Anybody take their dogs fishing?

[SStracker]

I try to take my little buddy, but he chases the lures and constantly jumps off the boat. Needless to say he can be a handful on the water.

Locked on:

Drying off:

[Perry]

Here's a picture of me and my appropriately named yellow lab, Fisher. Not much of a hunter, but a great boat dog...don't get him out enough.

[sloughshark]

Oh of course, my labs are my best fishin buddies ever!! rarely do I go without them!! Summer or ice fishin!!

Daisy, my pretty girl, 18 months

Heres Rush, my big boy 5 1/2

Here they are together ice fishin with me last winter

Hangin out in the boat!

[Carpenter]

I've got a lab too, but like SStracker, mine doesn't like to stay in the boat. See's a bobber, cast, fish, you name it and she's itching to get in the water. She just can't sit still. Maybe a few more times and she'll figure out she's suppose to sit still or get the net! Only if that fish get's off right at the boat is it time to jump in and get it!

[B@ssmaster]

My first retriever was a mutt, but loved to fish. He'd watch one of my bobbers in the ice house constantly. I'd never have to watch the second line. When the bobber moved, he'd let me know. He leapt out of the boat more than once while under power though. Loved to swim around the boat while I bass fished.......just watch the hooks as everyone has mentioned.....

[Nate McVey]

I'll join the club and say yes, I love having my dog with me while I fish.....

[MuleShack]

OMG...a packers collar on your dog...Funny!

I have a Vikings name tag on mine.

Nice looking dog.

I dont have any pics of my new pup yet and didn't take my older dogs out very much. I'll have some pics from the wheel house this winter.

[wx_nut]

I have a 2 year old Golden Retriever. I _say_ the word "Boat", (or sometimes THINK it) and my dog gets so excited I think she will wet herself. I'm not sure what she gets excited for more - the word "boat", or the word "retrieve." She also knows if I get up at 4am and go to the garage, she knows I'm going somewhere, and has been known to grab her leash and sit at the door waiting for me.

She loves going in the boat with her 'dad'.

Nothing else I'd rather have. The SO sunning herself on the back, the pup up with me in the front, and a line in the water. She even has her own spot in the boat where she drags her bed - right under my console. If she gets warm or anything, she will sit under there with her bottle of water, and a water mist fan.

As for precautions, in the summer, I'd make sure I'd have water and a place she can shade herself. Usually, I'd take a break every two to three hours so the dog can get in the water and cool herself off a little if it's warm. In the winter, if it's going to be really cold, either booties to protect her paws, or some place she can lie off the ice. Generally, my Golden will try to stay right next to me.

Next year I get to take her, my SO, and the kidlet out with. That will be a blast.