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| Alright guys, Lets have some fun! whats the best story or excuse that you've told your wife about fishing, spending money on gear, coming in late from fishing or anything else that muskie addicts do! One time I told mine my job was sending me to new york for training and I spent the weekend on Chataqua chasing muskies. I don't even want to talk about how much my calcutta cost...LOL you guys would want a truckload of them. Tell your stories, we won't tell...LMAO 
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Location: Northern Wisc. | I once told my wife the same kind of story about going out of town for work, only to have her dad, who went with me, spill the beans on the whole operation.....wife didnt talk to me for a week.......ahhh the price you pay for these slimy toothy critters......... |
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | I got home real late after a night of fishing and to throw her off the track I told her I was at the bar!  |
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| My wife use to ask me if I caught anything and I would tell here I hope not, I would get the evil glare and I would laugh!! Now she ask me how was fishing.. I dont need an excuse she knows where I am at!! |
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| I guess am am fortunate to have a VERY understanding wife no excuses here. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I just take Sue with me, and SHE makes up excuses for anyone who has the gall to even THINK I shouldn't go fishing now and again. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I am very spoiled with my wife, no excuses needed here.
She knows that fish over bars, and I don't tend to go into them.
She will even join me, as long as it is 85 and sunny and she can read her book!
Horizontal rain and snow don't quite get her excited about fishing! |
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| Me, it was the coming home late excuse. Left the house at 5 am told her I was going fishing for half a day. So, of course when I got home at 6 pm. She had a fit and said, I thought you were fishing till noon?
I said hon, half a day is 12 hrs. Her look could've stopped a friggin train. LoL
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Location: davis,IL | Well, I'm a single guy (my job isn't too good for long term relationships), but I do enjoy reading your excuses. |
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| my g/f understands that since ive been fishing since i was 3 y.o. its in my blood (the money issue is another thing)
now my 2 jobs arent so understanding 
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Location: Downers Grove, IL | OK guys - congrats to those of you that have understanding wives/girlfriends/no kids to worry about and can fish whenever you want to. I have none of the above, so I love the original topic of this thread - EXCUSES! I need some good ones. "Away on a business trip to NY" to fish for a few days? smooth... Trusting your father-in-law not to spill the beans to his daughter? Not so smooth!
Keep them coming! I want to get up to Canada, Minnesota and Vilas this year!
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| I've gotten into plenty of trouble over these stupid fish. here's a few lessons I've learned: NEVER EVER say you'll be home for supper! In fact be VERY vague when it comes to time of arrival.
Don't bring home any food she sent w/you on your trip,(cookies, caserole, fjitas, whatever), this resulted in the biggest "fishing fight" in my life!
And like I was told long ago, DENY, DENY, DENY! |
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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | I have used the work excuse, needless to say it did not work out well. Now I am usually vague about how long I will be gone. Blame it on your boat partner i.e. he really doesn't get out much and wanted to stay out longer. Try the free trip excuse, "I won a trip to Canada or Minnesota at a club raffle." Lately, I just try as best as I can to work around the kids and wife's schedule. BG |
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Location: north west wisconsin | when we first got together i asked her if I could go fishing at least 1 day a week, the best thing you can do is establish trust with her that you are doing what you say you are doing, if you lie to her it will hurt everyone in the long run. Now I just ask her like two days in advance if I can go on such and such a day she usually lets me go and she knows when I go fishing i will be home before midnight unless the bite is unbelivable (sp) with tournaments and trips up north twice a month and Canada twice a year I tend to tread pretty lightly, cause if start lying (SP) about where I am she won't be a happy camper when I get home.
Excuses are short lived, tell her the truth cause marraige is all about comprimise if you go fishing one day a week instead of three its all for the greater good.....
ie I would rather go fishing for 10 hours one day then not be able to go at all |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | So I guess it's a pivotal point in your relationship when your wife *tells* you to go fishing?
Her: "Honey...I am going shopping today. Why don't you go fishing?"
