08-04-2024, 04:33 PM
As a float tuber I do not have nearly the investment, equipment list, technology, etc. that you have. But I am a fisherman...or I'd like to think I am.
My philosophy has always been...buy the best you can afford and get the features and performance that best suit your kind of fishing. Anything less and every trip will be tainted with the realization..."I coulda done better". But if you get something that decidedly improves your fishing success and enjoyment, you can't really put a price on it. A lot better to keep your system upgraded than to blow your money on other things that are foo-foo or even detrimental to your health. At least that's my rationale.
If you have trouble spending another hundred dollars on something, don't just look at it as a one time $100 deficit. Instead, project the number of years and number of trips you anticipate using and enjoying the benefits of that extra expenditure. Then divide the $100 by the number of trips, etc. Over the next 100 trips it will cost you only $1 more per trip. And if you are not worth another $1 per trip...well.....
As a pioneer and innovator in float tube fishing, I have been among the first to add electronics and motors to float tubes...along with lots of PVC rod holders and other goodies. Over the past 30 years that I have been using sonar on my float tubes I have bought and tried MANY new models. Obviously, some worked better than others. And some low-end models did not work well at all...or failed after a short trial period. So I have had to do a lot of rationalizing and excuse-making to justify buying new stuff...at least to my spouse/finance manager if not myself. Bottom line has always been: if it don't work right...dump it. Or...if there is something new and wonderful, and you can't sleep nights until you get it...then get it and sleep better. Nothing to do with finances and everything to do with your personal fishing enjoyment. And if fishing defines you...like it does me...you don't need no steenking excuses.
My philosophy has always been...buy the best you can afford and get the features and performance that best suit your kind of fishing. Anything less and every trip will be tainted with the realization..."I coulda done better". But if you get something that decidedly improves your fishing success and enjoyment, you can't really put a price on it. A lot better to keep your system upgraded than to blow your money on other things that are foo-foo or even detrimental to your health. At least that's my rationale.
If you have trouble spending another hundred dollars on something, don't just look at it as a one time $100 deficit. Instead, project the number of years and number of trips you anticipate using and enjoying the benefits of that extra expenditure. Then divide the $100 by the number of trips, etc. Over the next 100 trips it will cost you only $1 more per trip. And if you are not worth another $1 per trip...well.....
As a pioneer and innovator in float tube fishing, I have been among the first to add electronics and motors to float tubes...along with lots of PVC rod holders and other goodies. Over the past 30 years that I have been using sonar on my float tubes I have bought and tried MANY new models. Obviously, some worked better than others. And some low-end models did not work well at all...or failed after a short trial period. So I have had to do a lot of rationalizing and excuse-making to justify buying new stuff...at least to my spouse/finance manager if not myself. Bottom line has always been: if it don't work right...dump it. Or...if there is something new and wonderful, and you can't sleep nights until you get it...then get it and sleep better. Nothing to do with finances and everything to do with your personal fishing enjoyment. And if fishing defines you...like it does me...you don't need no steenking excuses.