Who introduced you to fishing?
 

Who introduced you to fishing?

For me, My Dad took my brother and I fishing at an early age. It took me a while to fall in love with the sport but my brother was hooked day one.

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Dad - Rental boat via Highlands....then 17 Foot GlasS Par with 75 Johnson. Liked it but didnt get addicted until late 20s.

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I have my father to thank for getting me started at a young age fishing.. He opened the door to a activity I love very much! We still to this day fish together as much as we can!!

Its in the blood too.. My Great Grandfather ran a charter boat out of PP.. Tillie's Sport Fishing Charters

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My Uncle Al.... Miss him alot. Every time he'd come for a visit, fishing and crabbing we'd go.

A neihbors Grandfather Mr Blake would take us kids too.

Thank God for putting people like this in our lives.

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I'd have to thank my grandfather for getting me hooked on fishing. He used to take me when I was young on his 16 ft aluminum boat which he docked in Seaside Park. Him and I used to make the run in barnegat bay behind IBSP to a place called Johnny Allen's Cove. We used to catch cocktail blues on top water plugs every time . It was like heaven for me. Pop has been gone for 24 years now and I'll never forget those great times we had.

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My father also he lives in south carolina now so it makes it so much better when we get out now.

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My Grandmother Lena who helped raise us well into our teens . We lived on Key West in a trailer when I was three and we would catch lunch off the seawall my Dad built every day with a cane pole or hand line. With three adults and four of us kids the fish were a blessing from God .The Snappers and Grunts were easy to catch as we threw out all our food waste in the channel off the seawall. I was the only one to take to it right away. I don't know how many times I got my a&& beat for sneaking off to go fishing on my own. We moved when I was four. My Dad got transferred to San Diego . My Grandmother passed when I was 18 . She taught me so much and I miss her. She's probably making turtle shaped pancakes , frying fish , or Baking stuffed Groupers in Heaven.

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My dad taught me fresh water fishing at an early age. My Uncle taught me salt water fishing when I was a teen. A friend taught me how to flyfish and tie flies.

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My Mother, no Dad in picture. she was both.... From the time i can remember she walked me down to the docks to snapper fish.. then as i grew older she pushed me to get a job as a dock rat.... the rest is history

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My dad when I was very young sunfish, bass, trout, then my Uncle Donnie with the saltwater and boating in my early teens. Fly fishing with my dad around 10 or 12 and then with my brother later on.:D

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My dad
He used to get me up at 4:30 or 5 to go bass fishing when I was in my teens.

Then drive me to school late with a note that said" please excuse Brian for being late, he was on a marine biological expedition" LOL

I'll never forget the times I got to spend with him 1 on 1 fishing. With 6 other brothers and sisters trying to get his attention I was lucky to have this time with him.

Capt Brian

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Been fishing since wearing an ET shirt was cool, thanks to my old man.

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Dad...I grew up on Lake Musconetcong. One day the old man tossed me off the dock to teach me to swim so I wouldn't drown if I fell off the dock fishing :rolleyes: what can I say, it was the sixties. Then when I got older and could loose my lunch over the rail without dropping my rod he took me on the Shamrock for fluke and mackerel...and in spite of some emotional baggage and a few prescription grade issues I have nothing but great memories and wouldn't want to do it any differently.

Kids today are such wiennies

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My Uncle........may he rest in peace.

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My Uncle Al god rest his soul !!!! He was the guy that new everything about fishing but come to think of it I have never seen him catch a single fish. But that man could tell a story that had you glued to every word he said. Now that's a true Fisherman talent:D I miss him

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My Dad...the original Croatian Sensation....:D

Guarantee those who read this KNOW.

Porgies and weakfish in Southhold LI.

Butterfish in Sunken Meadow.

Fluke in the Bight

Bluefish and Ling at Ambrose Tower on the PalaceII outta Hoboken.

He got me hooked for life...passing it on to next generation

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My grandfather.... on the Out in the Open out of Shark River from the time I was 4. From what I understand, he was a pretty decent outdoors writer on the Jersey Shore for a few years. ;)

I am blessed with memories that I will have until my dying day. I am the luckiest person I know.

Joe

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My Dad of course you can tell by the picture he was not impressed with the size of the Blackfish he got he was too used to those 10lbers. RIP Dad there's not a day in my life that I don't miss you. Fathers day for most is a happy day but for me it's one of most depressing days I have to deal with.

