re: What’s your bottom line on hobby spending?

Every hobby can get expensive, you can fish off of the bank with a bucket and a couple of cane poles for very cheap. I can guarantee you that only 1% of the bass fishing population is dropping $100k+ on a bass boat when there are other alternatives that can help you fish competitively in tournaments.

Everyone's situation is different but $1k/month towards your hobby should be a reasonable limit.