Our Dads

[Lipripper92592]

Dang Onions in here! My mom and my dad introduced me to fishing at a young age. I'd spend countless hours siting in my moms lap, holding my Zebco outfit, just waiting for that "nibble". Good read Mike. Pops is 83 and stage four at this point. I put him in the Jeep on Thanksgiving and drove him to La Jolla and parked on the beach for a few hours just letting him soak it in. It's been over a decade since he's been on a beach. It was just epic, sitting there with him, hearing the waves fall upon the shore. I closed my eyes and I was 8 years old again........

[makobob]

Mom and dad and gramp's all had me fishing by the time I was 5. Gramp was the chaparone for their first date, they went surf fishing in Ocean Beach just on the right side of where the pier is now. Lots of great memories growing up here.

[Lipripper92592]

Dad, when he was a kid, I think this is Santa Barbara. He used to tell how he dropped his fishing pole off the pier when he was a kid. He said something to the effect that it was a solid "steel" rod, square in shape, but tapers to the tip.

And the other photo is his mom, never got to meet her. But I think this shot is around La Jolla/Windansea area. I'm not very familiar with the southern CA coast, but if anyone can chime in on the possible location, it would be greatly appreciated.

[addicted2sp33d]

I've been fishing for as long as I can remember.

My uncle is actually the one who introduced me to the sport. My dad had little interest in fishing. Being a "started from the bottom" blue-collar kind of guy, he felt like sitting around waiting for fish was a waste of time.

However, once he noticed that I was hooked, he would take me fishing all the time, even though he didn't enjoy fishing himself.

My toddler is currently only interested in feeding the fish in our fish tank, but as soon as he decides to drop a line in that tank, I'm getting him out on the kayak!

[surfisher]

Awesome post ....

My dad got me hooked on two things when I was about 5yrs old; surfing & fishing. I still remember going haywire over catching big makeral off the golf ball! Since then, my dad and I still fish quite often from our skiff and constantly try and one up each other in the quality of our catch. I honestly think I annoy the hell out of him by consistently bugging him to get out there with me, but I do think he has a little pride knowing he got me hooked on the ocean. I'm only 22 and am still just as fired up on fishing as I was when I started.

I would love to get him on a yak but I know that won't ever happen, still great to fish with him on a skiff!

[FISH11]

I can remember the times that my dad took me fishing when I was young. Some of my favorite memories are of us fishing La Jolla from the rocks accross the street when we lived on South Coast Blvd 2 blocks south of the childrens pool, we used to get rockfish, some times catch lobster or even abalone in the tide pools. That was La Jolla in the early 1960's, we also would fish the north side of Scripps Pier for corvina, etc.. I too wish I could take my Dad fishing in a kayak but at 93 he has a hard time walking. Often when fishing out there I can look back at the coast line and remember all the areas we fished and how things were, man how time fly's. Like Lipripper92592 said Damn those onions. Thanks Mike for bringing some really good memories of who started me fishing.

[blitzburgh]

I have photos of me in diapers fishing at Pymatuning State Park in PA. My Dad made a conscious decision not to be like most of his family, never leaving the city. With minimal experience, he got us out of the city and into the outdoors and our family never looked back. Though he's getting up there, I'm lucky to still have him around and fish with as much as possible.

Sort of along the same lines, this is why I try to give as much as I can to friends of Rollo. Too many kids don't have that person to expose them to beauty of fishing. I love what they do!