...you have a Power Worm dangling from your rear view mirror because you think it makes a good air freshener.

"You know you're a bass angler when...."

YOUR BOAT COST MORE THAN YOUR HOUSE...

You spend three days following a thread about someone cheating in a bass tournament...guilty.

SE Kansas grass grower

hahaha.

You drive down Highway 75 in Dallas see a exit sign "Monticello St." and start dosing off thinking about the hot water discharge...

When you will drink during work but not fishing because you need to concentrate. Pretty bad...

You spend over $2k a month in fishing expenses and dont even fish tournaments often...

When your in a meeting with clients and the first thing that pops up on your PC is the TFF website.

Your Grandkids can sing the Quantum commercial song AND they know what it means!.

"You know you're a bass angler when...."

you dream of fishing and set the hook in your sleep.

You know you got it bad when your wife immediately says "is it a keeper?" and reaches for the net in her sleep.

....when your baby's first toy was a rattle-trap (with the hooks removed of course)

Your TFF name is Crappie Hooker and you always find yourself fishing for crappie with a 10" Texas rigged power worm.

You own a boat but never have owned a house.

...you drive down a country road or hiway and envision where the fish should be if that area was covered with water.

SE Kansas grass grower

when you can explain the difference between an orange pumpkin and green pumpkin.......

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...you own three boats but rent.

SE Kansas grass grower

when skirt color becomes part of your vocabulary.........

I do that all the time, hahaha...

NOW THAT IS FUNNY... if there is any truth to it not only is SHE a keeper... but ur my hero

I own 1 boat and rent a house but dont even own a pickup to pull the boat. I have to barrow one from family!!!!

just a good idea... mabey a mobile made of old rods and line???

You can't remember what day your wife's birthday is on but yet you can remember the Bass Champs tournament dates.

You can't remember your cell phone number but you have the UPC number of your favorite crankbait memorized.

You are late coming home from work and your wife calls Bass Pro instead of a Bar.

when you judge distance in casts....

you lube that troubled door hinge with quantum hot sauce....

"You can't buy her that dream house because you can't get your bass boat backed into the driveway."

So true

"You know you're a bass angler when...."

You have used your swimming pool for casting practice and studying lure movement more times than you have been swimming in it.

You care more about your boat, than your own body...

Trips to Sartin Marine @ lake Fork in 2009 = +20

Trips to Doctors over past 10 yrs = 0

When you bite the tip off your soft plastics just to make sure the scent is still impregnated in them lol...

When you spray the squeaking door hinges on your truck with Gulp Alive.........

When you have 25 Bass Pro bags in the bottom of your closet full of soft Plastics in your favorite colors and sized just to make sure they don't run out at Bass Pro lol.........

When you have 10 tackle boxes and tackle bags full of stuff AND KNOW EXACTLY where everything is........


Rob

days later you're still thinking about a certain smallmouth that got away at Lake Texoma and how you want revenge!!!!

"You know you're a bass angler when..."

You watch the weather forecast for wind speeds even when you aren't fishing.

When you see a puddle in a parking lot and immediately start thinking about what presentation would work.

When you make a fishing reference in all of your college classes on a daily basis.

"You know you are a bass angler when..."


Your peers consider you one.

Your mobile home settles out of level because of all the tackle boxes in the spare bedroom.

"You know you're a bass angler when..."

You're asleep, dreaming of working a Sammy across a point, and a bass hits so hard that it jolts you awake.

TRUE STORY.

When you offer up a sizely bonus - just to catch a 10+

I've had the most fun with that one up in upstate New York.

TONS of rock piles and drains on the sides of I-87.

When you you have more tackle in the garage than "Wally-World".

When you get on this "Forum" every other hour!

Antfish89,
Good one!!

hahahahahaha, wow good stuff...haha

when you are dating and really like the girl you say..."ya know, I, uh, have this problem you should know about now before we get more serious...I, uh, can't quit fishing, buying fishing stuff, thinking about fishing, and, oh yeah...I need to know now if you fish...

luckily for me my GF passed all that with flying colors and is a pretty good stick...as long as it has a crankbait tied on, or a frog

it's like the cheech and chong song
i gotta bass fishin jones
i gotta bass fishin jones

Your 4 weeks of vacation a year are all scheduled for the Spring at Lake Fork.

The amount of gear and equipment on your boat is worth more than you paid for the boat.

Some great stuff Guys!!

Ditto!

Your wife tells you to buy her a perfume you like...and you buy her a can of garlic spray.

