01-02-2009, 04:30 PM
Hey, man. I feel your pain. I had fished as a kid, but mostly on my own so three or four years ago when I wanted to get into fishing I did not have the slightest idea what to do or use or target. I found that the advice I got from the fellows at the big sporting shops did not help much.
I found a seminar offered through our local (Vancouver, Washington) parks and rec. It was somewhat helpful in finding which bodies of water locally to target and techniques/tackle to use.
The most useful thing I found was the on-line fishing community. This site helped a lot and there is a local fishing site that I read for a long time and it was good except that some folks just do not like to give out locations of their "honey holes" to just anyone. I did make a local connection with another fisherman and he and I went out together a few times and it was very helpful.
Hope this helps. Good luck out there and good on you for taking your boy fishing!
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I found a seminar offered through our local (Vancouver, Washington) parks and rec. It was somewhat helpful in finding which bodies of water locally to target and techniques/tackle to use.
The most useful thing I found was the on-line fishing community. This site helped a lot and there is a local fishing site that I read for a long time and it was good except that some folks just do not like to give out locations of their "honey holes" to just anyone. I did make a local connection with another fisherman and he and I went out together a few times and it was very helpful.
Hope this helps. Good luck out there and good on you for taking your boy fishing!
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