thinking of giving up on fishing?
about a month ago i came real clost to selling my boat and tackle and just giving up. but thanks to the people on this fourm, i still have my boat and i have since bought some new tackle.
people get in the mindset that if you go fishing, you will catch fish and that is just not true. day after day of getting the boat ready, driving to the lake, fishing all day and not catching anything takes its toll on anybody and to be honest it sucks. but everyone has to keep in mind that all the magazine articles and all the fishing videos do not tell the truth. they don't tell about how many days fishing it took to make that video, or how mutch of the article is actually true. NO ONE can go fishing every day and catch a fish on every cast, but in all honisty that's what we are all trying to do, isn't it? when we hear people telling about their bad days, it actually helps the fisherman going through a bad slump realize that i am not the only one having trouble.
when you get to the poing of quitting try this. take your boat out into the middle of the lake, shut off the engine, put down you rod, turn off anything that makes a sound, tell your buddy to shut up, stand up and take a GOOD look around. how many people do you see walking and talking on a cell phone? how many phone rings do you hear? how many people can you see sitting at the nearest red light waiting on that green that never seems to come quick enough? are you dressed for work or are you dressed the way you like to dress? are you looking through a windshield at a car in front of you that is not going fast enough? the answer to all the questions is a big fat NO. now you realize that this is not just a fishing trip this is a vacation a mental vacation, even if it is just a few hours. listen to the birds, hear that fish jump breaking the surface of the water, fishermen don't always admidt it but catching fish is not the only reason we go fishing, we go to get away. you just need to take a moment to put things in perspective every now an then. the only good reason to sell you boat and tackle is if you can honestly say "i don't enjoy going fishing anymore" that's it, their is no other answer. for all of you (me included) who from time to time have a bad day GET OVER IT it's just a slump, you will come out of it sooner or later, and boy when we do you will think "why in the world was i thinking of giving up"
EAT, SLEEP, FISH AND LOVE THY WIFE