The Biggest A#%hole Co-Angler I’ve Ever Fished With… 

Wasn't Me. LOL. I rode with Aaron Martens one day about 15 yrs ago thereabouts on Lanier. Aaron was incredible to be in the boat with. The first thing he said after he caught his first bass was jokingly....I guess you want my autograph now. I said Nope. He looked confused. I said you put your pants on the same as I do. He laughed and said we are gonna have a great day. I said yes sir we are and we did. We joked all day. He made the top 10 that day and introduced me to his wife and kids after. What a day I will not forget.

Rick Clunn gave me the Best Advice about fishing as a Co-Angler; “Fish the back of the Boat, like it’s the front of the Boat turned around. 🎣

I fish with a holes too but I call them buddies 😂😂

I saw an older video where the pro angler was out of the running- and asked coangler ,who was leading, if he had any spots he wanted to fish- they went and the co angler won

My favorite Randy co-angler story is still the guy who brought the full picnic food spread and had it laid out on the back of the boat lmao

Advice for co-anglers: 1. Be prompt to meet with your boater as early as possible. Assist with launching if needed. Stand by to assist pretty much throughout the day(s). Again, offer assistance as you are able to. 2. Bring only a reasonable amount of gear. 3. Be prepared for the day and bring your own personal items such as rain gear, water, sunscreen, sunglasses, etc. 4. Treat the boat better than the owner. Experience will help with what you need to know and when you don’t, asking will go a long ways. 5. Don’t offset the trip with asking for any special navigation needs such as going to fishing spots, marinas, restrooms, etc. It’s ok to offer up spots but don’t expect to go to any. And… Yah, take your dump before you leave the dock. 6. Adjust your fishing to fishing to what your partner is doing. It will likely only help you. 7. Don’t leave your gear in an unready state. When captain says, we’re moving, be ready within seconds, not minutes. 8. Absolutely NO BANANAS.

If Im in your boat , Im going to do what you want . You're the pro . He's probably a know it all in every aspect of his life .

I’m glad I had the opportunity to fish with you as a co-angler. You were the first pro I drew out with on the FLW Tour. We had a good day, jumping riprap…😂

I used to fish the FLW’s as a co-angler and before we meet up I would ask what would we be doing ? Shallow or deep ? Because that’s how I cut down on the amount of tackle/rods I would bring. Lots easier to just bring 2-3 rods vs 5-6. So there’s that.

What a nightmare of a co-angler! I'm with you. I fish as a co-angler to learn from the pro I'm with so I can become a better bass angler!

Sounds like a true knott head. I can say as a co angler I have only had two bad experiences. One was fishing with a chain smoker and the other was completely back seating me and would cast back on a missed blow up before I had a second shot at it. Competition can bring out the worst in folks.

I have a friend that does this while recreational fishing , he will get on my front deck right behind me while I’m on the foot control , he will not stay on the back deck , he does not like to get out fished so no matter what I do or say he does not listen , so I fixed it I won’t fish w him

Thanks for sharing all these great stories!

My best friend's Dad told me a long time ago that if you really want to learn to fish well that you need to go fishing with a professional who can give you pointers!! Chet (best friend's Dad) said that you'll learn more in one hour with a pro than you can fishing for a year by yourself!! I really believe this!! I used to fish (a long time ago) with Phil Marks who taught me how to properly fish a artificial worm!! Phil was also a hell of a duck hunter and I still remember him calling in a group of Pintails like a maestro and calling out what the ducks would do with every call that he made!! We lost Phil a few years ago but I still remember all that he taught me about fishing!! It's too bad that this co-fisher that you talked about didn't take advantage of the knowledge that he could have attained by watching your fishing strategy. Thanks for the video!

I've fished where I was the co angler.it really amazed me how smart a pro angler really is.i learned alot listening and just watching.

I would consider myself fortunate to be able to be in the same boat with a professional angler.

