(10-31-2023, 10:01 AM)BleedNOrange Wrote: I had to take a a minute to let Bengals nation know how amazing Trenton Irwin is as a player and a person.

The details may be a little off, but my niece and her friend met him at training camp a couple years ago and were instant fans.  He was so friendly and signed autographs.  A little while later, the girls were waiting at the stadium where players exit in their cars.  Trenton was one of the players to drive by and he stopped to talk to them and sign things.  The girls noticed that he had a fishing rod in the back of his car.  They went back down again, but this time with signs [somewhat joking] asking if he would take them fishing.  Trenton again stopped to talk to them and joked with them about the sign.  Then, unbelievably, he reached out to the other girl's mom and told her he wanted to take them fishing when he got back from San Fran.  So on Monday, he actually made it happen!

It's just incredible how he went out of his way multiple times to interact with these girls!  He made a memory of a lifetime for them.  It is so easy to root for this team with players like this.  Trenton made fans for life!

(10-31-2023, 11:00 AM)Synric Wrote: Driving around with a fishing pole in the backseat sounds like my kinda guy lol. This is really cool second story I've seen like this about Trenton Irwin recently. The other was him teaching someone to drive.


What's the over/under on Sled being at the stadium this week with a sign that says Trenton Irwin take me fishing? I bet he even uses glitter. 

(10-31-2023, 11:19 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: I've had my pen rod in my car for the past 4 years lol. Have actually cracked it out half a dozen times too

(10-31-2023, 12:00 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?

(10-31-2023, 12:20 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: https://www.amazon.com/Lixada-Fishing-Collapsible-Telescopic-Spinning/dp/B07J65XS3L/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=pen%2Bfishing%2Bpole&qid=1698765573&sr=8-3&th=1

(10-31-2023, 11:00 AM)Synric Wrote: Driving around with a fishing pole in the backseat sounds like my kinda guy lol. This is really cool second story I've seen like this about Trenton Irwin recently. The other was him teaching someone to drive.


What's the over/under on Sled being at the stadium this week with a sign that says Trenton Irwin take me fishing? I bet he even uses glitter. 

(10-31-2023, 04:28 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Great guy alright. Saw where he was teaching the one gal to drive as well. Velveeta has been making some nice plays too as
of late. Good Punt Returner, runs great routes, has great hands and is a good blocker. Still excited to see Chuck Sizzle back but
TI sure just does the small things to help us win.

But that is cool taking those gals fishing. What kind of fish is that? A croppy or something? I only have trout around where I live.

(11-01-2023, 08:41 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Crappie*, not Croppy. Hate the misnomers that have been parrotted around for fish for decades (not your fault, Nate lol: it's a problem here in Canada too), but Crappie are related to the fish in the pic.

And the fish in the pic is a Pumpkinseed (the most-commonly found Sunfish in NA).

Almost every single body of water that is part of a river watershed here in Ontario (so only pool-like lakes, that have no inflow/outflow, like what you guys have in the Mountain states, are not part of rivers), has Pumpkinseed in it. If your hook is small-enough, it is easily the easiest fish to catch in North America lol.

EDIT* actually, on a second look, that looks like a Bluegill (notice the blue spot around the gills)... which is the second most-common Sunfish lol. These are everywhere from Lake Simcoe and east, in Ontario and there are a few lakes around the Muskokas (where I normally fish) that hold them.

They grow just a bit bigger on average than Pumpkinseed, though they fight MUCH harder (but since they are still small, they don't put up much of a fight lol).

(11-01-2023, 08:41 AM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: Crappie*, not Croppy. Hate the misnomers that have been parrotted around for fish for decades (not your fault, Nate lol: it's a problem here in Canada too), but Crappie are related to the fish in the pic.

And the fish in the pic is a Pumpkinseed (the most-commonly found Sunfish in NA).

Almost every single body of water that is part of a river watershed here in Ontario (so only pool-like lakes, that have no inflow/outflow, like what you guys have in the Mountain states, are not part of rivers), has Pumpkinseed in it. If your hook is small-enough, it is easily the easiest fish to catch in North America lol.

EDIT* actually, on a second look, that looks like a Bluegill (notice the blue spot around the gills)... which is the second most-common Sunfish lol. These are everywhere from Lake Simcoe and east, in Ontario and there are a few lakes around the Muskokas (where I normally fish) that hold them.

They grow just a bit bigger on average than Pumpkinseed, though they fight MUCH harder (but since they are still small, they don't put up much of a fight lol).