[QUOTE=riverrat2;542532]???? 6 1/2 months everynight???[/QUOTE


could have pulled a lot of double shifts

sunrise/sunset/ 2x daily is only 100 days

Never thought of it that way, figured trips as in days.

Wait, maybe that should have been a statement and not a question...;) :laughs:.....



or maybe it was

About the same here. Same circumstances!!:chased:

Yes. major factor.
Almost 1/2 mine are trips where I fish half-assed just to go, throw jigs at plan B, maybe live-line a shad, low-effort type stuff... mainly so I dont sit on my ass on the couch.

the other 1/2 are more hardcore. I'd cut the former 1/2 out if I lived further away... and probably trim the latter 1/2 down to the nights where I liked the tide/conditions....
My trip #'s are down from last year, maybe 75 or so this year... a few canyon runs, a few fluke trips, some blackfishing, my boat numbers are down too....

For me there are a lot of 1/2 ased trips. Throwing the rod in the truck
and driving the shore line. Those are too many to count. Serious trips to my spots might total around 100 more or less.

about 93 trips this year

If I lived closer than 1 hour from productive big fish water, say 30 minutes or less, I would have no problem doing 2X or 3X what I do now. There would be a lot of quick checks and 1 -2 hour trips to keep things honest. I would probably fish many more locations too.
With an hour plus to the nearest spot, I need the conditions heavily in my favor for the places I like before setting the alarm clock. That said, all of my trips are pretty focused, no half assed trips.

I averaged 5 nights a week from late May through mid October, with a 10 nights in a row stretch in mid August and 12 night straight stretch in late September...about the same as usual, more than I care to count...

same here. i'd like to do some dawn/dusk patrol runs late fall or grab an hour or two before sunrise during the summer, but the percentages just aren't there for a 2 hr round trip drive, 3 hrs if I'm driving to during rush hour. pretty much stick to late night trips.

I don't keep track. Some weeks it's 4 or 5 nights then I can go two weeks with only a couple times. Depends on conditions, time of year and my available free time.

My "season" varies and changes seemlessly from saltwater to freshwater then saltwater again. Take for example this past week, Monday night I went bass fishing, Wednesday night I went again with a friend and we did well but all small fish (tide was ginormous though), Friday morning went schoolie fishing in a howler n/west wind at daybreak then we left there and spent the rest of the day downcape trout fishing. Saturday was able to get up to see the new BP Shop in Foxboro, Yesterday went back to the outer cpae and fished several trout ponds with another friend. This week I hope to get out a night or two as there are still a lot of bass to be had though small I just match the gear and I plan to trout fish Saturday and Sunday.

Living on Cape my season really never ends, if the water gets stiff then we walk out on it and chop holes through it until it melts and the waders go back on and the viscious cycle starts anew.

I dont live anywhere near the Thames, and never have lied about size of fish that I catch. I dont know where you got that from. I do often fish more than once a day. BTW I just did a total count of the trips in the log, turns out to be 154. Sorry about the error there.

It's actually kind of embarrasing for me...I went to Cutty twice this year (nothing), the Cape many times, Thames, CT river for the May run, and my North Shore haunts like a combined 50 trips this year.
I caught lots of fish, but only two were what I would call memorable.
For me, though, I really don't care about catching big fish, hell, I don't even care about catching anything...I just like being out there.
Now, on the other hand, I just quit my job as GM of a casual dining steakhouse, and going to start working in Eastie as a software support rep, where I can walk outside and fish whenever I want........:hidin:
Yeah, I've been hiding behind that couch for WAAAAAAYYYYY too long.
Talk to me next year.
Later,
Rick

A Ton!!!
Didn't really keep a log but May and June were almost every night/early morning.
Slowed down after July 15 when the big girls left the Bay. picked back up in late August for Blues and then long runs down the Bay for bass. All together over 100 trips.

Not enough trips... Life's responsibilities do take priority - they also make it hard to "select" the right condition nights to fish so I find myself fishing more "less favorable" nights just to be able to get out and fish.


BB is right - I should show my wife this, who also thinks I'm obsessed...:smash: