Wurming67 Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 You ever notice when you get a boat all of sudden you become the guy that's suppose to take everyone out......It's like when I played guitar everyone thinks your their personal juke box.Trust me I enjoy taking people out on my boat but my fishing partner is the guy I want on my boat we fished in a small job boat for years lugging it and all the gear over levees and being sore sitting in same position for hours cause it was so small.Maybe because I just got it all my family,friends and girl thinks I should take everyone out they know out....Anyone else experience this when you first get a boat, does it taper off?? 3 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 18, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 18, 2017 You'll never be more popular than the day you buy a boat. 2 Quote
XpressJeff Posted March 19, 2017 Posted March 19, 2017 it's kinda like when you were younger and bought a pickup truck or a trailer, everybody wants to borrow your trailer or help them move! Like Nancy Reagan said, "Just say NO"! Good luck and enjoy the days you have! 1 Quote
Super User flechero Posted March 19, 2017 Super User Posted March 19, 2017 It will slow down but may take a while if YOU are a GOOD HOST! You get to control it or control who likely wants to go... Two ways I used to curb the crowds... split expenses, including the gas in the truck as you head out. That trick separates the people who want to fish (and understand the cost and effort in maintaining a boat) from the ones who just want you to take them out. Second, fish hard all day from O'dark 30 to evening dark. Using these 2 things, a fair weather fisherman rarely ask to go a second time. My best fishing partners over the years used to show up with cash for truck/boat gas and buy breakfast on the way out... coincidentally they were also the best friends and fisherman over the years. As a boater, I have always shown up ready to split expenses on someone else's boat and buying breakfast or lunch is just to say thanks for letting me go with. 3 Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 I have only had my boat for a few months. Since then I've heard from more extended family and long last high school 'friends' than I have in the last twenty years put together. They're crawling out of the woodworks, like I won the lottery or something. They all want that boat time. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 Two Words ~ Back Boat. That list will get shorter & shorter until one day .. .. it's gone. J/K As long as they are waiting for me at the ramp with a hot coffee & a fresh tube of Megastrike - it's good. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Gundog Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 Should have bought a canoe. Nobody wants to paddle. 5 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 I've owned over a dozen new boats, but if you're not my next-door neighbor you'd probably never know. As it happens, my next door neighbors doesn't fish Quote
dwh4784 Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 I honestly hated having a bass boat. I bought my dad's when he quit fishing and unless I could convince him to come with me I had nobody that could help back the trailer, load the boat, generally contribute anything. The truck I had at the time was a 5-speed so most people couldn't even drag the boat out of the water. But everyone wants you to take them out. I'm much happier with my kayak. 3 Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 Nope. Never had a single person bug me to take them out. My wife has only been on the boat twice, and our daughter once. Not many are enthused about getting up a couple of hours before sunrise, or told no alcohol allowed on the boat. Very few asked to go out on the ocean when I was lobstering. But, they were forewarned that if they got seasick they'd have to endure it until the gear was hauled. 2 Quote
Super User S Hovanec Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 It's the opposite for me. I have trouble getting people to go with me most of the time. Maybe that says something about me? Lol 5 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted March 20, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2017 12 hours ago, A-Jay said: Two Words ~ Back Boat. That list will get shorter & shorter until one day .. .. it's gone. J/K As long as they are waiting for me at the ramp with a hot coffee & a fresh tube of Megastrike - it's good. A-Jay What kind of coffee you drink? ? 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, 12poundbass said: What kind of coffee you drink? ? LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. .. A-Jay 2 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted March 20, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2017 20 minutes ago, A-Jay said: LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. .. A-Jay Lol. If that's all you charge for your guide services all grab 2 tubes of Megastrike and 2 cups of flammable coffee and gladly drive the 2 or so hours northeast to catch some smallies! 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, 12poundbass said: Lol. If that's all you charge for your guide services all grab 2 tubes of Megastrike and 2 cups of flammable coffee and gladly drive the 2 or so hours northeast to catch some smallies! It's not really a guide service ~ it's more along the lines of roller coaster ride at Six Flags - It starts out OK but then then it goes down hill Rapidly from there - and at the end of it, your hairs a mess and you've lost all your pocket change. A-Jay 6 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted March 20, 2017 Global Moderator Posted March 20, 2017 21 minutes ago, A-Jay said: It's not really a guide service ~ it's more along the lines of roller coaster ride at Six Flags - It starts out OK but then then it goes down hill Rapidly from there - and at the end of it, your hairs a mess and you've lost all your pocket change. A-Jay Maybe it's the coffee! ? 1 Quote
ethan-333 Posted March 20, 2017 Posted March 20, 2017 only a few people i can fish with for a day enjoyably. otherwise ill only fish a few hours. the worst is you take someone out and barely 2 hours in they start complaining about wanting to leave 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, A-Jay said: LOL ~ The kind that's almost flammable .. ... .. .. .. A-Jay I like my coffee like i like my women. Hot and goes down easy. 3 Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 20, 2017 Super User Posted March 20, 2017 2 hours ago, S Hovanec said: It's the opposite for me. I have trouble getting people to go with me most of the time. Maybe that says something about me? Lol Don't call me. I'll call you. 1 Quote
runt4561 Posted March 22, 2017 Posted March 22, 2017 absolutely. when I have a boat I always take people fishing. a few years ago I sold my boat and went about 5 yrs without. for the first year I routinely got asked to go fishing and then it stopped. nobody asked anymore. now that I have a boat again, I have a lot more friends. another funny thing.... everyone is always asking to go fishing but when you have a spot open up on the boat then all of those people are busy. priorities man!!!! 1 Quote
Super User Redlinerobert Posted March 23, 2017 Super User Posted March 23, 2017 My dad or my wife. The occasional friend that comes to visit. That's about it. 1 Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted March 24, 2017 Posted March 24, 2017 I knew a fella who said he married an ugly woman so nobody would want her. Shoulda bought an uglier boat! 1 Quote
Super User Further North Posted March 27, 2017 Super User Posted March 27, 2017 Just make sure you've got a lot of rules: No smoking No drinking No swearing No eating Then tell 'em it's OK to dance as long as they let you lead. This will cut waaaaay down on the number of folks who want to fish with you. 1 Quote
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