Extremely Consistant Fishing Pattern Discovered

[Mitch f]

Turns out about every 28 days my wife gets upset with my fishing schedule, then a few days later she starts to relax and accept my love for fishing. So I plan my fishing trips one week to the day after the complaining starts....works like a champ. Was wondering if anyone on this forum has had a similar experience.

Ps. I always give her words of encouragement like "the bathroom won't clean itself" during this time, with mixed results.

[OzarkFishman]

Nice system ... those words of encouragement would get me nowhere with my wife ...

With 2 boys, I just say that I am taking the oldest with me (works every time).

When the younger one (20 months now) gets a little older, my wife will have plenty of shopping time.

I have found that shopping time for my wife is as important, if not more important, as fishing is to me.

Give a little, take a little is my motto.

[Greasy B]

A few days of complaining isn’t too bad, a fisherman can live with that. For a while I had to deal with complaining most of the month with just a few days of peace. I had to make a decision, what can I live without a wife or rivers, rivers won. Now all is right with the world and I have fallen back into the routine I’ve had most of my life, plan on Wednesday, pack on Thursday, leave on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the river, unpack Monday, laundry Tuesday, Wednesday start the routine over. The wonderful woman who is now in my life understands how I choose to live and is 100% supportive.

[mic]

The wonderful woman who is now in my life understands how I choose to live and is 100% supportive.

If mama isn't happy, nobody's happy.

[Idylwilde]

How do you answer the question "What time will you be home?" when I don't know will not work. I have tried when you see me, when the fish stop biting, before dark, and none of them seem to work. In about an hour seems to bring a smile. Till I get home 4 hours late then the smile is gone.

[Greasy B]

How do you answer the question "What time will you be home?"

Dark plus drive time.

[Bird Watcher]

How do you answer the question "What time will you be home?" when I don't know will not work. I have tried when you see me, when the fish stop biting, before dark, and none of them seem to work. In about an hour seems to bring a smile. Till I get home 4 hours late then the smile is gone.

you could try, "I'll be home about the time you see my headlights swing around the front yard" I say that one tongue in cheek to the OL.... then she beats me.

[eric1978]

The only thing that works around here is lots of advance notice. If I can plan a trip two or three weeks or more from now, I'm golden. She's not so keen on coming home Friday after work and unexpectedly seeing the canoe strapped to my roof. Women have to have things planned out or they go into panic mode. Plenty of warning is the only solution. As for the "when will you be home?" question...I usually go with "late, after you're in bed," just in case. That way I can enjoy my last day. Nothing worse than rushing home for absolutely no reason.

[Mitch f]

Nothing worse than rushing home for absolutely no reason.

Statement of the year award!!!!

The post was in jest but not entirely. I do enough with the family to compensate for my fishing but there's always a little tension if i'm gone 1 hour longer than expected

[fishinwrench]

I keep my butt-chewings referee'd by always answering calls via speakerphone. She never knows who might overhear her......and she doesn't wanna be thought of as a nag, so everything always goes very democratically.

I also learned this really cool line from Trout Commander that I'm keeping in my holster, but haven't gotten to use it yet thanks to speakerphone.