Fished as a co angler one time and did not care for it much at all.I drew Homer Humphrey on Table Rock lake and the first question out of his mouth was where are u from, mind u I am and always have been from Chicago so I tell him I'm from Chicago and his response to me was oh u are probably married to some black woman aren't you😢. Wtf kind of question is that to someone u have never met before and know nothing about ? I kept quiet for a minute being polite, and mind you I am white growing up in Chicago I really never cared about race one way or the other as I have .any black and Hispanic friends in my mind good people are good peoole.So after about ten minutes of awkward silence I responded by saying I was not married to a black woman however my wife of 5 years at that time was 100% Puerto Rican. And to my amazement his response was same thing as a black person.Could not believe his comment !! Being from Chicago of course my first thought was to smack him right in the mouth but I did not.but let me tell you I think that was the last thing we said to each other all day.very inappropriate to say the least.i caught 2 fish that day he caught 0 ,I thought Karma played a part that but what a racial p.o.s that guy was to say the least !!

I feel your pain with the allergies. No matter what you do with those people. They thinks that you’re wrong and you’re the A$$hole ! I’m a co- angler most of the boaters told me the rules. That’s how the day unfolded. We got a long great ! Thanks Randy !

The worst wasn't a co-angler but pro angler. He didn't really tell me what we were doing, other than fishing deep. It was fishing deep ledges with huge crankbaits or giant worms w 1 oz weight. I get rigged finally, and he whips the boat on some casts 90 degrees, says I'm fishing past mid point the boat. Does that a few times. Then when I start whipping big casts out the stern, he'd punch it on the trolling motor forward. One more.....I'd start fishing hard, rapid fire. He said stop, put your LJ on. He would crank the big motor....trim low and goose it. To stir up the school. Every question I had was met with a Huh? Btw....IDC....his name was Terry Steele.

I don’t think I would have trusted that co angler to net my fish.

Great story Randy and sorry for the d bag. I have only fished co angler once in the 2000 Classic Media tournament in Chicago with Brent Chapman. He and I settled it early when he asked me how I wanted to fish this . I said let's have fun. You'll have enough pressure in the Classic ( which has no co anglers). We did well and had fun. For the Classic, I rode as the judge observer in Edwin Evers boat. We couldn't talk techniques so I watched, listened and learned.

See man, im primarily a steelhead angler here in Michigan. When we go out and someone from the group is hooked up, we stop what we're doing to help land that fish. Its a team effort at all costs. If you're catching fish, im catching fish. Idk if its because we're on bigger game fish or what but something about bass guys having bad energy is a reoccurring theme

My dad used to fish against Mike Inconelli and if I remember correctly he had him as a co angler once or twice. He would say this guy is crazy as hell. This was way back in the late 80's early 90's

I’ve fished as a co-angler several times and have had good experiences. I’ve always gone into it with no expectations other than learning as much as I can from the pro. If you show up on time, keep your gear to a minimum, be respectful and pay attention to what’s happening you’ll learn a lot.

Being a co angler is a dream. The Pro is likely on fish and the Co is is a unique position to help fine tune the pattern the pro has spent 2 days working on. If the pro is pitching a jig I'm pitching a worm or creature. Be a part of the boat. You will do better than you think if you approach it positively. And don't bring an arsenal. I think Rick Clunn was asked what scared him about a Co. I believe he said " the guy who shows up with one rod and paper lunch bag".LOL

You are awesome randy. I fished with Mike worm one time on the Potomac he wasn't doing that well and I was way up in the co-angler standings he helped me....! and I'll never forget that.... you pros are the best. To bad for guys like him.

