A Fish Story

SAMIAM · 06-26-2005, 03:27 PM

Every year I have at least one big bass spawning next to my dock and I got tired of watching the bass boats come in and yank them off their beds.Every weekend I get 3-5 boats a day coming right up to my dock and beach.Anyway...this year I have a real big one and I decided to feed him and as I explained in an earlier thread,he follows me like a dog when I'm on the dock.Today I was in the water up to waist and he swam next to me so I ran up and grabbed a dozen crawlers and before long he was eating them right out of my hand.I also snipped the hooks off of one of my lures and cast it past him the other day.....I let him run with it and he finally spit it out,so he knows that poppers aren't good to eat.I don't know why I'm so protective of this bass.......my wife thinks I need to be examined....my daughter says she's going to make an appointment for me.....I know I won't be happy in a padded cell.

ApS · 06-26-2005, 03:45 PM

Unlike RG, I save the lures I find stuck in my boats and shoreline tree branches -- and put them to good purpose.

Last year, I snipped off the barbs from the three most dissimilar of them, and suspended them with springy wires from the dock over "my" bass' hangout. While I never saw them "taken", I thought it was a good training exercise for the lake's more naïve bass.

Nobody's made an appointment for me, however.

I train chipmunks.

ITD · 06-26-2005, 06:21 PM

Samiam,

Trust me, if he were big enough he would eat you. Keep feeding him like that and smartening him up and someday he just may.

WeirsBeachBoater · 06-26-2005, 08:32 PM

He is still a Bass, and he will still bite a lure no matter how hard you try to teach him not to. I hope you are going to be ok when he is gone? Or are we going to have to send you to a grief counselor?

SAMIAM · 06-27-2005, 05:07 AM

I can deal with his demise,WBB....might even join them for dinner.Whoever gets her will owe me for all the money I spent on nightcrawlers

WeirsBeachBoater · 06-27-2005, 07:27 AM

I can see the look on the fishermans face when you hand the bill over...1 Bass $20 Thanks for shopping at SAM's ...

SAMIAM · 06-27-2005, 04:06 PM

Good one.WBB.hahahahaa

Grant · 06-28-2005, 09:25 AM

A few years ago, the kids and I were snorkeling around our shore, flipping over rocks and logs looks for crayfish and other critters. A small-medium smallmouth was loitering around, so I released a crayfish and he darted over and gobbled it up.

So, for the rest of our week, the same bass would appear and shadow us whenever we were swimming or diving. I hand-fed him a bunch of crayfish, and he go to the point where he'd get very close -- watching in anticipation as I flipped a rock. We named him "Basil."

Fast-forward to the next summer. We're snorkeling, as usual, along the shore, looking for nothing in particular. Along comes this bass -- and it looks exactly like the one from the previous summer. And he's hanging VERY close to us as we flip rocks. I'm sure it was Basil again.

He came back a few more times, and once brought along a very large (close to or greater than five pounds) buddy, who kept his distance. That's probably how he got so large. Didn't see Basil last year.

Rattlesnake Gal · 06-28-2005, 10:53 AM

I bet someone gobbled him up!

06-26-2005, 03:27 PM	#1
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,836 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	A Fish Story Every year I have at least one big bass spawning next to my dock and I got tired of watching the bass boats come in and yank them off their beds.Every weekend I get 3-5 boats a day coming right up to my dock and beach.Anyway...this year I have a real big one and I decided to feed him and as I explained in an earlier thread,he follows me like a dog when I'm on the dock.Today I was in the water up to waist and he swam next to me so I ran up and grabbed a dozen crawlers and before long he was eating them right out of my hand.I also snipped the hooks off of one of my lures and cast it past him the other day.....I let him run with it and he finally spit it out,so he knows that poppers aren't good to eat.I don't know why I'm so protective of this bass.......my wife thinks I need to be examined....my daughter says she's going to make an appointment for me.....I know I won't be happy in a padded cell.

06-26-2005, 03:45 PM	#2
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,085 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Fwiw: Unlike RG, I save the lures I find stuck in my boats and shoreline tree branches -- and put them to good purpose. Last year, I snipped off the barbs from the three most dissimilar of them, and suspended them with springy wires from the dock over "my" bass' hangout. While I never saw them "taken", I thought it was a good training exercise for the lake's more naïve bass. Nobody's made an appointment for me, however. I train chipmunks.

06-26-2005, 08:32 PM	#4
WeirsBeachBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 709 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 39 Thanked 148 Times in 65 Posts	Sorry Sam... He is still a Bass, and he will still bite a lure no matter how hard you try to teach him not to. I hope you are going to be ok when he is gone? Or are we going to have to send you to a grief counselor?

06-27-2005, 07:27 AM	#6
WeirsBeachBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 709 Blog Entries: 9 Thanks: 39 Thanked 148 Times in 65 Posts	Lol.... I can see the look on the fishermans face when you hand the bill over...1 Bass $20 Thanks for shopping at SAM's ...

06-28-2005, 09:25 AM	#8
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,485 Thanks: 337 Thanked 212 Times in 116 Posts	Basil the Bass A few years ago, the kids and I were snorkeling around our shore, flipping over rocks and logs looks for crayfish and other critters. A small-medium smallmouth was loitering around, so I released a crayfish and he darted over and gobbled it up. So, for the rest of our week, the same bass would appear and shadow us whenever we were swimming or diving. I hand-fed him a bunch of crayfish, and he go to the point where he'd get very close -- watching in anticipation as I flipped a rock. We named him "Basil." Fast-forward to the next summer. We're snorkeling, as usual, along the shore, looking for nothing in particular. Along comes this bass -- and it looks exactly like the one from the previous summer. And he's hanging VERY close to us as we flip rocks. I'm sure it was Basil again. He came back a few more times, and once brought along a very large (close to or greater than five pounds) buddy, who kept his distance. That's probably how he got so large. Didn't see Basil last year. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

06-26-2005, 06:21 PM	#3
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,860 Thanks: 461 Thanked 666 Times in 366 Posts	Samiam, Trust me, if he were big enough he would eat you. Keep feeding him like that and smartening him up and someday he just may.

06-27-2005, 05:07 AM	#5
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,836 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	I can deal with his demise,WBB....might even join them for dinner.Whoever gets her will owe me for all the money I spent on nightcrawlers

06-27-2005, 04:06 PM	#7
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,836 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	Good one.WBB.hahahahaa

06-28-2005, 10:53 AM	#9
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,447 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Poor Basil I bet someone gobbled him up!