Hangin' it up..

[jasonfish320]

Unfortunately with the downturn in the economy I have been forced to sell a large portion of my fishing gear and have recently sold my boat to someone who fishes in a local club (atleast I know it's going to a good home) As many of you know I fish a lot 3-5x a week and fish in numerous tournaments, I also have my own business that I have run for about 8 years now. However the economy just plain sucks right now and our numbers are lower now than they were in '03. I have had to cut half my staff and am now looking at a possible chapter 11 to restructure...something that I never saw coming.. I am not a wealthy person and I think that a lot of people have the wrong impression of small business owners. If you actually figured in my hours of work I would make less than minimum wage and I take all the risk. So for now fishing is taking a major back seat until I figure out what my next step is going to be to take care of my family. I know you all can relate to how bad it sucks to have to put your favorite past time on hold, but family comes first and my priority is a roof over our heads and food on the table. I am not looking for any pity, I would take a prayer or two tho..hahaha..I got myself into this position and I will keep working to get myself into a better spot so maybe I can get back on the water again