"You know you're a bass angler when..."


You get annoyed because your dogs keep chasing after the jigs you're pitching at their water bowl in the backyard.

"You know you're a bass angler when...."

...you've heard the sizzling of the 7' rod in hand, during an electrical storm... YIKES!!

While doing your ( will ) with your wife you explain to her and the attorney writing it up to have your son sale your fishing stuff.instead of her...hehehehe...true story,my wife looked a little dumbfounded that day....until she asked my son why i would say that........he told her he understood why and that was good enough......

^^^^^ guilty!

Or...you know your a bass angler when your on your wedding anniversary with your wife at the River walk in SA and all you can think of is pitching a jig in there to see you can get a bite!! My wife KNEW what I was thinkin!

"You know you're a bass angler when..."


with a cop on your tail going down the highway... but you start to speed.... cause you wanna catch and check out that bass boat about 1000 yards up the highway... before it turns off..

I agree w/red skeeter.................

I've done that and scared the wife!

Wife: What happened?
Me: Huh!
Wife: You jumped. Did you hear something?
Me: Huh? I set the hook.
Wife: Huh?
Me: I pitched a jig by a sweet stump with a laydown next to it and got a bite and set the hook. I'd a set it more gently if it wasn't a jig but you gotta really put it to the fish on a jig....
Wife: Bop! Go to sleep and no more dream fishing!

You know you're a bass angler when..."

You can't afford new tires for your boat trailer, so you use the ones off your house.

You know you're a bass angler when..."

Your wife is disgusted because she can walk by the TV and identify KVD, Zona, Dean Rojas, Skeet Reese and a handfull of others. It's working!!

"You know you're a bass angler when..."
you know what "Topo" means.

"You know you're a bass angler when..." Your first question about class rings was do you have a bass?

Okay, here's two for one...

If you use "Spike it" in your spaghetti sauce and toast...

You spill "Spike it" all over your hands and ware it like battle wounds...

LOL +1

WOo-Hoo! My favorite is Hog Wild!!!

dont have a pool, so i fill up the bathtub.

When you wake up with a jolt and your wife says, "Is everything ok," and you say, "Yeah I set the hook."

When you spend $500 to get to a tournament where the most you can win is $300.

+1 Wife looked at me funny, but I told her I had to see what it looked like.

You know your a bass angler

when you spend more on boat repairs then health insurance

you skip paying the rent to fix your lower unit

You know your a bass angler when

You have two kiddie pools in the back yard
one for clear water.
one for stained water.

Thats funny! I got a 3/4 oz jig in my mirror!

Great !!! I do this too but it wakes my wife up when I set the hook using a power worm(and it is always on a power worm in my dreams) and she always says "wake up your alarm has not even gone off yet and you are already fishing" !!
Life is great !!

..when your three year old son sees you come in with a shopping bag from bass pro, and he runs and gets his tackle box so you can divvy up the worms. <--happens every time. He just lets daddy 'hold onto' his crankbaits and such because of the hooks.

These two at least deserve a TFF coffee cup. PM me your addresses.

LOL!

when you tell your kids, " sorry there won't be a Christmas again this year, but we can go for a ride in Daddy's new boat. "

Here I tell on myslef. joined TFF on 10/22/09 and I have spent more time reading, looking up info, diggin for past topics then I have spoke to anyone in my family. Spent probley 10-12 hours a day on TFF already found reasons to spend 1000+ on the boat and I didnt pay but 1000 for it!! Wife already loves TFF!!!

Your wife tells you every time she hears Brad Paisley's "I'm Gonna Miss Her" your face pops in her head and the "Lagremouth up under that log" line in "I'm Still a Guy" is all YOU

AND, you're already teaching your 4 year old to throw a baitcaster . He's getting better

You ever seen the guy at a party who tells a joke and busts out laughing while the rest of the crowd is sitting there with a blank look on their faces?



jk

By the way, Smile-n-Nod has just been credited TFF genius points. Thanks for lightening the mood in here!

Sounds like bankbeater at Fork last year when we were all there for the Grudge deal. He never did tell us the punch line either.

...

That was painful to watch.

PM sent

LOL...that was on my wedding cd *honest to god* it played the song before she walked the isle...

PRICELESS!!!!!

This one gets my vote!!!!!

Believe it or not, that's my wifes ringer when she calls. Well I'm gonna miss her.....

