I had one of these conversations with another older fella in one of my classes at school. He commented on my sunburn, which led to a fishing discussion. He asked what I fish for, and when I told him, he wrinkled his nose and said, "Why? If I'd catch those, I'd just throw it on the bank to die. Why would you want to fish for those?!?" I asked him, "Have you ever caught one?" and he said no. I told him if he had, he wouldn't ask why I fished for them and left it at that. IMO, it's not worth getting upset with people with this attitude, you probably aren't gonna change such a deeply ingrained mindset anyway. Just showing how much fun we have pursuing these fish is the best thing we can do.

And I agree with Big Buff...pound for pound I bet sunfish are near the top of the fight spectrum. Great fun on ultra-light tackle!

Yea i went to the grocery store today and the guy that took our groceries out saw my rods in my truck and ask what i was fishing for. When i told him i was fishing for carp his eyes got big and said " Waaaaaa?!?! Carp?!?!? why they hell would you want to fish for those nasty things?!?". I chuckled to myself and drove away smiling, it doesn't bother me that most people don't like catching carp just means there are more for me.

Man that is just amazing, ya'll still have people that actually bring the groceries out to the car for ya. I haven't seen a store do that in a long time.

Man that is just amazing, ya'll still have people that actually bring the groceries out to the car for ya. I haven't seen a store do that in a long time.