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Location: Waukee, IA | Do you guys consider fishermen athletes? I see the facebook fishing and hunting folks label themselves athletes and I couldn't disagree more. What do you guys think? |
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| No I don't consider anglers as athletes |
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| Too funny. No. Fishing is not an athletic event. |
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Location: MN | Athlete: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
Cast a pounder for 8 hours. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | Nick59 - 7/13/2016 8:42 AM
Athlete: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
Cast a pounder for 8 hours.
Do you consider farmers athletes? I've never been as physically tired as baling hay for 13 hours. Way way WAY more so than chucking rubber. |
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| No, anglers aren't athletes. Typically, good ones work hard, though. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Gotta say that muskie fishing can be hard on the body for sure...always amazes me that the masses of fat, out of shape, about to have a grabber at any moment muskie guys i see at the shows every winter dont drop over dead more often while casting all day. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | yah 80% of the guys I see out slinging baits might not be able to run a 1/2 mile... to call the entire group of anglers athletes is comical....are some anglers athletic, yes, but athletes? no....
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Location: MN | If you go by the definition...proficient at forms of physical activity, well maybe.
As a group ... nope.
I have to agree with Slamr.
Or ... there are plenty of athletes that fish.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Then again...
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Location: Waukee, IA | That's just extra fuel storage, Slamr. He's clearly an endurance athlete. |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | tkuntz - 7/13/2016 9:57 AM
That's just extra fuel storage, Slamr. He's clearly an endurance athlete.
Imagine how far he can chuck a pounder.
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| Fishermen absolutely not. Some hunters I'd definitely consider athletes...especially mountain bow hunters. Cameron Haynes is definitely an athlete. That guy is beast. Runs ultra marathons, lifts like a madman, and is an ultimate predator in the woods |
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Location: Ashland WI | Check this out.
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| jkslayer135 - 7/13/2016 10:41 AM
Fishermen absolutely not. Some hunters I'd definitely consider athletes...especially mountain bow hunters. Cameron Haynes is definitely an athlete. That guy is beast. Runs ultra marathons, lifts like a madman, and is an ultimate predator in the woods
Yup, Cameron is a beast. Enjoy when he's on Joe Rogan's podcast. Rogan's a bit of a freak athlete, himself, and he sings Cameron's praises to no end. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I say yes and I think they should start urine tests for us. Instead of testing for steroids though they should check to see if we are eating too many sausages. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | athletes wear jerseys ... fishermen wear jerseys ... proof. |
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| I'm offended at the suggestion, innuendo, slur and aspersion that I am not an athlete. I feel condemed, dispariged, belittled, and defamed by this. You don't have to be Bruce Jenner to be an athlete, and I'm not even exactly sure what (if any) of the events he can still do in any sort of a "manly" fashion. Look the word up and you'll find that it says, "One who is proficient in sports." Musky fishing is a sport, and there have been a few days when I was proficient at it. Therefore I feel 100% entitled to promote that on any media, tee-shirts, bumper-stickers or web-site. I don't mind accepting the fact that I may not be the most winning angler on the lake, or even a great stick......but I'm certainly not going to sit here and listen to people say I'm not an athlete. I am an athlete, and if you can't see that, you don't see so good! Please leave those of us who have so little to hang their hat on, our puny little dreams of being the hero we always felt was hiding inside. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Nick59 - 7/13/2016 9:42 AM
Athlete: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
Cast a pounder for 8 hours.
Good point but still no.
MUSKY fishermen specifically... WARRIORS yes... ATHLETES no... |
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Location: Smith Creek | I would consider fishing more of a pastime or hobby than a sport. Having said that, I still consider Marty an athlete.
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Location: Walker, MN | There are quite a few parallels between tournament fisherman and athletes like preparation, mental focus, and physical execution. Not to mention the whole competition aspect. Still, I say no. Then again, golfers can be athletes..
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Location: Metro | I think it depends on a persons definition of "athlete". Yes I think it is different than a football or hockey player. BUT there are fishing teams and it can be very demanding if you are fishing for extended periods of time (all day). Like I said I think it depends on the person and situation you are relating too. |
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| No, not athletes. Can athletes fish? Absolutely. Look at Christian Laettner. But fishing, even chucking pounders all day, does not make you an athlete. Does it make you crazy? Yep. But not an athlete.
