Have you noticed?

[Danny]

Kyle,

Change for the sake of change is not progress. Things can change, and actually regress.

Think about the number of really violent crimes that are being committed by children. Then think back just about 10-15 years or so ago when Mortal combat came out. That was the first, that I can remember, video game that glorified the killing of an opponent. You could rip his heart out, and still see it pumping in your annimated hand.

Times are a changing, now CBS and USA routinely allow actors to use the Lord's name in vain on TV, and in the case of the USA network, it was right after church let out on a Sunday. Do you call that progress? It is certainly change, but I don't call it progress.

Further, in your example you are suggesting that a whopping majority, 80%, yes 80 out of 100, are now fishing for the wrong reasons. 80 out of 100... hmmmm, we see the affects of glorified violence all the time, how about road rage... folks actually fighting and shooting each other... soon it will be boat or lake rage. Oh wait, we already have had several instances of people shooting at anglers, running the air boat right by the angler to spray him with water, a boat run in front of an angler trying to mess up his fishing ... fortunately he still caught a 6 lber. We have already seen Skeet Reese making fun of people who have mental development problems, we've seen the "G-man" go postal, or should I say go lakal on Zell Rowland, claiming he did not fish there the day before, never mind there was actual footage proving Zell was there the day before, and let's not forget the BEEPED out obscenty laced explosion from our man Ike at an E-50 last year.

Yep, that's proof, things and times are a changing, but I would argue it is not progress.

Danny

[Danny]

How about the new Gulp commercials depicting naked fishermen, Ike and Skeet??

Yep, let's encourage our kids to go on the stage naked to weigh their fish. At least they won't have any problems with competitive logo sponsorships being shown on TV.


Sheesh....

Danny

[buzzking]

maybe they could just tattoo the logos on their bodies that way a sponsorship deal would be forever.

[Chubminnow]

As I stated earlier on this thread, I don't watch much television...Is Hank Parker or Bill Dance either one still around, if so are they still doing fishing shows?

This has been years ago, but I was with a buddy of mine one time that decided to use Bill Dances advice while using a buzz bait...he said he watched Bill do it and it seemed easy enough...what he did was reel his buzz bait in on a steady retrieve, pulling it in just slow enough to keep the blades turning and also making sure to bump it into a piece of standing timber on the way back. As soon as the bait bumped the timber he'd stopped retrieving and let the bait flutter down for a second or two before reeling it back in...by golly if he didn't hook into a 5lb largemouth using this method...the fish hit right at the timber as the bait was falling...

[Danny]

Not to sure if Bill D still has a new show on, if so maybe it is on OLN, as I no longer get that network. However, Hank Parker is still on. His show is on the Outdoor Channel. This past week was about him and his family on a barbeque picnic, and fishing while using the hobycat kyaks (spelling?). Two weeks ago he was on Lake Barkley again, and this time he had one of the guys from the Knight and Hale bird calls. A lot of the background looked familiar, but then most of the bays with rip rap points look a like if the homes themselves are not shown. It could be they did all their fishing in Little River, or some shots even looked like McNabb bay, about half way back.

He has expanded his fishing thought to include redfish, bonefish, etc... and I would really prefer just bassfishing. But I guess maybe he gets tired of just bass fishing, and I imagine there are a lot of folks out there that like to see the red fishing too.

BTW, I think his show is on Monday nights at 9 pm central time. This is a replay of the show, as it is on several times a week. You can go to theoutdoorchannel.com and find the schedule.

I hope this helps.

Danny