Should Fishing be in the Olympics?

No

Freshwater or Saltwater?

Why not? It's not like anyone takes the Olympics seriously anymore. Women's BMX racing is in so why not fishing?

Not just any ol' fishing. Noodling!

And why stop there? They already have curling, right? Might as well have the Games in Drumnadrochit and add a bagpipe contest, caber tossing and Nessie spotting.

The OGs are too large and unwieldy as is.

Good times are killing me wrote:

Why not? It's not like anyone takes the Olympics seriously anymore. Women's BMX racing is in so why not fishing?

Is there something about women's BMX that makes it less deserving of being in the Olympics than men's BMX?

i chose D2 wrote:

Good times are killing me wrote:

Why not? It's not like anyone takes the Olympics seriously anymore. Women's BMX racing is in so why not fishing?

Is there something about women's BMX that makes it less deserving of being in the Olympics than men's BMX?

Whoa! Got one!

Rex Karz wrote:

No

Agree unless it's grappling in waters infested with poisonous snakes. That would be "edge of your seat" exciting for participants and spectators alike.

+1 for "Zeb Coe" handle

BMX pro racers are some of the best athletes on Earth. It takes skills most distance runners would not even comprehend exist. Many BMX youth racers have become pro skiiers, road cyclists, baseball palyers, etc.

Fishing has too much luck involved

If you think fishing tournaments are decided entirely on luck you don't know anything about competitive angling. The people who regularly dominate that sport are part of a small minority of the total numbers of anglers who participate in the sport.

Japan would be an amazing place to introduce freshwater angling into the Olympics because the current world record largemouth bass was caught in Lake Biwa.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/fishing/bass-fishing/where-fish-bass/2009/07/world-record-bass-watch-latest-japans-giant-la

redux wrote:

If you think fishing tournaments are decided entirely on luck you don't know anything about competitive angling. The people who regularly dominate that sport are part of a small minority of the total numbers of anglers who participate in the sport.

Japan would be an amazing place to introduce freshwater angling into the Olympics because the current world record largemouth bass was caught in Lake Biwa.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/fishing/bass-fishing/where-fish-bass/2009/07/world-record-bass-watch-latest-japans-giant-la

"The bass world is abuzz again with reports..."

Jeez, to think that there is probably a fishing equivalent to LR kinda goes against my whole idea of fishing. Now I have to struggle with my preconceived notion that they are a bunch of hillbilly luddites...

What a bunch of carp.

0/10

Well I don't think there's anything the Japanese love more than fish, so sure why not?

flat jack wrote:

BMX pro racers are some of the best athletes on Earth. It takes skills most distance runners would not even comprehend exist. Many BMX youth racers have become pro skiiers, road cyclists, baseball palyers, etc.

The kids round my block racing micro scooters are some of the best athletes in the world......blah....blah

It'll be not how far you can throw, how high and far you can jump and how fast you can run but it will also be....

How far you can cast a line and how many bites you get.. how big a fish you bring in....

Rules would be:

1) if you get a snag you loose 1 point

2) If your fishing line breaks you loose 2 points

3) If you fall out of your boat you loose 10 points

4) if you fail to wear a life jacket you are disqualified.

5) All competitors must use the same bait

5) If you master bait you loose 100 points

6) all competitors must use the same test line.

7) all lures would be standardized with the same amount of hooks.

Am I missing anything?

Sight Seeing should be an Olympic sport.

Olympic competitors would sit on the 400 meter track with their legs crossed and with their binoculars They would look at all the spectators and try to locate all the ones who are from their own country. For every one they can identify holding their national flag they get a point and if they spot them playing that stupid phone game where they walk around aimlessly staring at their phones they get 2 points.(can't remember the name of that game)