Stages of a fisherman

Since crappie boy thinks I post too many pix of my fish and don't give way to there locations of pursuit. This got me thinking, everyone goes through stages in there fishing and hunting careers. I define the stages as follows:

1. Man I want to catch a fish. At this point pursuit is just about getting into fish

2. I want to catch a lot of fish. After you have figured out how to catch a fish, catching more is the goal.

3. After you have caught many fish, you will shift to wanting to catch a big fish. Bigger the better.

4. After you have learned to catch fish, and you are catching fish regularly, you shift to wanting to catch the elusive fish or hard to catch. For some this may mean learning a new method of fishing or technique.

5. It no matters to you that you catch fish at all, but more about the fishing and not the catching.


I personally am between stage 4/5. I enjoy watching someone else catch a fish just as much as if I caught it myself. However, I am still in the pursuit of a 3lber lol.

What stage of fishing fits you right now!!

I had to chuckle. I've thrown out the "7 stages of hunting" for many years. They're similar.

1. I want to GO HUNTING IN THE WOODS. I just want to "GO!"

2. I want to see stuff. Anything. Just let me see stuff.

3. I want to shoot. I want to shoot SOMETHING. ANYTHING. Let me shoot this gun!

4. I want to kill something. I want to see blood. I want to bring home meat. Let me HIT something.

5. I want to kill LOTS of stuff. Let me bring home a limit. MUCHO MEATO!

6. I want to use gadgets and learn much stuff and kill GREAT BIG STUFF. I want stuff ON MY WALL.

7. I just want to GO HUNTING IN THE WOODS. I just want to "GO".

I'm in stage 7.

As for your fishing stages, I don't know what a 3 and a 1/2 is but I guess that's me, since that's the average of #2 and #5 added together!

im im stages 1-5 all together lol!!! whatever floats your boat!!! just get out and enjoy

I suffered through all of them and thinking about doing it again. Got to get past the thinking part first. :Rofl

Yep all that is true and I have been in stage 5 for a good while now

Tween 4 and 5

Buck rub you crazy

Between 4 & 5. Leaning toward 5. In my boat, it makes no difference to me who catches the fish. Especially if it's a kid or woman who gets really excited. I get a lot more enjoyment from them than me catching. I guess the satisfaction is knowing I made it possible.

I'm at stage six---I may forget my tackle, but always remember my cooler.

I am all of the stages but really am trying to learn the crappie fishing. Just getting started and ready to learn.