I know that this is not exactly an original statement, especially said here on this board, but I truly believe I am totally obsessed with surf fishing.
OK, you say: Who isn’t!! Yes, I will give you that. I guess we ALL really love this sport so much that it consumes us. However, for the last few months I have really found it difficult to concentrate on work.
Take for example what I am doing right now. I’m in the office and have a lot of work to do, I have to prepare for a one-day business trip to Rhode Island, yet here I am, browsing this website, reading anything and everything relating to surf fishing for striped bass.
I have been at this sport for over 30 years and it is not getting more boring as the years go on – instead, I am getting more and more excited about it each day.
I cannot spend one day at home without walking outside, walking into my truck camper and just looking at all my surf bags, belts, wetsuits, tops, etc. all “locked and loaded” for the next run.
I find it impossible to spend more than minutes each day without daydreaming about being far away on a distant rock, in the middle of the night, slinging a plug into the dark blackness, hoping and praying for a cow.
Sometimes while I’m listening to a client in a meeting I find myself momentarily drifting off to think about the last good trip.
My wife has even made observation of this. She thinks all I do is “think fish”. Well, she’s partially right
I guess my real problem stems from not being able to get out to fish as often as I could. I can only get out perhaps 1-2 times a week. It’s sort of like sex – if you have it very often you don’t daydream about it too much, but when you’re not gettin’ any, it’s all you can think of.
How do I stop this obsession? I have work to do!!!
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