best jobs for fisherman 2025
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
I was a loader at UPS b4 I was a driver. I worked from 3am to 8am and then got to fish allllll day.
What are some other good jobs for anglers other than
product rep
pro angler
etc
senko_77 reply :
you could try lookin for one thats hiring thats within walking distance from your house. my nieghboor does that. and on his lunch breaks or breaks he goes and fishes
Phishn_Phool reply :
I got the best....RETIRED...living on a lake with the boat 10 ft out the back door...ah sorry, guess that is really not a "job" LOL
CPR ;D
DDbasser reply :
I'm the second shift supervisor in a machine shop.
Work 4 tens unless we're on OT. Monday thru Thursday from 2:30pm to 1:00am.
Lets me do a lot of fishing.
Rattlinrogue reply :
I'm a teacher and coach.I'm off 3 months of the year with pay on various holidays,breaks,Summer vacation.I usually bass fish 5 days a week during these breaks.
earthworm77 reply :
I used to be a bartender, that was the ultimate for fishing. At work at 9pm out by 2am. Tons of cash and time to fish.
mike90 reply :
i am 15 and work at a trout hachery 3 maybe 4 days a week. am around fish all day, can fish on my lunch break get enough in tips to pay for my fishing needs and the rest goes for the dodge i am getting this winter. then next year i will work 5 or 6 days a week.
SBM-RL reply :
I caddie so i work whenever I want ussually 4 days a week and I make 12 an hour cash so its pretty sweet I always have plenty of time to fish pretty much everyday
Being a DNR officer would be sweet bc u could fish anywhere u want and u can confinscate peoples gear
Gatorbassman reply :
Weekend X-Ray tech at a major hospital. I work from 10p Fri to 8am Sat, 5pm Sat to 8am Sun, 5pm Sun to 8am Mon. That's it. Between Mon morning and Friday night I spend time with my family and fish three days a week. It's a tough schedule if you want to fish weekend tournaments. I make just enough cash to be comfortable and my wife doesn't have to work.
Nick_Barr reply :
I am a paperboy and my mom is a teacher so i can go fishing all summer and on all vacatons and weekends and after school, Thank God for my mother or else i would never be able to fish
Kana reply :
im a chef and depending on the kitchen im in i can get out often. when i worked for marriott i cooked b-fast 5 days a week, 5am to 1:30pm i had a lot of time to fish! then i moved to banquets the shifts ranged from 8 hours to 16 hours, i ididnt fish often on busy seasons, but in down times we got 3 to 14 days off depending whats going on. (i often got paid on my days off thanks to PTO) now that i work in japan, i have no "regular" days off bu t work from 8:30 till 6pm so i have some evening time to hit the lakes. just depends whats going on, its not ideal, but the work is fun, and money isnt too bad.
albiechaser reply :
im a wedding photographer here in raleigh nc. weekends i work, weekdays i fish and play.
George Welcome reply :
Full time bass fishing guide: you have to love the work to succeed, but someone has to do it.
earthworm77 reply :
George, as a guide, do you have as much time to fish as we might expect? I would guess not and I realize it is a tough job. I've recently begun guiding part time and although I'm having fun, it is pressure to consistently put my clients on fish.
Nick reply :
Taught school then retired with a good benefit package and COLA at 49. Now I fish and rub my wife's feet after she comes back from her job! Saved enough along the way to put the kids in college. Thanks goodness for the bountiful stock market of the 90's.
Next week I'll be slamming some good smallies in Wisconsin before I return to the work of tournament fishing here at home in MO.
bigbill reply :
When i was working i would fish at night and weekends but since i retired its eary mornings at 3:30am everyday looking for one more big hog. I find myself much like the movie "grumpy old men" you know those guys were after "catfish hunter"??
The one i'm after I had hooked a few times now and maybe i'll land her soon i hope. I can only fish for an hour or two each day but i make the best of it. BigBill
5bass reply :
My schedule is 5:30am to 2:00pm.....fishing at night now,twice a week I come home at 2pm,sleep until about 8pm,head to the lake around 9pm and fish until its time to go in at 5:30am.
The other days I fish from about 5pm to 9pm,just long enough to keep in touch with the fish.
