been a while since ive posted as had a lot on in life as everyone does.

has anyone else ever lost the buzz? I havent even thought about fishing in months a i have no drive to go.
i dont know if its due to having a lot on at the moment but normally rewind 6 months ago i couldnt stop thinking about going.

anyone have any advise to get out of this mindset or has experienced it before?

In reply to Post #1
Hell yeh. I'm 54 and have fished since age 12. General course fishing that gradually morphed into 'carping'.

Didn't go at all from 16 to 21. Then regularly again
Throughout my 20s and 30s. Sometimes I might go every week other times once in a year.

My most recent gap was when we moved to this house 10 years ago. Lot of work to do. A young son and all my kit was at the back of a long full garage. That lasted.about 4 or 5 years.

At no stage did I ever think of 'selling up' or do a big drama. It's just fishing. I always knew I would go again. My advice is dont worry about it.

In reply to Post #2
Thanks for this reply mate, yeah similar position for me. covid put a hold on our wedding, we managed to get married august gone, now found out the wife is pregnant with TWINS
way too much going on to even consider getting the rods out.

In reply to Post #3
way too much going on to even consider getting the rods out.

Keep the gear, you will need to get out for some peace and quite by the sounds of it

Used to fish winters, last few, days only and that is weather dependant if I fancy it. Long cold days and nights, not for me nowadays. Each to their own of course

In reply to Post #4
selling up hasnt crossed my mind mate. just glad its not just me who loses the buzz for it sometimes.

yeah i think ill be gagging for a few hours peace and quiet in a few months time. although im looking forward to teaching the nippers how to float fish.

In reply to Post #5
Congratulations on the expected arrivals I went through the exact same thing.I had a young family at the time,I just couldn't find the time or energy.I was working 7 days a week so my daughters mum could stay at home with them,so any spare time I did have I wanted to be with my daughters.The buzz will come back,I take my step son and daughter fishing now and love watching them and the smiles on their faces when the float starts dipping under

In reply to Post #3
I had twins 16 years ago. One of them is a super keen carper now . You will get time in a few years.

50 years fishing man and boy. I lost a good mate nearly two years ago that I used to fish with and my mojo went. I ended up selling my gear and two months later found myself on furlough crawling walls floors and ceilings. Ended up buying it all back but still not getting the buzz back as it once was.

I won't sell it again, I will hang on to it, and I will go when the mood takes me. I've just found an old Tony Scott TT stick/waggler rod that has got the juices flowing again for a bit of trotting this winter for some chub. I had one of these in the late 70's early 80's and loved it. Sold it when i discovered wine women and song. There's a lesson here.

In reply to Post #3
Enjoy watching the kids grow up and making memories, fishing will always be there time passes by all too quickly when they're young.

thanks Everyone, making me feel alot better about my current situation.
got good friend and my brother who are still keen, been just as nice getting stories and photos of their successes.

In reply to Post #10
You can send them pics of your two new p.bs when they arrive

In reply to Post #1
I knocked fishing on the head for about 8 years, I had a great ticket, fishing with great people, had a lot of fishing friends and did ok, then over a few months just totally lost the buzz.

Other than one set of cheap rods and reels, I sold up and ignored invites onto one or two really decent waters.

This year I was made redundant and was going crazy job hunting and stuck in the house, so I got a little bait and went down my local day ticket with what I had and have been building up my gear since then.

I'm nowhere near as obsessed as I was, and I can take it or leave it, but I'm glad I rediscovered fishing just for the headpace it gives me. I've totally lost the ability to catch fish though 😂.

All I can say is don't force it, if you are happy not fishing then do the other thing that will make you happier, or just concentrate on what's important now. Then when the time's right the buzz might come back.

For me now, all I'd like to find is a decent water that I can drift onto on my terms, not just because I feel like I've got to be there but to reconnect with that part of the fishing world, but this is proving to be much tougher than I thought it would be with no waiting lists and only being recommended by current members

In reply to Post #1
I also lost carp fishing for 9 years, after moving to the USA.
Had been carping for over 30 years, and could not find anything here to replicate what I left behind (don't ask why I came🤔 .

But by chance I was put in touch with a couple of carp anglers here who had actually found a lake with twenties in it, and off we went again, all new gear, new challenges, and I'm still mad for the mystery of it at 71.

We sometimes stop carp fishing for our own reasons, but it never goes away, just hides a bit.

I too dropped my tickets for a couple of very nice, small syndicates when the kids came along; it didn't feel right being there whilst they were growing up at home.

I've fished on and off for more than 30 years, and so never really considered selling up; though I did sell a few things such as overnight gear since it appeals less and less as I get older.

Days only, and happy for it - I've done more fishing in the last few months than I have done in years.

It's not just you!

I think alot of people are losing the buzz for carp fishing,it's a circus and rammed everywhere.I have enjoyed taking my kids float fishing the last couple of years.I have got some quiet waters for my carping,I will go when I'm up for it