Do You Count ??

[Normand]

no i dont count, write in a journal etc. tried doing the journal once and got bored.

i just go out and fish and have fun.

[Rick Z]

I count, but it is because I know about how many fish I can take out of some of the ponds.
IIf I am one of those that can't atke much pressure after I have the number of fish I might go to another pond like this and fish there for a while.

For me it is not bragging, but a way to help keep the ponds in balance.

I have a much fun being out on the pond and being skunked as I do catching a bunch.

Rick

[DDRRedneck500]

i usually count. but thats because when im going after bluegill or crappie, i have to count because if i tell the game warden after bringing in a big ol basket of fish that "Nah i just wasnt counting. i dont pay attention to that kind of thing" he'll probably laugh in my face and hand me a few hundred dollar ticket.
but when im not catching much and im not at risk of exceeding the legal limit, i usually dont bother counting just because theres no need.

[gutbomb]

I don't count for two reasons:

A high fish count doesn't necessarily mean an enjoyable out for me, nor does a low fish count mean I didn't have a good time.

I'm stupidly superstitious and I fear what may happen if I finish the day with 13 fish, or what happens when hooking/playing/landing fish #13. Bad juju.

[alra195]

I'm like John, I count but I count everything! It's not because I driven to keep score, count coup, or demonstrate that I bigger, better or badder than anybody else, it's purely compulsive behavior based on what I do. I go deer hunting and I count the shots I've heard, the deer, turkeys, squirrels, etc. that I've seen. I count fish hooked, fish lost, fish landed, fish refusals, flies used, flies lost, flies tied at the bench, thread wraps, wire wraps, ribbing, number of tail fibers, etc., etc., etc., I count any and everything! Again, not for any particular reason or use... I refer back to the compulsive behavior thing. Yep, it's weird and serves no real purpose for me because most of the time if somebody asks I tend to generalize 'cause I don't think the numbers are important to anyone but me.

I must be off as I'm sure I'm missing something I should be counting!

[TyroneFly]

I am a financial consultant and CPA by trade. I deal with numbers all the time. They drive me crazy! Really!!! I find I count all the time. The other day I counted the number of tying thread spools I have. What I should have done was determine the colors I have so I can determine what, if anything, I may need.

[ducksterman]

I'm starting a list of folks I don't want to play golf with.........

[flybinder]

Duckster, I'm with you. Seems "counting" in that weird waste of time, called "Golf", is an all important issues with the "Plaid Trousers Gang".
The last time I was talked into playing golf, ("A good walk, spoiled", as a very wise man, once said), I shot an 83.
I was proud of that score, until the people I was playing with, made the snide remark. "Maybe on hole #2, you'll do better, Paul!"
Haven't picked up a golf club, since and never will, again.

[Eight Thumbs]

I think that I fall into the category of "half counting." I only count to five and after that just remember it as a good day. Strange, I know, but true. 8T

[Atlantic Man]

I don't count for two reasons:

A high fish count doesn't necessarily mean an enjoyable out for me, nor does a low fish count mean I didn't have a good time.

I'm stupidly superstitious and I fear what may happen if I finish the day with 13 fish, or what happens when hooking/playing/landing fish #13. Bad juju.

gutbomb your not serious about the superstition are you? I'm largely superstitious too and it's driving me crazy.

AM