What time do you leave to go fishing off your boat?

[Ronnie]

For the fisherman on the forum, I'm curious about what time you leave the house to fish off of your boat? I love being one of the first people on the water as the sun comes up but am still in awe that sometimes when I'm getting to the water at 8 or 9 in the morning I see fisherman leaving with their boats in tow.

By the way I don't fish much and am always practicing catch and release when I do fish so I just don't get the allure of Fishing. unless im going for the company not the fish I'm probably not going or would go much later.

 

[jcyamaharider]

If I am fishing I like to be on the water by 6:00. ( Different boat and the wife doesn't go. )

 

[txav8r]

When I fished, I had a bass boat. I wouldn't fish with this boat. It just changes the entire flavor of the boat. You just can't get the smell of fish, bait, and fishing gear back out of the boat. It's not a bad smell, but it is different than I want in my pleasure boat. That said, when I used to fish, I was either after the morning run or afternoon. And even as a younger man, doing both was just a hard drill. One thought...around here, we have a huge amount of guys that fish at night, another hot time for bass fishing, especially when they are going for trophies, when the fish are in the shallows getting ready to release their young. Maybe all those fishermen are coming back in from a night of fishing, rather than from an early departure. I've been thinking of maybe doing some crappie fishing. I don't eat the bass and crappie are pretty dang good. But not walleye by any stretch.

 

[4x15mph]

Son and I usually end up fishing at 12:00 noon when the sun is the hottest and the fish are long gone. We catch nothing

 

[Ronnie]

Son and I usually end up fishing at 12:00 noon when the sun is the hottest and the fish are long gone. We catch nothing

Sounds like my friends and I the first few years of learning to fish.

A stranger would ask, "What are you fishing for?"

Our reply, "Anything."

 

[Retired37]

ON the water early. not only fishing but watching the sun rise.

Remember its called Fishing not Catching.