RI's #1 sharpie- article

[onecastmike2003]

thanks for all the kind words guys!

[onecastmike2003]

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

[cheferson]

I thought your biggest was the 50lb 50" you caught during the summer??

[jim sylvester]

[luds]

[eelman]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

Look, I am very happy you had an interview with Tom, I know Tom well and he is willing to talk to anyone at anytime and loves a fish story as much as the next guy...How ever it happened, Good for you..

But to call those fish 40lbers or that fish 40lbs And force smart , inteligent, adults and people who have fished and seen fish of every size for many years...to believe it is asking for trouble...I know as one who gets myself into trouble all the time...Just some advice it looks foolish...I am not going to say you didnt catch alot of fish because for all I know you certainly did...But I cannot dismiss with my own eyes what I see and know to be ridiculas, You lose all credibility trying to pass off obvious 18lb fish as 40s Just cant do it...

If I was you and wanted to make a name for myself as "Rock Hoppin" I would start to weigh my fish on certified scales in well known tackle shops and have the proof to back it up and to be honest, it looks like you could use a helpfull lesson or two using a scale and reading it properly..

Tom is a nice guy, But Tom is not a fisherman at all....Tom writes a column, I do not fault him at all, he will believe what you tell him...But from the looks of your pictures, it would not have mattered which one he used, becaue none of those fish come anywhere near 40lbs...In the last picture here you say is a 40, is no more than 20-22 tops(I hate to even say that because it acually could be smaller now that I look at the head more)

Remember also, Just as it has been told to me, you asked for the this once you gave the interview...it goes with the territory...

Be able to back up what you claim!

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

As REEL SHARPIES have so aptly put,
And corn i WILL not compute.
Yer feeble tales have rot u SHAME,
Ahhhh, what price; the undoing of YER NAME??

A fiddy, a 70, an 80 do we hear?
Better go drown yoseff in unuther beer.
Then that teener can be full grown,
"and the sharpiest of sharpies i'll be known"

TO BE.....................................TO ME

TO ME.....................................TO BE

or two anyone who'll believe me, YOU!!
woan u believe me? i'll make you some of MY plugs....
i'll show u ME ROCKS, and i'll HOPPITY HOPS, AESOPPITY POP!!
oke: oke: oke:

Mike, this is not haten
this is love. You need help, doood,
and a scale and a tape and prayer.
GREAT that u love to fish, just save the "lahhhge" pix
for a true trophy!!! Don't tell me how BIG she ISN'T,
and expect me to believe it ~~~because, YOU, think so???

I like you as a person and mean you no harm or ill will, just
doan piss on my waders and tell me it's a rogue wave, brah!

besides, why not land something for reals and wipe that puss offin yer face!??!
word of advice, for style points, lose the butt for the money shot ~~~it's not
doin' ya any flavors and it makes yer feesh look smaller !

".......And the TRUTH shall set you free......."

[Skitterpop]

World Peace
Mike

[Slipknot]

Will you all tone it down a bit please. thanks

[Raven]

............

[bassballer]

and its on once again.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

BassDawg?Oh no? Why do you act like he did?
Mike

sexual tension BD is secretly in love with RHM.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by bart

sexual tension BD is secretly in love with RHM.

Maybe BD can teach RHM the "formula".

[ThomCat]

YIKES!!!!! I know, I know, Shut the fack up & MYOB...Done

[JohnR]

I think some people need to take the foot off the gas a little.

RHM/OCM/SFM - I'm not keenly aware of your history "over there" but the few instances I've seen here follow the same theme of fish that appear smaller (lots) than the claim. That is the reputation that someone like me, who knows little about you, quickly gets from others and from what little I see on your posts. And unless you're 7 feet tall, that fish ain't 40.

My honest and sincere recommendation to you is that you need to back up your statements with a little more than statements. Whether right or wrong, you are on the short end of the credibility stick and you need to calmly and coolly rectify that. That does not mean to weigh in every keeper you catch as that would be wasteful, but the few that you do keep, you might want to have slips on that are entered into an annual tournament or something. Pictures you take (at least a few I've seen) look horribly measured if not intentionally distorting.

I see some people are less than enamored with you, personally I don't have a dog in this fight. Just giving some simple and I think honest advice.

[Bronko]

Originally Posted by bart

sexual tension BD is secretly in love with RHM.

[StriperSniper]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

Haters and internet fishing experts are never in short supply mike..lol
I'm guessing the "men" that partake in these online bashings need to fine tune their geritol/red bull intake otherwise,in a state as small as ours they would save their comments for the inevitable(assuming they actually FISH) face to face on the beach.You have every right to be proud of your accomplishments,no matter what the "experts" say

[tlapinski]

Wow... the audio version is just amazing. So let's see, Penn has been around for only 30 years... only fishes green penns (yet it's a blackie in the pictures)... tieing direct with braid... 5 AM in the morning as opposed the to the ever elusive 5 AM in the evening... swish, swish, swish ... mono backing to braid topshot with a good old cinch knot... you know, the one "normal guys" know how to tie...

Just too much, Mikey, keep it coming.

http://www.projo.com/fishing/audio/rockhoppinmike.mp3

[Sea Dangles]

It amazes me people are disecting the interview only to bash Mike. The guy loves to fish and does it more than 90% of the VS yuppies on this board including myself.Some unorthodox methods perhaps but at least he's out there doing his thing. I have heard stories about more than one fish regarding the bass n blues contest down there. So before you throw stones at Mike I would suggest a mirror. It is a tournament for shore caught fish,right?....

