how has your fishing changed....

[PaulS]

I fish a lot less. I use to fish 2 - 3 nights all winter with 1 or 2 others. We'd catch a few fish and then move on to a different spot to talk to others we know. Prob. would go to 3 to 4 spots a night and in some we wouldn't even fish - just talk to friends. It was more social than fishing. Last few years the internet blew up the spots and each spot would have 7-10 people load vs the 3/4 before. Lots of pictures being taken and then posted on FB the next day. It was no longer enjoyable. My spring river fishing has gotten worse over the last 6-8 years and it is tougher and tougher to catch good size fish. The days of multiple 40" fish are in the rear view mirror. Summer fishing has also gone down hill and there are more people out. The fall run is non-existent.

I have less motivation to go out and have to force myself sometimes. I have been fishing more by myself lately which has its good and bad aspects. I don't spend as much time out, move around more and head home earlier.

[Clammer]

realty ..life ……... less ……………….. mostly physically , but now its gerring at times mental /I have everything ready & then just say fu ck it ..

bought F/W gear thinking I could get back to the real peaceful fishing …….. didn,t take real long the I couldn,t get to a lot of places , either physically or legally …………..&&&& the trash issue is just to much .

I went out alone Tuesday .managed to find a few . then bluefish & I had already been late because a lack of bait …………. which I ran out of .
when I was about done I fell [again] stayed there for a while .finally crawled up ……..saw that when I fell a snapped my rod rack when I hit it .
But I was all set to go the next day because of the activity...……. alarm went off .tried to rollover and get up ……….. body had tightened up ….. nope no go ..

figure I have 1.5 years left / its not much fun alone & not many left to go the way I go .

I miss many of the guys I use to fish with /a few RIP took care of it & others just tired .

I use to love to fish with Got Stripers .& he wouls ask me to be at the ramp 4;30 ish ……….. no way .he finally got sick of asking , got a yak, woman & golf …….so the became history ………………………..others guys just disappeared . changed fish . quit fishing . etc, etc, etc,

[hq2]

Don't fish from shore much anymore, only after I'm done a 'yak trip.
In the early aughts, used to spend all day fishing from shore for stripers, multiple times per month. Don't usually fish for stripers alone these days; usually combine striper fishing with something else, so there's a chance I'll get some dinner (been years since I got a keeper; nothing but dinks these days). Overall, don't give it anywhere near as much effort as 15 years ago; sadly, these days it doesn't seem worth it.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Clammer

realty ..life ……... less ……………….. mostly physically , but now its gerring at times mental /I have everything ready & then just say fu ck it ..

bought F/W gear thinking I could get back to the real peaceful fishing …….. didn,t take real long the I couldn,t get to a lot of places , either physically or legally …………..&&&& the trash issue is just to much .

I went out alone Tuesday .managed to find a few . then bluefish & I had already been late because a lack of bait …………. which I ran out of .
when I was about done I fell [again] stayed there for a while .finally crawled up ……..saw that when I fell a snapped my rod rack when I hit it .
But I was all set to go the next day because of the activity...……. alarm went off .tried to rollover and get up ……….. body had tightened up ….. nope no go ..

figure I have 1.5 years left / its not much fun alone & not many left to go the way I go .

I miss many of the guys I use to fish with /a few RIP took care of it & others just tired .

I use to love to fish with Got Stripers .& he wouls ask me to be at the ramp 4;30 ish ……….. no way .he finally got sick of asking , got a yak, woman & golf …….so the became history ………………………..others guys just disappeared . changed fish . quit fishing . etc, etc, etc,

Yeah, Mike I am one of the quitters. Between working 3 days a week for BackBeach, selling the boat and having bad knees, I'm pretty much done I think. Unless I get new knees, I cannot jump rocks. I like fishing the beaches on the Cape but that is pretty much shut down, between the Plovers and the seals.

So it's just easier to play golf. It's not fishing but you know the only thing I ever fished for was Bass and now with the way the stocks are, I just cannot do it.

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by piemma

Yeah, Mike I am one of the quitters. Between working 3 days a week for BackBeach, selling the boat and having bad knees, I'm pretty much done I think. Unless I get new knees, I cannot jump rocks. I like fishing the beaches on the Cape but that is pretty much shut down, between the Plovers and the seals.

So it's just easier to play golf. It's not fishing but you know the only thing I ever fished for was Bass and now with the way the stocks are, I just cannot do it.

I don’t consider it quitting, we all fished our butts off most of our life and as we get older our get up and go has got up and gone, priorities have changed.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

I don’t consider it quitting, we all fished our butts off most of our life and as we get older our get up and go has got up and gone, priorities have changed.

So true Bob.