Fishing takes over

BPACA · 12-26-06, 05:18 PM

its been taking over my life for some time now......seems like it's all I think about...don't know why it has a hold on me....can't explain it but I wonder if I am missing out on other things in life? Anyone feel me on this one? Why do you guys fish as much as you do?

BPACA · 12-26-06, 05:25 PM

I am sorta bummin on my fishing lately......

zooker · 12-26-06, 05:32 PM

your not alone....we all have this eutopia about fishing..

zooker

BPACA · 12-26-06, 05:34 PM

I can't explain it either............instead of looking for a new this or that or whatever people do with their money I am always getting some gear or something.....

revrat · 12-26-06, 05:35 PM

Welcome to our disease.

Don't resist, just go with it, for there is no cure.

carolina-rig-01 · 12-26-06, 06:39 PM

yeah and it only gets worse, or better depending on how you look at it! but be glad it's this and not some of the bad things that consume so many peoples lives. i am a lucky guy though, most wives will complain or throw a fit. my wife never says no and a lot of the time she goes with me.

pig n jig · 12-26-06, 07:11 PM

I used to spend my money on booze and drugs, got in alot of trouble with the law and was forced to quit that sh*t. I took up fishing and never looked back. If you want to be better than the average Joe who fishes, understand that there is no substitute for time spent out on the water.If you don't want to spend time learning to fish, rather than do something else with your friends, limit your tackle spending now, you most likely could use the extra money to do whatever you like doing.

P N J

BPACA · 12-26-06, 07:20 PM

PNG don't worry.....I spend so much time fishing small lakes instead of working to get a boat...... I think to further my fishing I need to do this....I think what I want to do is do more tournies.....I feel I would learn more doing them than just farting around at the pond.

Super Fluke · 12-26-06, 08:22 PM

That's all I think about

flbassman · 12-26-06, 08:49 PM

You now have the fishermans version of a consience living with you. This little guy is known as the bait monkey, and like a conscience, is ocassionally irritating, but there for you own good.

dampeoples · 12-26-06, 10:12 PM

Dude, it's called a passion about something, and like my friend Ivan, I too, was a deviant, and now, well, I'm still a deviant, but of a different sort

Rebbasser · 12-26-06, 10:28 PM

Nope, you are not alone. I know exactly how you feel. And apparently so do many others.

WTL · 12-26-06, 10:35 PM

Its cost me for years. If not for fishing I might be somewhere right now, as is...New York, Washington DC, Phoenix and so many other good places for new graduates are off my list...I MUST find a career near some good bass.

BPACA · 12-26-06, 11:31 PM

well I just got a new combo tonight....50 bucks..I got a shakespear IM 6 rod at wally and a extant pinnacle baitcaster.....I thought it was a pretty good deal considering...it's really light...I haven't fished with either before but I have heard good things about the rod and people say the reels are decent...we will have to see how they work tomarrow..lol.

flbassman · 12-26-06, 11:48 PM

shakespeare makes a good, long lasting product. ive had a 20 dollar combo by them for six years.

BPACA · 12-26-06, 11:50 PM

yeah it looks like it's durable...I was comparing it to a mega tournament by bps when I was looking it over....I think it's a little better because it's got a bait keeper...I like those a lot....I look for stuff to last more than sensitivity....I don't think I get anymore on a 150 dollar rod than one that is decent

islandflyfisher · 12-27-06, 12:06 AM

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you are not alone. I know exactly how you feel. And apparently so do many others.

Quote:

yeah and it only gets worse, or better depending on how you look at it! but be glad it's this and not some of the bad things that consume so many peoples lives.

Quote:

Welcome to our disease. Don't resist, just go with it, for there is no cure.

These say it all.

skeeter944 · 12-27-06, 12:42 AM

oh no! i have it too!

Rebbasser · 12-27-06, 01:21 AM

I got this from Bassintom a couple years back:

Fisherman For Life

I am a fisherman for life.
I will always be a fisherman.
It's not something I do,
It is who I am.
Fishing is not an escape.
It is where I belong,
Where I am supposed to be.
It is not a place,
but a lifelong journey.
It is a passage my father showed me,
and that I will show others.
When you understand all of this,
you will know me,
and we will fish together.

I thought that was pretty good description!

BPACA · 12-27-06, 01:48 AM

yeah...I learned how to fish from the pro's on tv, mags, and through experimentation( don't get any ideas)

nobody fished before me in the family.

skeeter944 · 12-27-06, 12:49 PM

i learned from everybody on this forum! they are all great! i like that liz,thats a very good description of us fishermen.

BPACA · 12-27-06, 01:52 PM

yeah...I have learned alot being on here...

lizardsrule · 12-27-06, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeeter944

i learned from everybody on this forum! they are all great! i like that liz,thats a very good description of us fishermen.

I aint no texican

rotfl.

