Husky Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 ....or does your family and friends give you strange looks, laugh and make remarks when you tackle test. in the pool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrophius Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) ....or does your family and friends give you strange looks, laugh and make remarks when you tackle test. in the pool? All i have to say is I make fishing lures and I get funny looks..... /boggle Edited July 9, 2010 by atrophius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Yes it is quite embarrassing. I used to live in an apartment complex, with a communal pool. I always did my testing at 5 - 6am, before the natives arose. Still the security staff would come around to see what I was doing. On a similar related note, I showed my wife my bullrider video, of a hunting lure in the pool. She watched it intensely twice, then asked me why I put fish in the swimming pool. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rofish Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 ....or does your family and friends give you strange looks, laugh and make remarks when you tackle test. in the pool? No, this has never happened to me. The only logical explanation I can find for this is that I do not have access to a pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I get a lot of strange looks..............yea..........let's blame it on building lures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolja Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 My mom and girlfriend always laughed at me. There he goes again, trying to teach a peace of wood how to swimm. Until one time they were close enough to see what was going on in the water. It's swimming! It looks like a real fish, how do you do that!? Zoran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEISTERICS Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 i feel kinda awkward walking down to the small local creek and casting into the on pool with 7-9 inch baits and a broom stick of a rod and reel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benton B Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Wish I had access to a pool for testing. I could deal with the funny looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I water test my lures at a local man-made pond that has bass, and is stocked with trout and catfish. All the trout and catfish guys used to laugh at me, until I stuck a 5lber on a walking bait I was testing. But, to answer your question, yes, it is just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterjay Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) I'm lucky enough to live adjacent to a conservation area with a pond a couple hundred yards from my back door. Like Zoran, I used to feel a bit strange heading down there to test my models, and I'd wait until nobody was around; now I've gotten to the point where I enjoy tossing a three-ounce tin into a quiet pool and watching the largemouths flee for their lives. I'm just living for the moment when somebody sees me nail a five-pound pickerel on one of my striper lures. (hey, it could happen) That ought to be enough to get the grapevine buzzing for a while. Mark, you beat me to it! That must have been hilarious. Gotta wonder if it started a stampede to the local tackle shops. Edited July 9, 2010 by Peterjay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchemCaro Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I test my baits at a small public lake and I still get all kinds of questions as most people haven't seen big swimbaits. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR KNOW IT ALL KIND OF Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Its only a problem for me when I hook little kids! The Rookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadawgs Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 If you think regular lures are bad you should build a rat bait. Of course thier's also the comments about "building my fish (swimbaits) a home (paint booth)". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Its only a problem for me when I hook little kids! The Rookie Hope your practicing "catch and release" when you snag those kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterjay Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Its only a problem for me when I hook little kids! The Rookie Come on up here and I'll show you where you can do your testing on obnoxious tourists. Also, most folks around here would have no objection if you want to fillet your catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLester Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 The heck with them. I am "who I am" and like what I do. I am the lure building man that only a fisherman can understand!!! God made me who I am: and that is beyond ALL understanding. I'm proud to be ME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainbutter Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 The closest lakes to me all have big pike or stocked muskies in 'em, so I never get funny looks testing lures. Heck, even snot rocket pike will attempt to eat magnum sized musky swimbaits. Yay Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I just get the wierd looks at the local golf course pond. Even had a guy think I caught a fish when it really was just a big muskie lure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I just get the wierd looks at the local golf course pond. Even had a guy think I caught a fish when it really was just a big muskie lure. I'm always amused when kids, and even parents, think I've caught a fish, when it's just a lure I'm testing. When they stock the trout in our local pond, the cormorants and ospreys always seem to appear out of nowhere, and zero in for a feed. If I happen to be there, the ospreys will hover and dive on my lures. It's fun, as long as I snatch them away before they get eaten. I admit I have enjoyed "teasing" them, and any people around at that time enjoy it, too. The way they setup for a dive and then plunge down toward the lure, is fascinating. I was fishing a lake in our area, and a hawk was hovering in the wind, watching a trout that was in a shallow pocket. That bird made half a dozen approaches, and aborted them, before he finally had the trout lined up, and then he dove down and served himself lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
