Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Just the fact that you get excited seeing seagulls.....Period

[chris L]

Im glad I dont have this sickness the symptoms sound really bad .

but I did just get 8 more rods and 3 tackle boxes full last night for the museum .

[Swimmer]

Your wife, after you fishing the bass derby every year (the year she was getting chemo) but one since you married her, starts getting a lit put out with the annual trip. Saw this coming and started saving a number of years ago and bought her a new diamond getting myself another 20 years of fishing the vineyard derby. Talk about forethought.

[Swimmer]

Not that I think about dying, but my headstone is going to have my name below a fisherman walking toward the beach and setting sun at sunset with bait bucket in hand. I don't know what going on my wifes. I havent' chatted with her about that.

[rhodyflyguy]

you attend a catholic school, and hope that when the Pope dies he dies during the fall run so you get 4 weeks of school off.

[chief10]

every t- shirt you own has a striper on it
you've lied to your boss about the scratches on your hands" I was clearing brush over the weekend"
you sneak new gear into the house under the cover of darkness
so the warden/wife won't see you
you live out of your truck for 4-5 days and find that perfectly acceptable
you tell your wife your giving up golf....because its too expensive
you get a cabelas visa card with cabelas points and claim all the boxes showing up at the house are free stuff
everything you have is waterproof
every winter you build the ultimate herring tank... 1800 gph and and a $250 aerator just wasn't enough
you claim 40,000 miles a year for work driving not personal use....and race point is 85 miles away from your house
you call the $1000 you've paid to modify your cooler rack a couple of times an Investment!
you only call in sick during september and october
you bought a bike to exercise, now it's outfitted for the canal and you smoke while peddling

[Pete F.]

You are fishing for a week and your truck breaks down, luckily you are already there so it's not a problem.
I see myself in way too many of these.
Pete

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally posted by chief10
you tell your wife your giving up golf....because its too expensive

Its almost like you were standing in the room w/ me when I said it

[redlite]

You feel more comfortable and spend more time sleeping in the back of your stinky truck than you do in your own bed.....even in your own driveway.

You hump an AquaSkinz bag full of lures for miles and miles every night and NEVER use any of them.

You name each and every eel and talk to them while fishing like they are your near and dear children.... and yell at them when they aren't working.

[Nebe]

You leave home to go to work early so you can fish before work.

you leave work early so you can fish before you go home.

you take a hour and a half lunch break so you can fish

you tell your wife that you cant move out of state because there are no stipers in Ohio

you get threatned with couple consuling because you'd rather go fishing than go out to dinner with the wife.

you could care less when your child will take his first steps, but crave the moment he catches his first striper.

you keep 1/s of your plugs at home and 1/2 at work so you can get to the fish quicker.

you bought a car/truck with your fishing needs in mind and not you family's

Your wife accuses you of cheating on her because she believes there is no way humanly possible that you are fishing as much as you say you are.

you make your own plugs because you have no idea what you will do with your free time in the off season.

when your friends and family call you and ask "hows the fishing?" instead of "how are you?"

you spend thousands of $$ on fishing tackle a year but get pissed when your wife asks you to buy her something thats under 200 bucks.

You look at a baby's bottle and wonder how you can attach the nipple to a loaded superstrike darter so it will leak bunker oil slowly out its tail..

you work you ass off in the winter so you can slack in the bass season.

your fishing buddies wives are jelous of you because yoru spending more time with their husbands than they are.

you protect your fishing log with your life and write other peoples fishing sucess in it so you will have a better guide next year.

you get shadowed while driving to your fishing spot because people know you've been catching large.

you call some of your plugs by code name.

you havce certian plugs that you will never show in public because they are working so well for you.

your wife knows some of yoru friends only by their "SB.Com nickname"

I cold go on and on and on...

[Motor Fish]

You hump an AquaSkinz bag full of lures for miles and miles every night ........

WHEW!!! I thought you were getting at something else.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Your teeth are sharper than an pair of clippers from cutting mono for years.

You know that you have pounds of sinkers floating around your truck but you better get a couple more just in case.

You go into the tackle shop just to get a dozen eels, and ya leave with those plugs you have been looking for.

Ya see the mackrel in stop and shop and it looks like the best chunk around, and the price seems reasonable.

Your sitting here typing about your addiction and wondering why you arent fishing.

You know that you had a good reason why ya couldnt go fishing, but ya cant remeber what it was and ya kick yourself for hours.

You keep all the fishing stuff in your truck because you think what if i got stranded inthe wilderness, i wouldnt die i could fish.

Your at the canal at night and you see someone walking without a rod and just wonder WHY!!!!!

You didnt need the BAss Pro Shops visa, but they sent it to ya, and it would be a shame for it to go to waste.

You try to draw stripers whenever you have pen and paper.

You swear at eels everytime your fishing, but still swear by them.

Your spouse knows that december-april are your bad months.

You decided many years ago to never give a time when you will be home from a fishing trip.

YOu know that your are the king of prioritization. but also know that you are completly full of it.

You have woken up at night dreaming about a women ch#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g eels naked

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Can anyone say, longest thread in history. Cant wait to see it in february.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Redlite..
Thought I was the only one who named eels...

How about fishing in the harbor just cause you know it aint safe to go farther in 1/4 mile fog in a 13ft whaler

Conversly, planning on leaving the dock at 1am to cross the main channel of the bay cause its safest in a 13ft whaler at that time..

Every X-Mas your disapointed when gifts aren't about fishing

You spent 100's to 1000's on guitars and dont play at all cause its fishing season, and dont play anymore in the off season cause your spinning wood

Your GF only asked if you were nuts when you left in a snow/sleet storm to go fish Q (good woman!!)

