Late Beginings (Article)

Every time you read an article or watch a television show about fishing you will see or hear some remark to take a kid fishing. Take a kid fishing is always followed by it is for the future of our sport. That statement is one thousand percent true. If we don’t teach our young people early they won’t experience or understand the rewards of fishing.

I didn’t get this chance and the vast world of fishing almost passed me by. When I was growing up I didn’t get to go fishing but three times. Two were at 4-H camp where they give you a rod with a hook worm and bobber on it and told you to wait until a fish bit. That’s fine except nobody knew to set the bobber depth. Needless to say you’re not going to sell a ten year old on fishing. The other time I went with a friend of my family. This time it was pull a crank bait around the lake for a couple hours. We did catch one fish and it was exciting but still not enough to make the sale.

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