Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.
 

You tell yourself you not going to buy another plug, then log on to Ebay and start bidding on more stuff you "need".

You tell your buddies your done fishing for the year, only to call them back 2 hours later to find out what time to meet up in the AM the next day.

You tell the wife you can't take any time off to go on vacation because you need to save your days for good tides.

You convince yourself you need another backup rod for the 9 you already have marked as "backup".

You stuff 35 plugs in your Aquaskinz bag and fish the same three all night.

You convince yourself that you will eventually use the 30 yellow bombers you bought and it was a good investment.

You see your buddies Saltiga and realize you need one in each size. :smash:

I'm just fine thank you:D Someone said it's denial ,but they're wrong. There's nothing wrong with me. By the way Mike, any blue swirl spooks hangin around?

Thats a good one tattoo how bout it takes u six weeks to Tile a master bath on the water.

I fell for the "there not gonna make bl/purple bombers any more" I still have 4 cases.

I got thousands of lures that don't even make it in the truck nevermind the bag.

The reel blunder is I have bout seventy plugs for the Newelly auction an I have'nt done a thing with em.An i see he's sellin his main setup now to make a few bucks.:smash:

You get some Tattoo swimmers, put them on the net, and then go out for a sandwich.
When you come back, your're sold out and you have a dozen backordered.
Later that day, your best customer calls and wants one - you end up having to sell the one you were planning on using yourself.

My God, I can relate to this.. :wall:

Ebay is evil.

Driving 2 hours to fish 2 hours to drive home two hours.

Looking at realestate that is close to fish.

Spending all day at work on SB.com

When the wife knows everyones screen name by heart and where they are from.


Nope no problem here.

If you have a problem with to many plugs please dial the self help hotline and donate a plug to the needy. It is the sharing season.

Your lawn has has a build up of fours years worth of dead leaves because your fall is spent chasing fish and before you know it your lawn is convered in snow. You plan on cleaning it up in the spring but then once May hits.......

Re: Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.
 

:laughs:

That is why I had to buy (yet another plug bag) the small bag this year! So I could carry less! But I keep the big bag with (35 plugs in there) in the truck (along with two carrying cases each with 5 plano boxes loaded to the gills) just for backup!:D I got enough in "backup" to equip this friggin island.
After using the small bag I found I needed the large belt pouch for a few extra things I don't really use. Your right!!! this is a disease.

priceless= my vacation ><> the wife and kid and her mother/dad vacation :)

VB

Tattoo,

You just described my life. May I also add spending incredible amount of time driving by the numerous shorelines looking for schooling fish and working birds? Often times driving completely out of the way of your intended destination to "check" the beach.

you never add up what you really spend on all this sh*t cause you know it would re-awaken a surpressed drinking problem.

Hey, without tackle sluts like us there'd be no buy-sell-trade forums on the web. :laughs:

"you never add up what you really spend on all this sh*t cause you know it would re-awaken a surpressed drinking problem."


Best post of the day Sandman!!


:cheers:

Mr. Sandman.....guess that explains why I suddenly gave up drinking .....can't afford both and I would rather be a fall-down plug slut!:happy:

It takes you 40 minutes to select which plugs your going to put in your plug bag.

You've done the math to see if you can justify having a swimming pool just for herring.

You look in your buddies plug bag and are pissed because he has a plug you dont have.

You have a dedicated fishing vehicle.

Any time one of your buddies buys something that you don't have, you either have to buy at least two of whatever its is or one of something better (more expensive) just so you'll be able to sleep that night.

the People at work won't let you make the coffee any more because you've been up since 2 fishing and want it REAL strong.

You have a 2 oz crippled herrng in you ashtray, a #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& needle in your console and 2 packs of ledgerunners on you backseat floor, and I have clients in the car heading to close on their $600k home. Ever seen a Wellesley soccer mom reach under her arse and pull out a 9" sluggo with a 2.5 oz lead head?

No, but if you've got video please post it.....

You are in a store and you reach in your pocket to get some change any you pull out a few spro ball bearing swivels....and you are happy you finally found them!

When ledgerunners appear in the gf's car cause they fell out of your vest pocket....

When you go to a presentation and the people next to you comment on the bluefish scale on your boots from the previous predawn fishing....

