What can we say Craig, hope it isn't as bad as it seems. There's an old
Eagles song, Dream never dies just the dreamer. Keep the dream strong dude!
You never know what tomorrow holds! Maybe a lotto windfall, an offer better
than you currently hold, buck up mate, five to ten years is not so long,
you'll be back in the front seat before you know it!! I know quite a few
who make in 300K+ per annum and who are still not as happy as you! They
have never known what bass fishing can be but we do, don't we? I haven't
been able to say if I can actually make it bass fishing to the lake this
year either as my wife has some trouble with her neck, arms and hand. Even
though she says go I just can't, it just isn't the same without her.
Luckily I have a friend with an outrageously stocked private lake with some
good size bass in it within a couple of minutes close to my house. We can
still have fun, even though!
--
Stony

"Craig" wrote in message
news:wP4zc.42918$HG.34366@attbi_s53...
It is just getting worse. You can count on one hand the number of times I
have had the opportunity to fish since the season opener, and to top it
off,
I broke my 7' spinning rod by leaning on it in the car. It's guaranteed
for
life, so its no big deal, but it is representative of how things are going
as far as fishing.

Life in general is great!!! I'm just too busy to fish right now, which is
a
good thing financially, and a bad thing for the old psyche. Being on the
water has such a calming effect on me. Well, next weekend I will be next
to
the water as I will be in the local Strawberry Parade -- showing off some
of
the dealership's new custom vehicles (Grand Prix Pace Car, Tricked out
GTO,
and a Custom Denali Pickup painted to match the bass boat it will be
pulling). So while my friends will be on the water fishing, I will be on
the shore hopefully selling a few of those custom rigs to the next
generation of bass anglers. Southern Comfort does a great job at
customizing our rigs!

I've also decided my dream of going pro is just about over, well, at least
until both of my girls are out of college (8-years from now). They both
have 4.0 GPAs, and both want to go to the better New England Schools. So
at
$58K+ a year, money and making a lot of it, is far more important for
their
future. Let them live their dreams first, and then I can live my later
(hopefully!). Well if you don't see me posting, at least you will know
why.
Well back to the grind stone working on presentation materials.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!! HOPE YOUR FISHING DREAMS COME TRUE, ESPECIALLY
YOURS WARREN!!! I will look to see you at the B.A.S.S. CLASSIC!

--
Craig Baugher
Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN!






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