How many trips did you make?

[Back Beach]

I should show my wife this thread. She thinks I'm obsessed and fish too much.
Last year I did around 60 trips and that was a lot for me given life's responsibilities.
For you guys that are doing, say, 70 plus nights on the water, does your proximity to the water factor in to the number of trips you make?

[chief10]

for me it does.For parts of the year I might fish early am then head out for a couple of hours at last light in the same day. just because i'm close. later in the year its night fishing only and once I'm out I try to stay out and make the most of my time.

[denis]

Just checked the log,did 77 boat trips and 32 from the shore for 109 and still going.
Adding up the gas slips now,that really hirts.

[bloocrab]

Just curious, does logging on to this website and posting about fishing count as a virtual trip???



I fished on T-s boat about 1/2 dozen times/Thanks T - every trip was a memorable one, even the one that dislodged my right vertabrae gotta luv those pounding waves in a bay boat.

Surf Trips?? I couldn't even guess, not that the number was very high, but I now ony log GREAT trips, I got tired of drawing skunks and schoolies in my log book. I didn't fish nearly as much as I did when I had fewer responsibilities...for those about to get married and moving into a single family home, PREPARE yourself for CHANGE in ways you never thought possible!!!

My wife doesn't surf the net so I can say things like that

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

For you guys that are doing, say, 70 plus nights on the water, does your proximity to the water factor in to the number of trips you make?

4 sure, that and self employment...I dont know how some do it...

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I should show my wife this thread. She thinks I'm obsessed and fish too much.
Last year I did around 60 trips and that was a lot for me given life's responsibilities.
For you guys that are doing, say, 70 plus nights on the water, does your proximity to the water factor in to the number of trips you make?

Yes. major factor.
Almost 1/2 mine are trips where I fish half-assed just to go, throw jigs at plan B, maybe live-line a shad, low-effort type stuff... mainly so I dont sit on my ass on the couch.

the other 1/2 are more hardcore. I'd cut the former 1/2 out if I lived further away... and probably trim the latter 1/2 down to the nights where I liked the tide/conditions....
My trip #'s are down from last year, maybe 75 or so this year... a few canyon runs, a few fluke trips, some blackfishing, my boat numbers are down too....

[Andy D]

For me there are a lot of 1/2 ased trips. Throwing the rod in the truck
and driving the shore line. Those are too many to count. Serious trips to my spots might total around 100 more or less.

[HESH2]

about 93 trips this year

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Yes. major factor.
Almost 1/2 mine are trips where I fish half-assed just to go, throw jigs at plan B, maybe live-line a shad, low-effort type stuff... mainly so I dont sit on my ass on the couch.

the other 1/2 are more hardcore. I'd cut the former 1/2 out if I lived further away... and probably trim the latter 1/2 down to the nights where I liked the tide/conditions....
My trip #'s are down from last year, maybe 75 or so this year... a few canyon runs, a few fluke trips, some blackfishing, my boat numbers are down too....

If I lived closer than 1 hour from productive big fish water, say 30 minutes or less, I would have no problem doing 2X or 3X what I do now. There would be a lot of quick checks and 1 -2 hour trips to keep things honest. I would probably fish many more locations too.
With an hour plus to the nearest spot, I need the conditions heavily in my favor for the places I like before setting the alarm clock. That said, all of my trips are pretty focused, no half assed trips.

[Clogston29]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

If I lived closer than 1 hour from productive big fish water, say 30 minutes or less, I would have no problem doing 2X or 3X what I do now. There would be a lot of quick checks and 1 -2 hour trips to keep things honest. I would probably fish many more locations too.
With an hour plus to the nearest spot, I need the conditions heavily in my favor for the places I like before setting the alarm clock. That said, all of my trips are pretty focused, no half assed trips.

same here. i'd like to do some dawn/dusk patrol runs late fall or grab an hour or two before sunrise during the summer, but the percentages just aren't there for a 2 hr round trip drive, 3 hrs if I'm driving to during rush hour. pretty much stick to late night trips.

[Flaptail]

I don't keep track. Some weeks it's 4 or 5 nights then I can go two weeks with only a couple times. Depends on conditions, time of year and my available free time.

My "season" varies and changes seemlessly from saltwater to freshwater then saltwater again. Take for example this past week, Monday night I went bass fishing, Wednesday night I went again with a friend and we did well but all small fish (tide was ginormous though), Friday morning went schoolie fishing in a howler n/west wind at daybreak then we left there and spent the rest of the day downcape trout fishing. Saturday was able to get up to see the new BP Shop in Foxboro, Yesterday went back to the outer cpae and fished several trout ponds with another friend. This week I hope to get out a night or two as there are still a lot of bass to be had though small I just match the gear and I plan to trout fish Saturday and Sunday.

Living on Cape my season really never ends, if the water gets stiff then we walk out on it and chop holes through it until it melts and the waders go back on and the viscious cycle starts anew.

[JoeP]

Not enough trips... Life's responsibilities do take priority - they also make it hard to "select" the right condition nights to fish so I find myself fishing more "less favorable" nights just to be able to get out and fish.

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I should show my wife this thread. She thinks I'm obsessed and fish too much.
Last year I did around 60 trips and that was a lot for me given life's responsibilities.

BB is right - I should show my wife this, who also thinks I'm obsessed...