you know its been a good day of bass fishing when you had to put fish in the beer cooler

You know you've had a good day snook fishing when your Lefty's Deceiver is now a Righty.

It's been a good day smallmouth fishing when...

your newest pack of Gitzits is depleted and mangled tubes are laying all over the boat deck,

the bill of your Wiggle Wart is scraped and shaved from beating up rocks,

the wire arms on your spinnerbaits are bent and contorted from strikes,

you've got the sunburnt raccoon face from being out all day,

your livewell has chunks of crawdads in it,

your thumbs are shredded and your arms feel like lead,

buddies crowd around your boat and ask what you did right,

the second the boat gets on the trailer, you're excited about thrashing them tomorrow.

You know it's been a good day of blue gill fishing when the kids aren't complaining about being bored and they are about to have a great dinner.

You know it's been a good day of fishing when you catch more then just a buzz.

You know it's been a good day muskie fishing if you actually had a bite...

You know it's been a good day trout fishing on the top of a mountain when your pack has fish and your legs are shaking after hiking down.

you know its been a good day of striper fishing when

you havent busted off tackle on bluefish

you have enough pounds of fillets to feed your entire neighborhood

and all this has been experienced with your dad

you know its a good day crappie fishing when you lose your cell phone down the ice hole and you dont care because you just caought your limit of 12 inch plus crappies in an hour.

You know it's been a good day noodling for catfish when you can still count to ten without using your toes.

You know it's been a good day (right?) of fishing when you wave off the search & rescue chopper.

You know it's been a good day of pike fishing when it hurts to wash your hands, or whats left of them.

you know its a good day (or night) of catfishing when the local tree is full of nail holes.

You know its been a good day of walleye fishing when you ask your buddy if he has a second livewell on the boat.

You know its been a good day fishing when you are enjoying the sun, the bass and crappie are biting, you have a cold beer and more importantly.......you don't have to work!!

You know it's been a good day salmon fishing when

... you have to decide how much you can take home fresh and how much you have to take to the smokehouse.

... the beer cooler is empty and the fish cooler is full.

... When the Sunies turn into moonies

When the crappies start to smell great

You know it's a good day of bass fishing when at the end of the day you finally pay your buddy back for breaking the tip off his rod. . . the same rod that he thought he broke in the tailgate of his truck lol

You know it's been a good day of pike fishing when your 20 dollar plugs with the fancy paint-jobs are now just worthless pieces of plain wood.

You know you've had a good day bass fishing when you almost step on 2 RATTLESNAKES while loading up the john-boat, and you still consider the night a huge success. This happened to me Monday/Labor Day.

you know its been a good day ice fishing for perch when it is -30 the winds blowing at 20 and you still were able to catch you limit.

You know it was a good day of crappie fishing when you go home to fillet your catch and look at your buddy and you both simultaneously say "What did we just do to ourselves"?

when your thumb looks like an old wallet your dogs been chewin' on

You know it's been a good day of drift boat fishing when you run into your boss at the boat launch, he played hookie also but caught one more steelhead than you did and your job is still safe!

You know it's a good day of bass fishing when you've retied your hook so many times that you hardly have line left on the reel to cast.

You know it's been a good day of pike fishing when your Mepps #5 firetiger bucktail is no longer a bucktail.

After a greatday catching shellcracker, smallmouth, and largemouth all from the same small KY river on ultralight tackle, my thought is that the day would only have been better if my son (only 2 now) and/or best lifelong friend had been with me to share the day.

You know it's a good day fishing for lake trout when the Humminbird is chirping non-stop.

you know it has been a good day fishing when your wife won't let you in the house when you get home because you smell like garlic scented fish attractant.

You know it's been a good day of largemouth bass fishing when your thumbs hurt like hell and your girlfriend tells you to take a shower when you get home because you reek of fish.

Its been a great day of trout fishing when almost every fly in your box has been reduced to a tangle of hair, feathers and thread dangling from a hook.

you know it's been a good day trout fishing when you've got a creel full of fish and the yuppies next to ya don't have any.

You know youve had a good day of catfishing when you can go through 2 gallon zip-lock bags of shad in 8 hours.

You know it's been a good day of muskie fishing when you're excited about losing a $20 lure to the only muskie that struck in two days of fishing and over a thousand casts.

You know it's been a good day of Sliver fishing when you have a newly established "back-up plan" that addresses who's netting the fish if you both have one on.

You know it has been a good day of largemouth bass fishing when your wife won't let you in the house when you get home because you smell like garlic scented fish attractant.

Its been a good day of bluegill fishing when you get home at sundown and fillet for 3 hours.
Its been a good day of albacore fishing when you don't get seasick.
Its been a good day of trout fishing when you leave with a flyrod and a bunch of hackle-less and tail-less flies. Its been a good day of bass fishing when your bass boats floor is discolored from all that bass slime. Its been a good day of shad fishing when you set the hook on another one and just leave it on there. Its been a good day of shark fishing when your hook disgorger has teeth marks.
Its been a good day of asian carp killing when there is no more room in the skiff to move around.
Sorry guys thats all I got for today ;)

You know it was a good day bass fishing when Kevin Van Damm ask for your autograph.

You know it has been a good day perch fishing when you hear, someone call out strap me in, get the gaff, and call my taxadermist.

i have a couple based off of the "basser's thumb," obviously they all apply to bass
about a day after bassin' you can use your thumb to sand down just about any imaginable rough surface
you start using your opposite thumb because your strong side thumb hurts when you grip a bass and then the other thumb starts to equal the first thumb in both roughness and pain
your thumb begins to bleed from lip gripping bass