Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:06 PM
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I'm 43 and my fishing gear has always been cheaper qal mart or a bass pro combo topping out around 100. Spinning reals and zero bait casters. The boys have been wanting to try bait casters and my cousin told me you get what you pay for. So today instead of sleep I went to the high end fishing store. I got some education on what's available and pros and cons
Both boys like hunting fishing and trapping but my 13 year old lives for it. His birthday is in June so I went shopping.. I left with a used rod and new bait casting real. I'm not much on name brands but I really liked the rod. It was $180 used new was $250 range. The real was recommended and what my cousin likes around 170 or so don't remember exactly. They had a discount sale so $306 out the door for a single rod and real. A lot for me but very cheap for that store . Hopefully he learns how to use it and likes it. It will likely lead to buying more nicer fishing gear including a boat. But the most expensive part will be the time not working going fishing.
All in all may be a very good buy especially it it leads to me spending more time not at work and with the family. Who would have thought.
Last edited by Providence Farm; 04/26/24 09:43 PM.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:20 PM
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:27 PM
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I am jealous that you have boys to shop for and spend time with. Enjoy every second of it.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:42 PM
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I tried bait casters got an abu-garcia black max in about 1990 I had never dropped that much on a reel before.
I still have it , went back to spinning rigs
last year my son after having a few more budget friendly bait casters decided he would go the best he could afford
it's better but still not my cup of tea
I think it may be a right of a passage every young fisherman takes like them or not
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 09:36 PM
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/27/24 10:27 PM
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Providence Farm, you will regret all that time worked a lot more than you will regret time spent with your children. When they are grown they will not remember all the time worked unless they resent you for always being at work, but they will cherish the memories that were made while doing cool stuff with Dad. That will be what's important to them later on. I know we all have to pay bills and obviously I don't know anything about your financial situation but I do know how many hours that you admit that you are working and how little time you have for the family and rest. That will wear your body out and is even dangerous, I don't know what you do for a living but in most jobs that many hours for that many days in a row you can't be as alert as you should be while at work and while driving to and from. Take the time with the family that is something that you can never recapture, I am sure your children and wife will cherish it. Best Wishes Great advice. Financially I don't need a single hr of overtime. But I'm working to speed up 100,% debt free and get big ticket projects on the farm done out of pocket and being able to retire at 57. That said I have cut back some 10 k behindd what I made by this time last year and plan on cutting back more. It's not worth it. My cousin txt me asking the modal # on the rod I picked up because he liked it so much and they have a sale today. He ordered himself one. Even with the sale he paid $100 more than I paid getting the one I got used. And it is mint. So I do feel like I did well.
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