For those that fish everyday...How happy are you? :)

[clemsondds]

Thanks again everyone. Always good to keep things in perspective 

[DitchPanda]

My Dad and Uncle (his little brother) both retired and moved to the Iowa great lakes region aka Okoboji and spirit lake.

They decided to do this so they had access to good fishing and could get out all the time. They even went in on an ice castle permanent fish house to be comfortable in the winter. My dad is 65 and Uncle is 63 this year and both guys have typical issues from age but are in relatively good health. They honestly fish half as much as me with dad totally retired and Uncle working only 2 days a week for something to do. My dad talked about retirement with me since he was 50 and how he couldn't wait to fish all the time and now he goes less and less all the time. I don't get it.

[DanielG]

I'm retired and have fished a lot in the past couple of years. My boat is about 30 ft out my front door tied to a dock so fishing is easy. It doesn't interfere with anything as I'm up at about 5 am and after about 8 or so the fish really aren't biting much. So, I'm up, and done it pretty much before the day starts. Often before the wife is even up. I don't fish every day but mostly every other day, especially when the water is glassy and the weather is really, really nice. Since I can go whenever I want if they day isn't nice, or good for fishing, I can always go the next morning. Sometimes I go out for a few hours at dusk.

Then again, here in Maine I don't fish year round. The ice gets in the way.

 

It is great. I do love it, even later in the season with the biting gets harder. Just the act of fishing is good. Better with fish but good either way.

[gim]

I can’t imagine that anyone literally has the time to fish every single day of the week. If your a home owner, have a family, a pet, or anything else to be responsible for, it would require attending to. Even if your retired it’s hard to fathom it every day, day after day. Gotta think that just the weather conditions would limit you on a regular basis too.

[Bird]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I can’t imagine that anyone literally has the time to fish every single day of the week. If your a home owner, have a family, a pet, or anything else to be responsible for, it would require attending to. Even if your retired it’s hard to fathom it every day, day after day. Gotta think that just the weather conditions would limit you on a regular basis too.

You are correct as I'm retired and find it next to impossible to fish every day with the above responsibilities. 

I also watch the weather closely and won't fish on windy days, get chores done instead so I'm free on calm days. 

 

[Boomstick]

I work 40 hours a week, but I take as much off as I can in the spring and summer. I usually can make it out 3-4 days a week, the rest of the time I'm taking my son to piano lessons, doing laundry and chores and on Fridays I am usually preparing for the weekend's fishing trips in one way or another.

 

I also camp a lot though and when I'm camping I get to fish everyday and it's wonderful

[Bigassbass]

My greatest joy of fishing was when I went every day or every other day in the summer and chased the schoolies, wow what a thrill top water action non stop, loved it could catch 50 fish easy in a few hours!   Lakes with lots of fish and a boat!

[Ratherbfishing]

Can I provide my thoughts/input even though I'm not there (yet)?  I wouldn't fish EVERY day even if I could but I do get itchy after a few days away from fishing.  The thought that I can pick and choose WHEN I want to fish, however, is very appealing to me.  I'm of the age now where a long day of fishing really wears me out so that means, if I take a weekday off from work to fish, it's likely to be a Friday (so I can recuperate on Saturday) but Fridays are not always that nice and I detest fighting crowds on weekends.

 

When I travel a long distance to fish (i.e, rent a cabin, etc), I will fish every day and I don't regret it but being able to pick and choose when I fish is really appealing.

[Bankbeater]

I think my Dad had it figured out pretty good.  He would fish every other day.  If you saw him out in the yard two days in a row that meant either the fish weren't biting, or he was going on a long fishing trip.

[Raul]

I took a "leap year" after I graduated from college and fished almost every day, how happy was I ? ..... ever seen the movie "Groundhog day" ? I wish it were for real.

[redux]

I'm very happy ?

[CrankFate]

I have had several opportunities to fish every day. And yes, if you like fishing, it’s great. Other times, I had no time to fish and it sucks thinking about it. I’ll still never understand the people that fish for an hour, even if it’s every day. An hour doesn’t even count according to my clock. If it’s less than at least 4-5 hours, it’s not really fishing to me.

[Freelippiercings1]

I fish every morning before work, and fish morning and nights on the weekends pond hopping. I fish probably 360 days a year.  My wife thinks I have a problem, bless her heart lol.  But if I can catch just one largemouth nothing else can ruin my day. 

[padon]

im 14 years from retirement. ( not that im counting lol) so i cant tell you what its like. but to me its the flexibility that i look forward to. i probably wont fish every day but probably several days a week. blowing 20 today ? ok ill go tomorrow. have something i wanna do with friends today ok ill go tomorrow. right now when i get a chance  to go i gotta go , bad weather , poor conditions  etc.

[Bird]

From a retirement perspective, fishing every day or even every other day is actually a grind.

 

Batteries need recharged, cooler repacked, leaders retied, on the road again.

