How much money needed to satisfy your fishing needs?

[Markcanby]

What I enjoy the most is being with the friends I have met through OFF and learning from them.

You still need to rest up for a while so we can hit the ponds up this winter.

 

[Berg03]

I would get a nice 12" pole for the ocean and about 2 more rods for lake/pond fishing. Then pretty much 1 fly pole of each wt 3wt would be fun at a lot of the local creeks i fish now. And a few more attachments for my pontoon boat, as i already have an electric motor for it so probably about 2.5k would get me what i want. And of course a lot of fly tie material.

 

[capblack]

$4000 for a 16 ft starcraft ss and $1000 for my wife to go shopping for a weekend while i fish,

 

[GDBrown]

$4000 for a 16 ft starcraft ss and $1000 for my wife to go shopping for a weekend while i fish,

.......:clap::clap:......:shock::shock:

 

[GDBrown]

You still need to rest up for a while so we can hit the ponds up this winter.

You want to go Monday or Monday & Tuesday? :lol:

 

[Markcanby]

You want to go Monday or Monday & Tuesday? :lol:

Oh now I get it!!!

If I buy the LBD then you wont have to bring a boat when we fish.

 

[troutdude]

My answer is this:

Rods n' reels are to a guy...what shoes n' purses are to a lady...

you CAN'T ever have too many! 10-4?

 

[Drew9870]

My answer is this:

Rods n' reels are to a guy...what shoes n' purses are to a lady...

you CAN'T ever have too many! 10-4?

Amen to that!!! :lol:

I'd need a lot, that's all I can really say, would need a Drift Boat, Alumaweld, and Bass Boat, gear and about 10+ rods for all applications of fishing for all the species we have, Carp, Salmon, Fly, and Saltwater gear would be the biggest investments.

Oh, and a room to store the gear in, with motion detectors + alarm :lol:.

 

[GDBrown]

Oh now I get it!!!

If I buy the LBD then you wont have to bring a boat when we fish.

Or I bring the "Lazy Drifter" and we get more people on the water!

 

[mrlindeman]

i would sell all my bait gear and hit he road with nothing but my fiance, a 6 wt fly rod and a spey rod. i would travel everywhere. ten grand is all i would need.

 

[troutdude]

Oh, and a room to store the gear in, with motion detectors + alarm :lol:.

I can help you with that Drew: it's what I do for a living.

 

[Drew9870]

:lol:

My room is a maze of fishing rods and reels, tackle boxes to be tripped on, and bait making supplies + 50lb bags of Egg Layer Feed + Whole Dried Poultry Corn (Maize), the bait stuff is for Carp of course, I'm a horder :lol:, the fly tying/camping room has a closet in which is full of a dozen+ more fishing rods + a ton of reels and about 8 more tackle boxes. My grandpa owns over 225 fishing rods + reels and probably 50+ tackles boxes crammed full, and a rather large display of antique lures, all of this tackle being mainly Bass and Panfish with a bit of Salmon, Ocean, and Trout gear, hording fishing tackle runs in my blood :lol:.

 

[lilsalmon]

I just want an echo and new waders....you guys are WORSE than a woman and her shoes and purses....hehe

 

[brandon4455]

I just want an echo and new waders....you guys are WORSE than a woman and her shoes and purses....hehe

:lol: im terrible, only once this year have i spent money on somthething other then fishing and camping stuff is when i bought a pack of socks LOL

 

[Finneus Polebender]

Will have to put three of everything in the ol shopping cart at tacklewarehouse an see what it tallys up too thinkin way more than ten grand . Then would come the hardest part clicking close rather than buy now !

 

[Raincatcher]

I'm thinking around $250K to get started. :think: That should be just about enough to buy some riverfront property with some cabins to rent out to other fisher folks. The boat rentals would have to wait a bit.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Funny, I was just telling my wife yesterday that I wish I had a $1000 fishermans gift card!
New depth finder
Spinning rod and decent spinning reel
Load up on spinners, plugs, flashers, scents, line, swivels, hooks and floats and I would be a happy camper!

 

[eggs]

Jim.. I think if I sold your kidney, liver, and other item I could sell for transplants.. I would be able to buy enough stuff to be satisfied!

I take this back, parting you out to come up with a sum to fullfill my fishing dream isn't going to work, logistics dont work out...

I think I will just gather an "Occupy Ollalie" and be satisfied living there!

 

[troutdude]

Brandon...at least your feet will be warm, as you put all of your gear to good use. And we can start a support group for your addiction.

Drew...when can we expect to see a shingle hung outside of your front door? ("Drew's Bait n' Tackle")

Eggs...I'm making my picket signs now!

Herefishy...you're not even addicted...yet!

Rose...you need a Sage.

Barb...I'd like to make a reservation.

 

[brandon4455]

well, add another 50 bucks or so to that, before taking off this morning i realized the graphite right in between the second to last guide on my 4wt was heavily damaged and snapped off on the second fish of the day i hooked, worst part was i didn't even land the fish that broke it :lol: was probably like 10 inches. luckily i have a rod to borrow for aaron mercer on tuesday and saturday have to wait like a week for a replacement.. i leave my rod out of it's tube for one day and look what happens!!! one a side note i got my wallet back LOL