What's The Most Challenging Thing You Find About Fishing

[Bankbeater]

The most challenging thing for me is the weather. On calm days it's pretty easy going, but sometimes when a front moves through I find myself watching the sky more than the water.

[lo n slo]

The most challenging thing is figuring out the fish (where they are, their mood, what they will bite, how fast to work the lure to make them bite, etc)

The most exciting part is when you have a hunch, and you were right.

Pretty much sums it up

[coderforlife22]

Thanks guys! Your responses have been awesome. 

 

As a fisher myself(Been fishing since I was about 14). I find the aspect of nature to be the most exciting thing for me. Being out on the lake, pond or river with nothing but you, maybe a colleague, and nature. So peaceful.

 

The next thing is hooking a fiery crappie that fights like a 5lb bass, only to be a tiny little crappy. LOL

 

The most challenging part for me is finding and hitting the right spot...Knowing the patterns by the time of day for certain types of fish, etc. 

 

Thanks for the responses so far! Keep em coming! Also, if you are interested in the project I am working on, you can check it out here: Facebook Page I would love to connect with you all on the page and talk more so be sure to "Like". 

 

Anyway, looking forward to hearing from more of you!

 

Troy

[Felix77]

1. Stopping around Oct/Nov each season until ice.

2. The peacefulness.

[clh121787]

Loading a boat in 40 mph cross winds and white caps.

[Fin Stalker]

Not fishing. I use it for an excuse to get out of just about everything.

[Starchalopakis]

Not spending a lot of money on fishing is challenging! Why does fishing stuff have to be so fun to buy?

[DogBone_384]

C'mon ... What's the most challenging thing about fishing? Talk about a layup - keeping the tackle monkey out of your wallet, your wife/significant other off your back, AND CATCHING BIGGER FISH EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT!

And what's the most exciting thing about fishing ? Keeping the tackle monkey out of your wallet, your wife/ significant other off your back, AND CATCHING BIGGER FISH EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT!

[NoahWatts]

Most challenging fishing through extreme heat or cold

Most exciting when you get that bite and swing on it and the rod just stops

[Montanaro]

Finding time to go!

[Retired@176]

1). What is the most challenging thing you find about fishing?

             Learning and then having success with a new technique.

 

2). What is the most fun and exciting part of fishing?(Obviously catching a fish ;-) But anything else you find exciting?)

             The most fun I have is teaching and fishing with my grandchildren and sharing in their excitement when they catch a fish.

[RAMBLER]

Most challenging;  Finding time to go out.

Most exciting;  Knowing exactly where a bass should be, making the perfect cast, pulling a bass out of that spot.

[FrogFreak]

1) The most challenging part of fishing is figuring them out. Others have said it better than I could here. When I have to work to find a pattern, it's very satisfying when I get it right.

 

2) Besides the obvious (catching), the thing I find exciting is the drive to the lake. The anticipation of the day and what it may bring still makes me feel like a little kid on Christmas morning!

 

I absolutely positively love fishing for bass! When I'm not fishing, I'm thinking about it. I fall asleep every night thinking about how I'm going to fish in certain conditions on certain lakes. I'm full on addicted and I'm very ok with it.

[Ratherbfishing]

Most challenging?  It is sustaining the enthusiasm to justify the time, psychic and physical energy, and expense I've poured into the sport.  When things are going well-the fish are biting okay, the weather isn't too uncooperative, etc., it's easy to feel good about the money I've poured into the boat, the SUV (for pulling the boat),  the equipment, the early mornings and the too often long drives, etc. but sometimes (usually in the heat of summer and during the too loooooong winters), I find myself asking "Is it really worth it?"  And then I'll have a respectable trip and I answer yes...  Until another long dry spell.  Sigh.

 

Most exciting?  When I hit the "mother load" and I have to get behind a tree just to bait the hook.

[desmobob]

I guess the only challenging part for me is having time off and reasonable weather at the same time.

 

As far as the fishing goes, I don't want to feel challenged.  I'm out there to have fun, relax and enjoy the outdoors.  

