting/fishing in right area, 
colour ,lure selection, etc... This applies to both species.

|> 
|> Now, I'll be the first one to agree that some bass fishermen can be
|> extremely annoying with their high powered boats.  But please don't
|> slam the fish itself.  

Up here, I don't see to many of these boats, I couldn't care either, as I hit
areas that I know hold fish and are hard to get into with a bigger boat.

|> 
|> Bass men unite!  We don't have to put up with trout fisher snobbery
|> anymore!  

So where do people like myself, who fish both species just as hard, classify into?
I love bass fishing but I also love trout/salmon fishing....Oh, include walleye,
crappie, pike, muskie, I just love fishing...
-- 
Richard Park	
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