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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.
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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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