How bad has your cabin fever gotten?

[Jon in VA]

So far here in SoVA, we have exceeded our annual snowfall by 150% so far, with more wintry precip forecasted for Tuesday AND Saturday...

How low have you sunk on your time off the water? Do you spend an unusual amount of time with your significant other? (Ya know, the time that's usually reserved for the bass.) Have you taken up a new hobby?

I for one have been watching Bill Dance every day for the last week. (Thank you, myoutdoortv.com) I'm going crazy watching Bill pull those hogs outta the water. I've been playing 'Bass Pro Shops: The Strike' with my fishing controller for the Xbox 360 and practicing throwing my baitcaster under my back porch (much like flipping under a dock) and pulling out tons of backlashes.

All I need is ONE day on the water to hold me for a couple weeks!

[Carrington]

its been bad for me, i want to say here in chesterfield we have gotten about 2 feet of snow or so, maybe more its crazy.

[Eternal Angler]

So bad for me I'm checking out this forum twice a day. 

[Sfritr]

Its so bad I have been standing on my bathtub and flipping into the toilet.  (Can't seem to get it over that log though   )

Its so bad I went to Meijers and bought a whole striped bass, hooked it to my lure, and fought it in the hot tub.

Its so bad I stood on my boat in the garage, hooked my line to my dogs collar and tossed bones into the yard. then fought the dog back to the boat.

Is that bad enough for ya???? :-[

[santacruz]

So bad i've broke down and fished the ohio river from shore.

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

man i love fishng in georgia No snow, No freezing lakes, no real cold.  My cabin fever is great

[bassfisherjk]

BAD! They are calling for another big snow storm for the middle of the week :'( 

[fishfordollars]

Heck it's even bad here in Texas. Wind, sleet, snow, just does not make it fun. I had plans for the middle of the week, but now we have sleet and snow in our forcast for the Houston area(Again).

[The Bassinator]

I go to school in NH and there has been little to no snow but its been cold and windy for what seems like forever and even when it seems like its nice out I look at the ponds and theyre iced over pretty thick. I cant watch Bill Dance, Roland or Hank Parker anymore and I need to fish!!!

[J Francho]

So bad I went ice fishing yesterday.  Two lakers, 22" and 16". 

[A-Jay]

Its so bad I stood on my boat in the garage, hooked my line to my dogs collar and tossed bones into the yard. then fought the dog back to the boat.

Is that bad enough for ya???? :-[

It sure is bad ~ who would do something like that ?

A-Jay

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[grimlin]

So bad I went ice fishing yesterday. Two lakers, 22" and 16".

NICE!

I'm working 58 hours a week.....That's taking care of my cabin fever this year.

On my time off I'm practicing pitching into the trash

cans outside.

[Paul Roberts]

So bad I went ice fishing yesterday. Two lakers, 22" and 16".

Bet I know where you were. Just can't wait for that lake to thaw under you eh? I don't blame you.

Oh man... here I am, blabbin away. You can tell my level of CF by the number of threads I stick my nose into. My BPS catalog looks like it's 4 years old. My tackle is sparkling. I even polished my SB blades with toothpaste! Bought more stuff than I'll actually get to use this coming year -but I can always hope.

[Bankbeater]

My wife told me that if I say "I want to go fishing" one more time then she's going to have me committed.

[senile1]

Between all the hours I'm putting in at work, and the winter weather, I am a little tense.  I've avoided having a psychotic breakdown . . . . so far.   

[D4u2s0t]

i've been ice fishing 1-2 times a week, and catching some great fish. no cabin fever here! you guys should find a nice winter lake to go to.

I was in lake george over the weekend, 2.5 inches of ice, we were the only idiots crazy enough to go out where we were.  Group pulled in 3 great lakers, I didn't get any.  was so d**n cold and windy though, we didn't stay very long.  The wind was so crazy, if you spread out your hands and legs it would blow you around. 

[TommyBass]

I like ice fishing but I can only do it so much.  For one thing we don't get tons of ice here in indiana to the point you can go when you please.  Its a highly varying activity.  Also I just don't feel the same.  Sure a good ice fishing day is fun and can put some tasty fish in the pan, but its nothing like pitching a lure to stump for a big ol' bass.  We seem to get just enough ice here to keep you from putting a boat on but not enough to keep you from regularly walking on it.

To sum up how bad my cabin fever is in one word.... "BAD"

[brushhoggin]

last couple of years i've been dumb enough to fish this time of year, so this is the first time i've gotten smart and stayed indoors for the winter. its not cool. i'm thinking about buying a shotgun just so i can wonder the wilderness shooting anything that moves till it starts to warm up. the first 70 degree day we get i'm going to fish like its my last fishing trip

[bassmanET]

This has been the first time I have experienced Cabin Fever! I skied a lot when I was younger, took kids tubing (but there to old to hang with their old man anymore & I'm too old & outta shape to ski anymore!) Started fishin last May. I can't stop thinkin about fishing! Sometimes catch myself staring out the window at the snow or driving down street to my finshin hole & checking how much ice there is. To make it worse I bought a boat in January & it sits under a tarp covered in ice :'(. I just keep taking it one week at a time!

[tritz18]

Its at the point were if I see a fishing show on tv I get mad and switch the channel even though I love fishing shows. Just seeing other people fishing has made me extremely mad. I also have at least one fishing dream per week and I am constantly looking over my tackle and imagining fishing it.

[Nick94]

I cant stop thinking about it! ive reorganized my tackle thrice already and ive been thinking over it this whole time !!!!!!!!!!!! >

[Purpleworm82]

Apparently I'm not the only one in the house with cabin fever:

Good kitty!

[Bainza]

Mines starting to get bad and then i remembered...i have guns...and lots of wild rabbits and squirrels...squirrel or rabbit stew is amazing

[flipin4bass]

Hang in there guys...as of today, 39 days til spring!

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

I've been messing with my tackle box almost every day, watching fishing on tv, playing fishing games on playstation, and buying fishing stuff almost every other day. It's bad, I need to fish in the worst way