Yes I'm addicted to bassin, so are many others. It's a lot easier on you when you can manup and confess you're a Bassaholic too

Lizards

texasbasser · 12-27-06, 09:05 PM

when i wake up, first thing i think of is fishing. when i go to bed, i lay there dreaming of a record bass. we all have it man...

flbassman · 12-27-06, 10:50 PM

Nice bone and peacock Island! Wtg!

12-26-06, 05:18 PM	#1
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	Fishing takes over its been taking over my life for some time now......seems like it's all I think about...don't know why it has a hold on me....can't explain it but I wonder if I am missing out on other things in life? Anyone feel me on this one? Why do you guys fish as much as you do?

12-26-06, 05:32 PM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	your not alone....we all have this eutopia about fishing.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

12-26-06, 05:35 PM	#5
revrat BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nor-Cal Posts: 62	Another one bites the dust Welcome to our disease. Don't resist, just go with it, for there is no cure.

12-26-06, 08:22 PM	#9
Super Fluke BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jupiter Posts: 1,029	That's all I think about __________________ Oregon state record smallmouth

12-26-06, 08:49 PM	#10
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	You now have the fishermans version of a consience living with you. This little guy is known as the bait monkey, and like a conscience, is ocassionally irritating, but there for you own good. __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

12-26-06, 05:25 PM	#2
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	I am sorta bummin on my fishing lately......

12-26-06, 05:34 PM	#4
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	I can't explain it either............instead of looking for a new this or that or whatever people do with their money I am always getting some gear or something.....

12-26-06, 06:39 PM	#6
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	yeah and it only gets worse, or better depending on how you look at it! but be glad it's this and not some of the bad things that consume so many peoples lives. i am a lucky guy though, most wives will complain or throw a fit. my wife never says no and a lot of the time she goes with me.

12-26-06, 07:11 PM	#7
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	I used to spend my money on booze and drugs, got in alot of trouble with the law and was forced to quit that sh*t. I took up fishing and never looked back. If you want to be better than the average Joe who fishes, understand that there is no substitute for time spent out on the water.If you don't want to spend time learning to fish, rather than do something else with your friends, limit your tackle spending now, you most likely could use the extra money to do whatever you like doing. P N J

12-26-06, 07:20 PM	#8
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	PNG don't worry.....I spend so much time fishing small lakes instead of working to get a boat...... I think to further my fishing I need to do this....I think what I want to do is do more tournies.....I feel I would learn more doing them than just farting around at the pond.

12-26-06, 10:12 PM	#11
dampeoples BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 826	Dude, it's called a passion about something, and like my friend Ivan, I too, was a deviant, and now, well, I'm still a deviant, but of a different sort __________________ The Jon Boat Fishing Club and Fishing with Sterling Peoples

12-26-06, 10:28 PM	#12
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Nope, you are not alone. I know exactly how you feel. And apparently so do many others. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

12-26-06, 10:35 PM	#13
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Its cost me for years. If not for fishing I might be somewhere right now, as is...New York, Washington DC, Phoenix and so many other good places for new graduates are off my list...I MUST find a career near some good bass. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

12-26-06, 11:31 PM	#14
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	well I just got a new combo tonight....50 bucks..I got a shakespear IM 6 rod at wally and a extant pinnacle baitcaster.....I thought it was a pretty good deal considering...it's really light...I haven't fished with either before but I have heard good things about the rod and people say the reels are decent...we will have to see how they work tomarrow..lol.

12-26-06, 11:48 PM	#15
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	shakespeare makes a good, long lasting product. ive had a 20 dollar combo by them for six years. __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

12-26-06, 11:50 PM	#16
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	yeah it looks like it's durable...I was comparing it to a mega tournament by bps when I was looking it over....I think it's a little better because it's got a bait keeper...I like those a lot....I look for stuff to last more than sensitivity....I don't think I get anymore on a 150 dollar rod than one that is decent

12-27-06, 12:42 AM	#18
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	oh no! i have it too!

12-27-06, 01:21 AM	#19
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	I got this from Bassintom a couple years back: Fisherman For Life I am a fisherman for life. I will always be a fisherman. It's not something I do, It is who I am. Fishing is not an escape. It is where I belong, Where I am supposed to be. It is not a place, but a lifelong journey. It is a passage my father showed me, and that I will show others. When you understand all of this, you will know me, and we will fish together. I thought that was pretty good description! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

12-27-06, 01:48 AM	#20
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	yeah...I learned how to fish from the pro's on tv, mags, and through experimentation( don't get any ideas) nobody fished before me in the family.

12-27-06, 12:49 PM	#21
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	i learned from everybody on this forum! they are all great! i like that liz,thats a very good description of us fishermen.

12-27-06, 01:52 PM	#22
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	yeah...I have learned alot being on here...

12-27-06, 09:05 PM	#24
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	when i wake up, first thing i think of is fishing. when i go to bed, i lay there dreaming of a record bass. we all have it man...

12-27-06, 10:50 PM	#25
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Nice bone and peacock Island! Wtg! __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

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