no no no... thats a girl who doesn't WANT to fish. i'm sure we all try that once with every g/f. if they WANT to fish it seems like a different story..

Circlehook, sounds like you got the fever in a bad way. My advice to you is that you go for it 100%, go as hardcore as you can for as long as you can as long as you have the gas in your tank, and do it until either you achieve your 60lb goal, you find that it is your life's calling to be a died in the wool surfman, or else you have a moment of truth when you ask yourself if there isn't something missing.

I did something like that, just told myself I was going to go as hard as I could until I hit the wall, went three+ years straight with fishing as no.1 and everything else on the back burner, and then something went click. Now, I'm still into it and think about it all the time, but I'm no longer ready to live out of my car for it...but there are days when I think what if...

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Well thats O.K. if she has a boyfiend I get hundreds of girls from April to December.

Aw gee Circlehook, 27 years old. I remember when I was 27...I think.

I was dating three girls named Elizabeth, (Beth, Betty & Betsy). Plus there was the FISHING. I was a busy boy! All the Elizabeths are gone but I'm still fishing.

Enjoy life, go with the flow... preferably an out going tide. :bounce:

Al :usd:

circle...... i,ve givin this alot of thinking time ..... this is coming from a old boy .. who also had a pick...... go for the tail .. they smell and feel much better u can fish when u burn out .... do w/ the women first ..are u nuts ... what would u rather sleep with.... or kiss good night......

Exactly.
I take her in controlled environments, on the boat, bottom fishing for short trips. Easy for her and me. even got her baiting her own squid strips!

But in the surf... no way.. thats my time :D

The girl/fishing thing, the girl/booze thing, the girl/reading thing. Me, me, me. Total self-absorption. I learned a lot when we got divorced. I got rid of one out of three and learned to listen to someone other than myself. But it's fun being compulsive--the fishing world needs odd balls.

here she is

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My girl and I have no issues.But I don't fish as hard as I used to either,
way to many aches and pains.Plus with things to do around the house and work I don't have the time for 3 all-nighters anymore.She will also on occasion fish with me.Sundays are racing and football.

I guess I'm lucky,I have get both.

Good luck with finding her, Circlehook. You'll know when you meet the right girl. My wife my is best friend and miss her when we're not together. But, I still have a ton of fun when I go away with my buddies for the weekend. I like knowing that when I get home she'll be waiting for me. My wife is good with the fishing thing because she know it's important to me. But, she also knows that she and my son are most important to me. I just do my best to balance the two. I make sacrifices, but still probably get out more than a lot of people. I ended up giving up golf when I had a child because there is not enough time for 2 passions and a hobby. My family is #1 and fishing is #2, then if there is any time left over, it's sports on T.V., work around the house and cards with my friends. If I have any regret, it is missing out on a lot of good fishing when I was single because I was more interested in raising hell and chasing skirts than being out fishing in the middle of the night.

Hey Circlehook,
Hang in there, know the feeling mine back in July after 13 years give me the option, her or the fish, I took the fish. Lots of fish in the sea. I'll start looking after the season over, thou you ever know. Was out headboat fishing yesterday and met a nice one, but did not go any farther with it, still fishing season.

It took 13 years of Striper season,deer hunting,water foweling, fur trapping, ice fishing and Salmon fishing to drive my first wife away and to the nut house(not ALL my doing)... it took 6 years to find another one that is just plain glad when I leave....amazingly she's still happy when I get home...

You only live once... you'll be dead a long... long time... the decision is easy.

How did you get a picture if my wife.