So Tired Of Working....wish I Was Fishing.... 2025
pkpence reply :
I am getting burned out on the 12 hour days. I find myself staring longingly at weather patterns and temp changes, and wondering when I will find time to get the boat out of the garage.
I'm sure you guys have no idea what I am talking about....
Bluebasser86 reply :
Sure do. Just got done working 60-70 hour weeks for a couple months straight before the holidays. At least you're somewhere that you can go if you get the time. A lot of guys here in the midwest have the time but the water is too hard to go fishing! Which is worse, having the time but no where to fish, or having the water but not the time?
pkpence reply :
Man, that is a tough one.... I say break out the salt and the ice pick and find a way! where there is a will... 
*Hootie reply :
On 1/23/2013 at 8:46 PM, pkpence said:I am getting burned out on the 12 hour days. I find myself staring longingly at weather patterns and temp changes, and wondering when I will find time to get the boat out of the garage.I'm sure you guys have no idea what I am talking about....
Wouldn't have a clue. I am retired, so I am tackle tinkering, searching out fishing shows on tv, keeping the coffee brewing, reading fishing books, and magazines, and making frequent runs to Bass Pro Shop.....ahhh, retirement is great....
Hootie
LgMouthGambler reply :
On 1/23/2013 at 8:59 PM, hootiebenji said:Wouldn't have a clue. I am retired, so I am tackle tinkering, searching out fishing shows on tv, keeping the coffee brewing, reading fishing books, and magazines, and making frequent runs to Bass Pro Shop.....ahhh, retirement is great....Hootie
Boo this man, lol
pkpence reply :
What is retired? I need a dictionary...
fl_bass reply :
I have started to go fishing during my lunch break. Found a spot close to my work. At least 20mins is better than nothing, even if I get skunked. Lol I hope to improve my casting at a minimum.
Crestliner2008 reply :
Still got 3 months of ice up here. 
pkpence reply :
In 3 months, I'll be in post spawn
Felix77 reply :
On 1/23/2013 at 10:38 PM, Crestliner2008 said:Still got 3 months of ice up here.
x2 Same here.
jhoffman reply :
Dude its 7 degrees here this morning
pkpence reply :
How about, that is cold... Like get a brain freeze from breathing kinda cold.
SudburyBasser reply :
It's -22F up here in northern Canada at the moment (before windchill is factored in, overnight lows were -33F before windchill). Almost every day this week I have to go in early for meetings -- the joys of being lower level management -- and bass doesn't open until June 22.
I can assure you, I know exactly how you feel.
5fishlimit reply :
It is more the weather holding me back than work.
Bankbeater reply :
On 1/23/2013 at 11:49 PM, SudburyBasser said:It's -22F up here in northern Canada at the moment (before windchill is factored in, overnight lows were -33F before windchill). Almost every day this week I have to go in early for meetings -- the joys of being lower level management -- and bass doesn't open until June 22.
I can assure you, I know exactly how you feel.
Your going to have to explain what wind chill is to the guys down south.
LgMouthGambler reply :
Its like 70 degrees down here. Brrrrrrr.......lol.
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 2:11 AM, LgMouthGambler said:Its like 70 degrees down here. Brrrrrrr.......lol.
Man, you stink...LOL...it's 15* here now and it was much colder this morning.
Last summer I was doing the 12 hour days and didn't get out fishing all that much, now I have the time and...well...you know...LMAO!
jarhead1970 reply :
I've been there and it sucks! Not to rub it in, but better times are coming. Thirteen weeks and two days until my retirement! Already bought my retirement gift a year ago; New Ranger Z520 (to me - from me) and am getting everything ready. Sold an old POS 18' Tracker that i've had for 12 years!
Jarhead
fl_bass reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 2:11 AM, LgMouthGambler said:Its like 70 degrees down here. Brrrrrrr.......lol.
I had to turn on the A/C during lunch. Lol ah Florida. Lol
*Hootie reply :
Sold an old POS 18' Tracker that i've had for 12 years!
Jarhead
pkpence reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 3:25 AM, jarhead1970 said:I've been there and it sucks! Not to rub it in, but better times are coming. Thirteen weeks and two days until my retirement! Already bought my retirement gift a year ago; New Ranger Z520 (to me - from me) and am getting everything ready. Sold an old POS 18' Tracker that i've had for 12 years!
Jarhead
Let's see, I think I am about 40 years from retirement... Looks like its lots of working and squeezing in fishing for me
jarhead1970 reply :
Hootie, I pointed out everything that was wrong with theTracker, and discounted the price for those things, and the guy still wanted it. He was the first guy to look at it, paid cash, and drove it away. In reality it was a great boat that served me well and it was all I could afford at the time I bought it. Twelve years is pretty good for an entry level boat. I tried to take good care of it, it was always stored in my garage, and was never abused. The guy got a good boat at a very fair price.
SudburyBasser reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 1:51 AM, Bankbeater said:Your going to have to explain what wind chill is to the guys down south.
Wind chill is the exact opposite of humidex/humidity index. Just how humidity makes it feel warmer than it actually is, windchill is just an estimation of what it feels like when it's cold and there is a wind. So it could be -30F as the actual temperature but the speed of the wind makes it feel like -40F.
I can assure you, on days like this when it's -33F at night, which is already stupid cold, if there is a even a light breeze you will think you were in the deepest of Siberia. You can suffer frostbite on exposed skin in minutes on nights like those.
