Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Thread for Pondaholic Anonymous!!

Hi my name is Jesse Farnsworth and im a pondaholic! I thought I would get that out of the way before I give my testimony. I visit this site about 2 hours a day everyday and I cant get enough. I suscribe to the magazine to. My pond is 1 acre. I bought 400 dollars worth of small rocks to put around my pond 2 weeks ago. Im buying another 400 worth of big rocks to decorate the sides. My wife ask what are you gonna do with those rocks and how much did they cost? Well a friend of mine needed some where to dump them so I told him he could bring them here. Im gonna put them in the pond so you wont see them. Ha! So I read the magazine about blocking nets and you guessed it I bought 80 dollars worth of nets so I can try to raise fhm and golden shiners in part of my pond. I cant wait for that one! I bought 200 dollars worth of fish from TODD OVERTON last fall and im gonna buy another 500 dollars worth of fish from TODD in a month. (WIFE) Where are you going today? To the fish farm. What for? To buy some more fish. But you just spent 200 dollars on fish and the damn pond is full of fish already, but honey im gonna get some different kind this time. She dont get it. Oh and I love going to TODD'S place. Im like a 5 year old kid and the candy store. Im gonna buy a fish feeder from todd this year and those aren't cheap. (WIFE) Honey whats that big metal box down there buy the pond? Oh its just a box im gonna keep the fish food in so I dont have to carry a bucket from the garage down to the pond! I know I can get away with that one. and when im at TODD'S place, its an 1 1/2 from my house, im always thinking damn these guys are lucky they get to work here, I wonder if I could get a part time job here. So when I get about half way home im thinking nah its to far to drive but I bet I could dig 2 smaller ponds on my place and raise some fish in those. Yeah theres just enough room for one on this side and I could put another one over here! By that time im pulling in the driveway with the fish, jump out set the bags in the water smoke a cigarette, pour some water from the pond in the bag. Smoke another cigarette let the fish go in the water and watch them swim off. hmm. Load up the truck, back to the house sit on the couch and think damn I spend alot of money on this stuff. But hell she goes shopping all the time and spends hundreds of dollars so I get a smile on my face and I feel better. PS im gonna have todd come and do a survey this year and thats 650. (WIFE) Honey who is that down at the pond in that boat? Aw its just an old buddy from high school that wanted to come over and fish!

You can count me among the pondaholics as well. I do things and buy things for lake and ask for forgiveness from my wife later.

It is easier to be forgiven than it is to get permission.

Bing

JHFV, I feel your pain buddy. That's a hilarious post.

Been there, done that. Got a T Shirt and a cap with a patch. You forgot about the therapeutic effects of beer when watching the fish.

I thought I was a weirdo until this forum started getting all the nutjobs. I couldn't reason why I loved raising fish so much. Now I don't think I have too much of a problem becuase I do stop to work sometimes which is way better than some of you guys.

Well you're in good company here JHFV. We all suffer from a similar mental illness here at Pond Boss. Although this forum has people from all different walks of life, in all different parts of the country (some even in foreign countries) we have one thing in common. We have a hole in the ground filled with water, money, blood, sweat, tears and of course fish. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

Jesse,

Your permission to post that testimony on my website?

Great stuff.

...it's good to be King

Poor Brettski doesn't even realize what a head-case he is really going to be once he sees his fish this spring.

When he lands his first fish.....well, forget about it!

You know you're really in trouble when feeding and raising them is more fun than catching them!

Sure thing TODD and I will see you soon. I always end up telling her the truth I just wait till were in bed and she's half a sleep! She goes shopping all the time and trust me she doesnt run in the door and say heres the reciept from shopping today. Its always her walking through the den, and me saying oh those are new or nice necklace.

Hi, I'm Chad, I haven't been sober since I got the go ahead to manage my first pond a couple weeks back. Lots to learn and already folks are starting to take notice of my... "problem." Here's a post from my other fishing forum.



And my answer.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

But the problem is, I don't have a problem!


It's just like the quote from the movie "Man of the House" when Tommy Lee Jones explains why he no longer drinks:

Woman: Didn't like yourself when you were drinking, huh?
Tommy Lee Jones: I loved myself when I was drinking. It was the other people that had the problem!


If people think I'm crazy about my ponds, THEY'RE the ones with the problem, not me! Say it with me: "We're normal."

My wife is the pondaholic. She wants to go fishing every day. I have to talk her out of going fishing on rainy and cold days. Life is so hard when you have a wife like that.

We're normal, We're normal, We're normal..

(he says while staring at the monitor)

Wife walks in and says "Who are you takling to?"

No one, just thinking out loud.....he replies

Wife walks away muttering.. "You and that damn pond"

OK, Guys. Are there 11 more steps in this program like in my

other programs?

I'm ready for the next one.........

ponds r us

This is great, those of us fortunate enough to turn it into a career and get to help people with their ponds are doubley blessed.

My problem is that I continually try to convince my wife that new fishing tackle, rods, reels, etc are a business expenses. For some reason she doesn't buy that.

Does the IRS buy it? That's the rub.

This is a really good post for me to read right now. I'm stuck in DC for the week meeting with a bunch of stuffed shirt executives. I just don't fit in here. I'd rather talk ponds than Wall Street business. You should see there faces when they ask me talk about hobbies. They expect to hear about tennis clubs and golf games. I tell them I live on 80 acres and hunt, raise fish, and plant food plots and the conversation just shuts right down. They got no appreciation. There wives are sitting in the "Spa Minerale" while my wife feeds the horses. I'm really pond sick!

I had dinner with bz a couple years ago. He's a regular Daniel Boone, but he cleans up real nice for dinner.

Brettski, I'm quieter than you are and can't come up with the quick come backs so all I'll say is that I do thoroughly enjoy your posts. Even the ones that I'm not sure are compliments or not.

It was all meant as positive karma, bz. You are an excellent example of becoming one with the land. You live the life that many city-folk only see on TV, some of which dream of what it would be like. I also know your business side a little. You easily pass at any level of white collar you might care to portray. It's an enviable blend, and you live it very well.

A regular Zen Cartwright?

ug..

bz, i'll take some of them pond futures