On the other end of this kinda story... my fist pro/am tournament I fished as the co-angler and I drew Gary Dobyns on Lake Orville Ca.. I was very new to tournament fishing so I had no idea who he was, and I had never fish Oroville before most of my experience was on the Ca Delta. As we were sitting in his boat waiting to blast off we got to talking (my name is Richard) he says "oh my sons name is Richard also" then I told him "my Dad's name is Gary what a coincidence" we had a good laugh, then I asked "have you been fishing professional very long?" He kinda chuckled is a none sarcastic very humble way and said " yeah a few years" so I ask him "have you done well in the past tourney" he says "yeah I've won a few". So this sparked my interest and I asked "have you won any boats" he said yes I have won a few boats... so I ask "a few, what's a few" (remember this is 30 years ago so I'm trying to remember the qty he told me.... he says 24!!!!!! My head snapped as I looked at him I said "24!!! Damn!!" We start fishing a few spot then he says "you mention you own a boat can you take the trolling motor while I'm goimg to tie on a few jigs, and do you have a white spinner bait" I said sure I would love to run the trolling motor" and I already had a white spinner bait tied on.he motors up to this steep rock wall, I take control of the trolling motor and within 10 casts I had 3 fishing the boat for about 10lbs. (This was a team weigh so whatever we caught was both of our weights) one of the other pro's come iding by and ask Gary "how you guys doing" Gart replies "my co-angler is killing it we got 3 fish in the live well and there all his"... I can't tell you how much this boosted my confidence to have a pro not to mention one that's won 20+ boats give me a compliment like that... we fished the rest of the day Gary caught 2 that day that were over 6 lbs and another on that was about 4.5lbs. We ended up using 2 of my fish to complete our limit of about 21lbs. (We probably caught 25 fish that day) I ended up in first place as the amateur after day one. My second day pro didn't know Oroville hardly, I wanted so badly to tell him where Gary and I fished on the first day but there was no way I was going to break the unwritten rule of sharing info from my day 1 to the 2nd day pro.. we only caught 3 fish the second day, I ended up in 14th place and Gary won another boat... to this say I like to think I helped Gary win the boat but I knew deep down inside he put me on the fish, without him I would never have contributed to my first day 1st place.... sorry this was a long post, just one more thing. Gary and I were both fishing white spinner baits, Gary hooked up a big bass probably 8-9lbs and got broken off, he was pretty distrote... so I try to cheer him up by saying "don't worry we will get a big one today" Gary replys "I have won over $100,000 on that spinner bait" so I say " don't you have another one" he reply "when say I won over $100,000k with that bait I ment that exact bait, fir some reason It swam different then other spinner baits, it was really beat up paint chipped off from being thrown up agents the rocks on the bank. Thank you Gary, i had a great day one i will never forget.

There are co-anglers out there that will never understand the fact that it is NOT your job to put them on fish. Also I probably would have told the tourney director about his threats to not sign my slip, because he obviously did that before as a threat to someone to get his way and figured it would work again.

When I fish with my buddy, it doesn’t matter who’s boat we’re in (had to sell my old Cee Bee Avenger) or his Triton, I gladly head to the back of the boat!! In the back, don’t have to run trolling motor! If he flips, I’ll top water, if he’s running a blade, I’ll run a fast trap, etc. Hell I’ve whooped on him 40-45% of the time. I would love to be a Co-angler, especially on the CA Delta, that’s what we fish!

I met some great boaters when I was a co. I think I had 3 bad experiences. One was a boater in my first tournament that was fine with me until he found out I was in college for legal studies. He even turned the boat when I spotted a 4# on a bed so he could catch it. Another showed up to the launch late and we almost missed the tournament because he took so long. He then was purposely hitting wakes to try to jump over them to the point I ended up with a chunk out of my leg from it hitting the console. When I went to give him gas money he laughed and said no because he didn't put gas in and thats why we stayed so close. On the other hand I've had some amazing boaters that I'm still good friends with. I learned alot from them. When I bought my boat one helped me find a good one and stopped me from buying a lemon. I went on to be a boater and when all my stuff didn't pan out I listened to my Co's suggestion and both of us ended up with a check.

Some people just don't get it, they think that everything revolves around them and their world and it sounds like that's his case and yea I would have done the exact same thing that you did. Great story and thanks for sharing and how about sharing a story with one of the best co-anglers that you have ever fished with??? Just a thought.

What an excellent video I really like listening to you. I live in South Florida. Getting ready to move to Brazilia Brazil and fish a whole bunch for peacocks bass The comment that you make about the co-angler a really interesting and never thought of it that way, but there’s so much truth about that I was raised in flat River Missouri, so I know what Missouri is like I fished Montauk trout many times wish I would’ve had the opportunity to fish with you I think it would’ve been interesting. Thanks for all you do.

You’re the captain Randy so if someone can’t accept that…..he’s lucky he wasn’t on my boat I’d toss his butt overboard! lol keep up the exceptional content Randy!

