About eight months ago I go an thought about going fishing on my off days. I had an old Zebco 202 laying around. Completely shot. Twelve years old laying around in the Florida outdoors without use.
One day I am at Walmart. So I wondered over to the sporting goods department. I picked up a Zebco 202 combo kit for about $17. It came with a rod, reel and some hooks and lures. I am back into the fishing business. Although I did not catch anything I was fishing.
The next time I am at Walmart I was looking for more suitable bait. As the water I fish in is brackish. I had no idea of what kind of fish caught for the first time. It was a snook. Looked like some kind of bass to me. Gave a good fight. Put it back into the water.
Another Walmart run. Went to the counter with another rod and reel. The guy said forget that one. I have a $50 rod and reel I will sell you for $20. I'm in. Only it did not have any line. I have to buy line. Bought some line and spooled it up.
Then of course you have to have lures. Got a few of those. When I started fishing got into it. I have a few lakes in my complex and two rivers within walking distance. that makes it nice when you can just walk off the patio to a lake. Haven't really caught much and released what was caught.
The state of Florida has a great website that is a big help with the types of fish and size limits and so forth. As I had no clue. The Internet is also helpful with the types of bait.
I it a good thing that I do not have to survive off the fish I catch or don't catch would be a better term. As I would be very hungry.
The next thing is to buy magazines about fishing. About 90% advertising and the rest about these high end fishing trips on $200,000 boats. Nothing about the bottom feeding guy that gets a $20 rod and reel from Walmart.
As time went on I started seeing a lot of other people out fishing. I guess it became the thing to do. Old, young, women and men. A fad. Everyone was fishing. You go to Walmart and they were cleaning out their fishing gear. I ended up getting a couple of more rods and reels and bait. Still catching a few things and throwing them back.
So that is fishing for fun.
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