When Did You Start?

[Bassfishing375]

I fished my whole life but i started bass fishing around 6 years ago.

[plumworm]

I started about 1948-49 fishing beaver dams for trout with my Dad in the U.P. of  Michigan, Was hooked on fly fishing for trout by about 10. Fished all over MT, Wyo, Wis and the U.P. until  '95. I was in an accident and could not wade anymore. Who can live without fishing, So I bought a boat, started bass fishing and the rest is history. I still have $1000's of dollars in fly tying material and equipment that I'm saving for my 5 grandsons. The 7 year old is just starting to tie flys and I am a proud Grandpa..

[shootermcbob]

I started about 6 years ago...my father-in-law passed away and he took my daughter fishing. I stepped up, bought a zebco 33 combo at walmart, took my daughter and we bought some tackle that a friend at work recommended and a BARBIE tackle box, and off we went. She soon lost interest, but I soon was hooked. She still goes with me a few times during the summer, but is more apt to sit on the bank and read a book. Key thing is she still goes with me.

Did get a  few really strange looks that first summer as I used that Barbie tackle box till I replaced it the next summer.

[Sundance]

Iv been fishing my whole life, started with worms and inline spinners adn only started getting serious about bass fishing the last few years.

[fstr385]

Idk.... almost a year ago. I fished some as a kid, but nothing like now.

[HeavyDluxe]

A couple times with my maternal grandfather as a small kid (between 6 and 8).  Then, when I was teenager, went fishing on the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays with my father and some of his friends a couple dozen times.

 

That was it, really, until a couple years ago when I was with my wife and kids on a lake here in VT.  We decided to fish off the dock at the vacation house.  The kids loved it, and I was 'hooked'.  That fall (Sept thru Oct 2011) and last year were the first time fishing consistently since I was kid.  Love taking my son and daughters out!

[Brian6428]

I started about 6 months ago, when I was 14 (15 now). No one else in my family fishes (or does many outdoor activities) but my twin brother and I started going to the local lake to "fish". After a day of catching bluegill, we decided that was no fun and we wanted more challenge, thus we got into bass fishing. I sure am glad I did!

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Since I was 5 grew up pn a farm with a big pond.when I was15 caught a 10 lb bass. Had about 20 ponds to fish mywhole childhood.now I'm 44 ain't caught a bass over 5 lbs in 10 yrs.man things we're simple back then.miss um

[Hyrule Bass]

been fishing since i was in my moms belly, she always told me she fished with the rod end proped up on her belly when she was pregnant with me, lol.

 

i always fished as a child since i can remember. my mom and dad would take me to this place in Great Falls, VA to some nature center. we would walk down this long trail in the woods that came to a pond. at this pond another trail went to the right which would lead you to the potomac river. we fished both. i remember at the river just throwing out a nightcrawler on a eagle claw hook with the leader attached and an 1/4oz bass casting sinker. just let the river take it down and start reeling back up, we landed a lot of bass this way. then my uncles would also take me fishing at beaverdam creek reservoir a lot when i was visiting. eventually i moved to NC. me and my mom fished a lot of ponds and a spot we had on the bank of lake gaston, we used nightcrawlers and worms we hand dug, she never uses artificial and taught me more about fishing than my dad ever did. i grew up never really fishing artificials. at times i went stretches without fishing, but its something ive always enjoyed and has always seem to come back to me.

[bassguytom]

No lights no phone not a single luxury. We would walk creeks and wade the rivers ever since I can remember. I'm the youngest so I always had older brothers carting me around fishing and exploring. Those were the good old days. Oh I always dug Maryann more than Ginger also.

[clayton86]

been fishing since i was in my moms belly, she always told me she fished with the rod end proped up on her belly when she was pregnant with me, lol.

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Well if you count that my boys started then also and my self I have pics of my ex wife the day before her c section fishing at 41weeks pregnant with our first and about a week before our second son was born.

My mom said she went fishing on my dads boat when she was pregnant with me.