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My Dad- We lived in Little Silver between the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers...About 5 miles from the shore.

He had me out in the back yard with a fly rod in my hand when I was only about 5 years old. Then practice at Garvey's Pond in Navesink, and Mohawk Pond in Red Bank. Then on to the Gorge for some hands-on trout fly fishing the next Spring.

That was followed by Fluke fishing off the old Long Branch Pier about 1948. My first flatfish was an exceptionally large Sundial that was jigged from the L-Shaped corner of the pier using a strip of Sea Robin tail as bait. I couldn't reach over the top rail so I had to poke the Calcutta Bamboo pole between the middle and top rails to fish.

Then on to Weakfish & Croakers off the beach in Sandy Hook (This was in the late 40's & early 50's so both of these fish could be routinely caught in the Jersey surf.) My favorite was fishing for Blackfish off the old Takanassee Jetty using "sand Bugs" (mole Crabs) as bait.

When I was about 10, I graduated to plugging Stripers off the Sea Bright & Long Branch surf in the Fall.

Those were the days!

Denny

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My dad and it started on the streams of North Jersey for trout. When we stated fishing in the ocean it was Fluking on a the Happy out of AH. Loved him for everything he did and everything he taught me that I have passed down. :)

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My father

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Pops...took me out fluke fishing on the Big Marie S
RIP Dad

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My Father on the Zypher...pier 1 out of Sheepshead Bay and off of the old wooden pier on Coney Island beach way before it burned down.

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DAD....

Dad to Son or Daughter is a given....and thank you for passing the passion!:cool:

My Grand children will likely say MOM as I have instilled some of the best fishing skills, ethics, and motivation that hopefully my daughters are able to be carried forward to generations to come. I got two ole salts now at 11 and 13 (girls) that CAN FISH and CATCH

Know who taught em?:p

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My Father also took me on a party boat at the age of 7. It was the Satellite, in Atlantic Highlands, back in the late 70's. He won the pool that day for fluke, but put my name in the paper. :D

He's gone now, but never forgotten... I bring my two kids out fishing whenever I can...

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Would love to say my dad, but he is not a fisherman. He was a private pilot so I grew up flying not fishing.

It may surprise some to know that the first time I went salt water fishing was about 20 years ago. Went on a charter out of Montauk with some co workers and loved it. The same group of guys still go every year first Saturday in June. We have not missed a year and still use the same captain and boat! So I went once a year for the first two or three years and decided I love the sport and must do more of it. I started going solo on the head boats out of the highlands and the rest is history. I made up for a lot of lost time over the last 15 years or so:D. I figure at this point I have fished more then people who have been fishing their whole lives and I don't plan on slowing down.

I am glad that I have had the chance to introduce my children to the sport. They all love it!

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I was not yet 5 years old, my father and grandfather tied me and a rental rod to the rail , fished oyster bay and caught flounders. I was hooked for life before I ever went on the boat.

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My dad took me out on a rowboat (which I thought was cool just being out on a boat) when I was 8, and we caught 35 Bluegills that morning. I was in heaven... kept Freshwater fishing for a while, then he took me out fluking and I had a bamboo rod and got my first fluke in the Manasquan River. Then on to bluefishing. I recently re-wrapped the 2 rods we always bluefished with and will always cherish them... here it is 55 years later and I still love Fresh and Saltwater fishing!! :D :D

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Father and Grandfathers

Was always a family thing

One Grandfather had a house on West Point Island and there was a dock across the street that we fished and crabbed on

One Grandfather retired to Tuckerton and clammed so we would fish on his boat. He gave me my first shot gun when I was 5 but never got to hunt with him

Was lucky my father would include me on all the trips and both Grandfathers got along so we all went together. The 3 of them have been fishing in heaven for over 20 years now

Both my kids and wife fish and have fished with my Father in Law for almost 30 years so it remains a family thing

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Great post! Lou Letche (RIP) - my neighbor growing up. Use to take me out with his friend on his boat "Goody" out of Belmar and make me haul in 100's of bluefish on hand planers. WOW!

Capt Joe Bogdan - Wot's Up Dock - Fluking, winter whiting fishing, trolling bass with wire, Florida fishing, boating in general, rigging,- he taught me about the Shrews Rocks so well I have it mapped out in my head. :rolleyes:

Thank you guys!!! Forever Greatful!