 

I like to learn, and I think of the fishing more as an education than a challenge...  a fun, unstructured education where there are no tests, no grades, no deadlines, and I can put in as much or as little effort as my mood dictates.  If the bass are being tight-lipped, I can concentrate and work hard at solving the problem or I can just get out the ultralight and play with the panfish or maybe watch the birds, look for driftwood or just go for a boat ride.

 

The fun and exciting parts to me are when a really big fish catches me off guard, or I get some kind of large and surprising bi-catch, or see something rare or unusual in nature, or have one of those days where it seems like you catch a decent fish on every other cast no matter what you're throwing.

 

Fishing is like pizza or sex... it's all good, sometimes it's really good.  

 

Tight lines,

Bob

[MidwestF1sh]

Most challenging part

1) finding time to go

2) affording the cost of fishing

The most exciting

I think tournament fishing is. Weather its just "blasting off" early morning with a ton of boats or the feeling when you get bit knowing it could mean so much if you land the fish.

[geo g]

By far adjusting to environment changes is always the toughest part of the game.

The most injoyable part is just being out there with nature.

[coderforlife22]

Nice! Thanks for the responses guys!

 

Reading through them has been very informative and helpful!

[Jd_Phillips_Fishin]

For me it is challenging to keep focused when I haven't gotten bit in 3-4 hours 

[iabass8]

1. Keeping up on organization

2. Buying new stuff over the winter

[bigfruits]

1. finding the fish

2. working different lures with nice gear

[bigbassin']

1. Finding the fish

2. Finding the fish

[BassMaster17]

Most challenging: going to a spot where you almost know you'll catch something and getting skunked. most exiting: just knowing that your PB is swimming around in the lake somewhere, waiting to be caught.

[FloridaFishinFool]

Wind. (And current)

 

I live near the coast here in central Florida and I am always doing battle with the wind.

 

Trying to keep the boat where I want it while making the perfect cast is probably the biggest battle. Nothing worse than making a cast and watching a gust of wind carry the lure 10 feet off the mark- or more! Who knows, maybe there is a fish waiting there too! Had that happen more times than I can count.

 

The rest is just fun!

 

Added: Exciting? Finding a spot in the St. Johns river where the bass are boiling on bait fish for 4 hours straight every day from mid June through mid August. Arrive at 3pm and anchor up in one spot with clear casting up and down the river, and watch in amazement as bass jump out of the water chasing bait fish actively in one small area of the river every day until near sundown. And then catching as many bass as I can cast to and hook up with. I had a 4 day stretch this summer with over 150 bass caught and just as many missed and could have caught many more had I had 6 arms with 6 rods and reels.

 

The bass in my avatar was caught in there this summer.

 

I just happened upon this spot cruising up the river when I happened to look up into a side channel and saw fish jumping out of the water up in there. So I throttled down, circled back around, shut down the outboard, dropped in the trolling motor and slowly and quietly went up inside the mouth of that channel and found bass fishing nirvana for 8 weeks! I told one buddy of mine about it and we both had a blast there.

 

We did not have to look for fish. Those bass were boiling the water of the river in front of us and all around us every few minutes in different spots, sometimes boiling the water in 3 or more spots at the same time. It came down to trying to decided which boil was the best opportunity at any given second trying to judge where the biggest bass was actively feeding and cast to it. It was amazing!

[stkbassn]

Hey guys,

 

I have a big project I am working on and wanted to get your opinion on somethings. 

 

1). What is the most challenging thing you find about fishing?

2). What is the most fun and exciting part of fishing?(Obviously catching a fish ;-) But anything else you find exciting?) 

 

 

I would love to hear your opinion.

 

Troy

 

For me it's just catching fish consistently and especially on big water. Fishing local tourney's it's always demoralizing coming back to the ramp and having a tough night when other boats have 5 good one's and then you hear they caught a bunch...here we were lucky to catch a few all night. Frustrating but then again I do know those guys have brush and other spots they know that consistently hold fish. I have only been in one tournament with a guy who had a ton of brush piles and knew exactly where they were. Surprise, I caught fish! Also, when I still had my boat I did have memory of where a few of those piles were and could always go back there and catch fish on those spots.

 

So, the most exciting thing for me or was the most exciting was when I had my own boat and had the freedom to go when I wanted to go. Nothing is better than being able to say, yep, I'm going...hook up the boat and go...best feeling in fishing for me!!