Thank God it wasn’t me! I drew you back then, you did school me on helping with gas cash I felt like my grand father giving me five bucks to help with vacation money. You knew I had to learn it though. You signed my hat but the weights have since worn off. It was a good day. Thanks

Randy, just curious. I know sometimes people clash, sometimes they are just A-holes. I wanted to know if you've run into these A-holes since these incidents and if they have changed or "matured"?

Took two guys out in my 19 foot Lund ProV! Turned around from the bow casting deck and they were taking weeds off their spinners and dropping them into the bottom of the boat! Then one of them sat on my 175 Mercury Optimax! Wow! Never took them out again! Total creeps!

I’m a boater and I fish out of the back of a boat. I have way worse stories of A-hole boaters than non-boaters. Anybody wanna argue that??????

The moment you told me, "It's none of my business," I wouldn't have spoken to you again.

I’ve always felt that the fish can feel your bad energy from the rod, down the line, and right through to the bait.

This Co-angler should have been reported to the tournament director and banned from future events.

This is why I fish, hunt, work, play, everything ALONE.

That jerk was mad because you out fished a pro angler. That's a awesome story.😂👍🙂

If I were ever lucky enough to fish with you or any angler of your caliber, I'd keep my mouth shut, listen to everything you have to say and imitate every move you make. What ab honor to learn from someone with your experience. I've struggled my whole life to learn from watching Bill Dance, Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston and others. My hero has always been Ricky Klunn. Of course I've bought every lure, line and fishing combo these pros have recommended, but recently I figured out that that's the reason these pros have shows, to promote their sponsors. LOL. I too grew up with Hank Parker, Babe Winkleman and the others and have the utmost respect for these guys that laid the foundation for our sport. I just recently went old school with my 5'6" Fenwick Lunkerstik and my Ambassador 4500 reel. I can catch just as many if not more using this old technique. Fishing is fun again as a sport rather than try to match the pros fish for fish!

It's too bad that Bill and the FLW didn't have the spine to back up the pro's and the entire field. Certain co-anglers that earned those reputations should not have been allowed to fish on the circuit or should have ponied up and fished from the front. Keith Honeycutt was #1 it was like drawing -50 spots on the board having to babysit him through the day. It's ok to name names when you are on the side of truth.

It's called "Getting Ass Ended" in the co angler tournament world. It's when the angler in front casts to all the prime spots as the boat is moving along. Yes it absolutely happens. It sucks

Great story Randy!!!! megabass forever

If I ever had the chance to co-angler with a professional, I would be soaking in as much knowledge as I could. And would be grateful just to experience it. I live in Southwest MO as well.

On my friends boat, I'd catch fish, he wouldn't, but he never tried my methods. Also we'd see fish boiling the surface a half mile away but he wouldn't drive the boat there. He sold his boat.

It's all about ur attitude when fishing 🎣 Good story 👍🏻

I was hoping to draw you as a co -angler this year. I figured it was a one in two hundred shot.....but no such luck. When I fish as a co-angler, I discuss netting early on, and if it is preferred, I net with no hesitation!. I stop what I'm doing and grab immediately, that's what a co-angler is supposed to do. And if my boater is catching fish, I try to figure out what I need to do, and usually I bring a little of everything so I am prepared for anything. Five rods, and a tackle bag with what I think will work, and a little of over things to cover me for anything. When I fished Lake of the Ozarks, I prefished going through all kinds of lures and colors, and I fished different water so I would be prepared for whatever my boater was doing. I had enough in practice to get me to the second day. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for a motor going out at 9:30. I still fished my butt off trying though!

Sir Randall always enjoy your life experiences

Im from your part of the world. I seen your boat and truck a few times last year! Just subbed

Quick question for you man. I have heard that you pulled the plug on your boat to semi sink it to be able to get under a bridge in a flooded area at Buggs then bilged the water back out after getting through and won the tournament. First, is this true, and if so is there any video available of this? Thanks.

Another favorite Randy co-angler story is the dude that showed up with two cans of Pepsi, a bag of chips and smoked two packs of cigarettes. Poster child for “my body is my temple.” Funny stuff.

