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Was pondering wild thoughts the other day when I came across a question I could not answer.

In a sport that knows no bounds with respect to creativity, why does everyone use the same cliches?

Why does it always have to be a hawg or a chunk? Why does it have to be a donkey, a pig, or a toad?

Why is a successful pattern always called "the deal"?

Why can't a giant smallmouth be "an armadillo". Why can't a big largemouth be a "moat dweller", a "T-Rex" or a "Megaladon"?

A successful angler is a creative one... Marcantonio has "mama pesce". What do you got?

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Thank you for the compliment.

Snake said:

Atta boy Dana. I can take a zinger.

I'll have to consider what a "Steiner" will look like when I catch one. Probably a salty ol' largemouth that lives in brackish water. Won't leave the weed choked, warming slough cause he just set in his ways. Doesn't associate w/smallmouth, and has a crazy look in his eye.

I can hear it now...

(Guy at the tanks): "you guys wack Em?"
(Successful Angler): "oh yeah. Got us five big ol' Steiners"

(Guy at the tanks): "really? Dang, I figured those largies woulda moved outta there."
(Successful Angler): "Aw heck no. Them Steiners were in there thick. Honery as hell."

(Guy at the tanks): "any brown ones back in there?"
(Successful angler): "naw. Them Steiners done chased them out awhile back."

(Guy at the tanks): "those Steiners are pretty big, but they look weathered."
(Successful angler): "they're pretty old...."

(Guy at the tanks): "what you get Em on?"
(Successful angler): "them Steiners love a fluke with the tails dipped in dye."

(Guy at the tanks): "you boys hook them Steiners in Casey?"
(Successful Angler): "yep. Casey's was where we were at."

(Guy at the tanks): "that's weird cause we didn't never saw you boys down there..."

My wife posted one of my pics on her Facebook page saying "Russ' Toad".  Everybody started asking question like "Isn't that a Bass?", or "Why is it a Toad?", or "What does that mean?"    My response to that was..........I dunno.  I've been saying it so long, I'm not sure when it started.  Back in the mid-nineties I think?  Why am I calling a fish a frog?  Especially a frog smaller than my fish.

Growing up in northern pike country a long skinny pike was called "a snake." A short under sized northern pike was called a "hammer handle." I know not a bass-cliche, but those slimmers are more slimy than those trout us bass angler's call slimmers.

Mostly use the normal Toad, Bruiser, Donkey, etc.  Theres one fish we nicknamed "Big Mama".  Little guys are Dinks, Rats, and God Dammits. 



You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.
Hey Phildo, go rub one off on your nitro!



Phil Mehrtens said:


You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.
Come on now, his nitro came with a hand stitched cover!


Sparkles said:
Hey Phildo, go rub one off on your nitro!



Phil Mehrtens said:


You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.

Seems like I hear...."dinks"...."rats"....."clones" ......"peewee"  a lot in my boat......

He doesn't know what that is. No wonder why he was talking about a tent with no zipper.


Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:
Come on now, his nitro came with a hand stitched cover!


Sparkles said:
Hey Phildo, go rub one off on your nitro!



Phil Mehrtens said:


You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.
Wrap your lips around your car exhaust and breath in deeply kreton!

Sparkles said:
Hey Phildo, go rub one off on your nitro!



Phil Mehrtens said:


You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.
Not sure if you really are stupid or just bad at spelling...hmmm!!



Phil Mehrtens said:
Wrap your lips around your car exhaust and breath in deeply kreton!

Sparkles said:
Hey Phildo, go rub one off on your nitro!



Phil Mehrtens said:


You use that one a lot don't ya! I'd say that's SPARKTACuLAR! Sparkamoron! Sparkles said:
How bout...blanked..tough day...ie you sucked and couldn't find them or catch them.

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