How much money have you spent on your fishing addiction?

[DINK WHISPERER]

At this point.... I'm scared to even know!!!

[DaubsNU1]

Still fishing the Cabela's rods I purchased in the 1990's...I estimate spent round $1k on rods alone. 

 

Picked up my boat / motor / trailer for $600 back in 2000. 

 

I will just stop there  : ) 

[GreenPig]

$11.63       My wife set the password to this here phone.? Seriously I spend alot more in gas for the truck & boat.

[T-Billy]

Last year? Bout 10K. Lifetime? No idea. I probably don't wanna know. I FOR SURE don't want the wife to know.

[N Florida Mike]

I have been fishing 57 years now, but I’m probably in the lowest 10% spent of BR members. Unless you add the house on the lake…?

[QED]

I buy high end gear so each individual rig is on the order of $1k or more.  If you count the house near the mountain lake, then you're into millions.  Nothing is inexpensive in Silicon Valley.

[LrgmouthShad]

1 hour ago, Deleted account said:

Yes, and a lot of folks drink Budweiser and enjoy it, doesn't make it right...

I’ll take anything if it’s free

 

I’m back, by the way, and on my way I saw a guy throwing a lacrosse ball at a wall with his lacrosse stick by himself and that had to have been the saddest thing I’ve seen all year. 

[DitchPanda]

Depends on who you ask...my wife would say thousands too much...I'd say not quite enough to be satisfied.

[GRiver]

24 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

I’m probably in the lowest 10% spent of BR members.

I like picking up gear and rebuilding it. Most come from yard sales and estate sales. When I do buy new it usually Bass Pro, middle of the road stuff. 
 

[Bankbeater]

I'm going to forget I even saw this.

[BigAngus752]

What kind of a psycho would keep track of that?  Oh, the single kind.  Nevermind.  

[RDB]

Umm…I don’t like cocaine, I just like the way it smells.

[DinkDreams]

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

I'm just saying, the most I ever spent on a purchase was my spinnerbait rod and reel along with a good bit of tackle. But it was the best researched purchase I've made and I regret nothing. Wonderful equipment

Spinnerbait rod and reel are next on my list. What did you go with if you don’t mind sharing.

[LrgmouthShad]

3 minutes ago, DinkDreams said:

Spinnerbait rod and reel are next on my list. What did you go with if you don’t mind sharing.

iRod Stone Cold Swim and Vibrating Jig Rod paired with a REVO winch reel. The left handed ones are harder to find now but not too bad. I bought another before they started going out of stock and out of inventories. I will say... my only gripe with the rod is I feel it is a little long for spinnerbaits. It is an amazing rod, my favorite that I have, not even close. I use it for things other than spinnerbaits as well and it has proven to be an incredibly versatile rod. If I could do it over again, I would pick the same rod, but if I want a dedicated rod for spinnerbaits, I might go for one of the moderate fast <7'  Falcons that come in either medium heavy or even heavy since I hear they fish a little lighter than other rods. A 6'10" MH MF falcon expert and the Cara Head Turner both have my eye in the future. The Cara Head Turner is Jason Christie's spinnerbait rod. 

 

However, I don't know if it is the length of the rod I have or the fact that it is a moderate fast or perhaps the fact that I've fished with it so dang much that my bite to land ratio with spinnerbaits is darn near perfect. If one bites me on a spinnerbait, it's almost always mine. So... I might even be reluctant to try another rod. 

 

That was a long winded way of answering your question but I hope it gives you some ideas. I encourage a slow reel for spinnerbaits. Something in the 5 range. I think part of my preference for that might come from the fact that I like single colorado spinnerbaits a bunch and they seem to work better with a slow retrieve. There are speeds I reach on the REVO winch that I feel someone using a 7 speed reel cannot reach or would have a very hard time reaching. 

 

Okay I'll shut my mouth. Hope this helps

[Columbia Craw]

In the over all scope of things, quite a bit.

[padlin]

A wild guess for the last 50 or so years is $30k. Currently I spend roughly $300 a year for rods, reels, tackle, and lures.

 

[rtwvumtneer6]

This feels like a trap.  

[flyfisher]

Like this week or this year or are you talking lifetime here?

No matter what I have spent in total i know it was money I could spend and the results of being outside and active are well worth the cost.

[slonezp]

5 boats, 4 trucks, vacations, gear, etc., Probably enough to buy a real nice house.

[fishingram24]

Rough estimate 5,000 in rods/reels, 25 that I can use at 200 each some more, some a little less, boat 35,750(bought new in 2020), tackle 3 to 4,000. That's just what I have today. In my lifetime, way to much.   

[gim]

How about gasoline to run the outboard? Insurance? These are recurring expenses with a boat.

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, gimruis said:

How about gasoline to run the outboard? Insurance? These are recurring expenses with a boat.

Registration, maintenance...those as well.

 

Actually - including the canoe and the F-9 - probably under $7k since I restarted fishing a few years back.

[Log Catcher]

I've been buying fishing tackle since the 1960s. I don't even want to think about how much I have spent.

[PressuredFishing]

Wowza wowza everyone 

[SproDD79]

At one point I owned 33 14ft jonboats. After some serious soul searching, I am down to 12. I had similar problems with tackle as well, but I still love the sport.