fishing.......

[PBurke]

i was just curious. is there anyone else that is into fishing like i am. i live 5 minutes from the atchafalya basin, and 30 minutes( by boat ) from the gulf of mexico. so i can bass fish or fish saltwater anytime i want. is really one of the few things i can do with both my boys that they both enjoy. they are 8yrs diffrence in age.

[PigPen]

I love to go fishing, but for any decent fishing around here you need to travel at least an hour sometimes more. It is a desert after all ya know. I really enjoy fly fishing, and so do a couple of the other guys here at work.

[PBurke]

i did some fly fishing when i lived in colorado. but mostly just bass now.

[PigPen]

Bass fishing is fun too

[PBurke]

you need to come to the swamp and do some fishing. that is open to the rest of you too.

[Noner]

I used to love to fish when I was a kid.

Now the only fishing I do is for my olive at the bottom of my martini or the lime in my corona.

[Noner]

I caught this one olive that had to be at least a 20 pounder!

[PBurke]

hahaha noner , if you ever get down this way we have to go have a drink. although i will probably be laughing to much to drink it. haha

[Tyler]

It's funny, I used to live in one of the best fly fishing places in California, if not the US, but I've never done it.  I used to fish with my Grandpa and a couple of my friends, but I never really go into it.  Though, I'll spend weeks climbing around a mountain to find something to shoot.

[PBurke]

sounds like we need to get some fishing hats with the logo. hahahahahaha

[Robmeister]

I live right in the foothills of the Rockies here in Colorado and have not been fishing since 1989 off Catalina Island.

Now that I have kids, it would be a great activity.  What's the best way to break into it?  I was thinking of getting the whole scoop from a local sporting goods place.  Or I also thought of joining one of them beginner fishing trips where they supply the poles and instruction and all that.  I realize it's not brain surgery, but I'd like to get a good "leg up" if you know what I mean.

Any advice?

[PBurke]

finding a group would be a good idea. when i started fly fishing my best friend and i just bought rods and headed to the headwaters of the arkansas. and taught ourselves. i was working at walmart with an older gentleman who was an avid fly fisherman. he took me under his wing when he found out i had started to like it. but hey, just go get some rods and reel and take the young'uns. worst case is you don't catch much. but at least the kids will have a new hobby. and they spent the day with dad, which could give mom the day off from the rest of you.  damn i sounded like dr. phil. scary.

[Robmeister]

Thanks, Paul.  Come to think of it, I actually have a couple buddies that go fishing a lot....I could just say, "what should I buy and when will you take me?"

[PBurke]

that is usually how i do it. lol

[Medic aka Rocko]

When I was younger, we used to go hand fishing.  I never caught anything, but some friends caught some pretty big catfish.  One caught a muskrat.   He didn't hang on to it long though.

Mostly it was an excuse to drink beer (for me anyway).