You might be a hardcore bass fisherman if.......

[moby bass]

if you would really really really rather be fishing

 Uh Ohh

It's 3:30 in the morning on a workday.  

You get up for a drink of water and pee,  

but instead of going back to bed for a couple of hours,  

you check into BassResource.com to see if anything's going on!

 Uh Ohh

If you are here....

Uh Ohh

-when you use a hot tub,aquarium,or swimming pool to try out new lures.

Uh Ohh

[Bass_Akwards]

YOU MIGHT BE A HARD CORE BASS FISHERMAN IF......

-Your wife comes home from victorias secret holding 5 new pairs of sexy panties and says "Do you want to have some fun tonight baby?''  and you respond "YES, WERE GOING TO BASS PRO SHOPS!"

- Every time you take a bath, you bring a snorkel and all your lures

- You buy yourself two new rods and two new reels at the local bait shop.  The sales guy asks "Do you want a rod and reel for your wife?"  You respond "Hell yea, that will be the best trade I ever made!"

- You see Kermit the frog on TV and all you can think of is how you'd rig him in the slop at lake ElSalto (personally I go weedless and weightless myself)

T

[John J.]

* Your favorite song since you were a year old was The Knitty Gritty Dirt Band's "You and me go fishing in the dark" (It was mine...)

* You fish more than you spend time with your wife or girlfriend ("Well I'm going to miss her...")

* All your hats are either from B.A.S.S organization, or contain your favorite or so called "Lucky" baits

* You dream every night of being in the middle of the lake fishing in weeds, timber and cover and land a biggun. (I do EVERY NIGHT!)

* Your signature contains a famous quote from a professional bass fisherman (Check it out!)

[FD.]

Here are mine and my wife's ( also a fisherman), all true:

My honeymoon was spent in a cabin on West Point Lake....In July and I have a picture of the 10 pounder I caught but not a picture of my wedding..(the picture to the left)

We bought a bigger boat instead of remodeling the kitchen. (her idea)

She goes to Walmart to get groceries and comes home with 3 bags of renegades. "food for the fish" she explains

You open my garage and it has more rods and baits than the local tackle shop.  13 are mine, 4 are my wifes, 4 are my 14 yr old sons, and 3 are my 11 year old daughter. Oh and not to forget the 5 or so saltwater rods.

We have family outings on the back porch practicing flipping and pitching into flower pots

Thanksgiving vacation is planned for the same lake as the honeymoon.

My calendar has ALL the upcoming tournaments for the year already listed in them...Club, 3 divisions of ABA, charity, Stratos owners, BFL, BASS, HT3, Extreme Series on 3 different lakes.

[jb_adams]

YOU MIGHT BE A HARD CORE BASS FISHERMAN IF......

- You see Kermit the frog on TV and all you can think of is how you'd rig him in the slop at lake ElSalto (personally I go weedless and weightless myself)

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that one! That's the best one yet!

[Jake.]

- You see a fallen tree on the side of the road and think "that would make a great lay-down"

I always do that...  

[Zel]

If you have more fishing rods than your wife has shoes!

If 90% of the shirts you wear have a picture of a bass on them!

If the engine on your boat is larger than the one in your vehicle!

If getting lucky relates to you catching bass!

If you have more than 365 posts to your name at BassResource.com and you've been a member less than a year!

[L-Train]

You seriously contemplate quiting your job so you can live the dream.  And by living the dream I mean anything that has to do with bass fishing.  Haven't done it yet, but it crosses my mind everyday.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

You seriously contemplate quiting your job so you can live the dream. And by living the dream I mean anything that has to do with bass fishing. Haven't done it yet, but it crosses my mind everyday.

Right on brother.Took the words right outa my mouth  

[Bass Smacker]

You seriously contemplate quiting your job so you can live the dream. And by living the dream I mean anything that has to do with bass fishing. Haven't done it yet, but it crosses my mind everyday.

Right on brother.Took the words right outa my mouth

Always right before I punch in.  :-/

[Jake P]

You might be a hardcore bass fisherman if.....

-if you dont just power fish but you power eat, shower, walk, pee, breath and just about power everything else

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i honestly laughed for almost 10 minutes

[LooksLikeSinbad]

We have family outings on the back porch practicing flipping and pitching into flower pots

Wow!!

[Siebert Outdoors]

If your first hour at work is spent catching up on four different fishing forums.

Guilty as charged....but I only visit one

Hmm, sounds familiar

Your ol lady asks your favorite colors and you say black and blue.

