Well, before I say this, let me tell you that I love my wife and kids above all else...
Having said that, now that i approach 40, with a job, a mortage, bill payments and daycare costs, I fish less and less every year.
I truly thought that by 40, i'd own my own fishing boat, and would be able to fish as I pleased. Unfortunately the reality is that I fish in fits and spurts at my aging parents cottage, on 6-8 weekends a year, at least when its not raining. And guess what, my mom and dad are going to sell said cottage, at least they threaten to, as soon as they require the money to pay for thier old age care, even though the own a large house that I grew up in as well.
My dad has promissed me his boat, the one that I have fished in since I was 13. But a 16 foot bow rider is useless to me, without a cottage to keep it at. I would like a smaller aluminum fishing boat with pedestal seats and a mid range outboard - a boat I could tow with a car or a small SUV. Heck, I can' afford a truck!
Is this sour grapes of a ungratefull son? I certainly don't think so, just a vent from a guy who loves to fish, but can't afford to do it, in terms of time and/or money.
My wife puts up with my requests to go fishing for the most part, but she has her limits, and my kids are too young to go for a full days worth of fishing... I know, take what you can get and clam up you'll tell me... that i've had it good in the past you'll tell me. that you never even had a boat, albiet a parents, to fish out of... i know.. i get it.
It's just that I remember that 10 year old kid I once was, who would fish in the river in his backyard for countless hours every weekend, forgoing meals and bathroom breaks, who dreamed of fishing and poured over the fishing magazines and couldn't sleep the night before sportsmen and fishing shows. A boy who would trail at his fathers feet, begging to go to the local tackle shops. I feel i've failed that little boy. Sticking him in a cube infront of a keyboard for 9 hours a day...
End vent.
Having said that, now that i approach 40, with a job, a mortage, bill payments and daycare costs, I fish less and less every year.
I truly thought that by 40, i'd own my own fishing boat, and would be able to fish as I pleased. Unfortunately the reality is that I fish in fits and spurts at my aging parents cottage, on 6-8 weekends a year, at least when its not raining. And guess what, my mom and dad are going to sell said cottage, at least they threaten to, as soon as they require the money to pay for thier old age care, even though the own a large house that I grew up in as well.
My dad has promissed me his boat, the one that I have fished in since I was 13. But a 16 foot bow rider is useless to me, without a cottage to keep it at. I would like a smaller aluminum fishing boat with pedestal seats and a mid range outboard - a boat I could tow with a car or a small SUV. Heck, I can' afford a truck!
Is this sour grapes of a ungratefull son? I certainly don't think so, just a vent from a guy who loves to fish, but can't afford to do it, in terms of time and/or money.
My wife puts up with my requests to go fishing for the most part, but she has her limits, and my kids are too young to go for a full days worth of fishing... I know, take what you can get and clam up you'll tell me... that i've had it good in the past you'll tell me. that you never even had a boat, albiet a parents, to fish out of... i know.. i get it.
It's just that I remember that 10 year old kid I once was, who would fish in the river in his backyard for countless hours every weekend, forgoing meals and bathroom breaks, who dreamed of fishing and poured over the fishing magazines and couldn't sleep the night before sportsmen and fishing shows. A boy who would trail at his fathers feet, begging to go to the local tackle shops. I feel i've failed that little boy. Sticking him in a cube infront of a keyboard for 9 hours a day...
End vent.
. the best resource IS your intellect. YOU are the one in charge and your condition is the direct result of your actions.
