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yigodiver · #21 05-21-2015, 06:18 AM

Do this very often, leave early get home late. Now I have a place to stay when needed. I like to leave Friday after work from Centerville, then return next day late afternoon. Clean up on Sunday. Better fishing down there this time of year.

fishinpox · #22 05-21-2015, 06:38 AM

I used to leave baton rouge for 2:30am and go to fourchon or Venice . Sometime 2-3 times a week . About 2 weeks ago I woke up at 2:30 to drive to Fourchon ,this is the only time I can remember wanting to hit snooze on my alarm clock before a fishing trip . I didn't snooze and we went but tgat drive home was horrible . I don't have a clue how I used to do those " suicide" runs like that in the past .

B-Stealth · #23 05-21-2015, 06:54 AM

You guys must be married to some angels.

Cal-Point is about 20 mins away, and I piss off the old every other trip because we come in later than expected.

(Well later than she expected or was possibly told, you know sometimes you gotta tell em what they want to hear then deal with the fallout later)

alphaman · #24 05-21-2015, 06:56 AM

I down to do it. Its just like everyone said, The drive home is horrible And can be dangerous. You Start road gazing and dosing off.

Goooh · #25 05-21-2015, 07:11 AM

I'm done with them unless I throw back what I catch and go back to having a boat I don't care about...

capt coonassty · #26 05-21-2015, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by fishinpox

I used to leave baton rouge for 2:30am and go to fourchon or Venice . Sometime 2-3 times a week . About 2 weeks ago I woke up at 2:30 to drive to Fourchon ,this is the only time I can remember wanting to hit snooze on my alarm clock before a fishing trip . I didn't snooze and we went but tgat drive home was horrible . I don't have a clue how I used to do those " suicide" runs like that in the past .

Worst part about living in BR, 2 hours to any fishing. I pretty much have to double any money spent on gas because im going to burn at least a tank of gas in my truck on top of whats burned in the boat.

AlexOrtego · #27 05-21-2015, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Clampy

I do that mess every weekend. Gotta pay the cost to be the boss

^^^ truth

Multiple times a year we travel to Grande Isle, Houma, and Cocodrie.... ranging from 3-4 hours from home, bowfish until daylight and drive back! ZOMBIE MODE the next day lol

marty f · #28 05-21-2015, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by B-Stealth

You guys must be married to some angels.

Cal-Point is about 20 mins away, and I piss off the old every other trip because we come in later than expected.

(Well later than she expected or was possibly told, you know sometimes you gotta tell em what they want to hear then deal with the fallout later)

tell her she has no idea how good she has it, that you know guys that have a 4-6hr commute

haoward · #29 05-21-2015, 07:51 AM

So which one of y'all are taking your bay boat to fourchon for some snapper action?

mr crab · #30 05-21-2015, 08:39 AM

I think capt. hoop said it best...."fishing isn't a matter of life and death....it's much more important than that"....hook up that frontier and go slang slime

B-Stealth · #31 05-21-2015, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by marty f

tell her she has no idea how good she has it, that you know guys that have a 4-6hr commute

Lol I tell her all the time she don't know how good she has it. The problem is with all the kids, I don't get as many hall passes.

But when I do get one, I'm like the dog that dug under the fence. He knows he's got an *** whoopin when he gets home so he wrecks shop while he's out.

BeastMan · #32 05-21-2015, 09:39 AM

I'm a fishing commuter as well. We fish the Biloxi Marsh launching from MS so we look at 20 runs across the MS sound. Checking the weather is what makes or break it. We head down when it's sunny. If it's windy we stay in Bay St Louis in MS but if we have decent, calm water we make the run. Having a camp helps but I've made the trip down and back in 1 day numerous times. I feel your pain

duckman1911 · #33 05-21-2015, 09:56 AM

It's 2 hours 40 minutes from my house to Rutherford beach. Day trip as often as I can. To make the ride home better for you just stop at Sonic and get a large peanut butter and bacon milkshake.

fishfighter · #34 05-21-2015, 10:21 AM

debating on cocodrie this weekend, haven't been on the water in tooooo long, 10-15mph ese winds on saturday, long drive, only been there once before, but i NEED to go fishing

Crawl79 · #35 05-21-2015, 10:34 AM

No camp and live in St. Landry parish. Every trip is 1:15 + drive, some up to 1:45 minutes.

Would be great to have a camp but for time being we wake up early. Fish hard and long if we have to. It's too much gas not to stay all day if we need to get the ice chest full. Most time we are cleaning fish late into the evening....

We only make one trip a weekend, it's just too much to do that both days.
We try to make our trips count..

jl8200 · #36 05-21-2015, 01:42 PM

I live about 5 min from Cal Point but I hardly ever launch there. I just launch from our neighborhood launch most of the time. I live right off of Prien Lake so I guess im lucky compared to other people. You have to really want to fish to drive 6hrs in one day lol.

marty f · #37 05-21-2015, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jl8200

I live about 5 min from Cal Point but I hardly ever launch there. I just launch from our neighborhood launch most of the time. I live right off of Prien Lake so I guess im lucky compared to other people. You have to really want to fish to drive 6hrs in one day lol.

I DO!! My boat never sees fresh water. I have also installed a camper top. some times Ill just sleep in my truck

duckman1911 · #38 05-21-2015, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jl8200

I live about 5 min from Cal Point but I hardly ever launch there. I just launch from our neighborhood launch most of the time. I live right off of Prien Lake so I guess im lucky compared to other people. You have to really want to fish to drive 6hrs in one day lol.

5 minutes or 5 hours. If you don't really want to fish then there's no point in it. It would be worse on me to live on the water. Looking at the water and thinking fish or mow grass fish or mow grass. The grass will die this winter so screw it I'm going fishing. Lol

marty f · #39 05-21-2015, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by duckman1911

5 minutes or 5 hours. If you don't really want to fish then there's no point in it. It would be worse on me to live on the water. Looking at the water and thinking fish or mow grass fish or mow grass. The grass will die this winter so screw it I'm going fishing. Lol

haha IF I lived 5 mins from the water, I might be divorced