Me: "Yes dear."
Hey, who am I to undermine her authority?
TB
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Location: north west wisconsin | lol let them think there in control and you can go more than you expect |
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Location: So. Illinois | My wife enjoys fishing as much as I do. Problem is, sometimes I need a little "alone time" and muskie fishing is my favorite "alone" activity. Understand that alone time for me means without the wife... I have to be very careful about scheduling my alone time as not to make her feel unwelcome. She now works shifts and her days off do not align with mine whcih is convenient for me. My goal is to get out often, but not too much where she starts complaining about her schedule and the fact that she can't go along with me. |
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| During my 11 year "practice" marriage, I had a few basics that always worked, and usually had something to do with certain equpiment that broke down. See, this is also a possible route to new or "wanted" equipment as well. A new 9.9 Merc Bigfoot w/ a Panther lift for example." Insurance in my safe travels dear." And the most "wicked" of all time , is breaking a rod on purpose in order to procure a newer and back in those days, longer one. I must put a disclaimer out there and don't recommend the latter to anyone, but if you DO decide to take my devilish advice, be careful as graphite can splinter .Wear glasses and use a towel.Oh yeah, she was blond and from Iowa, so I had it easier than most. Hahhahahahahaha. Steve
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Location: Warrenville,IL | My work IS fishing.
So no excuse needed.
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| For every 1000 dirty diapers I change I'm rationed 1000 casts. One to one racial is the best I could negotiate. The catch is I have to fill the diaper Genie 100 times in order to hitch up the rig.
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Location: Madison, WI | Like my father in law said, "He could be at the strip club instead." Put things into perspective for her. |
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| nwild - 5/9/2008 7:09 PM
I got home real late after a night of fishing and to throw her off the track I told her I was at the bar! ;)
We WERE at the bar!!!!
Edited by Shep 5/12/2008 1:45 PM
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| tcbetka - 5/11/2008 8:06 AM
So I guess it's a pivotal point in your relationship when your wife *tells* you to go fishing?
Her: "Honey...I am going shopping today. Why don't you go fishing?"
Me: "Yes dear."
Hey, who am I to undermine her authority?
TB
Beware...this is a trick!! Now your wife has your credit cards and budget only we could dream about. We're just to preoccupied with fishing to realize she's cutting into the fishing funds. LOL |
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| Im only 22 and dont answer to anyone if I wanna fish, I do it. If i get married she'll have to understand that.... |
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| SVT is definitly not married...... it is give and take, give her whatever she wants or she will take half of your stuff. My wife is pretty understanding and she knows that I am habitually late and she honestly expects it HOWEVER... I usually have to lie low for a few days if I take too much liberty. Also, I keep my gear in the car and that way If I get the time I can go throw for a while. By the way, last time I was late I blamed it on the surveyer 10 min appointment gave me over an hour of fishing then all I had to do was explain why I was wet and smelled like fish....... |
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| Hey guys, This is almost the start of a new thread! LOL!!! We can ask how many of us talked just like SVT before we got married and had kids. No offense kid, but your in for a "dose of reality" It's not always that your not allowed, It's take the kids to baseball practice or the kids are sick or a million other things that come along with having a family. Some day you'll look back and laugh when you think about us saying "I TOLD YOU SO" Help me out here guys! 
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| Well even if girls wanna do stuff with me i blow em off to fish, i rarely answer my phone when Im fishing if I do they learn not to call me ever again when Im fishing...ask any of my buddys on here that knows....trust me. Itll never be a problem |
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| fishing first.
