I'm with you, Chris -
A good nite of fishing for me is as likely to be followed by a cold Pepsi as a cold beer - AFTER I've returned home to put away my gear.
As for drinking and fishing... never. It doesn't mix well with navigating rocks and swells in the dark. A friend of mine was formerly an accident investigator for the RI DEM - none of the stories are pretty and most of them involved alcohol.
Not that I've turned into a teetotaler in my old age - but there's a time and a place as far as I'm concerned.
I think everyone here will be focused on the fishing aspect. And everyone I would think expects to help offset expenses and give a hand where needed.
Besides, we've still got some winter to go and the planning will help pass a few more of the snowy nights we have left.
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