You know you're a hardcore fisherman when...

[smljaw]

You know exactly which 2 teeth you use to cut the tag off the knot.

You set the ararm for 5AM but you wake up and your completely ready to go by 4:30.

You stand on the bow of the boat taking a leak and casting at the same time.

The doctor delivers the news that your baby boy weighs 7.4 and measures 22" and you think, "Man, that's a good one."

THIS ONE HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 5 DAYS AGO... You're watching a Frosty the Snowman cartoon with your 2 year old and you're thinking, "That sure looks like good Float N Fly weather."

Any others out there?

[redneckshadrap]

You use a 5 dollar bill to measure your fish to make sure it's legal.

[smljaw]

Your "last cast" occurs 45 minutes before your last cast.

[RngerMac]

When you sit in the boat in a blinding snow storm only to catch 50 plus fish on FNF.

When you put the boat on the trailer you have more than an inch of snow on the front deck.

[jcb]

In honor of Dad:

Even though you've run out of waxworms, the thought of quitting bream fishing before dark hurts so much that you cut the eyes out of some you've already caught and keep right on catchin' fish.

[dcbasser]

1.When you can lip your newborn and guess the weight and length better than the nurse at the hospital.
2.When you leave the wedding chapel with your new bride and instead of cans tied to the back of the vehicle you have 20lb fireline attached to bobbers. ( you need the cans to keep the nightcrawlers in)and instead of just married you have nice catch etched into the windows.

[ranger pro 1]

when it is 17 below 0 and you are on the lake fishing with the stering on the motor froze and when you catch a fish and start to reel it in the reel freeze's up and you have to hand line it in. True story John Crase

[buzzking]

1. You have to back troll and wash water over the stern of the boat to fill the livewells b/c the pumps are froze up tighter than ####'s hat band.

2. Once every ten minutes you find yourself doing the YMCA or someother involuntary convulsion in a desperate attempt to regain feeling in your extremeties. (i.e. running in place, etc.)

3. your hands are cold to the point an attempt to take a leak returns the little guy with a case of turtle in a shell syndrome.

4. And last but not least, you know you are a hardcore fisherman when its cold as crap outside, and you know good and well you could just cruise to your spot since and fish since its not tourney day. but since your partner for the day decided he didnt need a helmet you fly WFO across the lake just to torture him...LMAO

Happy new years all

[elnutsmalljaws]

You break off the ice from the boat cover at 2am in the morning. Drive from Frankfort to Dale Hollow, fish all day without ONE SINGLE PULLDOWN, on the day that UK is playing U of L in Basketball, take out at dark and drive back so frustrated because you had not one single bite all day, get home around 8pm, watch the recording of the game (which UK won as you know who was fouled on a 3 point attempt), wake up after 4 hours of sleep thinking about the bobber dissapearing to the depths, and without any planning at all, get out of bed, kiss your wife and tell her that you are going back for more pain and / or pleasure (to which she says "you are nuts" for it is raining cats and dogs outside), hitch up the boat and back to Dale Hollow again.

[biggw]

Here it is guys its when your wife says your not going again this week and you go anyway---told my wife a long time ago please don,t ever make me chose between you and fishing lol

[ukbassman]

...or a dumb a** one, when you have to withdraw from all your college courses that spring because you skipped all your classes to either go fishing or stay at home and read fishing posts, reports, or look for a boat to buy in the internet. Oh well, I like fishin a whole lot more than school anyway!

used to be,
UKbassman

[flippinstick]

When you leave for a tournament at Rough while its snowing so hard you cant even see to drive, when you finally get to the ramp theres only 3 other boats. You still fish the tournament with 2-3 inches of snow covering the entire boat.