girls come after that. |
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Location: Minn. | SVT, This should fit your style.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/muskyfvr/image001.jpg
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Location: East Troy, WI | man, im happy my gf enjoys muskie fishing, and goes on vacation to canada with me every year... |
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| Dude, stay single as long as you can, but don't let marriage and children out of your life forever. It really is a good thing! Teachin your kids to fish and everything else is "PRICELESS" I truely have no regrets! |
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| I don't care how serious you are when you fish, I like to get laid you can always go fishing aftewards and I bet if you tell you buddys why you are late they will forgive you if they don't, you still got laid. |
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| SVT, I'm 25 and not even close to being ready to sacrifice my freedom so I can definitely relate to what you're saying. I see a lot of my friends becoming "domesticated" and it makes me want to puke. Then again, they seem to be happy so who am I to judge. I think it's all about finding a girl who honestly likes to fish if you're that serious about fishing. They're out there, the trick is finding an attractive one! |
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| muskyfvr - 5/13/2008 10:36 PM
SVT, This should fit your style.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/muskyfvr/image001.jpg[/QUO...
OH MY GOD! I love it....
(MY )Girls understand they take a back seat to fishing and you can talk them into anything. Well at least I can. Ive had a couple that understood that. There out there. Untill I find the perfect one, who wont bitch when I drop 30k on a boat and she still drives a 10k car....Im not getting married. Im young. And dont work all that often right now. I do what I need to survive. And fish A TON. Thats how I like it.....But thats all going to change very soon...
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Location: The desert | Thank God I didnt get married like I had previously planned. What a relief. Also, having a girl that wants to fish is not the be all, end all. I just got rid of one who practically begged me to take her fishing. Fact is, fishing was in part to get away from things, school, stress, girlfriend. So to take her fishing and having to field 101 questions would have made fishing much less enjoyable. I think I'll enjoy the single life for a while, perhaps I'll meet up with those two lovely strippers at that bar in Wyoming again this summer......What fun would that be if I didnt have my options open? |
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| I think the trick is growing up enough to realize that there are things in life that are more important than fishing. |
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| EA,
I think that is spot on. There are definetely things more important in life like hunting! I wish I had a better excuse for my wife other than "it followed me home" when I pulled in the driveway with a new Triton the same day her 97 Honda Accord rolled over 200K!!! Let's just say I had some explaining to do, but at least the boat is still in the garage! |
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| My girlfriend is pretty understanding. The trick is to go on a really long trip, then the week long trips don't seem as long. I went to Alaska for a month, and I only talked to her every couple of days. Now when I go for a week, it's nothing. She keeps saying she wants to catch a musky, but she hasn't put herself in the boat yet to make it happen. She was kind of upset when I told her I was going fishing for 8 days or so starting next Monday. I told her it's my graduation present to myself and she got over it. |
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| I usually take my daughters with me (3&6 years old) when ever I go that way the days that I want to go on my own there is little grief. How many girls out there that are thier age can browse though a tackle box and rattle off the names of the lures they don't quite have the patterns down yet but they are working on it. Someday there i gonna be a guy who is terribly lucky to have someone who can out fish them. I am currenly getting a rod/ reel combo together for my oldest so that she can pitch a few of my smaller lures at the local hot spot. I want her to catch one and then try to tell me she did not love it. Plus then I have an excuse to get new toys because i is bonding..... |
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| I don't really use the excuses either. It was something that was known since the time we started dating that I was a fisherman and I was going to go fishing. Now if your trying to rationalize going out 5 days a week maybe you need to compromise a little. You shouldn't need to make excuses rather come to an understanding. Never say when your going to be home though because you'll always be late. But if she can't understand why your fishing, jump on her back everytime she does something she enjoys. Or if you don't want to get in a fight..carefully mention it. If your feeling guilty for being out your not going to be having fun. |
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| Yeah, giving a time is never a good idea. I asked my girlfriend if she wanted to go fishing the other day for a little bit. She asked how long, I said a couple of hours. She actually enjoyed herself for the first hour (we were sight fishing bass and she really likes it when she can see the fish). Anyway, you guessed it. I didn't want to leave all of the nice bass I was seeing and she was finished. Should have gone by myself. |
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| esoxaddict - 5/14/2008 2:29 PM
I think the trick is growing up enough to realize that there are things in life that are more important than fishing.
