Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Funeral Of Hearts on January 06, 2011, 09:14:18 PM
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Just had an email from my mom, she must be going through old pictures. She sent me this beauty. This was apparently my first fish I ever caught, it was taken at Como Lake in Coquitlam in August of 1985, I was 4 years old at the time. Ive been fishing ever since....
Anyone else have any "first fish" pictures?
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Raven2k/august1985.jpg)
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great pic, reminds me allot of the days when i was a kid in the seventies fishing that lake,brings back allot of great memories.
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I have pics of my first fish i reeled in by myself but i have no scanner to upload it. I was 4yrs old Barfishing the Fraser in Deroche and landed my first salmon unassisted, fish was around 4-5lbs. I had landed lots before that even monsters but always had the help of my dad holding up the big rod and holding my lifejacket handle so i didnt get pulled away ;D I was basically born with a fishing rod in my hand because my mom fished (with my dad) right up until the day i was born. I was actually in the boat (on a lake) with my dad a month or so after being born (in my playpen of course)
Now i have my own kids and my son wasnt even a year old yet when he was helping daddy and grandpa haul in pink salmon, cant wait for this year when he will be able to almost reel them in himself ;D
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Now i have my own kids and my son wasnt even a year old yet when he was helping daddy and grandpa haul in pink salmon, cant wait for this year when he will be able to almost reel them in himself ;D
My daughter was about 2 years old when she reeled in her first fish. Shes 5 now and will be coming pink fishing with me. Should be fun!
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That's awesome. I wish I could come across some of when I was a kid. I do remember the story of the first one I caught however. I reeled it in and didn't know what to do with it. Practicing conservation at a young age I suppose. Dad took it off the hook and handed it to me and I tossed it back in the lake. ;D
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Cool pic! I just love the old fishing photos.
Don't know if I have any "first fish" pics as most of those are in albums in my parents basement, but my mother did send me a few pics from the early days last week.
This one goes back a ways.
(http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab163/bc_angler/scan0091.jpg)
Actually I wasn't even born, it was the summer of 1974 and my father somehow talked my mother "who was 8 months pregnant" into a fly-in trip for smallmouth and walleye in Northern Ontario. The doctor said it was ok so she agreed.
When they flew home the landing was a little rough and my mother ended up giving birth a couple days later :o .
Here's a pic from my first fishing trip, I was three months old and we were doing some late fall camping on the French River.
(http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab163/bc_angler/scan00022.jpg)
Fast forward some 30+ years, mom and I doing some steelhead fishing on the vedder "circa 2005".
(http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab163/bc_angler/scan00672.jpg)
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these had to be scanned.
i'll be celebrating the 3rd anniversary of my 29th birthday this year.
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I know I have some old fishing photos in the parents photo albums. Heres one that was sent to me months ago via email. No fish in the photo but I caught many rock cod and perch off that dock in Pender Harbour, even a ling cod once. That photo would be late 80's. The last time I visited that cabin was in 2004, unfortunately the days of catching anything off that dock is long gone.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6XWcJzefmfA/TSbYchpc02I/AAAAAAAAAHA/5ha9Qf28hxw/s1600/penderharbour.jpg)
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Family...in Ontario...looks fun...fishing in suits and dresses ;D
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(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/123VAGAbond/firstsalmon2.jpg)
First salmon August 1950 off Cape Lazo near Comox on a Lucky Louie plug. The rod is just for show, it was caught on a hand line from a rowed boat. Dad handled the gaff as we didn't have a net in those days.
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu192/123VAGAbond/firsttrout.jpg)
First trout, cutthroat and dollies, taken in Lower Campbell lake out from Forbe's Landing on willowtroll and worms, May 1951.
That batch of fish did things to my head, I have been chasing fish ever since.
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Nice pic D.... is that from last week??? ;D
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Oh ya, been catching the steelies since i was a toddler. Even got the dead eye hatchery hero shot pose.
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Chehalis hatchery with friend Chris. Not sure where she is now but those were the days where we can easily hook into 6 or more steelhead in a day.