Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.

[Bronko]

You re-arrange your plug bag twice a week.....in January.

BTW Sandman next time you are throwing out perfectly good "old" waders shoot me a PM.

[Fishpart]

You go to a party in the off season and come home with the buckets from the margarita mix because they "will make good eel buckets"

You choose the calender you put up in your office not based on your favorite vendor, but if it has the moon phase on it or not...

No matter where you go or what time of year it is you need to wander over just a little closer to ANY water and look for fish.

[Rappin Mikey]

You'd rather play hookie then get nookie.

[Bronko]

You hear that Pedro is meeting with George Steinbrener in Tampa and you wonder if it's tarpon or snook season there...

[Slipknot]

Hi, my name's Bruce and I have a fishing addiction.


You wake up your wife because you are setting the hook in your dreams.
Every moment of every day are thoughts about fishing and how you can catch bigger,more and better fish.
Hunks of scrapwood appear as plugs in your mind.
You have to buy fishing line in the winter just because.
You can never have too many plugs, EVER.
You go swimming after a lousy 10 dollar plug after snapping it off.
You snap off a Mr. Pogie bottle swimmer in the canal and contemplate suicide and need to call the phone number on the sign by the bridge.




and Tattoo, you are 100% correct that all bodily functions that could interfere with fishing just shutdown till fishing is over with.

[t.orlando]

Vacations are picked around the herring run and fall run only.

[tlapinski]

you get a fish tattoo on your 18th birtday.

you love the blood that is all over the tailgate of your truck and show it off to friends. they look it as normal.

you have a beach from inside one end of your truck to the other year round so you never feel like you leave the surf.

you are single/divorced because you fish.

your office, living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and dining room have plugs hanging in them.

when you look to get a new place to live, the selling point is fishing storage space and proximity to the surf.

[fishaholic18]

When you spend more time in waders than you do in bed with your wife.

[Flaptail]

Jesus, we are a sick bunch aren't we.

[fishaholic18]

Originally posted by Flaptail
Jesus, we are a sick bunch aren't we.

That's what my wife said when I went fishing with Canalman the other night with snow on the ground and 18 deg. out.
It's all worth it.

[t.orlando]

When you bring an eel into a tattoo parlor
A pile of un-used for years reels sitting in a corner(just in case)
Back-up reels crammed in every corner of your truck.

Nice thread, I am very sick,but apparently not alone: probably come up with a few more..

[Swimmer]

I had a blue 77 chevy van that I used that stunk so bad from old squid my wife and everyone else refused to ride in it until I replaced the plywood on the floor of the van. Even Ray Metcalf walked by it once on the dock going to his car and commented on the strong odor. He chuckled about it as he was walking away.

[JohnR]

You fish a tournament 18 hours into your marriage on your honemoon. This annual tournament typically falls on your anniversary. Another tournament falls on her birthday, so you make it a "family event"

You get the wife of your fishing buddy to meet and like your wife so maybe the families can "Vacation Together" on the Vineyard during the Derby (Greg, you saw my other post, right)

You suffer from Sleep Apnea as you forget that when the Doc says eight hours of sleep he doesn't mean in a week. very difficult when you are not a night person or a morning person...

You know precisely how to make the driver's seat as comfortable to sleep in as possible. You have pilloes and a blanket in the car.

You have your favorite parking spot at a rest stop. You know where every highway exit is with a Dunkin Donuts within 2 minutes.

You are willing to risk a powernap on a rock with Korkers as long as it's flat and the surf is small (note to sell - don't try this again)

You take the job that pays 20% less per year because it's closer to fishing but then beotch that you don't have enough coin to buy more gear

Your last line of defense in your argument with your wife is telling her that "at least I'm not out drinking at the bars every nite"

Your infant son says the word "Boat" clearly before "Mom" - I gotta in a lot of stink about that...

Your wife yells at you for ruining the vaccum because all the snipped tag lines wrapping around the roller has burned out the motor.

On the phone with vendors you doodle a reel schematic that will allow you to come out with a better reel than a Van Stall for less money

You miss all the good freinds you've made over the years but never get together because they don't fish...

You have more nicks, scrapes, punctures, skin seperations, line cuts than anyone you know.

You don't trim (or bite) two nails as much becuase they are better picking out birdsnets.

You compare entry and exit points of the hooks that have been in your hand with other people that fish.

