Your Better Half 2025
Mobasser reply :
I've known several guys who's wife or girlfriend didn't care for fishing. This made it hard for them to enjoy the sport. My wife of 36yrs likes to fish, although she's not fanatical about it like I am. Bass fishing is not really her thing, but she likes to fish for crappie. Her only rod/reel is a Falcon 6ft light action spinning rod, and her reel a Shimano. She fishes all sorts of small light jigs, and small spinnerbaits. In 35 yrs, she's never taken a scientific approach to fishing. She chooses her baits based on color and style. If we go shopping for fishing stuff, she simply says" this one looks good", I think I'll try it. She also likes to catch stocked trout, and can use many of the same lures that she uses to catch panfish. I rarely have to help her when we fish together, and over the years there's been many times she's caught more fish than I have. Her outlook on fishing is " well, it's a good, healthy, thing to do." Being outdoors, catching fish, and enjoying the scenery is good for the body, and good for the mind". So Im lucky to have married a woman who likes to fish too. Does your better half enjoy fishing? Does she go fishing with you?
TnRiver46 reply :
Yes and I think she got me beat on biggest smallmouth. 22.5”
N Florida Mike reply :
Mine used to but she doesn’t anymore. She lost a huge bass a few years ago and it kind of defeated her. She was good at bream fishing when we were much younger and we would have friendly competition with size and numbers. She was also unafraid of wade fishing in the river with Gators around. Hopefully I can get her back into it someday. She doesn’t mind if I go, and is willing to at least hear my stories and see the pics.
NHBull reply :
The Mrs has only fished a few times over the past few years, but when she does so, she always beats me......
Edit: She also requires me to crush the barb.....
A-Jay reply :
Lynn fishes with me when she can.
This one was fun.
A-Jay
FishinBuck07 reply :
My wife fishes once in awhile, but she has been going with me on the boat lately and just keeping me company and soaking up the sun and reading a book. She knows I love to be out fishing and doesn't want me out on the boat by myself just yet since we just purchased it. I am always glad when she wants to go out, I enjoy spending time with her. When she does fish, she usually kicks my butt! She also picks her lures and things by what looks pretty! haha
12poundbass reply :
My wife loves to go fishing as well. Even if we don’t take the boat out she like to stop by the local river and see if we can get a smallmouth or two.
Oregon Native reply :
Been together 45 plus years...could count on one hand how many times she has gone fishing and the majority of those times for some reason it has poured rain....poured. She is good at it...but it wasn't her thing but respects my love of the water. Her passion is golf and so I golf with her when she asks. Matter of fact we golf almost every Friday as kind of a date night.
SC53 reply :
My wife fishes with me most of the time. She catches her share and then some. She has a certain number of lures she likes to use. That allows me to try other lures to see if they want something different while she uses the tried and true ones. Win, win.
Sphynx reply :
Yes she does, we don't get to go together often due to work, and the fact that she absolutely is not a morning person, I doubt there is any force on earth that could make her get up to be out on the water at first light, but we do the evening bite thing, she prefers going after trout, and I haven't gotten her into a baitcaster yet, but we'll get there
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Biggest bass she ever caught. 3.82 I think. She enjoys fishing. I'm one of the lucky ones. She's pretty handy with the ole ball and chain. Slow and steady which gets the better of me sometime. More often than I'd like to admit actually lol
Way north bass guy reply :
My wife likes going out in the boat more than actually fishing, and if I’m bass fishing, most times she stays home and enjoys the “peace and quiet” while I take my 10 year old with me ????.
She does enjoy a good downrigging session though, or when we get the boat out for the first time in spring to flat line troll for lake trout. When we were first dating, I was doing charters at the time, and we went out for a troll for rainbows with my 9’ light action rods. She proceeded to get the largest fish to date in my boat, a lake trout that easily bottomed out my 40lb scale. After about 20 min of battling it, I asked her if she wanted me to take the rod for a while to let her aching arms rest, and NO WAY! was the reply ????. It was so big, I had to hold it for the photo because her arms are too sore.
Jaderose reply :
My wife would rather do almost anything else than go sit in a boat and sweat all day. With that said, I think she enjoys the days I take off and am gone for 8-10 hours in my boat all day. She certainly doesn't care. She knows where I'm at.
jbmaine reply :
My wife loves being out on the water, and yes, she will often out fish me.
LonnieP reply :
Sometimes I wish my girlfriend would go with me .She went with me one time 3 years ago and hasn't been since. She doesn't say anything most of the time when I go but sometimes I have to listen to the, you love fishing more than you love me bit.
papajoe222 reply :
I took mine fishing on our honeymoon. she" been hooked since then
She is a fair weather fisherman, but loves the experience Like others, she will out fish me most of the time. I recently built her a custom rod with purple accents, her favorite color. Her second cast with it she caught a nice 18in. bass. I don't know which of us was more excited.
