Why do most female profiles that say they like fishing, always say "only if you bait the hook".

psychological flirting to get the man to feel manly to aid them, or is it fear of touching worms, leeches and minnows?

It's the worm thing!

I've baited my hooks down here in the Keys, but it was with dead shrimp or small bait fish that didn't move.

If it moves or is slimy he's gotta bait it for me

All the women in my family will bait their own. My daughter is a fearless savage. Lol I told her I found bugs in her noodles she cooked and she said I just picked them out, it’s just protein. 🤢

Me I can’t. It’s so gross. I can’t pick up a worm or squish a bug. I use hairspray until it die and make the kids pick it up. The noodles I’ll probably not eat those for a very long time.

Worms, and other squiggly little moving things are gross!

Must be an American thing.....not done herein the UK.

Now, if you get instead "only if you clean the fish" you may be on to a real one ;-)

Becausssssssse, you do not need live bait to fish ;-)

The man flashing the most luring bait will get hooked up with the fishing woman.

No you don't need live bait,
I've always caught more fish with live bait.
Thanks for reminding me, I forgot about cleaning the fish
it's almost easier to fillet fish than it is to put a leech on a hook.

Someone I knew 40 years ago had a bumper sticker that read
" it's not how deep you fish,
it's how you wiggle your worm"

It's assuming that a large amount of men like to go fishing. It's for some women trying to attract a man. I happen to live where fishing is almost the capital of the country, Idaho and Montana.

Okay, so for you won't touch something slimy, not necessarily a fear then, just gross ?

So for you live bait grosses you out.

For you live bait grosses you out too.

Hey Dave, are you saying that guys don't put live bait on hooks for the women in the UK ?

Metaphor? or two fishing fanatics?

hey Cat, you're the only one who says it's flirting!

The latter, but as the term which defines fishing "the act of reaching out to multiple people on dating apps that you think you could have a chance with and waiting to see who will respond. Out of those that do, you then select who you want to reply to (now that you know you’re in with a chance) and ignore those who don’t float your boat", and of course assuming they target each other.

I would never ever bait a hook with a worm or the like
Totally gross!

Anything slimy creepy slithering crawling is a big no-go!
That also means I would never take a fish of the hook either. Not even a small one.
And I see men holding these huge fish with a proud smile. I couldn't even stomach seeing my man doing that, hihi.
My ex was one of those die-hard fishers. I even found it difficult to let go of the thought that he'd handled these fish with the same hands that were holding and touching me.

I suppose that makes it clear that fishing is not for me.

Oh and in spite of being grossed out by worms I'd feel horrible about putting a hook through it.

not been fishing in many years, would love to get another boat,

but i always liked to use raw bacon. that worked well from childhood to adult. if I went now, I would go to store, ask for a pack of marked down leaker bacon, means it has a vacuum leak, may be turning brown, but will be dirt cheap, and bait hooks with that, & since women like to cook normally, there shouldnt be an issue handling raw bacon to bait hook? lol

I didn't realize women said that, but it sounds like they think most men enjoy fishing and they want to find some common ground, thereby appearing more appealing to the men.

As for me, I'll never say that. I don't want to go fishing, don't want to smell fish, clean fish, cook fish or eat fish. So in sum, that's a hard no on fishing from me. I'm a girly-girl.