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| Why do we fish?
http://bass.outdoorsfirst.com/articles/11.04.2008/1811/Why.Do.We.Fi... |
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| Its a sickness some of us are born with. theres no cure. It just goes into remission once in a while for short peripds of time. |
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| Dave
That is a great article. I suppose everyone of us has a person whether its a father, uncle, mother, aunt or family friend that planted a seed. Thank you for writing such a well thought out article. |
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Location: ROckford IL | I fish for some of the same reasons that the story states, I grew up fishing with my dad and mom, which both of them are now passed away, we would escape to the shores of Lake puckaway for weeks at a time from Chicago and fish for pike back then, now that both my parents are gone I hope to pass on the experiences I had on the water with the new generation, getting kids hooked on fishing is one of the greatest things you can ever do. I took a kid to go musky fishing the other day, I guess he has been fishing for muskies for some time, his dad even hired a guide a few times but still did not connect, his dad got a hold of me and asked if I could take them fishing for muskies, I said sure and took them out, once they showed up to my place in the morning the dad says, no pressure or anything but the kids says he quits fishing for muskies if he don't catch one today, I said don't worry we will get one, keeping a positive attitude, we hit the lake and within the first hour we had a musky in the boat, I looked at the kid and said welcome to the sickness, now you can never stop, he smiled and said yeah. We caught two muskies that day and lost 3 others, I called his dad the next day and asked him if his son had a good time catching his first musky, the dad said yes he did, he told me that right before the kid went to bed he told his dad that he wanted to become a professional musky angler, I felt pretty good hearing that from his dad. I got another kid hooked on fishing, just like my parents did when I was young kid. I miss both my mom and dad dearly. Getting kids involved in fishing is the best thing you can do, its better then having them playing PS3 all day long
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h43/djbizeone/kidanddadwithski.jp...
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h43/djbizeone/kidwithsecondski.jp...
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| Thanks for reading it guys.
Lake Puckaway, wow, that brings back a lot of memories. My uncle had a home there. I fished up and down that lake and into the Fox River at both ends. Some of the best moments of my life. |
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Location: ROckford IL | Puckaway used to have some of the best pike fishing around, i used to love fighting those fish when I was a kid, I have tons of memories from that place, memories of gill fishing over in kingston pod, we would catch gills by the hundreds there. |
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| i fish bc of all the laughs an friendships you make along the way.Plus theres only so many sun rises one man gets in his life time to see.Plus its always nice catching the top preditor of the fresh water. |
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| if im fishing im not cutting the lawn or raking leaves.. a mans gotta do what hes gotta do. |
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| great article! just like in the article for me fishing is a part of who i am, ive fished for as long as i can remember even before i can remember. i wrote a paper when i was probably 4-5 years old (with plenty of help from teachers and parents) titled "all about ice fishing" it explains ice fishing as a 5 y.o. would and it says how i learned how to fish 2 years ago. so i was 3 years old when i started, and its been part of me ever since. my dad had that story framed and on his desk at work since i wrote it and a few years ago he gave it to me as a christmas present. i thank my dad for introducing me to fishing when i was alittle kid, and i hope for someone someday they can say the samething about me.
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Location: Southern W.Va. | One of the finest anwsers to the question that I could ever hope to hear.
Great answer and oh so true
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| I don't even know how to answer that. Why fish? It's what I do. It's what I've always done, and God willing what I'll always do. No matter where or when or for what, I always get that same feeling of anticipation before that first cast. Live bait fishing in the gulf, casting for bass, dropping sucker down for muskies, that anticipation of what might be down there about to eat my bait is always the same.
I fish because I can. I fish to get away from my job, the city, the noise, the stress, the concrete. I fish because I feel a sense of belonging out there in nature. I fish because the water makes me, because the animals and the birds and the trees tell me I should be there. I fish for the challenge, for the moment when you feel that fish on the line, and for the moment it swims off. I fish for food, to appreciate my place in the food chain, to be thankful for the gifts we have, for the life that sustains us and the places that are there for us to fish. I fish for fun. I fish for friendships. I fish for the silliness that sometimes takes place. I fish for the laughs. I fish for the pictures, the sunsets, the sunrises, the fog lifting off the water, the sun on my face. I fish for the memories. I fish because there is fishing, and it is good. |
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| I looking at the question "Why Bother Fishing Anymore".........i have been asking myself that alot lately, maybe i take it way to seriously, i had great years the last 2yrs, and this yr has just been ROTTEN!!! Maybe time to find new water across the border in WI??? |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Dave,
Great article and I think as each of us read it we feel a flood of emotions flood in. I think we all have a mentor that we can look back to in our lives that we can thank for the gift of introducing us to the outdoors. For me it was my Father and I am truly grateful that he took the time and had the patients to teach a brood of 8 kids the importance of the great outdoors.
It really is much deeper than that however. I am convinced that the lessons and values that are learned in the act of fishing and hunting and the appreciations we gain from the littlest things in the outdoors, have a direct effect on how we live our lives and treat others. Maybe it’s because hunting and fishing takes us to some of the prettiest places and provides us with a small slice of Pease and quiet in such a loud world. Hunting and fishing provides us with a means to recharge our selves and our souls. For me every moment outdoors is a constant reminder of our creators love for us.
The problems we all face in life seem so much more manageable after a few hours in a boat or in the woods. We slow down to natures pace and all of a sudden we can smell, feel, taste, touch and see what is really important around us and it has a direct effect on the rest of our life.
Ed
Edited by MuskyTime 11/7/2008 6:19 AM
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