The grass was taller then I was when I struck off to fish...worms dug from the yard,pine cone for a bobber,round tin of mixed hooks an some line..headed up the road to the closest pond...when I cleaned out the all the ponds close to home I headed down the other road from the house that led to the salt, armed with a used 4' old boat rod,sinker an hook..dug some hogs for bait an caught sand sharks on the incoming.that turned into catching schoolies and it was all up hill from there....52 years ago.thats alot of
under ones belt.