well, was raised on a farm, no not in a barn..... so neither parent fished much but I was working summers on another farm for car money and they had a very nice pond on it i would fish from time to time..... nothing big just killing time more than anything.
What got me hooked...:} was when one saturday I watch Bill Dance catching some on a crankbait on TV, I went into wally world and saw the same bait, a Fat A, bought it and while waiting for all my friends that night went out to the pond and threw it some only to catch a 6.5 lb... never seen something so big to tell the truth was not even sure it was a bass... can't get enough of it ever since.