What is the first fish you remember catching?

[FIN]

Bream fishing in a farm pond. Don't remeber how old I was, but I got hooked that day, forever.

Same here 40 years ago.:D
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[smedley]

Big fat bluegills out of Spradlings Pond in Desoto, Mo. I don't know how my dad knew them but he'd go to the door and give them a couple of bucks and we'd go catch them bluegill with the worms we'd dug up. the pond was mostly moss covered at one end and dad never wanted to fish on the end that was clear. I used to get mad but now that I think about it, he was trying to get me to cast at targets (holes in the grass) rather than throw it as far as i could. good thinking old man! I guess it worked because now it's like threading a needle..thanks Dad

[TexFisher]

Grandpa's Pond, Me when I was in 1st Grade, Cane Pole, Minnow equals 5 pounds of Largemouth. The cane pole broke of course, but thanks to Grandpa, that booger didn't get away. A picture was taken, and I think my Mom has it in Oklahoma. That hooked me on that pond for the rest of my life but have never caught anything like that since.

[heycods]

Yep, Yellow perch on a cane pole in a stock tank for me, maby 4 yrs old, I doubt 2 months have went by since then without me wetting a hook. that was 53 years ago.

[ReelFun]

Good grief, I've got a headache trying to remember that far back. I think it was a Sucker out of the Blanchard River in Findlay, Ohio. I do remember I didn't know people used anything else except night crawlers and grass hoppers for a long time.

Yep cane poles and worms we dug in the swamp till I was 12 or so. They sold other stuff we just never bought it. Dad said it was because he liked the old way. Then again as soon as his job was steady and he made more he bought everything. To this day if I call him and tell him I bought something new it's old to him.:D