Nershi wrote:Go bulldogs! How many rock bass did Al keep? Can’t remember the name of the dude in the boat that he fishes with but if you you close your eyes while watching his fishing shows it sounds like a porn film. My buddy pointed it out to me and I laugh everytime I see him on film.
There's two guys....the one seen behind us in the boat is his brother Ron, and I'm still drawing a blank on the name of the other guy. The guy literally biting his tongue though is his bro Ron. You can tell that he has a combination of being all business, as well as a touch of jealousy that his brother constantly gets all the attention from dudes like me who totally fanboy out when they see Al and he gets none, and he's half the operation....pretty sure they split the $40 million plus they got when selling the 'In-Fisherman' magazine to a NYC based publisher like twenty years ago.
Their boat was easily a $70K+ set up....my brother in law pulled in after us and was like, "What effing dipshit dumps a boat like that in here!? And why is [FF] all smiles and being nice to another group at a landing for once!?"
This is how bad ass Al & Co are....not a speck of glitter on their boat. When you're worth tens of millions and you're probably getting everything for free it's pretty bad ass they don't give a shit about wrecking a $70K+ boat fishing the same shit that I do.
They told us they were fishing for catfish, which they always say when fishing this spot. I usually run into them at a different stretch and landing, but one thing never changes....they always say they're fishing for catfish.
Which is why I found it hilarious that they were casting top water for what I'm guessing was smallies, but they had big enough set ups going that they might have been after muskies. My brother in law pulled a 56," legitimately might have been pushing a 57" not far from where we passed them. I yelled, "Topwater for catfish, huh!?" Then pulled up our stringer and went, "The chickens haven't come home to roost yet Al!" which is one of my favorite lines from the movie 'A River Runs Through It.'
Al looked at our stringer and goes, "Good for you....you got one good one on there. How deep did you pull it up from?"
"Like ten...maybe eleven feet."
"Whelp, that's good. By the looks of you I didn't think you could hold your breath that long."
Gotta love trying to trash talk your idol after fanboying out and then just getting absolutely served.