[Shoalamfishin]

I can't remember when I started fishing. I know I was fishing before I was old enough to remember. My dad tough me swim in river down the road from our house, to this day that's my favorite to fish. I grew up with a creek just on my road and when I was real young I would always go down there and fish for bream and catch crawdads. My first real memory of fishing was out at my uncles pond; I caught my fist "big fish" it was a bass about 4-5 pounds off of a junebug colored zoom worm. I was about 8 or 10 years old heck I can't remember anymore, the thing is I had been fishing for years before that but that memory stands out over all the rest. I got busy with school and other stuff when I was growing up and didn't fish for a little while, I'm still finishing up a degree, but fish now just about any time I get the chance.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Pictures show that i was around 3. My uncles where crazy about bass fishing and they would take me. Sure glad they did....

[Trailer]

I can't really remember when I started fishing. I know I was a young kid. I really appreciate my grandfather taking me and my brother fishing when we were young. At the time, I know I took it for granted. He passed away when I was young but one of my last memories of him was fishing at a pond and I remember he landed a bass on a beetle spin! Of all the baits! I'm glad the generations before me introduced me to fishing.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

I went fishing and crabbinng in the Chesapeake Bay a lot with my dad when I was little but we kinda grew apart as I got older.  My little brother introduced me to bass fishing around July of last year and Im soooo glad he did.  Its one of the most enjoyable things in my like right now.  Looking forward to honing my skills and landing many quality fish!

[SirSnookalot]

Started with my dad when I was about 5 or 6, we went almost every Saturday & Sunday, he never went without me.  My dad took me on fly in trips to Canada, charters off Walpole Island in Lake St Clair, we did all kinds of fishing.  In the late 70's my parents lived in Florida for about 5 months of the year, he had nice boat and we did a lot of fishing in the Atlantic and Biscayne Bay when I came down, few years later I bought a snowbird condo.  I never fished for bass in Florida until I moved here full time 10 years ago, I discovered some really nice bass in my backyard canal, where I do most of my bass fishing, but my focus is on saltwater.

[Bankbeater]

Started fishing when I was about 7, or 8.  Took a break from it for about 10 years or so to focus on family, and work.  About 10 years ago I got back into it, and started bass fishing.

[tholmes]

I don't remember the exact age that I was when I started fishing, but it was very young. My dad would take me bluegill fishing with a cane pole and a can of worms. When I was about 10 or so, my grandpa showed me how to use a baitcaster and how to catch bass. I've been learning ever since.

 

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[Big Jon]

My Dad didn't fish, so my Grandpa started taking me when I was about 5 years old. I kind of fished whatever, whenever growing up as we didn't live near him, so I didn't learn much on my own. I just started look at bassresource.com this last summer and my abilities fishing have grown exponentially, though I am still learning and very new to bass fishing. 

[loodkop]

I received my fist rod& reel foe my 5th birthday and had been fishing enough before then to nag my parents into my own gear. I bought my first lures the next day. A yellow and red Crazy Crawler and a Heddon Meadow Mouse. Sure wish I still had the mouse, caught a 3 pounder first cast and never lost my love for topwater since.

[TiNuts]

I started as a kid with my father and stepfather. My dad took us to lakes and ponds and I remember bobber fishing with him. My stepdad took us to the river to cat fish.

As I got older I didn't fish much, I really got into cars. I did that until a few years ago. Sold my car and tools and picked up a fishing pole. Been doing that ever since.

[jignfule]

Started trout fishing as very young kid. Catch my first bass 30 years ago. A lot more bass fishing the last decade.

[CayMar]

I started fishing seriously about six months ago. I caught facts of fishing on once and watched it just because it was something different. I thought Dave was funny so I watched it more often. When I decided to go out 'Bass' fishing for the first time I was hooked.

[tnriverluver]

About age 4.  Currently 51 and plan to fish until I am in my grave!

[Will Wetline]

I started fishing at about 10 at Goldfish Pond (no kidding) in Lynn, Massachusetts.

 

In my early teens I fished the salt for flounder and cod and also fished for trout north of Boston. In my late teens "hawgbustin'" caught on in the north and I picked up a Penn baitcasting reel and started to learn about largemouth.

 

In '81 I moved to western MA where we have some beautiful trout water but prefer chasing big smallies on Quabbin Reservoir in central MA.

 

Wow . . . I've been waving a rod over the waters for 50 years.