You shovel the snow in your driveway in waders and Aquaskinz and the smell makes you grin

You almost DREAD the fall run coming because you know it will be over WAY TOO SOON

[The Dad Fisherman]

You have over 140 Fishing related URL's in your Favorites folder.

When you 1st get to work you grab a cup of coffee and check out what's happening on S-B.com......before you read your work E-Mails.

You actually know what the Colors Blurple, Chartruese, Wonderbread, and Eel are.

When you call home at the end of the workday your wife answers the phone "I take it your going Fishing" instead of "Hello"

You now look at any kind of seafood as possible Bait.

By january your wife is actually anxious for Fishing Season to get here so you'll "Just Shut Up About It"

[Tattoo]

Your last line of defense in your argument with your wife is telling her that "at least I'm not out drinking at the bars every nite"

A classic! I use it all the time....

[Mr. Sandman]

me too
we are pretty sick. I think I better check myself into the Lyman/Woolner Fishermans Annonymous clinic.

[Bronko]

Tony O...

"When you bring an eel into a tattoo parlor"

You may have summed up the addiction! Great quote.

ps. Did you fish it after you got inked up?

[Rappin Mikey]

I use strip clubs. It packs more of a punch!

[tlapinski]

your favorite sushi is unagi.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally posted by Rappin Mikey
I use strip clubs. It packs more of a punch!

Its the "Punch" that I'm afraid of...


I've used that line myself a couple of times....can't argue Logic

[Peter Lajoie]

When you have hundreds of plugs but you only use three night after night....

You tie eel leaders at work....

You outfit your 1999 buick century with a rod rack and a ton of fishing stickers...

You get a million black and blue marks on your legs and arms from rock hopping....

You stay up from 3pm on thursday fish until 11am on saturday drive home and go to work at 5 pm on saturday.....

You first buy fishing stuff then you worry about bills later.....

You think about getting a tattoo on your back of you casting into the night surf......

[Mr. Sandman]

Good thing I work alone, I am laughing my ass off here guys....

[JohnR]

Originally posted by Mr. Sandman
Good thing I work alone, I am laughing my ass off here guys....

This thread is a classic in the making

You outfit your 1999 buick century with a rod rack and a ton of fishing stickers...

You can debate the finer points of why a Pontiac Fiero is not as bad a fishing vehicle as one would normally think

[cheferson]

Your at work and see a nice blitz, run to truck gab rod and tell the busboy to come down to the rocks and tell me when i get an order.

[Bronko]

You have priced out a frontal rod-holder cooler and you drive a Camry.

Your idea of internet porn are the pictures of the plugs the guys here are making.

You have hugged a stranger at night in the surf after landing a large.

[Tattoo]

You have brand new custom rods that have never been cast.

You throw food out thats in the fridge to make room for eelskins.

For some reason everything smells like fish.

For some reason everyone says you always smell like fish.

You wonder why so many people don't fish.

You think about quitting your real job and so you can fish, maybe run a welfare scam or something just to keep the bills paid.

You have a 150 gallon eel tank with more eels in it than a bait shop.

You have a 300 gallon herring tank that you could use as a jacuzi.

Your waders smell so bad that it makes some people gag, but you kind of like it.

You wonder "How the hell did I get so many plugs, and then realize that you don't have as many as your buddy".

You buy plugs buy the dozen, a dozen yellow, a dozen blue, a dozen black.

[reelecstasy]

Originally posted by Tattoo Your waders smell so bad that it makes some people gag, but you kind of like it.

Funniest thread i have read, and the best part is my Fiancee works with me and is reading it noding her head at everyones post. Now she knows you are all as crazy as me

[jugstah]

Originally posted by Tattoo
A classic! I use it all the time....

Damn right, brother.

I've ACTUALLY said that many times to my wife, and she shuts up cuz she knows that's so true!

[RIJIMMY]

Originally posted by jugstah
Damn right, brother.

I've ACTUALLY said that many times to my wife, and she shuts up cuz she knows that's so true!

yup same, here!!! Used it a 1000 times.


Here's one, someone steals your parking space at Stop and SHop and you accuse them of spot jumping.

Your kid goes out on Halloween with a Princeton Tec flashlight around her neck.

You get excited seeing seagulls working.....in McDonalds parking lot.

[Bronko]

"You get excited seeing seagulls working.....in McDonalds parking lot."

This has happened to me.