Fish

As a little girl I loved to Fish.  I've even seen pictures of me when I was under 5 years of age fishing.  I know for a girl this is unusual, but I can't help it I'm an unusual girl/women.

But catfish was the only kind of Fish that I liked to eat growing up.  Of course if you know anything about Fishing, you know you don't usually catch catfish on a rod & reel.  But catching Fish with a rod & reel was one of the best parts of Fishing.

You know though I seemed to have the worst luck.  It seemed like every time I went to Fish my line would get tangled up.  Now I'm not talking just a little tangled.  I'm talking the whole reel came apart & you would have yards of tangled Fishing line.  Of course most of the time my line was still in the water & I would catch a Fish.  So I guess at least I had a little bit of luck, but I would have to pull the fish in by hand & hope the line didn't cut my hands up.

Most girls that do like to Fish won't bait their own hooks or touch the fish to take them off the hook after catching the Fish.  But not me I had no problem with messing with worms, liver or dead Fish to bait the hooks.  I even took the live Fish off the hooks.  Now some of my girl cousin's on the other hand, I was the one that would bait the hooks for them or take the Fish off the lines. 

I'm not really sure why it is that I like to Fish.  Is it the peace & quiet?  The getting away from everyone?  Of course I am kind of a quiet person, so maybe it was the quietness of sitting on the lake or around the pond & not talking.  I could sit like that for hours & not get bored.

So growing up every year for my birthday, what I always wanted to do was to Fish.  So we would take the boat & go to the lake & Fish.  We always put out a trout line to catch catfish, the night we got the lake.  Then the next day we would go out & Fish for either Bass or Perch.  We would use the Perch to bait the trout lines that night.  The first night we would also use liver, since we get to the lake late on Friday night after my dad got off work & didn't have the time to catch enough Perch to bait the lines. 

I remember going to Grandma's & Grandpa's looking for worms & then going Fishing in their pond.  Most of the time I went by myself, but every once in awhile I could talk Grandpa into going Fishing with me.  Of course Fishing in Grandpa's pong was catch & release, but that was fine with me.  It was the Fishing part that I loved, his pond really only had Perch in it any way’s.  That kind of Fish just isn't good to eat or at least that's what I was always told.  Never tried eating them, so I guess I don't know for sure.

My husband & I went to Fish while we where dating.  But this was more of an excuse to spend the early morning hours & all day together, than it was to actually catch Fish. 

We did however later after getting married & having a son, take him to Fish at a friend’s very large pond/lake.  Well lake is what they called it, but it was a very large pond. LOL  So we took the BBQ grill & Fishing pools & was having a Great time with other member of the family as well.  Then our son backed into the BBQ grill & burnt his leg.  He was only around 4 or 5 & we didn't really have anything to put on the burn.  So I think this experience ruined him on Fish.  Cause even though he was having fun, he has never really wanted to Fish again.  He's 13 now & still is not interested.

If you have a girl that loves to Fish.  Don't take that away from her, it could be some of her best memories when she gets older.  If you have a son that doesn't like to Fish, don't force him to do it.  Those will be some of his worst memories when he gets older.