I saw some people fishing the other day in 16 degree Fahrenheit (-9 Celsius) weather at 4:30AM. They were not ice fishing with a little hut, but standing at the base of a bridge with no shelter or campfire. People are at that bridge fishing regularly when it is cold but that was the coldest temp I have seen so far. Why is it so appealing to them?
Get out of the house, get away from the SO, enjoy the outdoors, the thrill of catching a big fish that fights like hell, acquiring food for practically nothing, socially acceptable pretext for casual morning alcoholism, light rain is good for fishing, cloudy weather is good for fishing, some people like to start the day off slow and relaxing and that can be hard to do in some households.
I don’t even fish, but I know people who do and it makes some sense to me.
But it cost them everything
Sssshhhh! The setup cost has nothing to do with it.
Fly fishing do be like that tho.
Best insight that I’ve gained from all this.
I don’t like fishing, but I love to go fishing for these reasons. The older you get the more you want things like this anyway.