HookInMouth reply :
When we were in high school or right out of it we used to like to go night fishing. Since then she got out of it though. Never really liked fishing out of my boat either so I usually went alone. Didn't really get into it until I bought kayaks. Now she's obsessed. Absolutely loves fishing the shallow rivers/creeks out of a kayak. It's actually been pretty cool having her along.
the reel ess reply :
My wife fished with me once. She caught all the crappie while I baited her hook. When they stopped biting, I got a chance to fish and i only caught catfish. But that was just fine. It's just not her bag and I'm fine with that because I like the solitude of fishing alone. It's how I get away from the day-to-day stresses. My daughter used to go kayaking with me, but she's over that for the most part. She says I fish to long and too seriously.
Mobasser reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 2:04 AM, the reel ess said:My wife fished with me once. She caught all the crappie while I baited her hook. When they stopped biting, I got a chance to fish and i only caught catfish. But that was just fine. It's just not her bag and I'm fine with that because I like the solitude of fishing alone. It's how I get away from the day-to-day stresses. My daughter used to go kayaking with me, but she's over that for the most part. She says I fish to long and too seriously.
My wife laughs when I run water in the sink or bathtub, to check the action on a new jig or plastic bait. She says I take it way too serious too.Maybe she's right?????
contium reply :
My wife grew up on Clear Lake and she actually would ask to go fishing when we started dating. She pretty much got me back into it. And she wanted a sparkly Ranger bass boat. I wasn't about to argue lol.
the reel ess reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 2:13 AM, Mobasser said:My wife laughs when I run water in the sink or bathtub, to check the action on a new jig or plastic bait. She says I take it way too serious too.Maybe she's right?????
LOL
I went to my friends' pond the other day and when I drove up his wife was already fishing. I walked the bank and tried every rod I had in the truck. I caught one on a Senko and two back-to-back on a spinnerbait. She was fishing a frog out in the middle of the pond and hadn't caught anything and she asked me how did I know what to use.That question's so complicated and based on so many years of trial and error I didn't even know where to start. So I told her YouTube. Start with the words "Beginner Bass Fishing" and go from there.
WRB reply :
My wife enjoys a fair weather boating experience as a companion and doesn't like to fish, enjoys being outdoors. Growing up in Canada during summers my wife looks forward to a shore lunch on remote lakes, not something we can duplicate in SoCal.
Tom
The Bassman reply :
On 8/5/2019 at 11:03 PM, Jaderose said:My wife would rather do almost anything else than go sit in a boat and sweat all day. With that said, I think she enjoys the days I take off and am gone for 8-10 hours in my boat all day. She certainly doesn't care. She knows where I'm at.
Same here. It's a holiday for her. Between 50-55 hrs. a week at a car rental agency and looking after her dad she enjoys any what she calls "me time" she can get.
PhishLI reply :
My wife is mostly pretty cool about my fishing addiction, but she never fishes. When I get home she always asks "how'd you do?" When I admit to a skunk she makes a sad face quickly followed by an ear to ear Cheshire cat grin. She's happy when I haven't "hurt a fish".
The Bassman reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 3:28 AM, PhishLI said:My wife is mostly pretty cool about my fishing addiction, but she never fishes. When I get home she always asks "how'd you do?" When I admit to a skunk she makes a sad face quickly followed by an ear to ear Cheshire cat grin. She's happy when I haven't "hurt a fish".
813basstard reply :
No she doesn’t fish.
But she filleted a gar last week using bolt cutters to open it up.
Seasoned it and fried it before I could wash the boat.
I uh, found the right one.
drscholl14 reply :
My wife doesn't fish often and sometimes gets a little annoyed at how much I fish (1-2 a week), especially with a kid under 2 in the house, but I enjoy it when she comes with me.
Bankbeater reply :
My wife doesn't care for fishing. Since we've been together she has fished maybe 5 or 6 times with me. The last time was around 1999 or so.
Oregon Native reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 3:03 AM, WRB said:My wife enjoys a fair weather boating experience as a companion and doesn't like to fish, enjoys being outdoors. Growing up in Canada during summers my wife looks forward to a shore lunch on remote lakes, not something we can duplicate in SoCal.
Tom
Would be called a 'picnic' in Cali.....
Choporoz reply :
My wife enjoys fishing quite a bit. In fact, we left for a long fishing weekend hours after our wedding, and has gone along on fly-in outpost fishing trips. Her first passion is photography and that hobby has melded well with my fishing....both when she's along and when we go our separate ways for a day....like when she's out on a shoot.
the reel ess reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 8:25 AM, 813basstard said:No she doesn’t fish.
But she filleted a gar last week using bolt cutters to open it up.
Seasoned it and fried it before I could wash the boat.
I uh, found the right one.
How was the gar?
813basstard reply :
Outstanding. Honestly some of the best fish I’ve ever had.
GReb reply :
My wife loves to catch. Doesn’t matter species or size as long as she’s catching something. But let it go an hour without a fish and she’s ready to head to the house.
TnRiver46 reply :
On 8/6/2019 at 10:20 PM, 813basstard said:Outstanding. Honestly some of the best fish I’ve ever had.
+1
boostr reply :
Mine comes out when my 8 year old son wants to go, she usually catches when him and me skunk... She'll fish a little then lays in the seats or back deck. When were bank fishing she's my son's pack mule lol.
