Do you remember your first fish?

[tysdad115]

My first striper came in May 09, chunking at the canal sitting there pondering lifes woes and the situation I put myself in. Rod bent in the holder I reeled it in and was 28" , life changed at that moment for me. Too bad I waited until I was 36 to start.

[BaddJack]

I was all of five years old in 1956, fished with my old man off the old wood pier (long gone) off the west side of Castle Island, before the sugar bowl was built.

It was cold and drizzling, probably a Saturday in late April or early May.

After jumping over the broken boards and open holes (scary memories of that), and side stepping all of the brown quart bottles of PBR next to most of the fishermen, I was given a hand line and caught a dinky flounder on sea worms.

It took a few more years before I could get my own brown bottle.

[saltfly]

1957 standing on the Granite Ave. bridge over the Neponset river in Dorchestah.Using a dropline and seaworm.about a 6# cod.what a day.Walked home beaming.Opened the door.......Ma Look what I caught!!! She freaked........In those days lots of fish came over the rail on that bridge.Distincly remember the "pretty colored fish" that were also caught.Searun Rainbows!!!!