Certainly not on my list of things to do.

I have to get away from it at times. Don't even want to think about it.

I think it can be done but alot of sacrifices have to be made and alot of work has to be put into it.  I see alot of people putting out there that it would take the fun out of fishing if you did it for money.  Well my theory is, its something you love to do anyways, and now it would be your job.  How many people in this country can say they love doing thier job?  Not many.  My dads been a police officer for 26 years and he tells me that he loves it and doesnt even view it as a job, its an adventure to him.  He doesnt love it because he gets paid well or a good pension coming his way, its because he feels good about making the streets safer for his family and friends.  Its fun to him.  Just my .02 cents.

There's only one person's job i wouldn't mind.

Larry Dahlberg's job.

His seems more like an adventure than a job.

Making a living solely from tournament purses?

Impossible, I'd say.

Kevin Van Dam wouldn't be able to make a living from purses without sponsorships.

Without sponsorships there would not be enough participants to have tournaments, hence KVD and others who have won "millions" over their careers would not have won those millions.

Only a handful of the pros make enough to cover their expenses from purse money, let alone make a living from it.

Just like auto racing, it is sponsor money that makes it all possible.

Thats what I meant when I made the post making money off of sponsors. I have been thinking of ideas on getting my name out there in order to win over sponsors. Having our friends video tape us while we fish is one of the many. I understand it is a business and I know that there is more money in sponsors than in golf and tennis, and tiger woods makes millions.

The second I set foot out on my boat in the water I have all intentions of working hard to getting sponsors and working for them, marketing myself with new fresh ideas.

Why do poeple who fish for money call it "fun fishing" when they are not fishing for money????

Well my theory is, its something you love to do anyways, and now it would be your job. How many people in this country can say they love doing thier job?

Long hours waiting for clients to show up on slow days ( which you spend surfing around the net ), pet owners not following your instructions, dogs that bite, c-sections at the middle of the night because you told the pet owner the pet wasn 't going to be able to deliver the puppies but they know more about pets than you do  :, medicating hospitalized pets at 12, 3 and 6 AM for 5-6-7 days, having to cancel fishing trips cuz when you where about to close on Saturday a pet arrives and you gotta hospitalize it right away or it will die without your care, having to measure urine and feces ( which saying it smells like s*t is a huge understatement ) plus perform tests on them in order to determine the fluid ammount the pet requires, having to re catheterize a pet for the 10th time cuz it pulled away the catheter you put barely 15 min ago ...... you think I do all that just for money ?

I don 't think of my job to be a job, to me practicing veterinary medicine is a thing of passion, I wouldn 't trade fishing for it.

Leave me out, too.

Fishing is fun and relaxing plus a great challenge.

When you are a pro it becomes work.

It's bad enough that college coaches base their career futures on 18 to 23 year olds as compared to basing your future on a dumb fish.

Hey, college athletes and dumb fish. Same thing.  

Pretty easy if you marry a chick with money!!

The guys on "Deadliest Catch" seem to do OK!!!! :

No way would I want to make a living, fishing ! Not in a MILLION years !

I "wouldn't" fish tournies, if somebody paid every single expense + $200 a day. That's not even fishing to me. I'd hate it.

I wouldn't guide if I profited $200 a day, after all expenses. That's not fishing to me either.

For me, fishing is getting away from everything, and everybody. Doing what I want, how I want. Clearing my mind. Becoming one with nature.

Don't get me wrong, I love interacting with other anglers at the dock, here on the forum, or during work... when I can get away with it ;-) But when I'm on the water, I'd prefer to be completely by myself, doing what I love to do, on my own clock.

Peace,

Fish

For me, fishing is getting away from everything, and everybody. Doing what I want, how I want. Clearing my mind. Becoming one with nature.

Don't get me wrong, I love interacting with other anglers at the dock, here on the forum, or during work... when I can get away with it ;-) But when I'm on the water, I'd prefer to be completely by myself, doing what I love to do, on my own clock.

Peace,

Fish

im exactly the same way. i love ifishing, but its a hobby, i dont want to make it a chore.

If you fish for a living, then what the heck are you gonna do for a day off?

Now that being said, I will enjoy fishing small club tournaments make a little extra money (maybe) if not its just a fun weekend out fishing

If you fish for a living, then what the heck are you gonna do for a day off?

Time off: I go fishing. However when my vacation comes, I go fishing. Unless it's too hot or too cold: then I go fishing.

The guys on "Deadliest Catch" seem to do OK!!!! :

Haha ;D

If you fish for a living, then what the heck are you gonna do for a day off?

Time off: I go fishing. However when my vacation comes, I go fishing. Unless it's too hot or too cold: then I go fishing.

HAHA ;D This thread is great. Very amused.

I fish as much as I can, If I did it for a living it would become a job and I fish to relax.