Signs of Obsessive Fishing Disorder

[walleyeking19]

How many do you guys suffer from?

A true professional, someone who works at Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, Gander Mountain, or your local bait shop, is best qualified to confirm an OCFD diagnosis. Here are the top 20 signs to look for:

Your Facebook profile picture is you holding a fish.

The first selection criteria for home purchase or rental is the perfect and permanent spot for the boat and trailer.

You think about fishing every five minutes or less.

You have a closet full of logo’d shirts, sweatshirts and hats with your favorite fishing and boat brands.

If you live north of the 41st parallel, you own a winter version of that wardrobe with ice fishing brands, too.

Regardless of the climate that you live in, your jacket has a boat brand logo on it.

You match your truck to your boat and trailer.

You have bins and bins (and tubs and tubs) of crankbaits–and still buy more.

You speak in code. For example: “We put the beat on some slabs yesterday.”

Your friends understand your code. Your spouse’s friends don’t.

If you are single you’re not sure the right person is worth giving up time on the water.

Vacation days are for fishing, as are holidays, weekends, and when one lives in close proximity to a great fishery, the time in between sleeping.

You will sleep in your truck at a boat landing, especially after driving all night after work to get there. You might have a mattress in the back for just such occasions.

You have shunned people from your family circle because they didn’t know who KVD was.

If you ever fished a tournament, regardless of where you finished, you looked to see who you did better than, and you’re okay finishing in the bottom half as long as you did better than a past champion.

You watch live-stream tournament weigh-ins and if something goes wrong with the stream you post on a fishing chat forum and ask what’s wrong with the live stream.

Your fishing chat forum name is tied to your boat or your favorite species to fish.

Double headers are not about baseball.

You use SPF 50, yet you have suntan raccoon eyes from your polarized sunglasses.

You love Rapala billboards, but you may or may not say “Rapala” correctly.

You are never bored. There are always hooks to sharpen and reels to respool.

[Esox_Magnum]

Only about a dozen fit me....

[Savage Brewer]

The first selection criteria for home purchase or rental is the perfect and permanent spot for the boat and trailer.

I screwed up on that one. Oh well.

[CANOPY SAM]

....you dream of fishing and catching fish, literally, at night, when you're asleep, and once awake you vividly remember those dreams, but none of the others, even the kinky ones.

[dan z]

I'm guilty of quite a few

[JBMasterAngler]

I have actual lake maps hanging on my living room wall

[Rick G]

Guilty of more than one of those My only problem is that there are not enough hours in a day to work, sleep and fish... my work and sleep suffer

[paceman]

Yes I am guilty of a few of those! I haven't been fishing since saturday and I have the need to fish! Hopefully tonight!

[bturck]

Place mates at your dinner table are actually lake maps. Musical chairs each night at dinner keeps you on the hot spots......oops that's not a rock bar, that's spilled gravy....

[TruthWalleyes]

Not many of those apply to me, but these do:

Even when there are record low's in July you spend 32 hours straight in the boat fishing in the wind/rain and all in your ice fishing suit for catfish/walleyes.

When you spend entire weekends fishing out of your hub house, 50mph winds, -30F.

When your fishing electronics, tackle and rods far exceed your boat value.

When you don't have facebook because you don't want people constantly asking about the bite.

When you turn off your phone as soon as you get on the water, and if you forget to turn off your phone, you rarely ever answer it on the water.

When you need your ice fishing suit in July, you have to look no further than the back of the SUV

[leechlake]

I will add:

when you proposed to your wife you threw in an attempt to make sure you got to fish and hunt as much as you did when you were single, "and you know how much I love being outdoors and want to still be able to do that when we're married."

It worked until you had the first kid and was then completely forgotten as a condition of marriage.

[bassfshin24]

Guilty of quite a few.

[CaptainMusky]

If you and your buddies go "after some bigguns" and its a good thing which wont get you teased/mocked/ridiculed the next morning.

[SalmonSlayer]

I will add:

when you proposed to your wife you threw in an attempt to make sure you got to fish and hunt as much as you did when you were single, "and you know how much I love being outdoors and want to still be able to do that when we're married."

It worked until you had the first kid and was then completely forgotten as a condition of marriage.

So, so true.

[Stick in Mud]

Yeah, I'm also guilty of more than a few of those.

My worst symptoms always happen in those times when I CAN'T go fishing....Usually late November through late December and then again late March until whenever the pannies get shallow and the suckers start running.

It also seems like these discussion boards get much busier before the season than they are during it.

[BrandonN]

Lol wow! Can I get government assistants for this sickness? A life time of gulp and I'm happy!

[UKCM]

When your wedding is not in June because you told her you did not want to argue about fishing over your anniversary .... and stuck to your guns. (Of course that was before you were married and any kids where in the picture. )

Truest test is 20 years later when your wife admits that was a good idea cause she is pretty sure you would go fishing on your anniversary in June

[Ebiz]

Not fishing related but always be careful around Valentine's Day if you deer hunt...

[esoxrocks01]

Like many others, I too am guilty of doing a few of these. Especially the Rapala billboard one. I always love seeing one on my way up to the cabin!

[delcecchi]

Not fishing related but always be careful around Valentine's Day if you deer hunt...

Isn't Valentine's day in February?

[Nhamm]

When you made a rod rack for the roof of the work van and sort lures out of your tackle bag everyday without even knowing if you will be able to stop before, after, or during work for a quick couple casts.

[benbosh]

Isn't Valentine's day in February?

... 9 months later