Do you like to fish?

[Mr. P]

I know some like it some don’t like to fish. I’m curious why or why not?

For me fishing is much more than just tossing a line out there and waiting, that is boring but can be a pleasant experience. There is much more to it than that. But…

For me fishing is not 100% about catching fish. I catch and release, I don’t care to eat fish that much anyway. So why fish if all I do is let em go?

Well for me, fishing is more about connecting with nature; catching fish is just a bonus.
On rare days if I don’t catch fish, I still go home with a catch of the outdoors, peace and tranquility. Even a bad day of fishing is a good day. Spend a few hours on a mountain trout stream and you’ll see what I mean.

The only problem I have with fishing is; I don’t get to go often enough.

[MtnBiker]

I really like to fish. Fly fishing is a great sport, both wet fly or dry fly fishing. It has been a few years but I use to tie my own flies as well. Quite enjoyable to go out spend time with nature. And I'm like you Mr P, catch and release, most of the time. Once in a great while I will keep one.

[5stringJeff]

No. It's not my idea of fun.

[jackass]

I fish as much as I can. I actually moved from Va. to Sc. to be closer to the beach so that I could fish more often. I agree with Mr. P. 100%. Catching is a bonus. Just love to be out on the water, hearing the waves crash. Its great.

[Doniston]

I know some like it some don’t like to fish. I’m curious why or why not?

For me fishing is much more than just tossing a line out there and waiting, that is boring but can be a pleasant experience. There is much more to it than that. But…

For me fishing is not 100% about catching fish. I catch and release, I don’t care to eat fish that much anyway. So why fish if all I do is let em go?

Well for me, fishing is more about connecting with nature; catching fish is just a bonus.
On rare days if I don’t catch fish, I still go home with a catch of the outdoors, peace and tranquility. Even a bad day of fishing is a good day. Spend a few hours on a mountain trout stream and you’ll see what I mean.

The only problem I have with fishing is; I don’t get to go often enough.

My old favorite may now be passe' Katrina happened, and I haven't been there since

but my favorites were Gulfport harbor, and Biloxi Bay. I aought many many kinds there. Bass, a stingray , flounders, crabs, ribbon fish, lemmon fish , atlantic spade, etc. Even an eel.

[Dilloduck]

My old favorite may now be passe' Katrina happened, and I haven't been there since

but my favorites were Gulfport harbor, and Biloxi Bay. I aought many many kinds there. Bass, a stingray , flounders, crabs, ribbon fish, lemmon fish , atlantic spade, etc. Even an eel.

I love it. I've fished my whole life and plan on fishing til I can't hold a pole. (Even then I would watch some one else do it.) Depending on the situation it can be fun, meditation, comaraderie, expectation, surprise, competition.

It's like holding a string that connects you with a mysterious world. You can do it with others or alone. It can be done the middle of the ocean or the middle of a metropolis.

Results can be measured in a myriad of ways. The size or quantity of the catch or the quality of time you've spent with a partner--not saying a word but communicating with each other through the magic of a mediatation that can at any time be shattered by a plunging bobber or a buddy laughing as your minnow bucket floats away down the river.

[Mr. P]

My old favorite may now be passe' Katrina happened, and I haven't been there since

but my favorites were Gulfport harbor, and Biloxi Bay. I aought many many kinds there. Bass, a stingray , flounders, crabs, ribbon fish, lemmon fish , atlantic spade, etc. Even an eel.

I hate it when I catch one of them..way too much like a damned snake!

[glockmail]

In the ocean on aboat I end up feeding them with puke- no fun.
On a lake or a stream its good as long as I don't use bait, then I might catch one and have to deal with that.

[Mr. P]

In the ocean on aboat I end up feeding them with puke- no fun.
On a lake or a stream its good as long as I don't use bait, then I might catch one and have to deal with that.

If I stand on a dock near the ocean I get ill..so boats at sea are out for me.

[LiberalNation]

I don't like to fish because it's hit or miss. You can stay out all day and never catch a thing which is really boring. Plus you have to be outside and along the Ohio River there's always a bunch of biting bungs and it may be hot and you’re right in the sun.

[CSM]

I'm with Dillo on this one. I particularly like bein on my boat, catching stripers.

[Mr. P]

One thing I really want to do is go shrimpin with a cast net. Someday I will, I hope.

[shattered]

I don't like to fish because it's hit or miss. You can stay out all day and never catch a thing which is really boring. Plus you have to be outside and along the Ohio River there's always a bunch of biting bungs and it may be hot and you’re right in the sun.

So, you basically like instant gratification with no effort.

Figures.

[Merlin]

Dilloduck, may I use your words? You summed it up perfectly for me also.

[LiberalNation]

So, you basically like instant gratification with no effort.

Figures.

Wow you sure read a lot into whether or not someone likes fishing.

Even catching the fish isn't much gratification. Fishing is just plain boring.