It seems that after 25 yrs of fishing, it's official and I have now entered the realm where my hobby starts to eat up the rest of my life.

My car is now my tackle box on wheels and my garage has become a master tackle locker. I have 2 pairs of jeans, been out of paper towels, milk, and even sugar since early june ....but I'm saving up $500 to buy a megabass rod.

Having Gore-tex has now surpassed water as a "life necessity"

Norml behavior? I think not. I bet a psycho-therapist who specializes in obsessive-compulsive behavior would have a field day on this site!!

;D

i'm in the same boat!!! ;D

it comes with the territory ;D  I too deal with this obsession.

Since we are about  to enter into hunting season before long also, I wonder if will one theropist be enough or do I need two?  You don't happen to know of any haveing a two obsesive disorders for the price of one special do you?  

i hear ya man

hello my name is layne and i am addicted to fishing

I've got it really bad.I've always fished AND hunted,but about four years ago I quit hunting and bass fish 12 months a year.Friends and family think I'm obsessed,also(they're right!).During Dec. and Jan. I have an 800 acre lake entirely to myself.

Oh wow, it took you 25 years !, it took about a week with me, my allowances were saved and spent partially on any tackle I could put my hands on. Yeh, I 've been a tackle junkie for many years now, so let 's say that the bug bit me 32 years ago, that doesn 't include other hobbies I have.

So what makes you think that were not normal and the rest of the world needs the psychotherapist?

Only thing that keeps me off of that plane is my girlfriend nagging me to clean up the garage, move my rods off of the dining room table, clean out the car, ..............

Get a different girl friend or train her to behave.

Only thing that keeps me off of that plane is my girlfriend nagging me to clean up the garage, move my rods off of the dining room table, clean out the car, ..............

The motherless goat strikes again !  

   I don't feel so bad now. My wife wanted to know why I don't ride with her anymore. All I could say was that I was going fishin'. It's like a drug. I'm highly addicted. I hope she can adjust, cause I'll sure miss her.