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Hardwater season, Honey-do's, and Opener

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I am stuck in a cycle I can't get out of. I don't necessarily need help, but I'm finding it humourous, so I thought I'd share to see if I'm the only one on the planet replaying the same movie year after year! blush.gif

Ice season goes off great! Lots of fish, fun and adventure had up until Walleye season ends and the shacks come off. Then I see it - the Honey-Do list I played hide and seek with all Winter! My gosh has it grown up!

I tell myself "Don't put the gear away yet, man, if it is out, you will go fishing, everything will be OK!", but the weight keeps getting heavier, and wouldn't you know it -

- I end up spending every weekend from walleye season closing until opener putting the karma back in the bank! shocked.gif

No late ice pannies. No early open water fishing. Nothing.

It's either hilarious, or a nightmare, one of the two. Hell, maybe both!

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HA! I guess I'm not the only one in this cycle. When the end of Febuary comes (for me it's not just the end of the season but also my wifes birthday) it's time for me to pay the band for all those long weekends I was gone Fishing, Hunting and Snowmobiling. Then when the muskie opener comes the cycle starts all over again. "Sorry honey, if I want to have a good muskie season it's all about TOTW (time on the water), see you in March."

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I am starting to feel more at ease, thanks Muskie. smirk.gif Has anyone tried to break the cycle? grin.gif I have an added bonus in that my birthday always falls on Memorial Day Weekend, which is also bass opener. Triple Play! But, the fishing fun is mitigated by all the rest of my family members' birthdays falling in June and July!!! shocked.gif I think it is hopeless for me to have a powerful spring season. frown.gif

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