# Who's a pro? **URL:** \ **Category:** Utah Fishing General\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378 "2011-12-28T19:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HATH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HATH](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/HATH)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/1 "2011-12-28T19:22:15Z")
How many pros or semi pros do we have in the BFT world? Just curious to hear your story, how you got to pro status, who your sponsors are, etc. Afterall, we all want to make money fishing for a living[:p] ---
**Author:** ![toadly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@toadly](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/toadly)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/2 "2011-12-28T19:54:16Z")
If I quit my job to fish for a living, think I would starve to death![;)] ---
**Author:** ![bigfish22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bigfish22](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bigfish22)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/3 "2011-12-28T19:56:16Z")
+1 Unless you are inherently wealthy it is expensive to fish all the time. ---
**Author:** ![LurkinLizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f08c70/32.png) [@LurkinLizard](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/LurkinLizard)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/4 "2011-12-28T20:15:12Z")
If I quit my job to fish for a living, think I would starve to death![;)] Just eat the fish you catch šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![flygoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@flygoddess](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/flygoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/5 "2011-12-28T20:27:46Z")
If you mean getting paid to fish, that would be way cool. I get paid to get people into fish and I get paid to show how to tie the flies šŸ˜†šŸ˜† Add to that, getting paid to play R&R and able to surive on both payments, life can be great! ---
**Author:** ![toadly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@toadly](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/toadly)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/6 "2011-12-28T20:30:26Z")
That is my point. ba ha ha ha ---
**Author:** ![LurkinLizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f08c70/32.png) [@LurkinLizard](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/LurkinLizard)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/7 "2011-12-28T20:38:24Z")
That is my point. ba ha ha ha Donā€™t feel badā€¦we got skunked 3 out of the last 5 times we went fishing. Finally broke the curse yesterday at Rockport. Still canā€™t figure out how at Causey I can see so many fish on the finder, but they all have lockjaw! ---
**Author:** ![catchnreleasem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@catchnreleasem](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/catchnreleasem)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/8 "2011-12-28T22:40:52Z")
ya i killed em at rockport also my friend.. causy is one of them places the big fish are few and very far between and the perch fishing is usually hot or its deadā€¦ so fsr no good reports on causy that ive seen.. glad you hooked up into some thoughā€¦šŸ•¶ ---
**Author:** ![Jazzperch1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jazzperch1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jazzperch1)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/9 "2011-12-28T22:51:38Z")
the perch are in RP you just gotta find em. i caught 3 and my dad caught 3 whenwe went last wekend and we also missed a few perch bites and lost some half way up, there good sized too. ---
**Author:** ![kochanut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kochanut](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/kochanut)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/10 "2011-12-28T23:18:15Z")
im a pro- crastinatorā€¦ tagonist? ---
**Author:** ![Jmaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jmaze](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jmaze)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/11 "2011-12-28T23:26:08Z")
Iā€™m not a Pro. I am a MASTERā€¦ Baiterā€¦ Fishermanā€¦ (Just could not resist) ---
**Author:** ![flygoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@flygoddess](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/flygoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/12 "2011-12-28T23:26:45Z")
I thought you were going to so PRO "CAST"intatorā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![catchnreleasem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@catchnreleasem](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/catchnreleasem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/13 "2011-12-29T00:18:26Z")
thanks for the update jazzperch1ā€¦ if you start really getting into them this year like when you go up somewhere and slam out about 30+ them little buggers let me know my kids would love a day at the lake like that šŸ•¶ ---
**Author:** ![Jazzperch1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jazzperch1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Jazzperch1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/14 "2011-12-29T00:20:24Z")
definatly!!! ---
**Author:** ![brookieguy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@brookieguy1](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/brookieguy1)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/15 "2011-12-29T01:06:26Z")
There are very few people that make a great living fishing. Even the pro BASS circuit guys already had a lucritive career before they started making any ā€œrealā€ money. Sadly itā€™s not like that boring sport, golf. ---
**Author:** ![bassrods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@bassrods](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/bassrods)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/16 "2011-12-29T01:27:54Z")
Pro?? well lots of the bass fisherman you good call proā€™s, sponsors yes lots of them have some as sponsors as wellā€¦ But only a few have fished the Pro tournaments like the FLW or BASS or even the WON bass tournaments.. But to really be called a pro I think they should have sponsors that pay them $ not just give them lures or pols.. There are even some that buy patches and put them on to wear.. Me Iā€™m just retired cause work just got in the way of my fishing.. ---
**Author:** ![westonater1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@westonater1980](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/westonater1980)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/whos-a-pro/197378/17 "2011-12-29T04:30:30Z")
Iā€™m a member of FLW college fishing. I donā€™t get paid, but Sportsmens warehouse has sponsored us fully. I get to fish a tournament a month for the next four months (unless we make it to regionals and the championship). And itā€™s all FREE šŸ™‚