Had angler front end me. I had found 10-12 fish on bed on Old Hickory.He didn’t practice.I did!I took him to the fish an he caught the 1st two.Well when I showed him the 3rd 4th 5th etc..He commenced to turn the boat where I could not even see the fish. He came to the back of the boat, and tied an anchor on the cleat down to the bottom. There were other witnesses that saying this happened to me. Needless to say, I did not sign his weigh in ticket.He lost his days catch!Ive never done my coanglers that way!He almost got his ass handed to him in the parking lot at Bullcreek!The director stopped me.He told the guy he wasn’t welcome anymore if he was gonna continue to do this to his co’s.This was his second time!He had come from another division an the director had heard about him an his actions towards CO’s.I always give my CO’s opportunities just like Randy.This was a good one.

I fished with 8 pros on the FLW tour and with the exception of 1 pro I learned a lot ! Watching Gary Yamato was the best teacher I had and several told me I was the best dip netter they ever fished with

I wish I could go out twice per season in your boat. I respect your appreciation of learning from creation.

Funny how folks who want to control what other people do with their stuff ruin so much in this world. It's a universal theme.

There is usually one of those everywhere

I have fished as both a co angler and boater in several tournaments such as the FLW Costa and BFLs, Bassmaster regionals etc. As a co angler I fished with a guy who's pretty popular in the industry and for whatever reason we just did not get along. He wouldnt get the net for me and I was boat flipping my fish. I'd hook them and he wouldnt even get off the trolling motor for me to reel them in. He would drag me through the brush with a fish in tow. I finally asked him what his problem was and his answer was that's just the way I am. Well that's not cool. I've never had any other issues but that was the last year I fished as a coangler. I get it as a boater the investment is way more, but I was driving 10 and 12 hours to fish these events so I was invested too. The guy just didnt like me for some reason from the get go. Or that's just how he was. 😂 I tried to apologize for my part but hea never responded so it is what it is. He is a great angler btw. Hopefully we will run into each other again and squash it. I finished in the top 25 in the southwest region that year and fished the FLW costa series championship at lake Cumberland. 21 hour drive from the house. We put in the time and work as well. However dont cast in front of me when you're on my boat. Dont fish water I havent got to yet. Theres some unwritten rules you shouldn't cross as co angler and maybe I did something to piss him off like ask what type of things we would be fishing when I called. You live and learn.

It sounds like you were being very nice to him he should have respect for you he could have learned from you . Your a person that I like to fish with but have a great day

And I’m sure it had nothing to do with positioning yourself in all the hotspots! There’s always two sides to the story!!! Otherwise we would have been told the name of whom this a hole was ! But whatever it’s a good story is all it is !

My favorite story the one where the guy lays down in the back of the boat 😂😂😂

Be interested to hear BOTH sides of these stories.

Loved the recap! New subscriber! Look forward to checking out your videos! Take care and GOD bless!

Being a co-angler kind of sucks being realistic, and I do mean realistic, because if you’re fishing the shoreline up close and moving rather slow and beating the hell out of the water with a rather fast bait, you’re not leaving much for the angler. But that’s life at the back of the boat

The second somebody starts talking shit like "I dont have to sign your weigh in blah blah blah" Ok NOW you're going to have a REALLY bad day because your getting put off somewhere very far away from the boat ramp we left from...

First time I stopped on a story like that. Was so worth stopping long enough to get hooked. How many would have made it back to the landing if big boy would have got away because he took too long to help out my guess just One. The one that knew what he was doing. ✌️✌️ Cast , reel ,repeat ,

Well can you kick his ass?

I’ve fished many times as a coangler in some flw’s and nichols and a few others, but I asked my boater every time how we were going to be fishing…not to press him, but to get my gear set up properly…no since in running a square bill when the boater decides he wants to fish deep. My worst experiences have been with boaters that back boat you to much, I understand to a certain degree but I paid to be there too and while it’s nowhere near what the captain is going to bring in, the captain must understand that he was standing on the back of the boat one day. I tend to go with the flow, I’ll match your energy, and I always chip in on gas and ALWAYS grab the net!!…and it doesn’t hurt to know how to efficiently back a boat and trailer in, I’ve impressed a couple on those early morning 5 flight launches on a double ramp on a 45 degree angle..😂😂

My buddy was co angler on lake champlain several years ago, I wish I remember who he was paired up with but the pro handed my buddy his protective masks and asked him to set them in a safe spot , well my buddy set them down and they immediately flew out of the boat launched 70 yards back , he said nothing.

