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Wurming67 reply :
You ever notice when you get a boat all of sudden you become the guy that's suppose to take everyone out......It's like when I played guitar everyone thinks your their personal juke box.Trust me I enjoy taking people out on my boat but my fishing partner is the guy I want on my boat we fished in a small job boat for years lugging it and all the gear over levees and being sore sitting in same position for hours cause it was so small.Maybe because I just got it all my family,friends and girl thinks I should take everyone out they know out....Anyone else experience this when you first get a boat, does it taper off??
slonezp reply :
It never ends.
Bluebasser86 reply :
You'll never be more popular than the day you buy a boat.
Wurming67 reply :
Lol starting to notice that ?
XpressJeff reply :
it's kinda like when you were younger and bought a pickup truck or a trailer, everybody wants to borrow your trailer or help them move!
Like Nancy Reagan said, "Just say NO"!
Good luck and enjoy the days you have!
flechero reply :
It will slow down but may take a while if YOU are a GOOD HOST! You get to control it or control who likely wants to go...
Two ways I used to curb the crowds... split expenses, including the gas in the truck as you head out. That trick separates the people who want to fish (and understand the cost and effort in maintaining a boat) from the ones who just want you to take them out. Second, fish hard all day from O'dark 30 to evening dark. Using these 2 things, a fair weather fisherman rarely ask to go a second time.
My best fishing partners over the years used to show up with cash for truck/boat gas and buy breakfast on the way out... coincidentally they were also the best friends and fisherman over the years.
As a boater, I have always shown up ready to split expenses on someone else's boat and buying breakfast or lunch is just to say thanks for letting me go with.
Avalonjohn44 reply :
I have only had my boat for a few months. Since then I've heard from more extended family and long last high school 'friends' than I have in the last twenty years put together. They're crawling out of the woodworks, like I won the lottery or something. They all want that boat time.
A-Jay reply :
Two Words ~ Back Boat.
That list will get shorter & shorter until one day .. .. it's gone.
J/K
As long as they are waiting for me at the ramp with a hot coffee & a fresh tube of Megastrike - it's good.
A-Jay
Gundog reply :
Should have bought a canoe. Nobody wants to paddle. 
RoLo reply :
I've owned over a dozen new boats, but if you're not my next-door neighbor you'd probably never know.
As it happens, my next door neighbors doesn't fish
dwh4784 reply :
I honestly hated having a bass boat. I bought my dad's when he quit fishing and unless I could convince him to come with me I had nobody that could help back the trailer, load the boat, generally contribute anything. The truck I had at the time was a 5-speed so most people couldn't even drag the boat out of the water. But everyone wants you to take them out. I'm much happier with my kayak.
Fishing Rhino reply :
Nope. Never had a single person bug me to take them out. My wife has only been on the boat twice, and our daughter once.
Not many are enthused about getting up a couple of hours before sunrise, or told no alcohol allowed on the boat.
Very few asked to go out on the ocean when I was lobstering. But, they were forewarned that if they got seasick they'd have to endure it until the gear was hauled.
S Hovanec reply :
It's the opposite for me. I have trouble getting people to go with me most of the time. Maybe that says something about me? Lol
12poundbass reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:15 AM, A-Jay said:Two Words ~ Back Boat.
That list will get shorter & shorter until one day .. .. it's gone.
J/K
As long as they are waiting for me at the ramp with a hot coffee & a fresh tube of Megastrike - it's good.
A-Jay
What kind of coffee you drink? ?
A-Jay reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:27 PM, 12poundbass said:What kind of coffee you drink? ?
LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. ..
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:29 PM, A-Jay said:LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. ..
A-Jay
Lol. If that's all you charge for your guide services all grab 2 tubes of Megastrike and 2 cups of flammable coffee and gladly drive the 2 or so hours northeast to catch some smallies!
A-Jay reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:53 PM, 12poundbass said:Lol. If that's all you charge for your guide services all grab 2 tubes of Megastrike and 2 cups of flammable coffee and gladly drive the 2 or so hours northeast to catch some smallies!
It's not really a guide service ~ it's more along the lines of roller coaster ride at Six Flags -
It starts out OK but then then it goes down hill Rapidly from there - and at the end of it, your hairs a mess and you've lost all your pocket change.
A-Jay
12poundbass reply :
On 3/21/2017 at 12:02 AM, A-Jay said:
It's not really a guide service ~ it's more along the lines of roller coaster ride at Six Flags -
It starts out OK but then then it goes down hill Rapidly from there - and at the end of it, your hairs a mess and you've lost all your pocket change.
A-Jay
Maybe it's the coffee! ?
ethan-333 reply :
only a few people i can fish with for a day enjoyably. otherwise ill only fish a few hours. the worst is you take someone out and barely 2 hours in they start complaining about wanting to leave
slonezp reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:29 PM, A-Jay said:LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. ..
A-Jay
I like my coffee like i like my women. Hot and goes down easy.
Fishing Rhino reply :
On 3/20/2017 at 11:10 PM, S Hovanec said:It's the opposite for me. I have trouble getting people to go with me most of the time. Maybe that says something about me? Lol
Don't call me. I'll call you.
runt4561 reply :
absolutely. when I have a boat I always take people fishing. a few years ago I sold my boat and went about 5 yrs without. for the first year I routinely got asked to go fishing and then it stopped. nobody asked anymore. now that I have a boat again, I have a lot more friends.
another funny thing.... everyone is always asking to go fishing but when you have a spot open up on the boat then all of those people are busy. priorities man!!!!
Redlinerobert reply :
My dad or my wife. The occasional friend that comes to visit. That's about it.
Fisher-O-men reply :
I knew a fella who said he married an ugly woman so nobody would want her. Shoulda bought an uglier boat!
Further North reply :
Just make sure you've got a lot of rules:
- No smoking
- No drinking
- No swearing
- No eating
Then tell 'em it's OK to dance as long as they let you lead.
This will cut waaaaay down on the number of folks who want to fish with you. 
RUSS9999 reply :
My days off to go fishing are Monday and Friday, so most of the time I am the only one on my boat, they are all at work.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 3/18/2017 at 2:24 PM, Bluebasser86 said:You'll never be more popular than the day you buy a boat.
or a pickup - for helping people move.
frosty reply :
On 3/21/2017 at 12:02 AM, A-Jay said:
It's not really a guide service ~ it's more along the lines of roller coaster ride at Six Flags -
It starts out OK but then then it goes down hill Rapidly from there - and at the end of it, your hairs a mess and you've lost all your pocket change.
A-Jay
Reminds me of my last date with my wife...
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