Any hunters or fishermen on board?

[omegapd]

Sorry if this has been discussed before- I went back a pile of pages and didn't see it listed.

 I grew up outside of Miami and lived in the Everglades as a kid...most of my days were spent fishing. Either the ocean or the swamp. Didn't matter. I'd skip school to fish and loved every minute of it.

 Life happens and I haven't been fishing in years. I do deer hunt during the season but it's not a passion- only a way to get out of the house and enjoy nature. I let more deer walk than I do harvest them.

 Anyway, I have decided to pick up a couple of fishing poles this weekend and take my 8 year old son out for a "male bonding" fishing trip. He loves to fish and gets the chance to go with my dad occasionally, but he's never gone with just the two of us. I can't wait. Like most parents here, our children are the most important things in our lives and we just can't spend as much times with them as we want.  It bums me out more than anything else in life...

 Hopefully I can post a few pics on Sunday. Now that the weather is warming up- who else will hit the lakes or ponds or woods, etc.?

[Paul]

I have hunted and fished since I was a kid and still do every year.   Deer season is a celebrated event in Michigan's Upper Penninsula and school are even closed for the first day of rifle season.   While I enjoy fishing for anything, up here the primary emphasis is on walleye, salmon, and northern.  Unfortunately the season doesn't open for another month.   But at that time the waters of Lake Michigan will be crammed with boats.   Good luck, I can think of no better way for a  dad and son to spend time than on the water fishing.

[lifeinthesouth]

I have been hunting and fishing my whole life. It is what I love to do. We are headed out camping today to spend the weekend trout fishing and hunting turkey. It is something we like to do as a family. The wife doesn't hunt but loves to fish so we will probably do more fishing than anything.

On another note.
If you do hunt or fish which ones are your favorite? Myself I love fishing on the flats out on the gulf and bow hunting in the fall and winter months.

[wpruitt]

Nothing like a good quail hunt

[fencer]

My son just sent me a picture of my youngest grandson (2 years old) with his first fish. It's killing me that i"m not a part of that! I remember fishing with my son when he was that age. It's kinda hard when they are in Oklahoma and I am working in Pennsylvania. Oh well, when I get a break, I promised them both..... we are off to drown some minnows !!!!!!!

[omegapd]

We snagged a couple of poles and he had a ball picking out some interesting lures this afternoon. We scouted out a spot on a river not even a mile from the house, so we're good to go for Sunday afternoon.

 I prefer to eat channel cats, so I won't fool with lures and just stuck with chicken livers. He'll probably try his luck with lures and worms first (more fun for a kid to play with). Probably bring some corn too, and snag some Bream if the fishing Gods are good to us.

 Now I can't wait! 

[ChallengeMe]

I enjoy fly-fishing. There are some great trout streams in NW Pennsylvania I have been on this spring so far.

[lifeinthesouth]

Nothing like a good quail hunt

I do agree, it is good times. I don't get to do much, but the times I have been it was a blast, I also like a good dove shoot as well.

[PigPen]

Like most of you, I have hunted and fished almost my whole life. Deer hunting, quail, dove, pheasant are the hunts I've done and enjoyed quite a bit. I enjoy fishing for trout the most but never turn down the opportunity to drop a line in the water. Tried to teach my kids to fish, but they didn't have the patience for it at the time. We'll try again this summer.

[Tyler]

I hunt big game every November.  I have hunted birds all my life as well.