I don't remember ever NOT fishing. I come from a family in Minnesota where EVERYONE fishes - both the family and the state! My grandparents had a cabin on a lake in Northern Wisconsin and we went there most weekends and for summer vacations. In the winter, we iced fished. At some point, my Dad bought an aluminum fishing boat and then he and I would go out most weekends closer to home as well. We mostly fished crappie. My grandfather always tells a story of taking me out in the boat when I was very young 4-5 and that he never saw a kid who would sit out there and concentrate for so long without saying a word.

We moved to KY at some point and I got away from fishing because it just wasn't like what it was in Minnesota. In the past 5 years or so, I've gotten back into it and have discovered the fishing can be pretty good around here as well.