Yea, that's her ring tone for me. I never knew it until one day when she was looking for her phone and I called it to try to find it. Guess what, "Well I'm Gonna Miss Her......". Absolutely made my day

I thought I was the only one doin that. lol.

When you insist that spitting Copenhagen on your worm really attracts the fish.

And then it works.

When you show up to work, and everyone already knows you have been out fishing because you smell like fish.

Its always a good day at work knowing that cooler is full of bass n cats!

Pshahaha.....

When you think about getting a hot date for the weekend,then realize the weather has been stable for a few days and go fishing instead.

When you’re practicing pitching to the trees in your yard and the first thing that pops into your head is to stop and pause because you just made a perfect pitch. You just know something is going to hit it, before reeling it in for another pitch.

You know your a bass fisherman if you have ever thought the bushes were entirely too far away "first thing in the morning" to risk missing the top water bite.

when your dream woman is a bass fisherwoman!

you know your a bass fishermen when you just text your buddy 5 minutes ago and said "lets shoot for a 20 pound sack tomorrow." and he replies instantly "Lets make it 25"

(this just happen just before i read this lol)

"You know you're a bass angler when...."

When a young man was buying a new truck and introduced me to his grandfather and I asked if he was his Co-Angler instead of his Co-signer.... I've done that on more than one occasion.

i do that as well some of the places look pretty fishy

Top Ten reason "You know your a bass angler when"
10. you dip your rod in the water to get the ice out of your guides.
9. you drive 500 miles to go fishing but won't drive 10 miles to town because it is wasting gas.
8. the checker's at BPS know you by your first name.
7. your boat cost more than your house and truck put together.
6. you have more insurance on your boat than you have life insurance.
5. your tax deductions on your fishing is more than your kids.
4. your not at home, your wife knows exactly where your at.
3. you walk the dog and have no canines.
2. you know what the abbreviations for LMBV, KVD, C-Rig stand for.
and the number 1 reason you know you're a bass angler is
you have incorporated the Dewy Decimal System in your tackle inventory.

You wife rolls over and sais "everytime I close my eyes, allI see are all those fish on their beds." This after a spring trip to Fork.

"You know you're a bass angler when you have 34 Rod and Reel combinations, each dedicated to a different presentation technique"

When you buy your wife a new Lowrance for your wedding anniversary……

And you get away with it.

You dip your vienna sausages in garlic Spike It.

stand in a boat in 30 degree temps to and catch one fish, and cant wait to do it again.

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+1

When you get to work early just so you can check the weather conditions and lake levels for this weekend in peace......

If every Friday your kids ask you what time you have to leave in the morning because they just assume you have a tournament.....

YOUR WIFE ASK WHAT LAKE ARE WE GOING TO FOR VACATION THIS YEAR

If every Friday your kids ask you what time you have to leave in the morning because they just assume you have a tournament....

Been there ...done that

"You know you're a bass angler when..."

You think your tan line from your sunglasses is you making a fashion statement.

You know you're a bass angler when, you spend 80 bucks on new lures from BPS and before you get home all have been opned and looked at while driving.

your wife wants a new house and you want a new boat and she says "what can you do in a boat you cant do in a house" and you say "relax and get away from you"
next stop, divorce court

"You know you're a bass angler when..."

When your solution to everything in Life is going fishing

It isn't??????????

"You know you're a bass angler when...."
the name of the days in the week are
Sunny day ,windy day,cold day,cloudy day, hot day,rainy day,
perfect day..........

When the 1st day of your Honey Moon is spent at BPS Springfield befor going to Big Cedar Lodge for a week.
Life is Good

"You know you're a bass angler when..."

You pay to go to school, but the only thing you can concentrate on is reading about fishing... Like right now

You know your a bass angler when... This was your first tattoo

Ok this one is really bad, but....... I have my grandmothers funeral on Friday, and I'm disappointed because I planned on going fishing that morning

...when your not paying attention while your driving and swerve to miss a painted white arrow on the road thinking it was a stump.

you buy your wife a bass boat for her birth day.... and she loves it...

When you join 1,000 others on the BASS fishing section of the TFF to talk fishing all day everyday when not on the water!

When you look forward to Monday-Friday...because you get to sleep in those days...

When you ask off work for a non-fishing vacation and you get back and everyone asks you how many fish you caught.

When you take your shirt off at the beach and someone tells you from far away it looked like you still had a T-Shirt on because of your tan lines.

And then the fight started

when your pregnant wife calls & says her water broke & your reply is ---i have just one more spot to hit on the way back to the ramp

When you can't afford $50 for a room while on the road fishing, but buy a $40,000 rig and convince yourself you will make up the $50 by sleeping in the boat.

