Re: How Did You Get Into Fishing?
My dad took me at age 10 and two younger brothers up to Morsan to buy conventional Garcia reels which we put Dacron line on and also bought heavier poles for the surf. The first day we went down to Sandy Hook Fishing Area 2 we only caught a cold. We also learned the art of taking out birds nests. The highlight of the trip was the stop at Stewart's on the top of the hill in the Highlands (French fries, Onion rings, California burger, Root Beer).
A next door neighbor was moving and gave us a 12 ft wooden run about with a frozen 25 hp Johnson on the back. Me and my brother John worked almost ½ a summer and got it running. We used it, sold it and bought a bigger boat. After a few rounds working with Mahogany ,we did some work on other boats at Browns in Morgan and learned from the old timers a little about fishing. Finally we came over to South River where my dad became the commodore and we had a 28 ft wooden Lures. We fished all over the bay (when we could get the railroad bridge to open) not knowing what we were doing but the memories were priceless. Sadly my dad died at 52 but he showed me a place where I can get away from the rest of the world, not caring about yesterday or tomorrow. (the sight, the sound, the feel, the smell and sometimes the taste of FISHING!!!)
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