Drinking and fishing ???

[skillet]

"You might be a Redneck if you ever got too drunk to fish"

                                            Jeff Foxworthy

Haven't imbibed in a number of years now. When I did, never while fishing. Never understood that rational...

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[fivesixone]

I drink a couple beers on the boat pretty regularly. And I mean 1-3, not 8.

I have developed a ridiculously high tolerance for alcohol, so I have yet to feel any of the ffects while on the water. I just like beer.

All things in moderation my friends.

These are my thoughts exactly.

[RiskKid.]

I drink socially and responsibly. I fish for fun and it is my hobby. I don't see how these activities would be enhanced by the other. A time and place for everything. These should be done in different times and places.

[kms399]

usually no I dont drink and fish. at my buddies cabin all bets are off! we will usually troll for pike and bs and have a few once we start getting buzzed up we usually anchor and drink/fish until 1-2AM then it is a very short ride to the cabin, very small lake only 2 other cabins on it.

[CatBassin]

I don't drink at all while fishing during the day, tried it once right after I turned 21 and it wasted more time than it was worth. Me and my buddies will drink when we're catfishing all night, and that used to turn into a whole weekend, but we don,t drink till sun up we just sit around the fire shoot the bs and enjoy the time.

[done]

    Drinking and driving a boat is just as bad as drinking and driving a car. I will not drive if I have a single beer in me, same with the boat.

   Growing up on the Niagara river, I saw alot of drinking and boating, I saw a lot of folks arrested, and I can rattle of tons of drunk and dead stories for folks who found out how bad an idea it was.

   Fishing, I never drink. The main fishing I do, trout fishing wading in streams, and Bass on a boat would both likely end up with some nasty reprocussions if I got wasted doing them.  

  At home, I may have a couple. As for what others SHOULD do, IMO, if they are doing what they are doing without endangering others or stomping on my rights, I am pretty quick to let their free will decide for them.

   

[fishfordollars]

1981 a guy handed me a beer while out on the lake. I poured it out after he left. I have no problem with someone having a few beers in my boat, I just do not do it.

[Crestliner2008]

In this state (MA), it is illegal to be under the influence of alcohol while operating a boat - period.

Besides that, I have a hard enough time trying to catch fish sober!  ;D

Seriously....I have never and will never permit any kind/quantity of alcohol on my boat.

[princecraft papa]

I'm not sure what the laws are where you guys live, here in eastern Canada you are required to have a boaters lisence, if you get caught drinking on your boat you loose your lisence. zero tolerance! I know this may seem extreme, but concider this. 75% of all boating accidents involve a drunk driver!

I thimk I'll wait till I'm at home BBQin B4 I enjoy a couple of beers.

Don't DRINK & DRIVE,,,,,,,car,boat,truck,4x4,,,,still driving!

[OK Bass Hunter]

I'm too busy fishing to drink water or eat sometime much less have time to worry if my beer is cold. So I don't drink when I'm fishing. Too many other things on my mind. Drinking just gets in the way for me.

[ZeNoob]

When we go catfishin at night we will drink from sundown till sun up. someones wife usualy drives us. If we go camping were drinkin beer 24/7 untill it gets to heavy then we switch to rum and cokes for a few hours then its back to beer.

as for bass fishing, well i shore fish(no boat) so it kinda hard to keep track of your beer while constantly casting and reeling in.

and yes, if someone farts it a good reason to crack open a cold one.  ;D

[flechero]

In this state (MA), it is illegal to be under the influence of alcohol while operating a boat - period.

I believe it's like that everywhere...  and at the very least, you could get arrested/ticketed for public intoxication, even if the driving statute didn't cover a boat.

[Olebiker]

I do well to keep my balance in a rocking bass boat when I'm sober, so no beer in the boat.  Once the fishing is done I will gladly have an Amber Bock.  If I don't have to drive I might have two.

As to alcohol being legal and pot illegal: I can drink a beer or two without being impaired.  You can't smoke one of those left handed cigarettes without losing control of your judgement.

[bassmedic46]

Drinking and fishing is why I go alone. Most of the people that I know fish drink and they drink to much.

[smdono]

I'm gonna be perfectly honest.....i don't drink but i do enjoy a couple joints when im out fishing.  I am never physically impaired and I do fish with out it all the time.  but it is just something i enjoy.  

[Raul]

A couple of brews in a day of fishing ain 't gonna kill you, problem comes when you abuse of the spiritous beverages. My friend Pedro likes to drink .... a lot   :-/, he chokes with a couple of brews, starts the injun and keep on fueling the entire day, Poncho plays second usually needless to say I 'm always de resignated driver for boat and vehicle.

[fishinfiend]

If I am nightfishing with bait at the beach, I will.  If I am bass fishing, no.

[Tin]

I'm gonna be perfectly honest.....i don't drink but i do enjoy a couple joints when im out fishing. I am never physically impaired and I do fish with out it all the time. but it is just something i enjoy.

Don't drink and drive, get high and fly...

[fivesixone]

I'm gonna be perfectly honest.....i don't drink but i do enjoy a couple joints when im out fishing. I am never physically impaired and I do fish with out it all the time. but it is just something i enjoy.

Don't drink and drive, get high and fly...

LOL  

I don't have a big bass boat or nothing, I go out on my little pond prowler in my neighborhood lake most of the time with nothin' but a trolling motor. I see nothing wrong with havin' a few brews.

[shadyhaven]

folks who have a problem will continue to have that problem no matter what they are doing! there is a time and place for everything, big lake=big rules(dnr,etc...)too much hassle. small lake=small rules. you get the pic. my lake is 90 acres, there is usually a beer or two onboard but thats it. anymore and trouble seems to find its way onboard too. i would much rather a lake full of left handers than drunks! at least it will be funny when you fall in!

[Bass Dude]

Beers are for AFTER fishing.  There is nothing better than getting home from a fishing trip, having a BBQ and cracking some beers---let the fishing stories fly!!!!

[AverageJoeBass]

For me fishing and drinking don't mix.  Almost 100% of the time when I go fishing I am with my son or my nephew.  I wouldn't want them to associate fishing with drinking.  I would rather them associate fishing with spending quality time with each other and a hobby.  The only drinks I have around when fishing are soda and water.

[Bassnajr]

Fishing/boating and drinking don't mix.....PERIOD!!!

Enjoy a few cold beverages on land after the outing or tourney. I have seen to many otherwise great people have their lives ruined for drinking and driving...don't do it!!!  Actually, I believe most T's don't allow alcohol on the boat..I might be wrong but???? IMVHO

Peace!  

ajr

[HossFly]

Boy, this seems to be a good thread, so i'll jump on.....

Here in my neck-o-the-woods, we have a nice little river that has some  good 4-6-8-hour floats on it, be it by boat,canoe, or tube.

The fishing is usually pretty good to, bass and bream, if one chooses to do so.

'Problem is, a lot of adults AND a lot of  "KIDS", that would be, say, "under-age", have tarnished this said little river to the point that the local officials have BANNED alcohol on said PORTIONS of this river, due to abuse, neglect of laws, litter, drunks, the list goes on....

There is nothing wrong with a "responsible" adult enjoying a few "adult" beverages on a "water-outing", but around here it seems there are not as many "resposible adults" as there are "adult beverages".......

lust had to throw in my 6-cents worth...

[mrlitetackle]

Bass......no......

Catfish late night at the lake outside house.......oh yeah!!