my grandfather is the reason i like to fish he took me almost every time he went. i was around seven yrs old we fished farm ponds and pay lakes. and i can still remember those bulls walking in the pond on a hot summer day to cool off would scare me to death. but it wasnt untill i met my wife before i found my true love for being on the water my mother and father n law had a lake house on lake of the ozarks in missouri and we went there every weekend one year and i found i could not get enough of it. ive been hooked every since. i hope to retire at a little place on the lake like that. i also feel the people around any lake are so layed back it makes you feel welcome. like your rite at home.