Can't speak for everyone but I find fishing for 5 - 6 hrs very fatiguing, especially in the hot sun.

 

2 - 3 days per week feels like harmony and preferably not back to back but the weather and lunar phase dictates a lot as well.

[Craig P]

I am 51, I am not retired but I only work 3ish days a week. I work for myself and have become very efficient at what I do and make a good living doing that so I don’t know that I will ever actually retire. Anyways, with that said, I fish at least 1 day a week to keep the jitters at bay lol but sometimes it is 2-3 times a week if the “life / wife” schedule and weather allows.

 

Just having the ability to go, at any time, sometimes cures the crave so I could understand how some of you who have retired relatives who don’t fish as much as they use to view it.

[soflabasser]

In my life I have had times I fish everyday for 2 weeks in a row, but it is something I do on special occasions. Most of the time I fish a couple times a month at most, since I have other hobbies and other important things I need to do. Like everything in life moderation is key.

[Chris Catignani]

I dont fish "every day" but fishing is in some way part of my day...everyday.

If I'm not on the lake, I'm building rods or making lures of tweeking reels. And there's the boat.

I guess everyone knows that boat stands for Bail Out Another Thousand.

[king fisher]

   For 25 years I guided fisherman every day May through Sept. in Alaska.  What would I do in the evenings after work?  Fish.  Was I happy?  Very happy.  Now I have the chance to pursue bass, my first fishing addiction.  I hope to fish every day when I retire, but I'm sure age and responsibilities will keep me off the water much of the time.  I'm glad I did the fish bum thing when I was young.  Having a place by a lake where I can make a few casts every day when I'm old would be ideal.

        I have always tried to avoid the only go fishing when everything is right syndrome.  Like  People that live by ski resorts only going on fresh powder days, so some winters they only ski a few days a season.  Surfers who only go when the waves are perfect.  Trout fisherman who live bey a Western Stream, but only go when the Salmon fly hatch is happening.  I still like to fish a bobber and worm for what ever bites, almost as much as I like fishing for DD bass.  I have found once I get a line in the water I am happy no matter what my chances of catching are that day.

      Right now I'm on line talking fishing every day, but fishing very little.  It would be nice to someday be able to claim the exact opposite.  Until then, if all I can do is talk fishing, then that is what I will do.

[roadwarrior]

Not everyday, but 4 or 5 days a week. Locally plus one day each week on the

Tennessee River. Last week my brother and I had 3 GREAT days at Bull Shoals.

I don't fish much on the weekends, but as luck would have it, two of the last

three Sundays I have caught my biggest bass of the year at a local pond! 

[Big-Bass]

I have found that fishing every day (while fun and more realistically 4-5 time per week) in my 20's left me wanting to fish even more.  In my 30s I fine tuned my tackle, my techniques, and caught some of my biggest fish.  Right now, with a young family who is starting to become interested in fishing, the simplicity of little things is back.  Happiness is always a giant bass, but sometimes it is a child with a bluegill on a mealworm with a bobber.  I have more gear than I can use and a collection of reels (both vintage and new) that is my hobby and collection, but as I sit here writing this and watching TV with my kids this morning, I think we may go out in a bit and catch some sunfish...it will be a happy day!

[throttleplate]

I am retired, gettin home from a trip usually around 11:30 pm i just dont jump in bed.

Mondays trip started fishing at 1pm and pulled into the driveway at 1AM.

After unloading the car i reorganize all the tackle that the wife and i used.

I then have to hang my waders up to dry out, all my gear i wear while wading is soaked and have to lay it out to dry, then i have to eat, check myself for ticks, shower.

My wife is upstairs tending to the fish we caught, she guts and cleans it at the lake and then washes the filets when we get home, then marinates them.

Then next day i will retie all the rods, oil them up because i dunked 2 reels yesterday while wade fishing. Retie my snelled lures that got damaged, make new snelled leaders that are damaged and make up for the lures that got snagged, only lost one tube jig yesterday.

Its a big grind and clean up is the hardest worst part.

[Krux5506]

I used to fish everyday after work in my early 20's before I was married with kids now I fish maybe twice a month if that. Fishing everyday though for me wasn't as great as it may sound. I'd often get burnt out from it and felt like I was doing it just out of habit. Sure I had great times on the water and I do not regret the amount of time I put in but life and responsibilities change, as does mindset. 

 

I appreciate the time I do get way more now than I did before. 

[Darth-Baiter]

i work plenty. I seem to fish most free time.  2x week easily.  It makes me happy. 
 

Fishing everyday into be the ticket for happiness for me when I retire.  Financial freedom and my relationships will be.  I’ll nurture both of those more. 

[rboat]

At least 2 & 1/2 years to go before I could retire. I work mostly part-time now and still do not get to fish much due to family and home responsibilities. Hoping inflation calms down so I can retire. I pray my health holds up into retirement. Looking forward to a realistic 3 to 4 days a week on the water. Time will tell.