Luckiest Dad Ever..Fathers Day

[Tin Squid]

My dad was not a big angler but he supported and enabled me to do things like jig blues on the Claire out of City Island and fly fish Cairns pool on the Beaverkill. He took me and my brother camping at Uncle Pete's just outside of Phoenicia, NY and bass fishing at lake Tiorati. He put me where the fish were and I got the knack of it by determination and a strong willingness to read and work at it. Thanks dad for all of the help! He saw the interest and he helped me to take my game up several notches by supporting my love of angling.

Thanks Again Dad!!

[Flukeguy]

My dad was my fishing partner for years - boy could he kick my ass!!! Now my brother will be taking his son for his first fluke trip on Sunday. Good Luck Tyler

[Leif]

Thanks for all the responses. I am pretty lucky. Hope everyone gets out there and has a good weekend.


Lab, Thanks. I hope we get them too. Also never got the survey forms.


Leif

[mmmdrum]

im taking my son on the atlantic star out of the highlands.hes 8 this will be his first trip ever on a fishing boat..should be a real memory maker..

[hartattack]

Originally Posted by mmmdrum

. . . he's 8 this will be his first trip ever on a fishing boat.. should be a real memory maker..

Be sure to enter him in the pool. The pic below is from 6 years ago, my daughter's 1st trip on the Sea Hunter. Her 8 lb-er won both pools and got her in the Star-Ledger . . . . a real memory maker

[Blind Archer]

Hey Dads ... don't forget about the daughters. Mine can still put a hurtin on their spouses any day with a rod and reel. Now I get to be fishing Grandpa. I've got big shoes to fill...mine was the greatest person in my life.

[Quanman]

I attribute my love of fishing to my Dad. We mostly fresh water fished to gether but would occasionally hit the salt. In the mid nineties we started an annual tuna charter trip and they were some of the best trips ever. By 1999 it ended when he past away two days after retiring at the age of 59. I still go on a tuna charter every year and hope to continue until my 5 yo son is old enough to go. My Dad never got to see or fish with his grandson but I'll make sure he grows up and learns from me what I learned from him. Most weekends we are at the south pocket of the Manasquan Inlet catching his favorite sea robins. I just purchased a seine net and will be Yakin him out to Gull Island to hang out.

I miss fishing with my Dad but I know his spirit remains within us.