When you leave work early to catch schoolies on 10ft convench (just in case moby is around) and the fish are only 2x bigger than the plug.....

you have a separate computer just for sb.com:rolleyes:

:smash: stop it! your making me feel like I MIGHT have a problem..

well on that note, I'm off to greenhill for some schoolie surprise :smokin:

You check the washer and the dryer for crosslock snaps you shoved in your pocket a few days back.

You find gear that you didnt even know you had, have no recolection of ever buying it or who the hell gave it to you.

You have a bent treble hook on your dresser in the bed room so you wont forget about that monster fish you lost.

You think to yourself, If I wasn't married with kids I could fish alot more.

Your already thinking about what new gear is coming out for 2005 that you need.

You already have 300lbs of lead in bucktail jigs, but buying a few more wont hurt.

You have plugs in your truck year round - just in case.

You realize that you know you are sick and twisted about fishing, but then you read these posts and rationalize that Tattoo and Sandman are worse......:pop:

Took my daughter out of her toddler car seat last week and noticed a blurple needlefish that got stuck in the back of her seat when I took my rod out of the car. A few nights before, I was in a hurry to get in the surf so I cut the line and left it there. Its still there today......

When you get down to your last couple of bucks, and you decide to get eels & gas over beer:smash:

5/0

The buying of my condo had my fishing lifestyle seriuosly factored in.
1. First floor, easy in and out with the 1pc rods through the slider
2.Spare bedroom, basically converted to a fishing shed
3.Walls, 1 in living room at least 10.5 feet to hang rods
BTW, also have a gazillion plugs: but almost always fish eels.

when you had to withdraw from class 'cause the fall run got in the way........

From A Class or ALL classes?

Ahh... the days of skipping class to fish, been there, done that....
I remember studying in the back of my truck in May waiting for the tide to turn at C-town.... :smash:

Your wifes car has a flat tire, she complains, you take a look and see a 8/0 VMC treble hook buried in the tire. You're happy to see it didn't destroy the hook.

Your taking the dog for a walk, she takes a dump and it has 4" of a "berkley power worm" hanging off it .

Your diging thru an old tackle box, you find a "brand new" gibbs plug and you know its for sale on ebay as a collectable.

A visitor stops by, you and your wife go out to greet them, they see all the rods lined up in the garage ready to go fishing and says..."MY GOD!, thats a lot of fishing stuff!, why do you need so many rods?" and your wife can't wait to hear your answer, again. (you make a note not to invite them again)

You buy a $22K outboard to "save gas".

You are happy to get a phone calls at 2:30am from some friend on the beach....


Thinking about getting another boat....and still keeping the one you have now as a "backup"


You are embarressed to tell someone how many hours you put on the boat this season and don't really see a need for an "hour meter" on your next boat.

Considered investing in a gas station to save on your re-fueling costs.

Considered buying a home in a foreign country so you can fish year round.

Your in line at the chappy ferry and a tourist sees the truck, rods on the roof and cooler rack....says...going fishing? Yep !...they reply "you're going to pay 8 bucks just to fish?" and you break out in laughter and reply I WISH it was only 8 bucks.

You have seen the same fellow on the beach for 5 years now and have never seen him in daylight and only know him from his truck.

Its mid Feb. and your $400 "hook order" arrives and your really happy cause you know spring is commin..

Whatdoyoumean honey?, Doesn't everyone have 3 refrigerators and 3 deep chest freezers(?)

You have 24 cu ft freezer just for bait and it is not big enough.

Spend over $1000 on stuff to catch and keep bait alive...to "save money" on your bait.

You through out several pair older waders that don't leak but are just getting old (to make room for new breathable ones) and you see the trash collection guy trying them for size on in the street.

You have trained yourself to survive on coffee and candy bars...for the entire fall run...and like it. When the seasons ended and you start eating normally again, you experience DT's from the withdrawl of the fall run diet.

Your favorite snack food is starbucks choc. covered coffee beans with a RedBull chaser.


You realize you have been fishing so hard recently you have not been home at night for weeks, and that you not had sex for a month, so you invite your wife to join you "fishing" the next night. :)


You have numerous outstanding custom plug orders at any given time and can't wait to get them...even though you don't need them you need them anyway. :confused:


Your wife hopes the wind blows hard so she can play golf with you this summer.

