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Bob , in response to your question/need >>young blood .
personally I don,t think the % of this generation of kids has the same interest or desire to be fisherman or even watermen .
I see very few of them in either .
Just in my family ……… my son doesn,t fish .even thro he had plenty of opps to do so . as a kid he was a damn good F/W fisherman & a better shellfisherman ………….gone
now he lives on a river the enters into the largest pond in rI & has for years ………. he,s never fished it & went he had my tin rig .he only took it to ride around .
My 2 grand sons ...one has been in the boat twice & one once ……………...I<ve given them so much gear /enough to open a store.
there is only one kid that I see hanging around the water/ docks/ marina & he has special needs /I,ve talked to him & he,s lucky his Dad is a fisherman ……….. and I see or hear it quite a bit .
I have a very good friend that is a great fisherman / rec & comm .he is always looking for people to fish with him …………….his adult son won,t go .
the shellfish industry / the price is at a record high yet the number of diggers is at a records low . our association has had a apprentice program for years where seasoned diggers take a person on a structured course .of actually going out & doing & learning the craft …………. like maybe one or two even make a descent effort to continue .
maybe its time & generation .over the years /I,ve read of local little leagues that have had to combine to keep the sport going & a lot of JR & high schools have combined schools in order to field a team ……………….
Just a thought ……. one think I,m sure of the . the electronics age has not made it any easier to get these kids movitaded [sp]
&&&& maybe it just is what it is . Last week Gail & I ran from warwick cove to PJ light & didn. see one fisherman all the way down the bay & when we did the 1st we saw were draggers off beavertail & onlt saw 3 or for baots sea bassing near where we went .
sign of the times ?????
many of the kids . don,t see the leaves change, the weather , antics of animals . night skys , fire flies, phases of the moon ………….. they will get lost a block from their homes .
This isn,t all kids ………...but its majority
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