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Location: MN | Junkman - 7/13/2016 3:05 PM
I'm offended at the suggestion, innuendo, slur and aspersion that I am not an athlete. I feel condemed, dispariged, belittled, and defamed by this. You don't have to be Bruce Jenner to be an athlete, and I'm not even exactly sure what (if any) of the events he can still do in any sort of a "manly" fashion. Look the word up and you'll find that it says, "One who is proficient in sports." Musky fishing is a sport, and there have been a few days when I was proficient at it. Therefore I feel 100% entitled to promote that on any media, tee-shirts, bumper-stickers or web-site. I don't mind accepting the fact that I may not be the most winning angler on the lake, or even a great stick......but I'm certainly not going to sit here and listen to people say I'm not an athlete. I am an athlete, and if you can't see that, you don't see so good! Please leave those of us who have so little to hang their hat on, our puny little dreams of being the hero we always felt was hiding inside.
No pictures.....never happened. lol |
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| Fishermen are just like baseball players......not athletes!!!
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Location: NW WI | Athlete? Only if they fish with a beer in one hand while casting. |
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| Fishermen, golfers, race car drivers, all not athletes. Underwater basket-weavers, now there's an athlete. |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | Slamr - 7/13/2016 9:14 AM
Gotta say that muskie fishing can be hard on the body for sure...always amazes me that the masses of fat, out of shape, about to have a grabber at any moment muskie guys i see at the shows every winter dont drop over dead more often while casting all day.
Come on now, round is a shape. |
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| I have never ran a marathon but my brother who has says muskie fishing with me for a day is just as hard. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | Definitely not athletes, but there are many hard core muskie fisherman that I would not want to meet in a dark alley! I actually referred to the "Creature Fisherman" in the late 70's as "Pussey armed Jig Fisherman"!!!! Those were the flannel shirt with no sleeves days!
After seeing their results, I joined the crowd. I caught more fish, not necessarily muskies, than I ever had before. Much more work than picthin' a Suick all day. Dear Lord, I Apologize for what I have said/thought to all the jig fisherman and the Pygmies in New Guinea, Amen!
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| BMuskyX - 7/13/2016 8:14 PM
Fishermen are just like baseball players......not athletes!!!
Jaimy
Huh? Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan all said the baseball season was brutal. You have more credentials than those old boyz? I couldn't do it in college but could play hoops and football. |
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Location: MN | Now noodling? .... there's some athletes.
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Location: Cedarburg, WI. | I wish golf was like fishing in sense that it would great to occasionally see the hole come screaming across the green and swallow your ball hahaha!!
Seriously though not athletes. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Headlock - 7/14/2016 3:54 AM
BMuskyX - 7/13/2016 8:14 PM
Fishermen are just like baseball players......not athletes!!!
Jaimy
Huh? Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan all said the baseball season was brutal. You have more credentials than those old boyz? I couldn't do it in college but could play hoops and football.
People that have never/don't play or enjoy baseball have no idea of the level of intensity! |
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Location: oswego, il | We may not be atheletes but we are athletic supporters. |
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| We're not athletes??? Next thing you'll tell me wrestlings fake!!! |
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We are musky hunters and we are athletes. If you say we aren't, then you are a girlie-man! 
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| JakeStCroixSkis - 7/14/2016 7:25 AM
Headlock - 7/14/2016 3:54 AM
BMuskyX - 7/13/2016 8:14 PM
Fishermen are just like baseball players......not athletes!!!
Jaimy
Huh? Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan all said the baseball season was brutal. You have more credentials than those old boyz? I couldn't do it in college but could play hoops and football.
People that have never/don't play or enjoy baseball have no idea of the level of intensity!