Local tackle shops have your home, office and cell phone numbers and use them frequently.

Wife wants to get a second home in the mountains, to get a way from fishing for a few months.

Wife prays they shorten the length of "the derby"

You are thinking of going in with another guy and buying a walk-in freezer and a commerical ice machine...to save money of course!

You wonder where that guy on the cape gets those funny pants and could that be the reason for his success as a fisherman? :)

You get really excited when a sb.com'er is going to the same place you the week prior and will fill you in on his results befor you leave.

Your son when asked at school, if he could be anyone in the world for a day who would he be and why....chooses to be Mike Laptew because would be kewl to see what is at the bottom of the ocean. (really)

When you see an old Uncle Josh glass porkrind jars with the caps that rusted...it brings back fond memories.

You look at your garden hose lying on the ground and think about making a really big tube just for the hell of it.

During the fall run your hands are so bad with nicks and cuts that you can not type on a keyboard.

You thought the title of this thread was about the fishing related flesh eating bacteria.

Considered growing sandworms (seaworms) as a hobby.(really)

You keep eels in live-buckets tied up at the dock....on three different islands.

You attend a fancy work related event... and more then one person asks "what happened to your hands?"

You bring your vehicle in for an oil change and when the mechanic drops the skid plate 30# of sand land in his shop floor.

you like the taste of seawater

You can't hear anything out of your right ear all fall because a wave hit a nearby cusped rock thereby jetting seawater into your ear at Mach 2.

you pray to GOD that you don't get sick during the fall run (and thank him afterwards)

Your church actually plans an activity around your fishing schedule.

You say screw it! to the rest of the world, sell everything you own (except your fishing stuff) and move you and your family to an island for a better quality of life... and to be closer to good fishing.:)


You downsize your house so you can get a better boat.

You have no idea what day it is but you know what the tides are.

Your so used to sleeping 3 hours a day you get bored lying in bed in the off season.

You have just about every striper book ever written but have not read any of them.

You cast plugs with no hooks in the back yard so the dogs can chace them on days with bad tides.

You live less than 1.5 miles away from the water, but you contimplate on moving closer.

You freinds at work think your hung over every Monday morning.

You have the biggest room in the house dedicated to old plugs and fishing gear.

How bout having dreams of eels biting your hands and wake up laughing about it...
Contimplating putting off getting married for another year just so you can buy all the tools you want so you can turn plugs
Or when you climb into bed @4 in the morning and she says, {did you wash your hands,they stink} and all you can do is smile
Instead of sitting and talking after dinner, you sneak off to the cave and just look at all your plugs, rods, and gear like you have never seen it before...

You can't relax during season cuz you know somewhere, someone is killing them and it could be you.

Anybody that schedules a function during the season is now an inconsiderate jerk(really why not get married in Jan)

I go to work at 3-4am, but think nothing of getting up at 12 to fish a few hours before work.

Re: Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.
 

Except for the age difference, we could be twins separated at birth :D :laughs:

"But, but, what if they're only eating a Smokey Joe Redfin and I don't have it with me!!!!" :wall:

You have one dress belt and about 6 wader belts.

Your keychain is a 2 oz kastmaster.

You put ski racks on the roof in spring and take them off in fall.

You figured out a way to modify the spot cooler in your server room to aerate your eel bucket.

You've taken a shower in the parking lot of your office at 7:59am because you needed to check just one more spot.

Your kids can drop a 1.5 oz plug (w/out hooks) in a hula hoop 70' away. It just takes the 4 year old more tries.

You already know that your anniversary and wife's birthday are on a new moon next summer. :wall:

You can't get out of bed at 7:00 to make it to work on time but getting up at 2:30 to go fishing doesn't require an alarm clock.

My fridge and freezer are basically empty except for, Frozen fish, eelskin plugs, and eelskin jigs.

How can we forget the "I'll be back in two hours" line. Only to return two days later.

Buying a bigger truck because the "old" truck was too small to carry all your fishing gear. Still currently working this angle.

Trading in you motorcycle for a boat.

Choosing your friends based on whether or not they share my "addiction".

This is a great thread!!!

Oh yeah, ever set a hook in your dreams and knock your wife out of bed?

Problem? . . . What problem? . . . I can quit any time I want