A continued introspective

Seriously, I just get in these strange moods where that’s all I want to do….and I only do it once a year so it’s not like I plan it or anything, but the place I like to go is COMPLETELY iced over…now I do own all my fishing gear, but I don’t have any ice fishing gear….and I won’t go running out to spend toms of money to order it (because no place sells it locally)…now I LOVE salt water fishing, but I don’t like those party boats, (when I catch a fish I want it to be my fish and not have to fight a screaming 8 year old and his 600lb dad for it because his hook happened to latch on to it’s tail….I don’t’ have the money for a boat (nor do I have a group to help cover the cost for a charter.)….grrr…I feel like I’m screwed….I’d have to wait till march for the ice to thaw…or fish in the Susquehanna River and have to do catch and release because there’s no way I’m eating a fish out of those nasty waters….

So, I could hit the Jersey or Maryland shore for some surf fishing, hope to land some bluefish…or wait for Memorial lake to thaw so I can go after pan fish, Carp, and Channel Catfish…or wait until summer and go spear fishing in the wrecks off of North Carolina….

         Why do I have this odd need to fish? I mean I use to hunt all the time, then I stopped because my wrestling in high school got in the way and I never got into it again…but I never have this sudden urge to go hunting…I mean every year I hear the announcement that permits are on sale and I take the old .234 out of storage and get it shot in….and I give the bog a good inspection and practice….but I don’t go hunting…maybe some day when I can afford to go on a special hunt, but regular hunting doesn’t catch my eye anymore….just like fishing at the lake at my parents house doesn’t interest me….maybe because they are fed regularly and would bite on an empty hook if you tossed it in the water.

           Honestly, I often find myself looking at 25’ center console boats when I’m in this mood, I think, if only I had a boat like that, I could go fishing whenever I wanted….which would probably be only once a year anyway…lets face it, if the choice is to take a full day to prepare, 4 hours of travel time just to fish for a few hours, or a few days and have to find a way to spend the night….4 hours of travel back and another day to clean everything up….you might as well spend the whole weekend gaming with friends….

          Now I do know one person who owns a boat…it hasn’t moved in almost 9 years….and it’s filled with rain water….and snakes….I think they’d give it away, but by the time you got a new engine (yes that compartment is flooded too) cleaned it out, disassembled it and re built it, you could buy 1-3 new boats….and they guy I was talking to in Baltimore changed his prices from $300 for a half day(6 people) to $900(4 people) due to the economy (yeah, I thought his prices would have dropped because of that too….but it’s his boat, his rules) and for a solo trip, it puts it WAY out of my price range just to catch 2 striped bass.

 

 

Does anyone else go through this odd need?....or is this yet another point that screams that I should be locked up for the well being of society?

 

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