Log Catcher reply :
My wife goes with me once in a while. This is the first year she has bought her license and gone fishing with me in about three years. She doesn't like to be gone as long as I do So I try to fish a place closer to home and not stay out as long. I bought her a couple of BPS Extreme spincast reels and put them on some extra rods I had. I pick out what I think she should use to catch some fish. A lot of times she catches one before I do.
rth548 reply :
My wife enjoys going out on the lake, and enjoys fishing. But her idea of fishing and mine are a little different. She drowns worms exclusively. No other baits or lures. And she's completely happy with catching a few bluegills. I'm after a little more challenging fish, plus she's not a morning person at all. I'm usually coming off the lake when she's getting ready to head out.
Bluebasser86 reply :
My wife likes to go with me and fish for awhile when they're biting and the weather is nice. I enjoy taking her and spending time with her doing what I love doing.
Her PB largemouth while we were in South Carolina at a friends lake which was a of course just a little bit bigger than my biggest of the day, but I don't mind
Spankey reply :
On 8/5/2019 at 11:03 PM, Jaderose said:My wife would rather do almost anything else than go sit in a boat and sweat all day. With that said, I think she enjoys the days I take off and am gone for 8-10 hours in my boat all day. She certainly doesn't care. She knows where I'm at.
This is my exact situation. And to boot, my wife is not willing to get up @ 3:50 am.
shootermcbob reply :
how did all you ugly guys get such pretty wives ????
including myself in the ugly guy club....matter of fact...I am the president!
Scott F reply :
My wife used to fish with me quite a bit on vacations from Northern Manitoba to Florida. She wasn't really into it, but she enjoyed it. After a while, she didn't like what the sun was doing to her skin so she quit going.
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MN Fisher reply :
My wife doesn't fish, but supports my 'addiction'. Here's a shot of us at our wedding reception back in '90.
fishwizzard reply :
My wife isn’t really into fishing but she comes out with me a few times a year. She really seems to get a kick out of casting and retrieving, so I set her up a rod with a paddle-tail frog tied on and she’s quite content to just cast and crank all day. She’s had a couple good blowups but is never manage to hook one.
Oddly, she picked up how to use a baitcaster after about 20 minutes of instruction. She still starts every session with the brakes cranked all the way up but as she remembers what she’s doing she turns them down and by end of the day she’s making really respectable casts for someone who goes months without touching a rod and reel.
gimruis reply :
My wife fishes with me about 5-6 times a year, until this year. We have a 9 month old that requires more of her attention. She is more of a fair weather type angler and also prefers to target panfish because there tends to be more action. She’s also sat with me a couple times in the turkey blind, but not in a million years will I get her in a deer stand.
NYWayfarer reply :
My wife has only been fishing with me a handful of times. Mostly saltwater fishing. She is not an outdoors person. The sun gives her migraines.
When she does go fishing, she doesn’t bait her own hook or take the fish off the hook. That’s what I am there for.
Sam reply :
My wife is a sensational quilter so she lets me fish and I let her quilt.
She will ride in the boat and sit in the passenger seat to read a book as I fish.
She does not fish and has no knowledge of fishing nor is she interested in fishing or learning about it.
But as a cook, homemaker, lover, and quilter she is over the top.
She is a real blonde and if you think it is fun living with a blonde you are 100% correct. Never a dull moment.
She is the best catch of my life.
J Francho reply :
My queen will tag along for a few trips each summer. She fishes, but I think the just enjoys being on the water, watching and listening to me talk my way through the puzzle of the day. This is from last summer, fishing our old dock. That dock is still one of the best spots around.
The Bassman reply :
On 8/12/2019 at 8:50 PM, J Francho said:My queen will tag along for a few trips each summer. She fishes, but I think the just enjoys being on the water, watching and listening to me talk my way through the puzzle of the day. This is from last summer, fishing our old dock. That dock is still one of the best spots around.
How better to define such a scene:
Wizzlebiz reply :
Most of the places I got to fish require a mile minimum walk to get to. More like 2 miles up hill.
She doesnt mind fishing but hates the hike. So doesnt really go with me often.
DanielG reply :
I have a catamaran platform boat with a large canopy. The wife likes to go for a ride once and awhile while I fish and she has her own pole and gets excited when a fish gets on it. But she doesn't fish much.
Then there is the other part of all this....
~Hon, I'm going fishing.... "okay, be safe. Wear your preserver."
~Hon, I'm back (4 hours later). "Oh good, any bites?" (and she actually listens to all the fish tales and looks at the pictures."
~Hon, I'm thinking about getting my first casting setup. "That's nice." It's gonna be a bit expensive. The DC reel alone is $249. The I go into detail what it's all about, and she listens. "Sounds good."
This is one of the things that make my better half better. The downside of all of this is I have to control my fish spending urges on my own. I can afford it but we're fairly frugal so I feel super guilty if I don't. I do pretty good checking myself though. She's a real gem.
schplurg reply :
I am my better half, so... <shrug>
reb67 reply :
My wife of 34 years in September and I fish at least once a week if the weather permits, she is a bit of a fair weather fisher.
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