When fishing alone?

[hamer08]

I fish most of the time with someone else. I don't mind fishing alone. But I'm pretty busy most of the time and like to kill two birds with one stone. So I often take the kids and/or GF with me, which is a huge distraction to serious fishing. I'll adjust my fishing stragedy to accomodate all of the minor emergencies thay are bound to occur. If we're in a boat, then I just assume fishing is a secondary objective. I'm just glad to have my line wet. I do have serveral fisherman friends I enjoy going out with. We all tend to be experts at a certain species or at least at a certain location. Most of the time I feel these fishing partners are worth the minor inconveniences they bring (most are very well mannered though). With these guys, the fishing is fairly serious and they are on a comparable skill/enthusaism level.

It seems like a lot of people have trouble finding fisherman as serious as yourself, have you tried fishing clubs or other ways of finding serious fisherman?

[IdahoLunkerHunter]

I prefer fishing with someone else. I fish about 75% of the time by myself though. I take a lot of newbies out and teach them the simple tactics on how to bass fish. That is what I enjoy most. I think the most enjoyable part about fishing is spreading your knowledge and techniques to the people out there that are having problems fishing. Watching a friend land their first 6lb lunker is about the coolest thing in the world! Plus having someone there you don't turn out with photos like the one below

[amfyoyo1]

I see two draw backs to fishin alone. :'( No one to share the memories of the trip with and no one to Get The Net.

Started taking pictures which helped the first problem. Got a folding net that opens with one hand to solve the second problem.

Picture of a friend using my net.

[roadwarrior]

Fishing alone is like drinkin' alone:

I don't like it unless I'm by myself.

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[amfyoyo1]

Fishing alone is like drinkin' alone:

I don't like it unless I'm by myself.

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Yo roadwarrior

If I don't talk, can I fish with yall? ;D

[Waterwolves]

I fish alone about 60% of the time and I love every minute of it. I almost always catch more fish. To be honest I am already too competive and when i take my best friend out we are always competeing too much. LOL So we can only stand to go fishing with each other a handful of times a year. LOL When I take my wife I am always getting her line unsnagged or putting a lure on for her. So I can forget fishing half the time and my catch rate suffers badly. I do however have a friend that I would consider a better bass fisherman then me and I love going fishing with him. LOL He always puts me on fish and I always seem to catch a big fish. LOL

[justfishin]

Sometimes I enjoy fishing with a buddy and sometimes I enjoy the solitude. I do better alone as my mind is on fishing. After guiding for 17 years and having to fool with some very interesting clients,lol, it is nice to fish alone. I gave up guiding last year and tend to fish solo more and more. I still like taking people with me though, especially if they have a sense of humor because I sure do.

[RecMar8541]

Serious fishing almost always alone.  However, the prettier half goes with me time to time to sunbathe on the back of the boat.  I dont mind she is usually quiet and it gives us time to talk a bit about whatever.

I had one guy I used to fish with quite a bit.  He was a heavy beer drinker and would leave beer cans on the back of the boat, it used to really honk me off.  One day he ask me to ride with him someplace, about a 4 hour drive round trip, so I took a 12 pack of coke and left the cans on the floor of his car.  Of course he said something the next time we were out fishing.  I simply took the lid off of the trash can at our dock, and showed him all his beer cans I removed from the boat.  He never did it again.  He moved away, and I dont hear from him much, but I do miss a good fishing partner.

[Gatorbassman]

There is nothing like going fishing with other people. I enjoy going with friends and I have been known to pull up to a bank beater and ask him if he would like to climb into the boat. Those have been some good memories. But I grew up hunting a fishing buy myself. My dad was deathly allergic to ticks and he didn't like bass fishing so I was by myself much of the time. Nowadays I take the days by myself to learn or get better at a different technique, or to learn a new area of the lake. I only have my schedule to worry about and I can concentrate 100% on what the fish want.

[bassbob08]

I love to fish alone sometimes but between my wife son daughter and friend, without a boat, I dont get to do that much.But when I do I Love it.I dont mind taking them but being alone somtimes is good.

[eastkybass]

I fish alot of the time by myself.  It can be very enjoyable.  I try not to worry about the talking to my equipment as long as it doesn't start answering me.

[Guest avid]

I like it both ways,

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ceph?

T.M.I.  dude.

[captbob]

I enjoy 3 kinds of fishing.

1. Fishing with someone better than me so I can learn something. Or fishing with someone who fishes different water so I can pick up a few tricks. It's a long process getting better by yourself by trial and error.

2. Fishing with my grandson or someone truly interested who wants to learn, and you can enjoy their company. Opposite of #1.

3. Fishing alone is great. Theres something to be said for solitude and contemplation. And fun to try out ideas and experiment with different tactics. Also when you have a tournament alone you always win which puts you in a good mood to go toast your success with friends and brag about the big one that made you a winner. Sometimes I use saltwater tactics on a lake, I once amazed a bunch of guys with Kite fishing.

CB-FL Keys & N.Y.