I have always been superstitous when fishing. My friends have a favorite hat they like to wear. When I am fishing on the rivers I love to chew on a cigar. My worst habit is stopping at a bait and tackle store and buy more gear that I "DONT" need. Somehow I have better luck catching fish. When fishing gets tough what do you do??

When I'm not catching fish, I recall reading in an article I wrote that tough times never last, but tough people do. So I try to be tougher than I really am, and keep on fishing. Must work, as I eventually catch a fish.

Oh yeah, my bad habit is my work ethic. I should take more time off work and go fishing more often. I bought a new boat last fall and have only used it twice. How bad is that?

Sincerely,

Salmo g.

Can you say, "T-h-i-s b-u-l-l-e-t-i-n b-o-a-r-d"?

Fishinphysician hit the nail on the head

My Bad Habit is arranging fishing trips for all manner of vague "reasons" -- I need to run the motor, I owe Joe's kid a trip out, the trailer tires have flat spots, I need to go to Possession to train for that big trip up to Critter Cove, I need to go to Critter Cove to train for that big trip up to Alaska, etc., etc.

"I'll be home by noon"

I say it before every trip and I'm always late. I wonder what would happen if I said I would be home by 3:00pm???

My bad habit, FISHING. I think women, wine, and drugs would be cheaper

My bad habit is going fishing even when I know the catching is bad

I guess my bad habit would be not considering fishing to be a bad habit

CDseattle hit the nail on the head "I'LL BE HOME BY NOON" it never happen's.

I guess my "bad " habit would have to be fishing . I tailor my whole life around what type of fishing is going on around the area. cant build the new deck in April -June because the springers are here , cant do it in August because the fall fish are in the lower Rogue. then there is hunting season , Elk river Chinook, winter steelhead on the Umpqua and Coquille. halfpounders,steelhead and sturgeon on the lower Rogue in February and March ....D'ooohh!! Its April again and I havent started on the new deck yet.... "Honey maybe we should just get a contractor to build our new deck ? " ....Its a good thing my wife understands my habit or I would be divorced by now ... Von Warner

Chewing tobbaco, I swear I could stop if I didnt fish...DJ

Copenhagen on the river, can't seem to fish without it!

Unfortunately I too have to have a fresh fishin' dip in before I feel fully confident the fish will bite. I also have a night before ritual which includes making sure rod and reel are in perfect working order. It also may include tying up some leaders and checking all of my hooks to see if they have rust on them so I can replace them with new ones. Then I pack everything and put it by the front door. My wife usually gets irritated at me for doing this because I usually don't start until 9 or 10 at night and get to bed about midnight. I don't know why but it happens everytime.

As others have noted above, fishing is my habit. Don't get me wrong, I have others, but a lot of them come directly out of my fishing habit.

I never plan vacations more than two days long without considering where I'm going to fish while I'm there, and if there's something good going on where I'm at, I'll spend one of those two days fishing anyway.

I know chewing tobacco isn't good for you, and I only do it when I fish. However, I can't really be on the river without it. Besides not being good for me, Copenhagen is running damn near $8 a tin these days...it adds up when you fish as much as me. It looks like a few other Cope fans know exactly what I'm talking about...

I never stop for lunch when I fish, unless I'm in a boat so I can eat and fish at the same time, or can stuff food down as I drive from one spot to the next.

Generally, I just don't stop fishing at all when I'm out. If I'm walking from one hole to another, I'll cast as I walk. If I'm going down river, I'll drift fish or float fish. If I'm walking up and it will take more than a minute or two to get there and I'm on the bank, I'll switch over to a spinner so I can throw it up and walk to it as I reel.

Can't catch fish if your line's outta the water!

Fish on...

Todd

Metalheadron we must be related, I do the exact same thing, Im retired navy I get my chew for $185 A can so I cant use it as a excuse to stop....DJ

I was going to list mine..........but I didn't want to crash Bob's site. Apparently my list requires a LOT of disk space.

So I started a list of my bad habits and then when I went back to edit it alot of the habits I listed seemed like good habits. I'm confused

With a name like Jerry Garcia, one can only amagine your bad habits. I can't throw rocks though, for I live in a glass house.
I'll list one habit. Coppenhagen. Just makes fishing sooooo special!

Well, I can say I don't spend that much for chew or even 8 bucks, I hit the rez and spend 3-4 bucks a can.
how can anyone think they are going to catch a fish without a fresh pinch