Does everyone remember thier first day at the "ditch"

[East Tide]

1995. Just got my license, decided to skip my NECDL game at the Hingham Rink on a Sunday morning and drove down to the canal. Bought some 3 oz sinkers, mackeral and was using the Penn 650 SS combo my dad bought me at Bass River Bait and tackle 5 years earlier. I parked at the Herring Run, walked to the left down around the mussel bed at 175 and started catching fish and losing gear! I remember the tide was high and water was very clear in the morning sun. Was probably June. I caught a bunch of schoolies but remember thinking it was taking forever to retie my rigs- didn't learn to pre tie rigs for a few more years!