Days fishing? I mix it up with about 60 days golfing, around 70 days playing poker and about 30 days fishing. Raising 3 kids (two teenagers) and running a business keeps me planted otherwise. You guys with 200 plus hours? How do you do it? I saw the working evenings angle, but otherwise how can you be on your own with nothing else to do for 17 days per month? Retired? Laid off? Independently wealthy? Any other activities?

I fish +/- 60-70 day's a year now with having
two daughter's and a wife.I love it and wouldn't change a thing.I used to park my a$$
at blue creek daily when I was single.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

FIVE.

How many days do I fish in a year? That's easy--Not Enough.

Really tho a better question might be "How many days do you fish WELL in a year?" Whether catching or not, I find I really only fish to the peak of my abilities during those proven times and in those proven places...

Fishbait (Steve S.) did you try thte tennis elbow elastic and velcro wrap I mentioned to you when we fished with Keith? When I had that bad I could only backbounce when using the wrap. It went away on it's own eventually. >>>

I used to fish close to 300 days per year in the 80's when I was guiding, and 200+ per year before that. Now I maybe fish 75 to 100 days a year. Too many things to do.

RT

Im glad to hear from some of our "whipped" fellas that its not all over when you get married, even though the numbers WILL drop.

Hell, if i could fish 365 days a year i would. As long as steelhead swim, i'll fish.

bw,

No, it's not "all over" when you get hitched if you find the right woman, but the first time you miss a day of dropping, green water and biting steelhead because you told your wife you'd a. go to a movie b. go shopping c. pretty much anything else, then you'll wonder what you've done.

1 day

Dan,
I wouldnt miss "steelhead green" for anything. Its giving me goose bumps just thinking about it...lol Yeah, if i find the right girly, it wont be so bad.

Timber...Remember, Earth First....hehe

You mean fishing off of the BB's ? lol

Before I moved out here it was probably in the 300 days a year combined for both hunting and fishing and that was pretty constant.

Moving out here and only fishing, probably half that. I don't always count calendar days, but count the individual trips.

It's tough for Timber to get a kitchen pass to go fishing and that one day he gets to go each year, is usually for grass carp

Damit Timber....the question was "How many days you fish"..........not how many you don't..... ..Os

I know that I can fish a-lot more if I'm not spending my time on the computer.....jk....This year is around 85 days fishing so far, with 14 of those in Alaska. I'll probably end the year with 100-150 days fishing, depending on the Winter-run returns, river conditions, etc. This is about the same as last 5 years.
For the "Whipped-Guys": I've been married 12 years. Luckily, my wife has never had to work outside the home so her schedule can match mine. First couple years of marriage, with kids popping out, reduced my fishing days to 50/year. Ya just gotta find the "Happy Balance". Salmonids are all I fish for. All I ever have. I don't golf, hunt or participate in any other major "Family-Time Eaters" so this frees me to chase salmonids. There is always a salmonid somewhere that needs caught.
I'm scheduled to "Work" 15 days/month, 12 hr days. So 182 days/year. Subtract 24 days off for vacation. Subtract another 9 holidays & floaters off that and I end up "Working" 149 days. Of my 216 days off, I'll spend all of the Sat & Sun I have off with my family and fish all the week-days. This works for us.
One last thought....taking the family/kids fishing stretches the "Fishing Days" even more. Our 10 yr old and recently adopted daughter caught her first salmon last Thurs trolling the Forks of the Lewis's. I'll try and get the photo up here with her and her 17 lb Silver buck.
Fun stuff.
Find the balance.
(Damn, now it's dark outside! I must stay off the computer! Must stay off the computer!)
x

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I have the good fortune of having a wife that shows me the door on the weekends. Really she is understanding of my addiction to fishing and is very supportive of it.

Funny thing is though, none of my kids look like me . Just kidding babe if you are reading this post. Your the best.

I get to fish about 100 days a year.

Os, I think TM was refering to the number of days per year he 'get's some nookie'.

OOP's...O,s I did get that backwards!!!'nookie' 1 day cuz I'm gone fishin the other 364 TM

Once a year, on our wedding anniversary

Eeeeeeew, Mr and Mrs DoubleHaul doing it. That is something I did not need to picture.

OK Spanky, I mean Sparky.

You guys make me sick! I only get out fishin' about 25 times a year. And I still haven't got l****.