Who made fishing so great for you?

[MAKAI]

Originally Posted by freebie

Dad got me started fishing when I was little then I kind of took the rest into my own hands, the last few years I have really been into it and we have tried to get out together, for some reason or other it never worked out for us to fish, he died of congestive heart failure last Fri. morning, now I guess he will be watching over me whenever I fish.....rip dad(Stephen Fontaine)

Sorry for your loss.
I am 100% sure there is more to our existence than what we see around us.
We will be with those we love again.
Trust this.

[mosholu]

We had a cottage in Breezy Point in the Rockaways and I would watch my dad and uncles fish the ocean down by the jetty. After awhile we (the little kids) were taken to fish on the bay side for snappers. When I was almost a teenager I would wait for the day when I would get the okay to fish with my cousins at the jetty at dusk or dawn. The first time I fished the end of the jetty with my dad he tied a rope to my pants and attached it to one of the steel posts of the beacon. Probably not the best safety tip but it gave him a little comfort. After a few years all we could think about was Montauk. Went with my best friend on a late September weekend, thick fog, no korkers, only one fish but we were hooked and in it for the long haul.