Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.

[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.

[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 .

[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....