Do You Fish Alone Or With A Buddy?

[roadwarrior]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpzqQst-Sg8

[Jaderose]

I fish to get away from people.  alone, alone, alone.

[scaleface]

I fish alone  . Theres a lot of family and friends the spincaster crowd that want to go with me, I just want to be by myself .

[Rob96]

Prefer to fish alone unless my Brother is in town. We have a great time together.

[BigmouthForever23]

I like to fish alone. I've gone with a friend before but don't enjoy it as much. Now, I am more of a "loner" so to speak. But I just enjoy being out on the lake listening to the birds and watching a beautiful sunset. It's so peaceful. It's a great way to deal with stress and just clear your mind. Can't really do that with other people with you, I can't at least.

[MassBass]

Its pleasant to have some company to talk fishing to. Be it an old fishing buddy or some random soul at the pond.  

[Canyon explorer]

There was a time when loved the serenity of fishing alone. Many trips I would drop my boat in on Tuesday afternoon and not come back to the ramp until Friday. Now its a few years later and I prefer to fish with others, especially those that are better than I.

[joeblowwwww]

always alone... I fish twice a day 6 to 7 days a week and maybe I fish once every 3 months with someone.

[Neil McCauley]

Fish alone 99% of the time. Then, once I have a lake/season/species figured out I'll take a friend or relative out and show them some great fishing. It's a lot of fun seeing peoples' reactions to catching huge fish one after another.

Most of the time I'm solo because I stay out for 12+ hrs, a few times 24+...I know...I should seek help.

But who else is crazy enough to stay out long enough for sunset to moonrise to sunrise?

 

"...and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise."

- Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It

[thomas15]

Depends on who it is. Although in general I love to pass the sport on, I honestly don't like taking someone who has no idea how to fish bc it's more just me teaching them instead of fishing myself. Selfish, I know. I can only do it every once in a while. 

I love fishing with my brother, and also with my boss, who loves fishing and hunting. 

 

But for the most part, I'm out there alone. 

 

I agree with you. The only exception was/is when I go fishing with my kids (they are now 24 and 21 years old). When Mrs thomas15 wants to go out, I'm good. lets go!

 

Neil McCauley. also I agree with you. I'm have a heck of a hard time figuring out a local lake and one of my friends is always wanting to go out. He doesn't know what he is doing and seems to think it's easy. It's not easy and I really don't appreciate the attitude. I spend hours planning my attack,  selecting location, presentation, time so forth and to my friend it's fishing it cannot possibly be hard. I don't have a complex, it's just I don't enjoy making umpteen numbers of suggestions to someone who has no clue when I'm having my own problems trying to figure things out.

[Cgolf]

A little of both when I fish from the boat and always solo when I shore fish. To be honest I probably am not a good fishing partner, I get so focused in on fishing that I almost forget someone else is in the boat. It also sucks when you take someone out and the bite is off and you can't get them fish, or worse you are killing it and they are getting zip.

[GodfatherOfSeoul]

Im half and half. I love both. Im very sociable and love fishing and love sharing these moments with others. If I could, id fish everytime with my wife but with two kids in diapers, it doesn't always happen.

I have a fishing buddy I love going with but my off days are during the week and his are the weekend.

So every time I go, its not often but its always different. Diff people or myself and I enjoy them equally every time. I want to start filming while I fish bc there is always a story and I want to save and share the moment, especially when i have others fish with me.

[masterbass]

 When I fish on a boat I prefer with a buddy.  From my yak and the bank I prefer fishing alone.

[MIbassyaker]

I used to fish alone, met and married the woman of my dreams and now it's always the two of us.

Beautiful, rides motorcycles and fishes.  I have the PERFECT woman!

 

My wife went fishing with me exactly once, when we were dating, almost 20 years ago. She, her dad, her grandpa, and I, all in a little boat, puttin' the hurt on some bluegill and sunfish. She had fun, but has never expressed the slightest interest in doing it again, with any of us. Nowadays, when I fish with somebody else, it is with her dad and her uncle more than anyone, and with them it's always for walleye and crappie, never bass (although I always have a few texas rigs and topwaters to ready to throw to likely largemouth targets -- they just shake their heads when I catch one...they don't get it, and probably never will).

