It completely relaxs me. It is a time for me to get away from any and everything. However it is also nice to fish with my brother, brother in law,and cousin. Usually though its just me and nature, and i love it. Complete and total serinity.

Destressor, relaxation, escape from everyday life, scenery, nature, being on the water, sport of it, the fight, the thinking game...

I used to LOVE bass fishing. I would read all the mag's, had subscriptions to several, I would even go to the libary and check out books on bass and fishing. I bought a Bass Tracker 185 in 2000 and me and my son would go to the lakes every chance we got. Table Rock, Pomme, Truman, Tanneycomo, we fished them all. I got involved in tourny fishing, fished once a week every week from early April to late August and found that fishing like that can wear on you. Well, my son grew up and he didnt want to go fishing anymore with his Dad, so found myself fishing alone and then the tourny thing started to be a real grind so I started hating to do that. Can you imagine that- HATING to go FISHING!! I finally gave it all up, sold my boat and havent been fishing in 3 years. My guess is I just got burnt out on it. I was also just burnt out on some of the types that fished those tourny's...hyper competitive, cheating, backstabbing, wife hating jerks...you guys know the types....anyway since I have taken the break I am getting that mojo back, wanting to get out on the water early on a quiet morning with the lake as smooth as a sheet of glass, running across the lake to one of your favorite spots that always produce...hooking into that fish fish of the morning and looking around seeing not another sole on the lake.......my son just recently asked if I was interested in buying another boat so we can go out fishing again, and I said HELL YA!

Stress relief and a opportunity to learn each time I'm out but it really helps to relax and let go of some of the daily stress of life.

A great stress releiver. When I'm fishng I don't think about school, or people at all, just me and the fish.