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Location: Rhinelander | Said the same thing SVT.....until I was 31, fished just about everywhere I wanted. Ran out of guys to take trips to Canada with.....no one had the time or money to keep going.
Moved to the Northern WI to enjoy the outdoors fulltime.....then it happened, met a women who became my wife.
All is not a bed of roses, but one must put family with the kids first, fishing time is coming on strong again this year with our oldest hitting seven this summer.
Like someone said seeing your son/daughter shoot their first chipmunk, be in the stand when you arrow a deer, and going fishing teaching them along the way......priceless and provides the reason I have enjoyed the outdoors my whole life. |
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| People eat chipmunks???? Steve |
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Location: north west wisconsin | yea you wrap em in tinfoil and put em on the grill.
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| You just wait, SVT. You've got guys on this site who guide full time, fish tournaments, give seminars, own tackle companies, and are as hardcore about fishing as anyone alive. Every single one of them will tell you that their wives and their kids come WAY before fishing. So does the rest of their family, making a living, etc.
Like I said before. The key is growing up enough to understand that. I bet you there is not a woman on this planet wiling to accept that fishing is more important to you than she is. |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | Right on EA
here's to all you daddy's takin' your daughters out fishing and instilling a passion in them that will make a lucky man very grateful some day! You are doing the world a favor.
and SVT, i am married with a 6 month old son, she knew me and how i was before we even started dating and hasnt tried to change me since! I now have a career in the industry that allows me to fish and hunt whenever and my paycheck is based on much of my outdoor experiences.
I was in your shoes and to a certain extent i still am, however, once you meet that girl and look into your baby's eyes for the first time, you will understand what all this means.
The key, bro, is finding the right one! and beleive me, their are still good ones out there....... just like that fabled 55"er, once you find her, you better hang on to her and treat her right, or she will make someone else very happy! (i guess that comparison doesnt really work..... oh well!!! ) :D
family enhances every outdoor expereince i have, even though they dont fully participate. Without them the meaning behind my outdoor obsessions would definately dwindle!
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| Alot of good points here, the one I agree with is jah1317. I like more than muskie slime rubbed all over me! The second is tha4, when they put that baby in your arms for the first time you sure as hell ain't thinkin about no fish. It's a love that can't be described! Maybe your first 50in. x 1,000,000,000 It must be nice to be young and care free...Its been so long I can't remember...LOL Don't worry Dude, some woman will come along and put your nuts in her purse! It happens to the best of us...LMAO
Brian Gilmore
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| Not married, but if...
Its a jones. Love me with the jones or leave me. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I know guys that have fished themselves out of their wife and kids (divorced). They may fish when and wherever they like, but to me, I don't get it. I could'nt imagine coming home w/o the kids running up yelling, "Daddy, daddy...did you catch a big one!!???" I take them and my wife out too and have lots of fun. Sharing the experience of fishing adventures is a good part of what makes it valuable!
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| we go thru fazes as we age. yep i said it. if you give you will get. and yes its awesome to share fishing with family. |
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| i'm a newbie muskie hunter, but i've obsessed over smallie fishing for years. i complain about work all week, and by the end of the week, i mutter something under my breath about killing the whole world. it really has a positive impact on my allotted fishing time if i put a crazy look in my eyes. it helps to practice this look in the mirror before actually attempting it. hint; twitch one eye and snarl a little for dramatic effect.
seriously, my wife is the one who started my fishing addiction. before i met her all i wanted to do was bow hunt, but my first 8# largemouth on a buzzbait redirected my attentions to the point that all i ever think about is fishing...river fishing...smallmouth...and now muskies. she's got no one to blame but herself.
i did receive a funny look today when i told her i just bought another casting reel(13 and counting). well, maybe "funny" isn't exactly the look i got. i don't blame her though, i've already got more gear than i could possibly use, but i always seem to want more. now i need another rod.
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excuses to your wife!