Who taught you to fish?

[RandySki]

My dad taught me to fish when I was growing up. We lived in a large city along the west coast and we'd go down to the piers, put a piece of shrimp on a hook along with a sinker and I'd cast it as far as I could. No technique, no thinking. Just cast and hope. lol Great memories.

[ppine]

My Dad was a college professor when I was 2-3. We went fishing all the time and have lots of pictures with a fly rod and rows of 12 inch trout.

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He also taught me to hunt. It is only recently that I have figured out that in my family being together in the outdoors is the most important thing. My Dad was not as skilled a fisherman and hunter as I thought for many decades. Some of my friends have taught me a lot about the intensity and dedication that is necessary to be in the top 10 percent.

I do not hold any of this against my Dad. He is 88 and doesn't get out much anymore. I always think of him now when out with my current friends and hunting and fishing. I like to tell him that often.

[AK Hunter]

No one! I had to learn how by my self, back when I was 8 yrs old.
I found package of hooks by the lake near my house, went home, got some kite string & some shinny flat washers.
I tied on the hook, then tied on a flat washer about 6 to 10" up from the hook, I started out using a piece of leaf on the hook but found if I put another washer on the line & pulled it through the water kinda fast the fish would bite the bare hook. I can't remember if they were Bluegill or Crappie but I fished until I got a small stringer (a few loops of kite string) full.
At that age all I knew was that they were fish.
Then I took them home & found out why I hadn't been taught fishing. Mom got mad at me for going to the lake (she only told me not to swim in the lake) I told her I wasn't swimming. Dad busted my a$$, I thought it was for going to the lake, then I thought it was for smarting off to mom, but then I found out it was because he doesn't like cleaning fish. He showed me how to clean one, then I had to do the rest, Dad wasn't much of an outdoors person. So most of the hunting & fishing stuff I had to pick up on my own, but that's ok I think I made up for lost time.
Believe me both my daughters were taught how to hunt & fish.
They love going out with me hunting or fishing or they will go with friends if I can't go.

[CozInCowtown]

Read about this feller from days gone past who taught me to be a fisher of men.

[Hikenhunter]

My great grandpa Harvey took me on my first fishing trips after that my cousin and my friends and I just sort of taught each other.

[Barney]

No one taught me and I still am a terrible fisherman. Seriously, I don't like catching fish that much, I'm not much into that like others here are.

[campclose]

My dad and my gramps. I used to go fishing all the time with them when I was younger. My favorite part was digging for worms the night before. My dad takes my daughter a lot now. I love that she is making some of the same memories I have as a child.

[ladymtnwalker]

My brother taught me to fish. He was 11 and I was 12, and we made fishing poles from sticks and fishing line, and my first fish was a catfish about a 12 inches long. He even stopped me from grabbing the catfish wrong and getting poked. I will never forget that time.

[carmen]

When I was younger I always got along better with the guys in the neighborhood rather than the girls. I think I was about 10 or so the first time myself and a friend went fishing. I am by far no where near an expert but he asked if I wanted to go and I said sure. Now I seldom fish of course but that is how life works out sometimes in those "funny ways".

[Esperahol]

My uncle who wasn't actually my uncle and who lacked quite a bit of sense - which why I also learned how to swim during this trip. For the record small children should not be allowed to drag in their own fish, especially if it is a large fish and a deep lake.