Excuses to the family to go fishing?

[fishinchicks]

How do you tell your spouse/significant other that you are going fishing? I am the one that likes to fish, but my husband doesn't. He will occasionally, but sometimes under duress. He sometimes gets crabby if I want to take off for a lake (who is going to cook, clean, take care of shuttling the kids, etc?). So, how do you get the time off?

[Down Deep]

Last fall my wife and I stoped by Cabelas on the way to the Black Hills. The only thing she found to buy was a sweatshirt. The only questions she asked the clerk was if she had one in the same color without the Cabelas logo. That should give you an idea about how she feels about fishing.

I can honestly say that I have never had one problem getting away for my fishng trips lasting anywhere from one to ten days. I also make an effort to hold up my end of the household chores. Her view, and mine, is that there are some things we do togeather, some family obligations we both have to make time for, and some things we do on our own. A big diamond every now and then does'nt hurt either This formula has worked for the last 34 years. However, since the kids left the nest I do a lot more fishing.

[The_Duckslayer]

I am one of the lucky ones! When the boats in the water more often than not my co-pilot is the Lil Mrs so I don't need an excuse! Have a good one and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[Can'tFishEnuf]

Man, between work, wife, kids, and house chores there isn't much time to fish. As my name says, I just can't find time to fish enough. My wife has things that she likes to do that I don't have any interest in. So, I really try to encourage her to go out and do those things and I stay at home to watch the kids. That helps me build-up "points" to go fishing. I don't ice fish, so I practically push her out the door in the winter. I find that works best. Another thing I do is go fishing very early in the morning so that I can get some time in and still be back home before noon. That way I still have a big chunk of the day left for other things. It cuts into my sleep time, but I can sleep after I'm dead.

[Bobby Bass]

I long ago explained to my wife that my boat is made from a bio-degradable metal that needs to be wet every few days. Of course water from the hose will not work as it has been treated. This allows me to "care" for the boat. Of course taking the kids out to fish does not count but all my kids like to fish, even more so when I used to pull them out of school to go. Of course I think that the fact that I don't smoke, drink very seldom. Could never understand the need to buy scratch tickets and actually take care of the dogs might give me some leeway when announcing that I going fishing.

[bigyooper]

I have to use the "I'll take the dog fishing, she needs to get outside" the down side to this is fishing with a duck dog and trying to keep the dog in the boat.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Mrs. boilerguy likes to go with.

Fishinchicks, you're not too far nort of me, cmon with!!!!!

[so haaad]

I think it's very important to involve her with your fishing. Tell her she can suntan and read a book. Or involve fishing with camping, and include a campfire, smores and her wine coolers!

[BobT]

Why do you need an excuse? How often do you refuse to let him do his thing? As long as you are not unfairly neglecting your share of the responsibilities, why sweat it?

Maybe it would do him good to learn a few household chores and spend a little extra quality time with the kids.

Invite him along. It's his loss if he doesn't go with you!

Bob

[1luckydad]

I think I could count on one hand the number of times I have been out with the boat without out the wife and kids in the 10+ years that we’ve been together. That is why we have a pontoon. We go with out the kids’ maybe once or twice a year for an adult excursion, but this is rare. Heck! If the wife wasn’t along, who would go get the trailer and back it down the landing while I sit in the boat? My user name says it all I guess.

[cold one sd]

My wife likes to fish as much as I do. The problem is that the lawn can be two feet tall and the house could be falling in the basement and I would want to be on the water.