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Hit some local spots, instead of the 175 mile drive, try getting some kitties this year, and find a fishing partner who can be on time for once and not consistently hours late with a different excuse every time.
I used to fish with others all the time, shifted over to mainly solo a few years ago. Gives me more flexibility, and the peace and quiet is way better than I initially imagined. Maybe I'm just getting more antisocial with age
I hear you Phil. I am becoming more antisocial by the year, but also more mellow. I do a lot of solo ice fishing, sometimes by choice and sometimes because others don't show up. My biggest pike have been caught when ice fishing alone, 30+ minutes after I stop making the noise that happens when drilling holes. The big pike are driven away by noises happening on the ice, drilling holes, definitely any snowmobile or ATV running, and even people talking. Big fish did not get that way from being careless.
Not just ice fishing. Been doing a lot of float tubing on remote lakes in open water. Pretty much had entire lakes and rivers to myself for most of the outings, just me, my thoughts and the fish. Got to the point where I rarely invite anyone else along.
There's only 3 guys I usually fish with (not together) and we all know the rules...."The train leaves at X and if you're not on it..." Same as if I ask someone if they wanna go fishing and they ask "How long are we going to be"?...Never mind.
Too much social site garbage, and all the hyped up news crap we're inundated and pounded with daily.
Go a whole season without falling on my a**
Finding that one great fishing buddy that ya get along well with, and each knows what the other likes and is going to do, is priceless. My last buddy was like that, until he was made into upper management and now has to live at work almost 24/7, or has to be on his cell phone fielding issues around the clock.
Same here. At 66 and not getting younger. Used to be a squatter on the ice. Can't do it anymore. Knees won't have it. Devised this thing. Keeps me upright and mobile. Hope it works.https://postimg.cc/2VFDwBNX