[Bluebasser86]

I enjoy both. It's fun sharing time on the water with friends. I also like fishing by myself because I can just worry about catching fish instead of trying to make sure someone else is having fun too. 

[Big Bait Fishing]

I enjoy fishing alone and with a friend. I used to go alone quite a bit at night when I had my boat because I liked to stay until I was ready to come home which was usually 4 or 5 in the morning. I used to take friends at night with the stipulation they were stuck until I was ready to pack it in unless there was an emergency. So they knew what they were getting into beforehand. LOL. I hate to hear someone belly aching about how late it's getting...Otherwise I enjoy fishing with someone who is like-minded and won't give in until we both agree we've had enough...

that's why i fish alone, i hate to hear "can we go now '' !! i like to fish how ever long i want and prefer to fish by myself , don't like people to interfere with me while i'm in the Zone ...

 

then again , if they have their own transportation and keep quiet , it will be all good  

[Bankbeater]

Unless one of my daughters wants to go fishing, I go alone.

[wytstang]

Prefer to fish alone unless my Brother is in town. We have a great time together.

This^^

[Oregon Native]

I enjoy both. It's fun sharing time on the water with friends. I also like fishing by myself because I can just worry about catching fish instead of trying to make sure someone else is having fun too. 

Agree

[Anantha Patel]

My reasons are really that there are what, only I know three people as hardcore as me live near, and they always are caught up in something. I don't like fishing with someone that likes wearing a neon Under Armour shirt and shorts with no facial wear and shouts about sunburn. And then there was a guy leery about three feet of water. It took me the whole afternoon to explain to him he is 5' 9", and that I can swim. Whenever I bring a kid with me to spread the hobby, the parents are always concerned that there is a small drizzle, and balk at the last moment. Then the kid who says he is interested plays on his phone the whole time and makes poor casts and ignore what I say. The people that have the time really make it hard to fish, especially when they make a whole hour without catching a bluegill, and they shout about it. When in reality, they use a 4" grub on a bobber. I tell them to use a nightcrawler, but they are always leery of worms or want to catch big fish. I explain the part about casting and reeling it in, but no. No one listens. 

 

Rant over. But again, I only brought 5 kids out on the water, three being relatives, two being close friends of my parents. All of them are really gamers, though. I brought out 2 more older people, but they are really not the type to fish, even though they say they are interested. Overall, bring alone beats fishing with someone else for me, although I would like it if someone skilled was fishing with me, and I wouldn't mind teaching truly interested people.

[scaleface]

  I can just worry about catching fish instead of trying to make sure someone else is having fun too. 

Exactly. I have a lot more success when I'm not trying to put others on fish .

[lecisnith]

It helps if you and your fishing buddy are like-minded. The guy I fish with all the time is all about the hunt, which is how I am. Every cast is an opportunity. And, even if you are fishing with someone, when you have a friend like that, you can still be alone with your thoughts.

[NathanW]

I prefer to fish with someone but probably spend 95% of the time fishing alone. Fishing with my family isn't really fishing. Its family time and I don't count that because I will be lucky on some days if I get to make 1 cast with my own rod. 

 

The key is to find guys that get it. That understand that they aren't going to catch a fish on every cast and that sometimes you need to work for each bite. That understand it may be necessary to run 20 miles to find better fish even though the small keepers are biting like crazy right where we are at. That understand that when we go fishing we are fishing until our wives demand that we come home and not because we are bored, hungry or tiered. 

 

I have fished with so many types of people that like to "catch" fish but don't really love fishing. A handful of these guys are past or present tournament anglers who seem to only really love the competition, gambling, or fast boat aspect of tourney fishing and a few others were buddies that probably grew up fishing with a guide doing all the work and didn't realize that bass fishing was difficult and we don't troll.

 

 I think I have been pretty fortunate to have a couple of buddies (even though they live on the other side of the state) that can fish all day and love it just like most of us. 

[NathanW]

It helps if you and your fishing buddy are like-minded. The guy I fish with all the time is all about the hunt, which is how I am. Every cast is an opportunity. And, even if you are fishing with someone, when you have a friend like that, you can still be alone with your thoughts.

Couldn't have said it any better. 

[the reel ess]

This may have already been mentioned. But when kayaking, it's a good idea to have a buddy around. People who know how to swim drown in bath tubs. Having said that, I usually kayak alone. I do dumb stuff sometimes.