Symptoms of the disease - Lets here them.

[Homerun04]

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!

You outta see my brother's freezer.....die hard fly fisherman.....dead turkey, birds, hawks - you name it he grabs it for it's feathers.......I call him Mr. Roadkill.....

[CJ Johnson]

When the first striper you ever caught is 20" and you are excited until you see the guy in the boat 50 feet in front of you catch a 40"er and you tell your husband " We need to buy a boat to get to the really big fish". On the way home you stop at marina and buy a boat.

[Gotofish]

To save money on gas, you're thinking about buying a motorcycle and figuring out how to weld on rod holders and a tub for waders and plug bag

This one's morbid-you wish it were possible, upon death, to be cut up and fed to blitzing bass.....

[Vogt]

when yu've got so much gear that buying 3 new rods a year isnt even noticable.

[BasicPatrick]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Mr. Sandman.....guess that explains why I suddenly gave up drinking .....can't afford both and I would rather be a fall-down plug slut!

[Redsoxticket]

Symptoms of the disease, when you go to bed to the sound of repetative ocean waves eminating from a portable transistor radio.
I picture myself fishing ************ rock in the pitch of dark waiting in anticipation of a screaming reel.

[Raven]

have a custom rod made site unseen .....because you just have to have one.
this is a symptom i believe.

[Raider Ronnie]

My sickness is making the choice of fishing on my boat on a sunday, all day till evening,
when there is a nationally televised Oakland Raiders game on!!!
I need to put a satelite dish on my boat!

[JohnR]

When at $3.20 a gallon you debate your wife on the econoc-car's viability as a surf rig

[BigFish]

When you "set the hook" in your sleep or are fishing a blitz in your sleep and talking about it!

[afterhours]

i 've been told that i reel in my sleep and recently mumbled something about a tape measure.

[BigFish]

When we fished Cutty in July...I had to sleep on my back....against the wall! Afterhours mumbles some pretty strange stuff!

[afterhours]

wait 'till next week! no sleep for you! i'll bring fishing plugs, ear plugs and a surprise plug.

[BigFish]

You stay on your side of the room...you "spook" me!

[Bass Babe]

You're squeamish to make weekend/day off plans with anyone unless it involves fishing.

Your fishing gear takes up more room in your car than your passengers.

You drive more carefully with fishing gear in your car than with children in your car.

You only consider taking vacations that would be centered around fishing.

You clean your rods and reels in the shower more often than you clean yourself in the shower.

All your extra towels, and even bedspreads, have turned into eel rags.

You actually think family vans and station wagons are cool -- because they can fit one-piece rods.

You just can't get rid of that fish smell; it's everywhere.

You plan to name your first daughter Judith.

You've wondered, even for a short time, how the fishing would be in New Orleans.

There's nothing hotter than a man (or woman, for most of yall) who knows how to fish and knows how to fish well.

But no guy or girl will ever be cooler than fishing.

[hunan]

reading this WHOLE thread at 12:15 when i've got to be up at 4:20 for the turn. driving by the herring run with 2 feet of snow on the ground. keeping a rod in my car year-round. going to work sick and calling in sick to fish. jigging block for the weekend then getting broom snagged at work and thinking "fish on". getting mad at the "white rodders" because they don't know what rotation means, even though i just jumped in and they've been fishing bait in "my" spot for hours. getting out of bed to go to the bathroom at 3 a.m. and then jumping online to see if anybody else has posted since i went to bed, at 1. washing my car for the first time in months, so i can put a new fishing sticker on the back window. deciding to forgo sleep and leave now to catch the last half of the east.

[SBASS1]

Takes you seven years to graduate college, because fishing and deer hunting take up the fall semester Hunt daylight --fish dark.

Spend an entire fall eating at Dunn's corner mobile station on the card... because all of your cash has gone to plugs and eels. God I wished Capt. Don's took a mobile card back then.

Spend 15-18 hours a day on a charter boat then head to the beach to catch the tide.

Marry your girlfriend because one night at southeast light around 2am you notice she's stop casting, when you inquire as to if everything is Ok. She's reluctant to tell she's hooked herself and didn't me to have to stop fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damb bubble weed...

[Raven]

send away for a learn at home course.....







on how to be a plug HO.... ahhh hahahahaha

[Justfishin']

You wrap your own rods, and never get that last coat of finish on 'cause you need that rod tonight
You turn your own plugs so you can have the best patterns-and get to the surf and find they're hitting the one you didn't make 'cause you thought it would'nt work
You lose a job 'cause you stayed for the morning bite
You put off getting a new job because it's Fall -Thank God I married the perfect woman- she understands
People think you have substance abuse 'cause you look like this for three months

[reelecstasy]

You sit at your desk in a cube and see a scale on your chair and think it's cool.
You hear someone say skishing and think for a minute it is a good idea to dress as a seal and bob in the water
You haven't worn a nonfishing t-shirt since spring.
Getting a sore neck while driving into work because you drive the coast for an hour and stare out the passenger window looking for blitzes and birds, everyday...

[The Dad Fisherman]

You have the Receptionist at your Company Call you when she see's a bunch of birds working the water outside your office.

You can't get your a$$ to work on time....but you sure as hell can have your butt standing on a rock in the dark a half hour prior to when you think things MIGHT get going.

Blurple IS a color
Parrot is not just a bird
Schoolbus is not just something your kids ride on
Chicken Scratch is something other than poor penmanship
Wonderbread is not just for sandwiches any more.
and its no longer Gay to own something thats either Pink or Chartreuse.

[RIROCKHOUND]

You go to a friends thesis defense, put your foot up on the seat behind you and the girl next to you asks if those are fish scales on your boot... you deny that and make a mental note to keep the other foot (with dried bluefish blood on it) on the ground....

[piemma]

You make up stories about relatives passing away so you can have 3 days off during the fall run. (I actually did this 3 years ago. I am SO ashamed)

[Raven]

piemma ...you are a clever man...

[piemma]

....poor old Aunt Mary. We were very close.....

[Squibby17]

You wear your waders in Burger king (I did this last weekend in Pulaski and I wasn't the only one)

You had 5 different people send you the picture of George Bush and the striper.

You live in Boston but havent stayed in town for a weekend in 4 weeks because "things are starting to heat up"

You have night mares of watching a huge blitz but can't find a rod anywhere

Your family has mentioned having an "intervention" on more than one occasion

[STREETFIGHT]

when a dedicated fishing vehicle isnt enough..... you cash in the $$$ you had saved for your kids education to buy a place in rhode island to be closer to the spots......

[Raven]

........................you dream that all your plugs are watching you...








OMG 2000 posts... i've reached the bigtime lol

[piemma]

WOW!!! 2000. I'm rookie. Not even at 1000

[redneck24]

Originally Posted by Tattoo

It takes you 40 minutes to select which plugs your going to put in your plug bag.

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go through it everytime i fish