Silas reply :
70 degrees as I type this at at 5PM.
Ate lunch at Bass Pro today, picked up some Scrounger jigs on sale and some RC 1.5's for $4.88.
Home this afternoon to charge my new boat (10months) and go out tomorrow morn after massage.
Tinkering with different rod and reel combos and drinking coffee, eating steak and drinking Champagne at night.
Aaaaaahh! Just retired!! And for sure guys, you need to do it sooner. Took Social Secuity while I was working and spent it all on fishing stuff.
I just don't understand how you guys manage with all that cold. We rarely ever see ice down here in South Louisiana and you can't go 5 miles without crossing water.
I passed up jobs in Iowa and South Dakota because I went up there a couple of weeks in the Winter and the temp was around 10 degrees! Heck, the FALLS in Sioux Falls was FROZEN! Never saw something like that.
Of course, lots of you guys have never attended a "Hurricane Party" either. Now, that there's a different kind of "fun."
wademaster1 reply :
I feel your pain, dark basically everyday when I get home. Hate shortened days.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got up to 55 here today, back in the 30's tomorrow. Got out for about 6 hours after I got off work at 8 this morning with a buddy from work. Not as many largemouth as we'd hoped and no smallmouth but between the few largemouth we got and the big white bass we put 110 fish in the boat. A little over 18 fish an hour ain't bad for January
gripnrip reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 7:25 AM, Silas said:70 degrees as I type this at at 5PM.
Ate lunch at Bass Pro today, picked up some Scrounger jigs on sale and some RC 1.5's for $4.88.
Home this afternoon to charge my new boat (10months) and go out tomorrow morn after massage.
Tinkering with different rod and reel combos and drinking coffee, eating steak and drinking Champagne at night.
Aaaaaahh! Just retired!! And for sure guys, you need to do it sooner. Took Social Secuity while I was working and spent it all on fishing stuff.
I just don't understand how you guys manage with all that cold. We rarely ever see ice down here in South Louisiana and you can't go 5 miles without crossing water.
I passed up jobs in Iowa and South Dakota because I went up there a couple of weeks in the Winter and the temp was around 10 degrees! Heck, the FALLS in Sioux Falls was FROZEN! Never saw something like that.
Of course, lots of you guys have never attended a "Hurricane Party" either. Now, that there's a different kind of "fun."
Oh man do I love my Scroungers!
shootermcbob reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 5:47 AM, jarhead1970 said:Hootie, I pointed out everything that was wrong with theTracker, and discounted the price for those things, and the guy still wanted it. He was the first guy to look at it, paid cash, and drove it away. In reality it was a great boat that served me well and it was all I could afford at the time I bought it. Twelve years is pretty good for an entry level boat. I tried to take good care of it, it was always stored in my garage, and was never abused. The guy got a good boat at a very fair price.
Given your duty to your country, and your profession, I would have expected nothing less. Thank you for your service.
SirSnookalot reply :
Been retired and in Florida full time for about 10 years, hadn't been for my gr children I'd be in Costa Rica. Fishing for snook, tarpon, jacks, occasional trips for bonefish, redfish and permit, then some bass fishing in the afternoon, think that's fun.........
It isn't all it's cracked up to be, yeh I fish 7 days a week, some days I don't have a clue on what I want my target to be, just gotta have variety. That said I miss the action of being in business more than being retired, have lost my edge. Sometimes I look back and wish I was back in Detroit doing what I did.
*Hootie reply :
On 1/24/2013 at 5:47 AM, jarhead1970 said:Hootie, I pointed out everything that was wrong with theTracker, and discounted the price for those things, and the guy still wanted it. He was the first guy to look at it, paid cash, and drove it away. In reality it was a great boat that served me well and it was all I could afford at the time I bought it. Twelve years is pretty good for an entry level boat. I tried to take good care of it, it was always stored in my garage, and was never abused. The guy got a good boat at a very fair price.
Jarhead, I don't doubt you one bit. I was just razzin you a little. Razzin must not be a real word, my spell checker just went off. Congrats on your upcoming retirement. I have been retired for 5 yrs. Enjoy that boat and have as much fun as I am having. Someone posted that retirement isn't what it's cracked up to be. They must have fallen through the wrong crack. I am having a blast!!
Hootie
jarhead1970 reply :
Hootie, I kind of thought you were just harrassing a little; but you never know.......some folks have no sense of humor! The Tracker was my first bass boat and it was a great boat to learn and grow. Everytime I take the new Ranger out I almost have to pinch myself to remind me this is real, and it's all mine!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to retirement! I sure don't want to rush the aging thing, but this daily grind of 9-10 hours a day is getting to be a real drag. I have been saving and planning for this for 25 years, and am looking forward to doing some of the things I want to do! Fishing, hunting, golfing, shooting pistol competition, traveling, more fishing......these last three months are just dragging. I can't wait!
MarkH024 reply :
I'm 30........I wish I was retired just to fish.......but it looks like I have an easy 35+ years of work left. Some how.........I need to land a job in the fishing industry because other than that, my enthusiasm for work is next to none.
jhoffman reply :
Dont ever turn your passion into your job. I did it with fly fishing and it ruined fly fishing for me. Unless youre out there slingn baits for YOU to win money(like tour) let someone who doesnt love fishing sell fishing.
rangerboy reply :
im self employed, work 6 days a week, 10-12 hr days, but all the hard work makes the hours on the water well worth it. nothing beats a good day of fishing
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