I don't see the point. If you want to drink, why not do it at home or in a bar?

tHEY WON'T LET MY FISH IN THE BARS.

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If your consuming alcoholic beverages on a boat , You aren't fishing .. I usually consume my intake at the bar ! Sincerely , The Square 

I don't drink alot or or often while I'm fishing, yet there is some sublime charm in swilling a cold frosty beer on a balmy spring afternoon.  For me the key is to not bring very many.

I'm usually so drunk by the time I get to the lake that drinking on the water isn't very appealing. 

I don't see the point. If you want to drink, why not do it at home or in a bar?

tHEY WON'T LET MY FISH IN THE BARS.

So does that mean you have actually tried!? I would bet your could get a few casts in before they stopped ya. Course what you might catch....don't want to go there.

Depends.  I fish 'Lake X' a lot, and since it's private, I usually take a 6 pack with me.  I have a tradition of drinking a beer after I catch my first fish, regardless of time. 

I've never had more than 4 beers in one full day of fishing.  That was a couple years ago.  Usually, I only have a couple. 

Gatorade...

Usually don't drink anything. I fish from a kayak so I don't want to have to go to the bathroom. 

Water only on open water................now ice fishing thats another story

I don't consume alcoholic beverages while on the water.  But, then again, I don't consume them when I'm off the water either.

Dang,  I shouldn't have admitted that.  Now I have no excuse for some of my posts.

Tom, just say you guzzled a Monster energy drink, LOL.

Thanks.  I'll file that Monster Energy Drink away for future use.  I need all the excuses I can get.

I do not drink alcohol while fishing. I do not allow others to drink alcohol while in my boat. Zero tolerance.

I am out to fish and nothing else when I am in my boat. I like to look at the scenery and just bask in the calm (even if it stormy).

Drinking on the boat all depends on what kind of fishing I am doing. If I am fishing for Bream with crickets or shiner fishing for bass then yes, but artificial fishing for bass no. I also will usually have some beers if I go fishing at night. It just seems to go good together.

Drinking on the boat all depends on what kind of fishing I am doing. If I am fishing for Bream with crickets or shiner fishing for bass then yes, but artificial fishing for bass no. I also will usually have some beers if I go fishing at night. It just seems to go good together.

I understand the feeling (nothing better than a nice cold one in a spring or fall night on my deck after work) but ironically at least on my lake the night time you need your wits more than daytime. Too many inexperienced and ignorant folks with REAL fast boats, and no knowledge or thought of others out there, their limited line of sight, or even a slight recollection of the large amount of debris on Wylie.

Course now, that's what DD's are for (Designated Drivers...get your heads out of the gutter)

I normally bring some, but the only time it gets drank is if we set up with some live bait in a cove, but then it's an all day and into the night thing.

Almost never, probably because I'm always the one driving, so mostly just pop, water, and gatorade.

I will definitely have a few out on the water, but me and my friends fish ponds and lakes that are small and only allow trolling motors so were not talking 4 foot swells and 60 mph bass boats flying around. I can't see a problem if your responsible about it (ie not getting plastered, being obnoxiously loud, and littering) Can't say I've ever had a bad time out on the water either, so if it ain't broke I'm not going to fix it ;D

I have absolutely nothing against drinking, but not in a boat. I consider it a vehicle just like a car. I actually think it can be a lot more dangerous than a car is if you were to wreck. But I am not opposed to cracking one open once the weigh in is over and bs'ing with the rest of the tournament goers.

Nah, I'm too busy puffin' up a fat J or runnin' a few lines of coke 

Are you serious? In a vehicle capable of speeds over 60 mph?

There is no place in motorsports of any kind for impared drivers.  Its dangerous enough out there on the lakes I fish.  Now if you are floating around a pond or something of that sort its a different story.

Personally the only time I crack a cold one open in my boat is when it is in my garage and I'm in there organizing tackle 

Absolutely not.  Don't care for alcohol, but give me some orange soda and it's game over.  I use to fish with a couple guys that downed beers all the time.  Newborn baby girl woke me up fast.