I usually fish alone. I try tell my wife or some one in my family the area where I am going, and will call again when I am finishing ( if it is not to late ). I usually bring my cell phone, and this past year I kept it in a water tight bag.

I fish alone 95% of the time. I usually say in jest "thats where to look for my body if I dont come back" after telling my wife where I'm going.

I must be "unloved" or not love enough....As far as "where I go", I don't tell my wife and she doesn't ask - the only thing she might ask is if I'm going alone or not - she's probably doing her own kind of fishing when I'm out :humpty:
I simply say - "see you tomorrow" OR - "I'll be back in a few hours", depends on what my plan is,,, that way she knows how much time she has. :devil2:

I never leave a map or game-plan with anyone, sometimes if anything was said at all, it changes after 10 minutes of driving - ?? -

Anyone that fishes with me, knows the first few spots to search if I come up missing, after that, it's a crap/shoot...but it would take at least 24 hours before a "search" would commence anyway...and by then, it's probably too late.

I've learned 2 important things when fishing with someone else, :::

1. When fishing with someone who has equal passion, there's always a conflict of where and when to go, being very agree-able, I normally give in -
2. When fishing with someone who doesn't fish - there's the other restraint of time, how long they want to fish/fear and newbyness -

Now-adays I prefer to fish with company unlike the past when I'd always fish alone, I find more enjoyment when I'm with a friend to share my time and memories with. You can't beat fishing alone though - as there is nothing holding you back, but even then...I don't leave game plans as I could end up just about anywhere,,,from jiggin the cape to catchin squid off the docks of Gallilee...I just never know.

AND - I don't buy it that Goose leaves a game/plan as he always blind-folds me and duct-tapes my hands behind my back (until we get there) when we fish together...if he does leave a game-plan, he probably puts it in a bottle and burys it in the backyard.

I fish alone alot. I like it. I accept the risk. Someone usually knows about where I'll be, but if I decide to move, I don't worry about it. If something happens, something happens. That being said, I'm not stupid and I do what I can reasonably do to stay safe (although I just can't bring myself to do the pdf thing).

My wife hates it when I wetsuit alone, she just can't accept that its safer than waders at most spots (i don't do any far swims alone) so I just don't tell her.

I have my Honey turn off her cell phone so I dont wake her, then I can just call and leave messages as I go from one place to another. Any trouble -I just call the house phone. The scariest thing that I ever experienced was a buck with antlers charging down my path. Thank God he kept on going. How could you prepare for that? pick up a big rock maybe!