[Jaydelart]

Originally Posted by Columbine

Wish I could say that I go fishing, but i haven't the first clue about it and no one I know is remotely interested. On the other hand, if I'm at a beach you're only going to find me in one place and that's scrumping about the tideline looking in rock-pools or digging up shellfish. It's not exactly the stuff of The Old Man and The Sea, but there's something eternally delightful about tricking razor-shells into popping out of their holes.

One thing I love about fishing is that generally the community is very friendly and patient almost everywhere you go. If there is a fishing store in your area, that may be all you need to get started. Most fishing stores have staff that are more than willing to give you some advice, this is especially true if you're just beginning; they need customers, after all. And fishing can be fun with company or alone.

If you want to get into it, I suggest giving it a try.

Originally Posted by TalnSG

I was raised to fish ... for almost anything. It was the one sport my father and I shared. But my preference is for salt water more than lake or stream. Mostly because I can't take hours of sitting around if nothing is biting, so being able to watch the tide or more interesting underwater activity relieves the boredom for me.

Best catch so far (probably ever) was a ling (lingcod. lemon fish, or cobia) - excellent eating.

Worst catch - tied: stingray (about 3 ft across) or a hammerhead shark bigger than me.
Didn't land either one of these - cut them loose QUICK.
Actually my mother "helped" with the shark. She cast her hook right into its tail. When it turned and surfaced, I took the rod & reel while my brother went for a knife to cut the line.

Haha, that's a good story with the Hammerhead.

I haven't gone out to sea yet, but I've wanted to for a while now. I just haven't had the proper chance.

Originally Posted by siokan

Where did you catch it?
In Japan, the exclusion of the large-mouth bass becomes popular and is hard to make fishing

Napa, California, U.S.A.

I was under the impression the freshwater fishing community was growing in Japan. Some of the largest largemouth bass on record were caught there, and I've heard of some of the lakes they've been introducing the species into.

Originally Posted by EpicPhysicist

Me and My dad Would always go fishing together. We still do but as my dad is very sick and we cant really afford a car right now, we fish in places that we can get to with public transit. Since I live in Canada there are quite a few. However , They are polluted and not good. I recently found a friend whos dad takes him fishing a lot. So Me and my Dad tagged along with the fishing trip.We went bout 4 hours north of the city where its a lot more natural To this place called French River. My friend His dad And my Dad were "pros" wheras I was fishing for a long time but have never caught anything big. So by the end of the day I caught 3 Small-mouthbass. Two of them were small the other was about 8 pounds. A catfish about 5LBS ( tasty) And some other fish I couldnt Identify. But it was incredibly huge like 20 LBS. And The "pros " Caught nothing at all.
So that was really funny. BTW I'm only 12 years old. FISHING IS AWESOME!.

Hope I can get a car when i turn 16 and start going alot with my friends.!

Sounds fun. Good job!
I've heard some good things about Canada fishing.