I'm sure at some point we all had methods that sharpies like Toby would find silly but you have to start somewhere.

[Back Beach]

Sounds like the guy fishes hard and is obviously very entertaining. We actually need more guys like him. As for the weights and measures, who really cares? Everyone reading this has exaggerated at one time or another. Except me, of course

[piemma]

You guys remember the Bud commercial with the lizards, Frankie and Louie?

Louie starts obsessing about not getting a frog and Frankie finally has had enough and says:

LEY IT GO LOUIE, LET IT GO!!!

That's what I have to say about this whole insane thread:

Let it go!!! Enough already!!!

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

It amazes me people are disecting the interview only to bash Mike. The guy loves to fish and does it more than 90% of the VS yuppies on this board including myself.Some unorthodox methods perhaps but at least he's out there doing his thing. I have heard stories about more than one fish regarding the bass n blues contest down there. So before you throw stones at Mike I would suggest a mirror. It is a tournament for shore caught fish,right?....

I'm sure at some point we all had methods that sharpies like Toby would find silly but you have to start somewhere.

He got bagged trying to pull a fast one in big fish for plugs contest is what really got many, here and there ,going about Mike and that was just wrong. He does exaggerate about the size of fish he catches also.

Now what I like about Mike is his being a regular guy and though many call him a clown he is real even though transparent.Seems he works and fishes hard and has great enthusiasm for the sport. Another big positive to me is he offers to fish with just about anyone and often does so.He also is`nt afraid to not go by the ' acceptable book' on how to do things...he just does them and is vulnerable to much critisism about his methods at times.

I think he has a big heart and is a good guy despite his shortcomings. Its very important for him to be seen as a highliner/sharpie and many laugh at him for this when many want the same.... he is just more open about this even if he is wrong. Are there worse things to want to be? Should we make fun of him for our supposed superiority?


I like Mike Have a great 2008 Mike

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

I have heard stories about more than one fish regarding the bass n blues contest down there. So before you throw stones at Mike I would suggest a mirror. It is a tournament for shore caught fish,right?....

If your directing your 'rumors' at me, I think this thread should answer any questions. I dont have to cheat to win a contest.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...30&postcount=1

ahh and i just read page 3..where you passively imply i bought the fish or something... come on

[cow tamer]

Nothing to do ???

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by StriperSniper

Haters and internet fishing experts are never in short supply mike..lol
I'm guessing the "men" that partake in these online bashings need to fine tune their geritol/red bull intake otherwise,in a state as small as ours they would save their comments for the inevitable(assuming they actually FISH) face to face on the beach.You have every right to be proud of your accomplishments,no matter what the "experts" say

I HAVE fished with Mike of SOCO.
Other than the obligatory plug exchange,
It was uneventful for the both of us.
If he wasn't such a fraudulent chest beater, then
His comments would be held to less scrutiny.

And I yell at my kids, sometimes, when I don't mean to! I've also left work early ~with permission~ to go fishing before and not told the bride, and I think I bounced a check to AJ for a reel, but i'm not sure since it's only a forum board rumor and Hounder has yet to contact me, personally. Point being, WE ALL Efff up!

This is not about Mike's desire to fish and his relentless efforts to drive five minutes from his front doorstep on his way to work every morning and wet a line. Hell, we all should have it so goood !!!

It's about his SELF proclamation as a SHARPIE!

I would be so bold as to say, that not a one of NE's REEL sharpies
ever claimed to be one, let alone called up/took the call of some guy
from the local rag to be put into his misinformed and cockamaimey article,
'prematurely' so to speak.

I do believe that RockHoppy will indeed catch the fish of his lifetime, from HIS ROCKS one day and when that day arrives we'll all celebrate his accomplishment. I mean who gets to that most excellent part of the Striper Coast as regularly as him? Of the +/- 270 day season (April to Dec), Mike's prolly out there 259.367823 days! Even a broken watch is right, twice a day, right ? But seriously folks,

NO ONE doubts Mike's efforts, just the veracity of his claims.

Nice new plug design, Mike, for real .
That does look feeshy, are they weighted or au natural and
have ya got anything in yellow over yellow/pearl or mack green over yellow ?
Sea ya at The Edge's Show in NPT, bro.

[BassDawg]

Well said Skitter, my sentiments

EXACTLY!

GO PATS!!!!

[Mike P]

When it comes to fishing, I believe half of what I see and nothing of what I hear.

My definition of a sharpie is a guy who catches fish and keeps his yap shut about it.

But, if anyone wants to paint a bullseye on themselves, it's their prerogative. Mike will learn in time why the real sharpies don't yap about what they catch. Instant acclaim gets old real quick when it results in a crowd following you around.

[bart]

i think if he just apologized for cheating then we'd all wipe the slate clean

Same for BassDawg, if he just apologized for his pirate/rapper-like antics, and gave us his word he would never post on a fishing forum again, we'd could give him a clean slate too

[Skitterpop]

If he wasn't such a fraudulent chest beater, then
His comments would be held to less scrutiny










You say it all for me. Thank you bAssDawg

[zacs]

Originally Posted by bart

i think if he just apologized for cheating then we'd all wipe the slate clean

Same for BassDawg, if he just apologized for his pirate/rapper-like antics, and gave us his word he would never post on a fishing forum again, we'd could give him a clean slate too

did you see his latest video? I think its HOT!