THIS IS WHAT I DO… AND THIS IS WHY I DO IT

Maybe the recreational fishing experience is more important than we think it is

Let me preface all this by saying that I’m not a great dad. At least I’m not as good of a dad as I always thought/hoped I would be.

I have two 8-year-olds. Yes, twins. A boy and a girl. They are awesome. At least for 30 minute spurts. After that, they can wear you down, quick. Doesn’t matter though. God made kids really freak’n cute for a reason… So you don’t strangle them. Of course, I love’em to death.

From the moment I found out the wife was pregnant, I figured I would be the most awesome dad ever. Taking them fishing all the time, surfing epic waves with them, teaching them to be awesome boxers/grapplers, letting them eat junk-food when mom wasn’t around etc. Up to now, I’ve pretty much failed at all of that, except for the junk-food thing.

Fishing for a living, running a charter fishing/guide service, one would think I’d be taking those kids fishing all the time, among other things. But it’s a hard fact that I don’t. The truth is that making ends meet as a fishing guide means squeezing every penny out of it that you can… Fishing clients every day the weather allows you to, sometimes twice a day, especially on weekends. There are certainly other ways to make money in between it all, but if you don’t hustle, and I mean like really hustle, it just ain’t doable, especially with a family.

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