[flechero]

-when you use a hot tub,aquarium,or swimming pool to try out new lures.

Sinking brush and bricks into your pool to show a buddy the difference in feel, between a fish and the brush/rocks.  (my wife was not impressed, but it made his learning curve about 3 casts)  

[Jake P]

when your truck suddenly breaks down every saturday morning right before you have to be at work  ;D

[RAINCLOUD36]

I'm guilty of almost all on the list but I have one to add. When we were looking to buy a house in N.C. my main concern was having a big enough yard to park the boat I hadn't bought yet.

[L-Train]

Guilty of that.  During the recent move, When house hunting, my first thing to look at was the garage.  I would measure it, if it was not long enought for my boat, I wouldn't even look at the rest of the house.  My boat takes priority over everything.

[Handy]

When your friends and family call you on the cell phone and don't ask what you are doing, just what lake you are at and hows the fishing. Or somehow you have a peice of tackle with you at all time. For some reason I carry a small bomber square a with me in my winter coat sans hooks and there seems to be a loose peice of tackle in every vehicle I own.

Paul

[dink]

A few "trueisms" for me personally:

- if you have ever fished a tournament where the wind chill never got ABOVE zero.

- if you ever made a two hour round trip to fish for under an hour. (Done that one a few times)

- if you ever tied up to a No Wake bouy at night to catch a couple Z's in the midst of your 30-hour marathon outing. (Twice)

[Terry_]

If you have ever asked your pregnant wife to have a c-section a week early because here do date is the same as a tournament for which I have already paid entry fees!

   This is true, and almost cost me my boat. :'(

[fishing man]

"find soft plastic lures and crankbaits in you pockets"

happens to me all the time, actually found some lures in my backpack at school.

[The Next KVD]

YOU KNOW OUR A HARDCORE BASS FISHERMAN WHEN: (some are serious, some are for fun)

*Your out fishing while everybody else is watching the Super Bowl! (Thats what they made VCRs and DVRs for PEOPLE!!!)

*Your favorite song is "The fishing song" by Brad Praisley

*Your weekends consists of: 15 hrs of fishing, 8 hrs of researching the sport on bassresource.com, and 1 hr of sleep!

*You get up real early in the morining to go fishing so your wife can't stop you and make sure that you are going to the in-laws.

*When a heavy set man walks past you, you see the world record Largemouth walking past you instead and try to tackle him so you can get him certifide!

*You complain when spending $35 to fill up your car that gets 50mpg, but think nothing of it when filling up your truck  that gets 11mpg and ur boat with $130 worth of gas. (happens all the time)

*You pray the Rapala "Fishermans Prayer" every time you go fishing.

*You spend 7/8ths of your life on water.

*You blow off your date because your buddy wants you to take him for a ride in that new Bullet w/ a 300hp Merc of yours to prove to him that it can go 100mph!

*You believe that Kevin Vandam is actually a prophet from the bible.

*You don't care that the ice is 6ft thick, ur going fishing!

*75% of your annual income is spent on fishing gear, gas, ect.

*You don't care what the weatherman says, a hurricane ain't going to stop you from fishing.

[bassboy1]

WOW!!

I am guilty of quite a bit more than I thought.  At least 85% of them, as a quick estimate.  

When your room (or house) is a horrible mess, but your fishing closet is perfectly organized, and dusted daily.

When your room (or whole house) is painted bass green (creekside green from the Home Depot color cards if yall are interested) and has that whole bass fishing theme.  

When you sign up for a certain class at school, solely because the teacher is an avid bass fisherman, and deer hunter.  (The only reason I plan on staying at my school next year, and not moving to a different one)

[Catt]

Showed up at work at 5:00 am with your boat in tow, hung 100 sheets of sheetrock by 5:00 pm, drove 2 ½ hours to the lake, fished all night, won the tournament, drove 2 ½ hours back to the job site and worked another 12 hour shift.

Took a 72 hour acoustical ceiling contract at McDermott Shipbuilding Co., New Iberia LA; completed the job in 4 days by working 18 hours a day just so you could spend the next 3 days on the lake.

Fished 18 to 20 hours straight many time just cause they are biting  

[Lucky Craft Man]

YOU MIGHT BE A HARD CORE BASS FISHERMAN IF......

- You see Kermit the frog on TV and all you can think of is how you'd rig him in the slop at lake ElSalto (personally I go weedless and weightless myself)

T

That is sooo freakin' funny!!!!

I would say if you dream about your next rod and reel set-up constantly (I can't get my mind off of getting a Daiwa Steez and G Loomis GLX BCR854C)