Your family thinks your nuts... even though your old man fishes...
Your GF's family (her dad and brother fish occasionally) think your nuts....

You show up at morning family functions after fishing all night, with out showering or changing...

You leave family functions to hit the right tide for an hour, then sneak back in (Yeah I'm a bad bad man...)

You havent seen your good friends from college cause they live in Providence, and its too far from the fishing grounds and youd rather fish all night

You agree to work for very little $$ up the cape, just so you can fish a night or two there

Your fishing partners are the people you see the most outside of work and family, yet you've never seen them in the daylight

You spend too much time on S-B

You can make sand castles on the floor of your truck

You mainline coffee at work

People at work barter with you to get fish... I trade for Zuchini bread

People just roll their eyes when they meet you...

You ducked tape over a hole in your waders cause they havent had a chance to dry enough to patch them....

[Swimmer]

The message on my cell phone says, "fish on, lines tight, I'll get back to ya!"

[ThrowingTimber]

You’re single divorced or seperated and you’re NOT looking, not until after Christmas any how, need a date for new years.
You bought a dedicated fishing vehicle, with money that was intended for a wedding that never happened.
You move out of your ex’s place and take your tackle first, drive half way to where your’re going and remember you’ll need clothes for work.
You fish with 4 or 5 people because all your fishing buddies are married and cant make the commitment.
You’ve got plugs you NEEDED at home in bags in the same box they were shipped in.
Plugs are acceptable Christmas/wedding/easter/ presents
Any chicks that know you know what the following are: moon tide- slack- tidal flood- eels get hooked through the eye depending on the tidal flood/current is moving in..
You have pictures of your fish at work, no family or significant others or no pictures at all
You try to get your hands on a legends who has passed aways old fishing stuff
Calls at 2am are welcome
You don’t drink while you fish, its one or the other concentration is key.
You take a girl out for dinner because the tides arent right THAT night and she gets mad when you don’t call until the tides are bad again….
You welcome overcast days with a slight driven rain
You plan your vacations with a lunar calendar
Your boss buys you tackle
You’ve figured out a way to get your plug bag, extra plugs food red bulls, sleeping bad and cigs all to fit on the floor of the passenger side of a standard cab truck, its comfy..
You use a tuna reel on your schoolie rod cuz ya neva know
You use a meat stick because you’ve been totally owned by a fish before : (
Any new person you meet you ask if their grandparents fished and if they have any “old fishing junk”
You pump the old timers for information in a subtle manner, pastries are involved
Chicks that enjoy fishing are OUT, uh uh not acceptable
OT is a December January thing
You prefer sand bars to gin mills
You develop a good “network” with other fellow rocks, sand, surf addicts, all of which was started by a fellow rocks, sand, surf addict.
Boats only when you need a fix BAD or the captn is there more for bs’ing and slingin’ eels
Half a dozen tackle shops know you by your first and last name.
Finally this is true just called 5 mins ago- you don’t know the tackle shop hours cuz you call the owner and he meets you there even if they are closed so you can get your eels

[Mr. Sandman]

I can't tell you how many of these apply to me. It is actually pretty damn sad

[Surfcastinglife]

u take a semester off from college and blow ur tuition on plugs/rods :P

[kippy]

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

Did that happen Rob?

[Jenn]

This is funny stuff!!!!

heres a few from me.....

have used my purse as a make shift tackle box....

placing fishing related items all over the place to make it seem like you have less (ever try putting it all in one big pile??? )

never have an extra loaf of bread in the freezer but there IS some leftover bait from your last trip in there.... "just in case"

your vacuum cleaner wouldnt work because you had leader material wrapped around every moving part

[t.orlando]

Putting a herring tank in the work truck when the route would take me near a run.
Filletting fish at work.


This is my favorite thread of all time.

[goosefish]

If I wasn't fishing I was thinking about fishing

[tynan19]

Your wife accuses you of cheating on her because she believes there is no way humanly possible that you are fishing as much as you say you are.

you spend thousands of $$ on fishing tackle a year but get pissed when your wife asks you to buy her something thats under 200 bucks.

Eben I have to show these to my wife. That way I am not the only one.

[DaveS]

Originally posted by tlapinski
You see your buddies Saltiga and realize you need one in each size.

[Nebe]

Originally posted by tynan19
Eben I have to show these to my wife. That way I am not the only one.

just dont show mine!

[Swimmer]

You tell the UPS, Fedex, and every other delivery company drivers only to stopped if the corrollas not in the driveway.

[Swimmer]

I don't now how it happened but A POST ON PAGE 6 AND ONE ON PAGE SEVEN i DID NOT WRITE BUT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO ME.

[thefishingfreak]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

I don't now how it happened but A POST ON PAGE 6 AND ONE ON PAGE SEVEN i DID NOT WRITE BUT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO ME.

swimmer look at the dates.
this is an OLD thread someone dug up

[missing link]

Mrs. Link here,
You know your husband is hooked, when you tell him " when I drove passed Ellis Haven in Plymouth, I almost killed a peacock crossing the road," and he says "you should have hit it, the feathers would have made some nice jigs." sick huh!
Later,
Mrs. Link

[spence]

Originally posted by tynan19
you spend thousands of $$ on fishing tackle a year but get pissed when your wife asks you to buy her something thats under 200 bucks.

No...exactly the opposite. It should read...

You spend thousands on fishing tackle, and the wife is astounded when you instantly say yes when she asks for large diamond earrings

I'm not saying this happened to me this fall just that it would be funny

-spence