cost of fishing?

Ok folks, Here’s an awkward nasty little question. Just wondering what most lads spend in a year on their domestic fishing. Not just carp fishing but all fishing. Now not talking about the ‘everyday’ things like food etc, or foreign holidays just stuff directly required for angling like, rods, reels, other gear, tackle, bait, line, licenses, day-tickets, permits, etc, etc.
I reckon I average around €1000 - €1500 pa.

Add it up, think about it you will be surprised!

i've been fishing for round 6,7 monthsa now and i'm after spending 700+ and still dont have all the gear!!!!

Last year i spent around 3500 on gear because i was getting all the proper gear for carp. Still havent got the baitboat but other then that i have all i need. You can add on another 100 or so for the rest of my fishing like sea and beach fishing. and going to the game fair so add on another 100 ish.

1500-2000 a year. hopefully it will get smaller every year.

easy 2500!~2-300just on magazines!

Intially getting carp gear together about 3,500.I sat down a while ago and added up what ive spent on fishing in general..taking in course fishing,Rods reels,tackle boxes,seat boxes,poles,Feeder rods,pike rods,specimin rods for tench,luggage,clothing;the list is endless.Anyway when i got past the 12,000quid mark i stopped.Because if she ever found out id parted with that much for fishing,my body would be seperated from my scrotum.As long as you never stop learning you will never stop spending cash on fishing.And i cant wait to get to the show on saturday to do a bit more. On average though my spending is down as i dont buy anything major anymore.maybe 500 to 750 a year.

i dont want to know what i have spent!

same as wouldnt like to start to add it up

god only knows what paul c has spent!

as soon as something new comes out hes on the phone ordering!!

That's rubbish Pat and you know it! The initial outlay is a bit boggling but slowly and steadily upgrading keep the outlays to a minimum. Yearly, about 500 if even. pmsl

lol good one

"slowly and steadily upgrading keep the outlays to a minimum"

you have more gear than the tackle box!!

to funking much and it dosend stop

went mad in 2009 - prob spent around 5k on gear! and roughly around 100 a month on baits and other bits.

Sure i give €20 each Tuesday nite to Roman! Only missing 6 weeks in the last 52??
Thats near €1k before i start!

Thinkin about it - its actually nuts!

Oh God why did i add it all up - lets pray to god me woman doesn't see this thread!

getting sense in my old age... sold off loads of spare stuff last year and still have too much . i reckon shops can sell carp anglers any s***e if they charge enough for it

I only was hookt lats yaer in spring so 2009 spend 2500-3000e and this year allready spend 1000e so far

dave999 wrote:

getting sense in my old age... sold off loads of spare stuff last year and still have too much . i reckon shops can sell carp anglers any s***e if they charge enough for it

cant agree more

i wudnt like 2 add up what ive spent over the years i know its nothing compaired 2 one of my mates...we hav worked it out that he has 60,000 plus of gear in 10 years an is still buying...at xmas when we were bored we sussed that he cud fish wit a different setup every day for 2 weeks an he tells us he has no gear ....we think he has compulsive buying disorder..

matt wrote:

i wudnt like 2 add up what ive spent over the years i know its nothing compaired 2 one of my mates...we hav worked it out that he has 60,000 plus of gear in 10 years an is still buying...at xmas when we were bored we sussed that he cud fish wit a different setup every day for 2 weeks an he tells us he has no gear ....we think he has compulsive buying disorder..

€6K a year for 10 years
Men I am very sorry i aksed the question now!! if I have inadvertently troubled anybody’s consciousness i do apologise

The amount of money I would spend on tackle I don't think would be that much,bait however different story.
When it comes to purchasing tackle for Angling First,oh boy, it is not one or two of things when you consider that you are having to kit out for upto 45 young people at a time all of which being identical is just mindboggling. Factor in breakages,consummables such as hooks line floats and shot neverending and then you have bait, all it takes is for one kid who is not catching to throw in some bait and start catching,next thing you know bait is going in like confetti.
Anyway apologies for the diversion. Thinking about it on my own personal basis I definately spend more on bait.

I JUST BRING EMPTY BUCKETS TO PAT MAC AND PAUL C HOUSES.NO NEED TO SPEND ANYTHING