How long have you been fishing?

In my mom's family there were some fisherman or people who were longshoreman. I never knew too much about them or how their lives were. I never fished in the ocean but I did fished at Caswell State park once and caught nothing. I want to know how many of you fished even if its once that is good enough?

 

I never touched a fishing pole or fished at any water until I met my now husband 9 years ago. He taught me the basics on what I needed to know. I only fished twice with him as I don't like fishing. I find it boring and useless because I don't eat fish anyways.

 

That is cool you have been married for like 9 years and all. Sorry that you did not have a great experience with fishing. Some things are just not good for some people.

 

I haven't been fishing in a few years now and I've never fished on the ocean at all.

For freshwater, though? I would've been around 4 when I had my first fishing pole, which mean I'd already been at the water with my dad and grandpa a few times before then. I remember catching my first fish at 5. My sister would've been around the same age for her fishing experiences, too.

 

Well at least you got to be a kid and have some quality time with your grand dad. I never had any quality time with my parents while fishing.

 

I fished in south Mississippi and caught a gang of crab, shrimp, and everthing else. I know a guy who went crawfishing in Louisiana and caught like 100 pounds of crawfish. That's the good life. lol

 

You mentioning about crab makes me want to have crab cakes. I would like to go to Red Lobster and get some good seafood. Was that 100-pound crawfish a handful to catch.

 

Well I never get to go out and fish with my family since we all do not spend quality time together. I would like to go but I do not have a car to use nor any good places to fish.

 

With a boat if I could get to some places like maybe Yosemite. I would like to see that place but it just shows you that things do not work the way they do when you do not have transportation.

 

Because I lived in Hawaii and camped at the beach almost every weekend, I am able to survive and eat off what the ocean can provide. I can easily identify edible life forms on the reef and shoreline.

 

Eh, I got started in fishing at local lakes thanks to my uncles. I couldn't have been more than five at the time. But since then I've done lakes, rivers, ponds, ocean piers, and open water. They all have their points and cons. I do enjoy fishing, even if I generally don't catch to eat because conservation guys.

 

I've only fished a handful of times over the years, same with crabbing. I enjoy it, but it isn't something that I end up doing very often...just busy with life I guess, and when I do have leisure time it's not even something that really comes to mind.

 

Obviously, you have never even seen crawfish, Profit5500. Allow me to enlighten you about these interesting crustaceans.
Firstly, a crawfish (technically a crayfish) is not in any way a fish. It is a small crustacean about 3-4 inches long, with the largest ones being under 6 inches. They can live in water, but many of the crawfish species also live in mud bogs, thus giving them the nickname of " Mud-bug".
Therefore, the possibility of catching a "100-pound crawfish" is totally non-existent !

Crawfish look very similar to a lobster, just a whole lot smaller; plus they are a fresh-water species, where a lobster is a salt-water species.
The crawfish I used to see would hide under rocks in streams, and you could just grab them. However, in the south, where there are actually farmed crawfish; they usually catch them with traps, similar to catching crabs.
Here is a picture that shows the size of a crawfish.