Nobody loves our sport as much as tackle shops.

[Sword of the Lord]

6 dinks cost me a $50 rod and a $17 whopper plopper today. Woohoo! 70 bucks for 6 dinks in 5 hours.

 

And a sunburn.

 

Noice m8!

 

Rod tip broke and I was being super ballsy throwing the WP right to the edge of weeds from the shore. This dude ain't simmin'.

[bigbill]

I put five new lures in a tree one day. Very costly fishing trip. Don't fish on windy days under low trees. The tree was decorated for the holidays. My lures and someone's bobbers. I Hardly ever lose lures. I go for years not losing anything. Some years maybe one lure. But through the many years probably more fish have ripped lures off my line. Then it being operator error(me).

i hate losing the discountinued stuff. One lure I lost is a manns crankbait. It caught a ton of bass it was a hot lure. So hot I carry two incase I lose one, the backup one catches nothing no matter how hard I try to drown it.

[Gundog]

Beats work...that's all I know. 

[islandbass]

 I used the sad icon to let you know I feel your pain. Mama said there'd be days like this. 

[Doug Anderson]

You NEED a $40K bass boat.

 

Later,

Doug

[jbmaine]

This can be, and often is, an expensive sport/hobby/passion for us. If I was told 60 yrs ago I would be spending this kind of $$$ just to catch a fish, and then to just put it back, I wouldn't have believed it, not by a long shot.

 Back then my only concern would have been, do I have enough worms, and will I be having fish for supper?

                                                                     Jim

[IndianaOutdoors]

If nobody lost lures there wouldn't be any to find.  Bummer bout your rod though.

[bigbill]

I broke a new flyrod once on its very first outing. I purchased the flyrod setup on clearance. It was a expensive flyrod. I think I paid $120 on a $250 setup. It was the end of summer clearance at the kittery trading post in kittery, Maine. I was fly fishing for the first time. It was awesome.

in the dark I closed the rear window and caught the rod tip and cut it. I now have a crappie rod with a micro spinning reel.

 

i feel your pain.

[Steveo-1969]

You could always take up golf instead.

[BuzzHudson19c]

7 hours ago, bigbill said:

I broke a new flyrod once on its very first outing. I purchased the flyrod setup on clearance. It was a expensive flyrod. I think I paid $120 on a $250 setup. It was the end of summer clearance at the kittery trading post in kittery, Maine. I was fly fishing for the first time. It was awesome.

in the dark I closed the rear window and caught the rod tip and cut it. I now have a crappie rod with a micro spinning reel.

 

i feel your pain.

I am 31 now and will never forget when I was 13 my mother closing the car door on my first fly rod. I was so bummed. It was a gift from my parents, but they weren't in a position to just go buy me a new one.

[geo g]

We have all been there and done the crazy stuff.  S*** happens to everyone if you fish often.  Don't let it bother you much, just restock and go find your personal best!

[Crappiebasser]

If the $70 makes you upset stay out of auto racing of any type. 

[Gundog]

On ‎9‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 4:22 PM, Steveo-1969 said:

You could always take up golf instead.

Ya ever try to cast a putter??? It's an ugly sight!

[Raul]

If you begin to whine about how much a fishing trip cost then the sport is not for you, go find another hobby like watching paint dry ( of course you can always whine about how much half a gal of paint cost ).

[Fishing Rhino]

On 9/24/2017 at 11:46 PM, bigbill said:

I put five new lures in a tree one day. Very costly fishing trip. Don't fish on windy days under low trees. The tree was decorated for the holidays. My lures and someone's bobbers. I Hardly ever lose lures. I go for years not losing anything. Some years maybe one lure. But through the many years probably more fish have ripped lures off my line. Then it being operator error(me).

i hate losing the discountinued stuff. One lure I lost is a manns crankbait. It caught a ton of bass it was a hot lure. So hot I carry two incase I lose one, the backup one catches nothing no matter how hard I try to drown it.

Seems to me you'd be better off adding a chain saw to your list of must haves.

[Sword of the Lord]

4 hours ago, Raul said:

If you begin to whine about how much a fishing trip cost then the sport is not for you, go find another hobby like watching paint dry ( of course you can always whine about how much half a gal of paint cost ).

That's exactly like telling somebody they're too poor to Bass fish. Sorry pal, I've got 4 kids and a wife on my income alone. I've got 3 setups and 1 or 2 of each of the lures I use besides plastics of course, and I fish from shore. So yeah, losing 1 setup and one of my more expensive lures is a big deal to me. 

 

 

So, so sorry for not having a ton of extra cash. Maybe frisbee golf or something. That should keep us poor people occupied.

[Sword of the Lord]

Did you know?

If you complain about the price of food, food isn't for you.

If you complain about the price of rent or a mortgage, a home isn't for you.

If you complain about the price of your vehicle and insurance policy, driving isn't for you.

If you complain about the price of medicine, medication isn't for you.

 

Less dramatic...

 

If you complain about the prices of televisions, TV isn't for you.

If you complain about the price of a lawn mower, mowing your lawn isn't for you.

If you complain about the price of pants, pants aren't for you.

 

Round and round we go with the logic of a turkey.

[J Francho]

We're done here.