Money saved not fishing

[Jiminsandiego]

After detecting for a year or two, I was thinking about how much doe I used to shell out for my fishing hobby. Lures, line, lake fees etc... really add up. I still like to fish, but now I find myself metal detecting a lot more often. I have a pile of change, some silver and some gold from detecting. Add to that, the money it would have cost to fish those days and.... DANG. Obviously not many people do this for the money (much like sport fishing).... but I really wish my other forms of recreation would be as economically friendly,
Cheers,
Jim

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[TerraDigger]

LOL.........there is a disproportionate ratio of fisherman/detectorists. What lies beneath?

 

[DaCapt]

That's why they call it "DIRT FISHING"

 

[slingshot]

After detecting for a year or two, I was thinking about how much doe I used to shell out for my fishing hobby. Lures, line, lake fees etc... really add up. I still like to fish, but now I find myself metal detecting a lot more often. I have a pile of change, some silver and some gold from detecting. Add to that, the money it would have cost to fish those days and.... DANG. Obviously not many people do this for the money (much like sport fishing).... but I really wish my other forms of recreation would be as economically friendly,
Cheers,
Jim

LOL. Hope you don't mind if I reminisce, but when I was a kid we couldn't even afford a rod and reel. So after reading a copy of "Boy's Life" I took a tin can-the size beans and corn come in- and a foot-long piece of broom handle. I punched a hole in the top, got a screw started in the end of the broom handle through this hole. tied the end of the line on it, tightened the rest of the way. Then I wrapped the rest of the line on the forward end of the can and attached the lure. With a side swing, and stopping the can suddenly when it was pointed in the general area of the target, I could really let'er fly. By holding the can aslant and wrapping the line I could reel'er in. By changing the slant, I had a sort of adjustable drag. I hated bass, though. They would charge you and I had to run backwards and reel like crazy !