First Ever Fish

[Elton]

Mine would have been a flounder or eel from the river in Rowhedge, nr. Colchester, although I did used to accompany my dad on many sea fishing trips from a very young age.

[Chris Plumb]

First fish I caught - on my own- would have been a stickleback from the River Whitham in Grantham circa 1967 aged 6. I use to watch them gorge themselves on a lob worm and then lift them out and put them in a bucket - never actually hooked one!!! Kept in a tin bath outside the back door and released at the end of the school hols!

 

 

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[basshead07]

well my first fish was a 1lb bass from langstone harbour in portsmouth my first course fish was a small roach but my second was a 3lb tench

[Marginmaster]

A "Bett Lynch" lookalike bird by the name of Sheila Skeets used to run it on behalf of the council.Had a small chalet in the diving board corner.

 

God yeah I remember her now, wonder if she is still there..............

[Rob Ward]

I was exceedingly lucky with a Perch that was probably the best part of two pounds, my older cousin who'd taken me after months of badgering was jealous and I was hooked for life.

[wanzelbin]

Whenever I used to hook a fish, my dad would grab my rod off me and land it himself, explaining that I was too young to handle it properly.

First one I can remember landing on my own was a 2lb pike while spinning on a river in Glen Mullardoch in Scotland on holiday when I was about 11 or 12.