13:17 interesting story. I fished the FLW for a year as a favor to a friend who fished as a boater. Shared travel expenses etc. I hoped I could learn something from new people. I should say that I have won over 100 local and regional tournaments, 3 Ranger, Champion boats. I chose not to fish the pro circuit because I had a good job. I was treated very poorly by most of my boaters who didn’t know anything about me. I concluded that the FLW was a co-angler fuck fest. Boaters did everything they could to keep a co-angler from catching a fish.

😂😂😂😂 you should kept him out there even longer 😂😂😂😂 dropped off at the launch site and told him to Uber home!!!

I don’t know anything about bass tournaments so I’m asking a question generally is a co-angler fisherman that just doesn’t have a boat and if that be the case, he should be very thankful for the opportunity on anyone’s professional angler boat. Sounds like a lot of fun to me.

I fished many events as a co angler in FLW as well as Bassmaster. I will give my list of the best pros I had the pleasure to fish with. These guys made for great experiences in learning and great convo. Gary Klein Mark Davis Brett Hite Denny Brauer With that said I fished with some pros that made for some horrible days. Especially if you out fish them. I wont mention their names but most of them are not competing anymore.

Sounds like fun 😊

I just can't imagine you having to curse at him. You seem like such a easy sounding guy Lol

I was on a regional club tournament as the non boater.. It was boat against boat so we were supposed to be a team.. But the guy I got teamed with was completely the a-hole.. Pull up to a spot and I didn't care that he was fronting me, I've played that game.. it's whatever to me I'll find a place to fish. This guy was doing anything he could to keep me from fishing at all, including turning the boat to try to catch my line in the motor or "accidentally" wrapping it around himself and "having" to cut the line to get out of it so I'd lose the rig.. The last straw was when I nailed into what was probably a 6lb fish..I asked him to get the net, instead he jumped into the driver seat, started the boat and hard throttled towards the fish then spun away throwing me down and almost out and breaking my rod and the fish off.. I stopped fishing completely and texted a buddy of mine to come take me off the boat and back to the ramp.. when I knew he was close I pulled the keys out of the switch and chucked them under something on the floor (lucky for him they stayed IN the boat) so he couldn't try to roar away when my buddy showed up.. (320lb power lifter Army vet.. so I knew this dick wouldn't try to physically challenge him..) When I got back to the ramp and explained the situation that I felt threatened and in danger and I was leaving , they disqualified the "team" and I left.. so he got nothing for his efforts.. Except entry and ramp fees that I paid.. I heard second hand a couple years later that he actually got reported somehow and "blacklisted" from being able to fish tournaments... I don't know if that's even a thing.. Again, second or third hand, i can't verify. I quit doing tournaments a few years later and am much happier fishing with\against my friends for loser pays $20 bucks and dinner for the winner. Fish on!

All co anglers should be happy they just get to be in the boat with a pro. I’d love to have that chance one day. Those days are all about learning and enjoying the experience.

I’m not a fisherman even though my father loved to fish, but I enjoyed the story!

People who fish for money... they ain’t right in the head.

good one!

I had a similar situation and since he had little patience with bass fishing and had rather catfish or crappie fish i got irritated and said to heck with it went in loaded the boat and went home, it takes patience with bass fishing because somedays they do not bite as good as others and not gonna catch as many as u will like when crappie fishing this boy just has little patience and i learned not to take someone like that again lol.

Speaking of a.hs, how about hard headed friends that want to fish a Carolina rig with the hook fully exposed and holler turn around, I'm hung up. Even though I've told em a hundred times to bury the hook point in the worm.

Oh man, you drew Daren? lol

People don’t realize how serious not catching fish can be for some!!!My uncle left the camping trip early because he couldn’t catch a crappie!!😂

Listeninf to this has made me realize im probably fishing off the boat wrong.. my son sits on the front and im in the back... Im thinking maybe i need to search up how to be a coangler and find some how too videos lol

Man if I ever got to fish with a pro I wouldn't care if I caught anything or not, just the whole experience of it would be fun for me. It's not always about being the guy in the front. I've caught a ton of fish in the back throwing right behind someone in the same spot. Sometimes I think that when the guy in front throws in there it gets that fishes attention whether it hits their bait or not, doesn't mean it won't hit yours.

