when i was a kid i grew up with a pond below our house so i spent most of my summer breaks fishing.
then i turned 21 and spent most of my fishing trips drinking and pretending fishing
now i don't drink and spend my fishing trips baiting hooks, repairing broken lines and yelling "don't stand so close to the water". Between those tasks and dodging fishing poles being swung wildy in the air i still don't get much fishing done on fishing trips like i did when i was a kid.
but your right...fishing is more rewarding watching your kid do it. Every fish he catches he has a look on his face like it's the greatest thing on earth.
When he was about 2 i was surf fishing and caught a ladyfish...or shark...i can't remember what it was but it was small.
I told him to give it a kiss for good luck before i threw it back and maybe i'd catch a lot more. To this day he remembers that and if i throw back a fish without him blowing the fish a kiss it's like i just stole his favorite toy.
then i turned 21 and spent most of my fishing trips drinking and pretending fishing
now i don't drink and spend my fishing trips baiting hooks, repairing broken lines and yelling "don't stand so close to the water". Between those tasks and dodging fishing poles being swung wildy in the air i still don't get much fishing done on fishing trips like i did when i was a kid.
but your right...fishing is more rewarding watching your kid do it. Every fish he catches he has a look on his face like it's the greatest thing on earth.
When he was about 2 i was surf fishing and caught a ladyfish...or shark...i can't remember what it was but it was small.
I told him to give it a kiss for good luck before i threw it back and maybe i'd catch a lot more. To this day he remembers that and if i throw back a fish without him blowing the fish a kiss it's like i just stole his favorite toy.

