Who introduced you to fishing?

[kurtisb]

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.

[parker pete sportfishing]

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

[mark b]

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.

[Chris1129]

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

[Fin Reaper]

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 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

[stevelikes2fish]

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

[Joey Dah Fish]

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 I miss him

[Duffman]

My Dad...the original Croatian Sensation....

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

[Pokerman1]

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

[Denlon]

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