Chess can be intense, too. |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | This is a line that is blurred and it really doesn't mean much anyway. In some circles a competitive fisherman is considered an athlete for reasons that have nothing to do with being athletic. Take High School or College Bass Fishing. This kids are considered athletes by their state and national sanctioning bodies. This is just a general name given to a person that competes in a competition not just a sport. The same name of athlete may also be given to a Violin player in a high school competition. I think we can all agree that a Violin player is not an athlete. I know, I played the Violin in High school. I also played hockey. If someone asked if I was an athlete, my answer was yes. However,it was not because I played the Violin in a competition. Now, when we talk about the recreational fisherman, and for that matter, the professional tournament angler. These people are not athletes either! Yes, it takes practice and good form to be able to fish for muskies for 10 hours. That still does not make a fisherman an athlete. The Violin player needs many hours of practice and good form as well. neither are an "athletic" athlete. To be considered an athlete, it is my opinion that the competition is one that requires the competitor to use strength , speed , and agility to overcome his/her opponent. In competitive fishing we may need to physically fit to fish all day and we may need a fast boat, and we may need good balance. Athletes? I dont think we are that.
Now ask if I'm full of BS. Yep!!! I've got that market cornered on that. |
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| You're not an esox athlete if...
you've fallen in.
you can't roll with the waves and stumble around the boat.
you pulled something while doing any aspect of fishing.
you did the splits off the dock into the boat without trying.
you need a breather before finishing winching the boat up.
you drank more beer cans each day fishing than miles walked/ran/biked in a week.
your run to the truck from the dock is your longest "sprint" since high school.
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Location: oswego, il | muskidiem - 7/14/2016 1:27 PM
You're not an esox athlete if...
you've fallen in.
you can't roll with the waves and stumble around the boat.
you pulled something while doing any aspect of fishing.
you did the splits off the dock into the boat without trying.
you need a breather before finishing winching the boat up.
you drank more beer cans each day fishing than miles walked/ran/biked in a week.
your run to the truck from the dock is your longest "sprint" since high school.
Just crossed you off my Christmas list. Permanent marker too, try and get out of that!
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Location: Alex or Alek? | muskidiem - 7/14/2016 1:27 PM
You're not an esox athlete if...
you drank more beer cans each day fishing than miles walked/ran/biked in a week.
Lets not get carried away now.....  |
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| JakeStCroixSkis - 7/14/2016 7:25 AM
Headlock - 7/14/2016 3:54 AM
BMuskyX - 7/13/2016 8:14 PM
Fishermen are just like baseball players......not athletes!!!
Jaimy
Huh? Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan all said the baseball season was brutal. You have more credentials than those old boyz? I couldn't do it in college but could play hoops and football.
People that have never/don't play or enjoy baseball have no idea of the level of intensity!
Three hour "game", Team up to bat....90% of players sitting in dugout. Team playing field....90% of players waiting for a ball to come their way! At least chucking big baits keeps us active all day but we're still not athletes.
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| If vegas don't have a line on it, it's not a sport |
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Location: Nebraska | Any anything that can be conducted while drinking a beer is an activity, not a sport. Thus, not an athlete. |
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Location: North Central IL USA | mbuck - 7/13/2016 10:50 PM
I have never ran a marathon but my brother who has says muskie fishing with me for a day is just as hard.
That's good enough for me. I'm an athlete then!!!! |
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Location: MN | Stein - 7/15/2016 11:04 AM
Any anything that can be conducted while drinking a beer is an activity, not a sport. Thus, not an athlete.
If this is the standard a lot of sports just became activities. |
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Location: Nebraska | Nershi - 7/15/2016 3:00 PM Stein - 7/15/2016 11:04 AM Any anything that can be conducted while drinking a beer is an activity, not a sport. Thus, not an athlete. If this is the standard a lot of sports just became activities. I'm fine with that. So I'm not an athlete. I'll get over it. Pass me a beer.
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Location: South Central Wisconsin | Look guys, for YEARS I've been telling my better half that fishing is a sport and requires as much practice as possible to become proficient in it. Much like athletes! So if she reads this and tells me I'm not going fishing, I'm personally holding you all respondsible!!! |
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| Stein - 7/15/2016 11:04 AM
Any anything that can be conducted while drinking a beer is an activity, not a sport. Thus, not an athlete.
Ever hear about the beer mile?..... Look it up
Musky fisherman not athletes based upon musky fishing by itself.
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Location: North Central IL USA | Seriously though, as far as professionals go - if golfers are athletes, then so are anglers. |
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| gregk9 - 7/16/2016 12:37 PM
Seriously though, as far as professionals go - if golfers are athletes, then so are anglers.
They're not....so anglers aren't either.
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