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My dad taught me - fresh water lakes for sunnies when I was very young in the late 50's early 60's. Then my grandfather taught me how to fish in the Manasquan Inlet and PP Canal in the 60's. And finally, in the late 60's I think, my dad took me on my first party boat (the pink and green Miss Belmar) for blues at night. I was thrilled to catch a few fish but I got very seasick. In recent years when I take him out on fishing boats, I always think "this is a win win situation". If he catches fish or gets seasick, what he did for me in the past is reciprocated either way.

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My father taught me and my three brothers how to fish. I still can't figure out how he was able to untangle nests of fishing line, rescue lures from tree limbs and still teach us how to safely unhook a fish. I laugh even to this day when he reminds us to set our drags correctly- we have finally realized that "horsing" in a fish is really not a great way to fight a fish. Now, I really enjoy teaching my 5 year old son how to enjoy fishing--- such patience but loads of fun.

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My dad. I had no choice but to fish! He used to wake me up around 4:00 am before school, at the age of 6, to go plug the jetties or live line off the Sea Bright wall. We also used to launch a 14' Mirrorcraft off the beach in Monmouth Beach just to get to the rocks faster. Lots of big weakfish and fluke back then. Talk about crazy! He was very passionate about his surf fishing, with over a dozen stripers above 50lbs. He passed away last July and fished up to a couple months before his passing. Now I take over for him teaching my two daughters to fish and they love it! Rest in peace Dad.

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My grandfather "DA" used to take me to Avon every day in the summer from 8:00am on... He showed me how to dig sand crabs and catch spearing and killies by the jetties with a net. Got me my first rod when I was 5yo and started fishing from that point, fresh and saltwater. When I got to be 7 he would walk me from Washington ave to the inlet and let me fish all day there. Picked up a lot from him. I can even remember just taking the walk to the inlet to see the boats come in around lunch when I couldn't fish there yet. Miss belmar, big Marie S, and many other boats I used to wave to from the rocks. I would fish everyday I could. Used to seine spearing and net killies in the cove and make a few bucks selling the bait to guys on the rocks. All my allowance went to something for fishing right from the start,some habits are really hard to break, "Bad Habit"... We fished together for many years,in many places-jersey and Florida which he and my grandmother would fly me down for two weeks every Easter during elementary school and fish the gulf off an old cement pier in long boat key every day and go reef fishing on a friends boat, these memories will last a lifetime- rest in peace Da. As time went on and I could ride my bike to fishing spots it was on from there, me and a few buddies would fish for something thru the whole year. Girls started looking better so I took off a little time but never fully gave up, just wasn't always allowed by the significant other. I learned fast to let the new women that I fish and that's what I do- no problems since: love you Cathy!! I have always fished and always will.

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My grandfather got me hooked when he would take me to the Point Pleasant cannel and fish for black fish with 12 foot bamboo poles with twine as line. Miss those days and him very much. :)

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Back in the " good o'le days", Sam Lewis and my dad took me to Kensico Reservoir in NY @ the age of 5 for a day of carp fishing.I still have the Penn 200 surf-master that I used along with a 6' fiber glass rod. Now here it is 65 years later, they are both gone, but I love the sport. The peace and quiet is my salvation. My two sons are also into fishing when they have time. They will both get all of my fishing gear when I go to the "big beach in the sky".
Thank you dad!!!

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My dad got me hooked! First trip in the salt at the age of 4 and hooked on fishing ever since. 21 years fishing and counting. Only been fishing without him less than a dozen times and yet he calls me an addict now! Thanks pops for introducing me to this sport and therapy I call my addiction. The old man still out fishes me and kicks my but with the old school electric reel in the deep water.

65 years young and still a beast!

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My dad and poppa took me out every weekend down on the metitakonk and pointplesant now I am taking my grandson ..I can think of anything better

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My dad. I grew up on shongom lake in morris county. I would catch minnows with a home made net at age four.Thanks dad I miss you.

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My dad actually left the gin mill to take me to captree black fishing in the early 1960s.My grandfather pulled lobster traps out of highlands but I just went for the ride...I also remember catching eels and then reusing them for striper bait around Fort Totten. At the time I didnt understand the theory of live bait at all...My son is hooked and I have plans for my grandchildren asap..:p