We walk by crazy people everyday and don't even know.

Hay randy didnt i see a video several years ago were you pulled the plug on your boat to sink it down some so you could get under a bridge

Waiting on a co angler story where they ask Randy where is his livescope is?! Lol

I’m listening to this story thinking that this is how the entitled punks are today. Entitled, co-dependent, punks that think you’re there to spoon-feed them, all while thinking they don’t have the responsibility to even so much as use common courtesy. I was floored when he said this was 20yrs ago….

I've fished with people like this. I once called them friends....Jealousy is ridiculous. Lol

I fished in the back of boat before most ALL use the front of boat to there advantage.

I just don't get this. I've fished my whole life but just started bass fishing about 3 years ago because of my neighbor. My neighbor had been bass fishing for over 10 years. He always out fished me. However I used it as learning opportunities. Did I get frustrated sometimes; yeah damn right! Did I take it out on him? Absolutely not. I mimiced him and asked questions. Finally I out fished him for the first time and so I thanked him for all the knowledge he gave me. I didn't want to out fish him for competition sake, I wanted to out fish him to know I was absorption the information correctly.

Oh come on Randy....at least give us his initials 😆😆😆

Have to share a similar experience. Went out saltwater fishing in Tampa Bay not really targeting anything specific just throwing out shiners and seeing what hit. Well we brought along a friend of a friend and he was complaining "we didn't know what we were doing" etc. Well immediately after he said that, my friend got a hit on something large, then a 6 foot tarpon leaps out of the water hooked. "I guess I was wrong" the dude says. Lol. At least he admitted he was wrong.

What happens if it gets to the point you dont want the co-angler on the boat? Is it over for you ?

The first pro tournament I ever fished I was 18 ! It was the last tournament of the year and I didn’t know how any of it worked !! I was on pigs it was on my home lake ! He was the points leader in that circuit and he HAD to fish his boat me being the baby on the tour I knew nothing. It was the end of July hot as heck and I was catching them in 6” of water on a Chartreuse painted blade buzz bait slow extra slow ! He put his trolling motor on high all he kept saying these fish aren’t in shallow water they just aren’t here ! He blew thru my bank I lucked up and caught one when he was re tying ! He kept screaming they ain’t here it’s to shallow. So he wanted to fish deep ! He cranked up and started fishing piers. The tournament director said you have to give your partner 1/2 the day in front ! At 10:30 I said I want the front he started the oh man don’t do me this way !! I said crank up and go back where we started ! No don’t do this ! The director said I get 1/2 a day ! He squealed and whined and said they ARE NOT SHALLOW ! I don’t care let’s go ! My first cast A 7.6 we could weigh in 10 fish ! He was such a a hole I front ended his butt ! Less than an hour I had my 10 and he was let me up there you have yours ! Bahaha. Nope if you would have listened we both would have weighed in 40 lbs ! Standing in the weigh-in line my bag was solid and he had 2 anchovies! I ended up wit 48 lbs and broke off a 7+ fish. All in 6” of water on a 100 degree day. I didn’t have to fish the 2nd day on the other lake. It was a two Lake tournament. I caught 17 lbs on Sunday ! Won it hands down by 21 lbs. All of the guys was giving him hell. That young boy put it on you. He was so embarrassed. That 45 years ago ! I started fishing a few tournaments when school would allow me. That man never said a word to me again. It’s so sad that he was well liked by everyone but him being the big pro and leading got his butt handed to him by a kid that had no experience. He thought he knew EVERYTHING. The reason those fish were shallow like that was it’s a shallow lake and the oxygen was low and the little waves on the bank raised the oxygen level. It’s like that every year. On that lake. Sorry for the lengthy message but it just shows you sometimes it pay to a least listen to what your partner says on their home lake 😂 ! I never had an issue with any other partner again. I know I tried to learn from whoever I’ve fished with.

Fishing is a game of patience.