Do you remember your first fish?

[SINGING REELS]

My first fish was the fish that sits upon the State house. The golden cod once the stable of Cape Cod bay has long vanished from these waters.

I was 7 years of age and it was caught from a double decker party boat out of Atlantic Avenue on a tar hand line where the hook was attached to the large weight. The name of the boat at this time eludes me.

[Raven]

My first big noteworthy striper
caught in Mattapoisett i'd say in 65

i was very much a green horn when it came to
cleaning fish because i was basically a catch and release guy

i'd say this fish was 32-34 inches and fairly fat
i was absolutely clueless on how to clean it
and thought at the time you had to de-scale them first
and in trying to do so i accidentically flipped a bass scale
right into my eye like a contact lens.

i couldn't get it out because it was so slimey and ran for the bathroom sink
to flush it out. it took forever because it was like glued to my eyeball and would not budge.

my eye got seriously messed up from that ...so much so
that i had a fish cutter professional give me lessons.

[Jackbass]

My First Fish ever was a kiver caught on a banana with a 202