Not a bad schedule,it could be worse.
George Welcome reply :
QuoteGeorge, as a guide, do you have as much time to fish as we might expect? I would guess not and I realize it is a tough job. I've recently begun guiding part time and although I'm having fun, it is pressure to consistently put my clients on fish.
Was it Craig?
We fish very frequently - most trips are artificial and I fish right along with the clients. A good deal of the time the trip involves learning new techniques and what better way than using the "monkey see, monkey do" principle.
As for pressure: each and every trip is the same as a tournament, with positive results having to occur. To last and grow you must produce. There is no second place in this business if you are going to be around very long. However, I put the same pressure on when it is myself and Scott out there. I enjoy the challenge, the people, and the business.
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
George-How much do you book? 2 shifts/day, one shift? Every day?
George Welcome reply :
Scott and I will book in excess of 300 full day trips this year. This year is off a bit, probably due to a compilation of effects from 9/11, hurricanes, and gas prices. On average we book in excess of 400 trips per year.
Actual days on the water for both of us will be in excess of 320 days.
Cujo reply :
im a bartender while i finish school. after that i will be a fisheries biologist. cool huh. being bartender i get to fish alot its great.
bassaddict62 reply :
I'm in the Army, and stationed on Fort Gordon, Georgia, crammed full of bass ponds. I get long lunches, and my favorite pond is on the way to my actual worksite. Sometimes I'll fish before work, during lunch, and after work. 
One time I was cleaning bass outside my office before work started on a Friday morning, and threw the remains in the latrine garbage can, thinking that the students (I'm an instructor) would empty the trash at the end of the day. That's what's supposed to happen! :-/
....Monday morning came and some of the instructors were dogging each other out for leaving toxic BM odors! 
Ben reply :
Best job is what ever pays enough to afford to fish and gives the time off to fish. There are two things in life, it takes to be able to do what you want, time and money. Normaly if you have the time, you don't have the money. If you have the money, you don't have the time.
I tourny fished unitil I got too old and lazy to want to work that hard and decided I just wanted to enjoy my fishing.
I tried the guide bit for a while but that was even more work than tourny fishing. Like acstech commented, you have a bad tourny, you just say oh well, we'll get them at the next one. Have a bad day as a guide and you just lost client, and a negative referal to several other potential clients.
metalhack reply :
QuoteWhat are some other good jobs for anglers other than
product rep
pro angler
etc
I am a firefighter and I only work 2 days a week....8 days a month. I work 24 hrs on....off 24...on 24...and off for five days. Generally it works out pretty good. I can usually get in about 16 hrs of fishing a week. Which actually is not bad considering I have a 14 month old son.
WCCT reply :
I work for a major telecommunications company. My shift is tues-sat 5:30AM to 2:00PM. Great shift for fishing. I usually can beat the boats out during the week, and there is not that much boat traffic on Mondays
Minuteman reply :
I've been on permanent disability for 10 yrs now. I work part time as computer tech. Doing housecalls long before the GeekSquad came around. I use some of the road jobs to scope out new lakes.
The hours are fantastic for fishing (I have the alarm set for 5am already), but the all the back surgeries are not. I can't stay in the jon boat for more than an hour and once this year my back went out on me fishing from the bank on level ground and I was by myself. Took me 10 minutes to shuffle 50' to the truck. Oh, you can use a heavy Rhino rod as a cane in emergencies.
guest reply :
Im a reel service tech, even with the best of scheduling I don't get out as much as I did when I first started out....... 
Yankee_Bassman reply :
LBH:
Here's a great idea...you could make a list in order of who on the forum has the best job for fishing, and.....no, wait a minute, on second thought......
Matt Fly reply :
One of my partners is married and his wife his director of a labor and delivery dept. All he is required to do is do the normal house chores, cook, clean and outside chores. No laundry duties, he has been relieved of that responsibility long time ago. He ruined a load of her scrubs. So I'd have to say find a sugar mama whos gonna buy you a nice diesel truck and a boat and instead of watching soaps, he fishes. She allows him one credit card, which she pays in full at the end of the month. We fish everyday we can, the ones shes working on anyway. Yep, become a housewife, sounds good to me.
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