09-10-2010, 09:29 PM
You bring up an interesting thought. What is "worthwhile" is different for every person.
Just speaking for myself two fish seem very worthwhile because I can take two fish home and they are big enough that I can have a feast even with my large family.
If I had to look at it. I didn't take a fish home on 90% of my trips this year. I am not saying that should be the case for everyone. I am just saying for me fishing is a worthwhile experience just as an experience in an of itself. Every lake or river I fish offers something different. The fun part is I never know what it is that I am going to find in my day until the day is over.
I understand the need to justify a long trip by bringing some meat home. On the other hand I could never bring home enough meat to justify the dollars spent on fishing as a way to feed the family.
For example, last weekend Steelfisher and I went to Weston and Condie for some bass fishing. We spent around $50 in gas, $5 on ibuprofen (for my shoulder from casting too much[cool]), $4 on a box of Fat Boys (We ate three each and felt a little sick all part of the experience), at least $15 on worn out plastics. I bought a new pair of $50 walmart neopreme waders since my other ones finally had too many holes. Not to mention wear and tear on Steelfishers Truck and Driftboat.
We caught well over 100 fish yet if you do the math even if we could have kept all of them they would be very expensive fillets.
Just my two cents
Windriver
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Just speaking for myself two fish seem very worthwhile because I can take two fish home and they are big enough that I can have a feast even with my large family.
If I had to look at it. I didn't take a fish home on 90% of my trips this year. I am not saying that should be the case for everyone. I am just saying for me fishing is a worthwhile experience just as an experience in an of itself. Every lake or river I fish offers something different. The fun part is I never know what it is that I am going to find in my day until the day is over.
I understand the need to justify a long trip by bringing some meat home. On the other hand I could never bring home enough meat to justify the dollars spent on fishing as a way to feed the family.
For example, last weekend Steelfisher and I went to Weston and Condie for some bass fishing. We spent around $50 in gas, $5 on ibuprofen (for my shoulder from casting too much[cool]), $4 on a box of Fat Boys (We ate three each and felt a little sick all part of the experience), at least $15 on worn out plastics. I bought a new pair of $50 walmart neopreme waders since my other ones finally had too many holes. Not to mention wear and tear on Steelfishers Truck and Driftboat.
We caught well over 100 fish yet if you do the math even if we could have kept all of them they would be very expensive fillets.
Just my two cents
Windriver
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