What do you get out of fishing???

[mhall]

For me it's not just the excitement of catching fish but much more. I'm a worry wart, heck I don't discrimenate either I worry about everything. My job, family, home, you name it, I stress over it. Can't help it that's the way I'm made up I guess. I've always been an outdoorsmen and have hunted and fished since I was old enough to squirm. But for me nothing and I mean nothing takes my mind off my worries more than fishing. It by far is the best therapy for me to get out there and try my best to match wit's with them green and especially them brown fish. I guess it's the only time if only for a short while that I am completely stress free and have nothing on my mind but outsmarting that ole bass. What does it do for you and why??

[DJD]

I fish Tournaments for the competition and getting out with the fellow anglers but it's not always relaxing to me. It's more of an adrenaline rush at times and of course a low if something goes wrong but that's competition.
Fun fishing with friends and family is just that... fun and relaxing i have found that i can really relax and i don't really care if i catch more fish or the biggest fish as long as we all enjoyed the trip. Heck, sometimes the scenery, the company or the perfect weather makes it an awesome trip in itself. Those first warmer days of Spring make for some of my favorite trips with the sun out and the fish shallow....

[bigwormy]

i cant say on here what i get out of it. LOL

[mhall]

i cant say on here what i get out of it. LOL

It can seem that way sometimes can't it??, lol.

[wishniwasfishn]

Spending time with my Son on the water, teaching him the love of the outdoors, just like my Father did to me, and hoping he passes it on to his son/daughter. Also on someones monikor they have the perfect saying
"Some people go to church on Sundays looking for God, I go to the lake and find him."

[MsgMills]

The fellowship with everyone else, the harassing each other when fishing about being stuck on that big O-fer. Telling yer buddy that each fish you catch is always bigger than his is of course.

Plus the quiet time of just being out on the water and it lets you just forget about everything else that going on in the daily routine of life.

[brucehampton]

If you are out on the lake at daylight when the sun comes up or at sunset when it goes down you know the answer to this question !

[RoadToad]

I guess for me the main thing is stress relief. I work in IT (NOC monkey), which can be pretty stressful, and sometimes I just need to get outside, away from the blinking lights and ringing phones, to where there aren't 4 people all vying for my attention at the same time, all of whom are convinced that their problem is the most important thing I have on my plate at the moment. Besides, fish live in beautiful places!

[DJD]

I guess for me the main thing is stress relief. I work in IT (NOC monkey), which can be pretty stressful, and sometimes I just need to get outside, away from the blinking lights and ringing phones, to where there aren't 4 people all vying for my attention at the same time, all of whom are convinced that their problem is the most important thing I have on my plate at the moment. Besides, fish live in beautiful places!

Man i have to know, what is a NOC Monkey?

[Danny]

mhall, I am with you and rustedhook. I too carry the weight of the entire world on my shoulders. There is nothing like being on the lake at sunrise, hearing the coyotes howling in the LBL, the flat calm of the water, all this takes my mind away for a while. I love the feeling of just sitting on the water. When my mother passed, and she was the one who first taught me to fish in the river, I went to the lakes to be alone, and to deal with my loss. I did not want to even catch a fish, just to be out there to deal with my thoughts. It was the first time I ever caught fish on every cast for five straight casts!!! I knew mom was with me. I even tried to find places where I knew the fish would not be, and still I caught fish.

In summary, I think that the lakes are a healing place for me, and fishing is just my nature when on the water.

I do like tournies, and small clubs. I don't want to fish for really big money, too much other stuff goes on there. I like the $20 tourney, the ribbing of the friends, etc.... Also, in a tourney, the bite of a fish seems so much more intense. And that is the one time my concentration is really heightened to where I worry about nothing else at all.

I will be back in a small club as soon as possible, and won't even care if I win the AOY, as long as I can keep that skunk smell off me.... LOL

Great thread.

Danny

[RoadToad]

Man i have to know, what is a NOC Monkey?

NOC = Network Operations Center. I work in Humana's data center in Simpsonville, installing and supporting the computer network equipment. Technically, I'm a "network systems analyst," but we call it NOC Monkey. Just seems more appropriate sometimes.

[HURRICANEBOB]

NOC = Network Operations Center. I work in Humana's data center in Simpsonville, installing and supporting the computer network equipment. Technically, I'm a "network systems analyst," but we call it NOC Monkey. Just seems more appropriate sometimes.

WOW, was I off, I thought it was what I say to my wife when she approaches a door.