Kids fish anymore?

[rat-l-trapper]

I'm 17 and I fish as often as I can. I love fishing and I spend most of my free time either reading about fishing, fishing or watching it on t.v. I started fishing with my dad when I was really young. It's only been the last year or so that I've moved past bait fishing for trout  though. Fishing is my favorite thing to do and I wish more young people did it. I do see kids out fishing, but it's usually with families who don't look like they fish much. I never see any kids out on bass boats with their dads, I'm not sure why.

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

I see kids fishing with adults, but not much . I used to fish alone off the shore in front of our cottage when I was 8 ( mom looked out the window to check on me), but mostly I was unsupervised. My dad taught me how to fish when I was about 4. I take my niece and nephew fishing whenever they ask. I think kids these days have a big disadvantage with tv and video games. When I grew up we had to use our imaginations , video games were in an arcade...

[crank]

My daughter fishes with me pretty regularly. In fact, she got me back into it after many years...pestered me regularly "can we go fishing!"...One day it dawned on me how much I loved it as a kid, and realized it would be a blast to fish with her...and it has been. We both just caught our biggest fish together last night...Can't think of a better way to spend the time.

[the lone fisherman]

yea thats true im 24 i play xbox alot but thats if i dont have the money to go fishing.i try to go every chance i get.none of my friends fish nor want even go.at least u got a fishing buddy.My father got me hooked and now id rather catch nothing all day then set at home

[BACL]

I personally am only 14, and I love fishing. I live in VA and I have quite a few friends who fish.  A couple of my friends got me into it a few years ago, and I have been trying to get all my other friends into it. Fishing so peaceful and relaxing, but I feel that rush when I get a big bite. I love it and I hope to continue at it all my life.

Peace

[bass or bass ?]

I'm taking my granddaughter fishing on the 27th for her first time and she can't wait. She turns 10 on the 28th. She has developed a passion for hunting and fishing that baffles everyone. I am the only one in the family that enjoys fishing and formerly hunting (not physically able, knees and hips), but I hope to kindle a lifelong love for the outdoors sports in my little girl's heart.

Well little Sarah caught a bluegill about 1 pound and now she's really wanting to go fishing again.

[Skeet22]

My little girl will be 2 this month. For the past 6 months I have been slowly introducing her to fishing and she has been in the boat since 10 months, she has her own little rod with a casting plug and has got the reeling part down. We are going out Sat in the boat to hopefully catch her first fish and reel it in on her own. If and whatever she catches is going on the wall. I think I will have more fun teaching her to fish than fishing myself.

[Dalton Tam]

I'm seventeen and we have a bassfishing club at two schools within our Parish (County) here in Louisiana. We have tournaments on weekends probably about two per month. We had one last saturday and I finished in first and big bass. We had 13.8 Pounds and our big bass weighed 5.92 lbs. So we definately have alot of yound fisherman down here in the Who Dat nation. I'll post some pics of the next tournament which may be this weekend.

[B A S S E R]

I'm 17 and am out there almost everyday. My first word was "pole-pole" so I guess I was just born to fish   ;D

[TeenageFishAddict]

you know, i  am 15 years old and im im more addicted to fishing than the crackheads you see on tv are to drugs. im not really sure why i like it so much but i do have many theories that might help answer your question. for one, i love fishing b/c its so unique in the fact that it goes outside the normal baseball/football trend, its different and its a way to overcome boredom. Its also very rewarding, you work hard, you catch fish. But mostly, i think i love it so much because i am completely 100% self taught and almost every fish i have caught has been on my own skill, not someone else's. The funny thing is that my dad is not really a fisherman, i live in a city, my uncle mostly fly fishes and fishes ofr crappie, i have to pay for all my rods ,reels, and equipment.....yet i am so addicted to it. And the 8.4 pound moster i caught the other day didnt really help the cause either.

[timothy_spain]

i say it's part kid, part parenting

[Red Bear]

i was taking my neice and sister fishing saturday down to my uncles pond, driving through the field to park and turned around for easy exit. all of a sudden i hear POP PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. so i drove back up to the house without even stopping. i ran over some deer antlers apparently, had one piece sticking out of my tire. i felt bad we didnt get to go fishing, especially my 5 year old neice, she loves to fish. now i have to make it up to her, shes already told me as much that i owe her a fishing trip...

[XPSbasser]

Im taking my cousins (12 and 8) fishing for bream tommorow afternoon. They love to catch fish but get bored fairly easily so bream it is. Hoping to burnemup tommorow on some nightcrawlers..