| Unless fishing is your way of making a living, it's | | | | that huge fish you're going to mount on the wall |
| supposed to be fun. It's always enjoyable for me | | | | of your den. That's why you've spent thousands |
| because I don't fish for bass, at least not on | | | | of dollars on a bass boat! |
| purpose! Bass fishing is a lot like work and by | | | | Some marriages though, are actually made in |
| nature I'm a lazy man, who has never had the | | | | heaven! When both partners in this perfect union |
| slightest interest in past times that require more | | | | like to fish more than staying at home and cutting |
| than a minimum amount of effort. Besides, it can | | | | the grass on the weekend, then buying a boat is |
| be an expensive hobby if you're going to be a | | | | a no-brainer. The only question is how big a boat |
| serious bass fisherman. | | | | and how many amenities can they stuff into craft |
| Assuming that you do want to invest a small | | | | without it sinking! |
| fortune in bass fishing, whether it's for small | | | | No, purchasing a boat and motor is not an easy |
| mouth or large mouth bass, your first priority is | | | | job, even when both spouses are in one accord |
| to buy a real genuine bass boat. Just any old boat | | | | about fishing. The cost of a new bass boat today |
| won't do. You can't troll around the lake in an old | | | | is astonishing! Usually the wife is the conservative |
| boat with a minnow and hook, if you're going to | | | | one in the boat purchasing negotiations, |
| be considered a real bass fisherman. You have to | | | | sometimes leaving the husband, feeling that he |
| have a great looking boat that looks like it's going | | | | made a huge mistake in allowing her to share in |
| 60 miles an hour when it's still tied up to the dock! | | | | his big adventure! |
| Buying a new boat is always a very traumatic | | | | For instance, wives rarely see the necessity for |
| experience, especially if you take your wife along | | | | having a different propeller than the one that |
| on your boat shopping expeditions. No matter | | | | came standard with the boat. They don't know |
| what brand of bass boat catches your eye, it's an | | | | that you have to buy a new one that fits your |
| easy guess that she won't recognize the | | | | own individual specifications. I don't believe anyone |
| importance of such an investment, once she | | | | really knows why you do this, but I've never |
| recovers from the sticker shock of new water | | | | bought a boat that worked well with the prop |
| crafts. | | | | that came with the boat. |
| Marriages have been known to disintegrate almost | | | | For three or four hundred dollars more, you can |
| over night when the spouse accompanies her | | | | get a different one. The prop dealer won't take |
| husband on a boat purchasing venture. Most | | | | your old one in on trade most of the time, so |
| wives are simply unable to wrap their minds | | | | you're stuck with one hanging from a nail in the |
| around the idea that their husbands could joyfully | | | | garage. |
| spend the equivalent of a year's salary on a bass | | | | There are other small expenditures. We're talking |
| boat! She immediately thinks of things she | | | | fish finders, state of the art sonar systems, global |
| considers more important things on which to | | | | positioning units, short wave radios, anchors, rod |
| spend that money, like a new car, room additions | | | | holders and extra cushioned seats on the fishing |
| and college for the kids! | | | | craft of your choice. All in all, most new bass |
| In addition, wives have this notion that if you're | | | | boats today cost more than my first house. |
| on the lake all weekend fishing, you're not thinking | | | | All these trials and tribulations are just a small part |
| of her all alone at home. For the most part she's | | | | of being a bass fisherman. This is just the |
| right! It's very difficult to think of anything except | | | | beginning. The boat is not even in the water yet! |