When you drive 100 miles out of the way on your honeymoon so you can stop at a Bass Pro Shop.

When you start planning a wedding anniversary trip to England to surprise the wife, but fail to mention that you alson wanna meet up with a guy there that's on the TFF named mouldybits so he can take ya fishing!

When you spend more time per week reading bassmasters, fishing books, and fishing websites than your text books.

When you have an exam tomorrow, but cant help getting on the TFF.

When you fall asleep watching classic patterns or the bass pros dvds in hopes to absorb some info while sleeping.

When the majority of your lunch breaks are taken at Academy.

Also, when you spend more time surfing the TFF at work than actually doing work.

When your idea of a Big night out on the town is driving 130 miles to spend the night in bass proshop

that great. When you use house plant as targets for pitching.
when you tie your dog's toy on your fishing line to fix the drag on your baitcaster and have him pull and tug and envision that it a twenty pound bass pulling line off your reel at Lake fork

when you set up a video camara to see if you have the perfect hook set and then watch it hundred time to see where you mess up ?

when you have a practice session on proper hook set and neighbor ask what you doing and you say getting ready for a tournament

Bass Pro Shop or Water Bill, Bass Pro Shop or Cable Bill, Bass Pro Shop or Phone Bill!!!

These are great

You know you're a bass angler when:

Kicknbass on your hands doesn't slow you down stuffing a sandwich or crackers in your mouth and you kinda enjoy it

When your hands are yellow on mondays from spike it

When your wife won't look at houses anymore until you say it will work with the boat

When you ask for days off and your boss asks you if you can bring him fillets before they approve or know your actually fishing

When you look at distance to lakes before distance to work before moving.

When you read 6 pages worth of posts to "you know you're a bass angler when..." and can relate to every single post.

Thank you for convincing my wife that I'm not the only addicted one out there!

you can match the name and face of every bass pro from the last 20 years but you couldnt name any actors in the movie you watched with your wife last night.

when u buy an i phone just to use the gps to mark hot spots and to help find local ponds to fish.

You know you are a Bass Angler when: On your way to work you drive across the lake during the spring and turn around and call in sick to work.

You know you're a bass angler when...

You know how to completely work the GPS system on your boat but you still can't program the VCR. (erh....DVD player)

You know you are a Bass Angler when: During the summer your wife and kids say you look like a raccoon.

YOU KNOW YOUR A BASS ANGLER WHEN :

You find it hard too stop talking about Bass behavior too your friends at the bar...

You can't pass a pond on the highway without thinking.......I BET THERE'S ONE GOOD KEEPER IN THERE...

When your sitting in the bait shop.....THINKIN'.....What kinda line did i need....and for which reel.....hmmmmm...ooooohhhhh there's trick worms....

When your wife is sitting there talkin' about her day(Bills...etc..).....When you suddenly look outside too see it's a full moon.....and your out the door in 5 min's flat

Before you go into town you tell your wife too keep u away from the tackle shop.....and even though she kept you away from that tackle shop.....u stopped at the gas station cause they sell what you wanted anyway....



PLEASE SKIP THIS ONE IF YOUR NOT MATURE......SORRY MODS...HOPE I DIDNT CROSS THE LINE on this one.....(sorry if I did)















When your wife asked you during sex if it was wet enough for you and........your response was:........WELL I HAD MY RAIN GEAR ON....PLUS THE BASS WHRE BITING....SO I DIDNT MIND : )

I do that daily on the way to work

You skip the New Year's Eve party because you got to get on the lake early in the morning and start the new year right.

Or, your electronics in your boat cost more than the computer your typing on.

God, you guys are hilarious this morning! Be sure to read 'Just to Fish' I'm still LMAO!

... if you have chartruese and black dots all of your hands for weeks. People ask if its a skin disorder, and your reply is no its all the dyes i used on my soft plastics this weekend.

I know I saw it posted earlier, but I gotta say without a shadow of a doubt. I spent more time testing lures and practicing flippin and pitchin in my in ground pool this year than I did swimmin in it,........ by a long shot

when your kids both son and daughter can tie a trilene knot before they can tie their shoes

Ha! love this one!

You know you are a bass angler when you infant girl is in one arm and rod in other to "fish" with her and count your fish as hers...and when letting her touch the fish she gives it BIG KISS.

Happened yesterday with a little bass I caught with her. Very funny to see