what's so great about fishing?

Question

Is it catching something that's wild, the interaction, however cruel, with nature? Is it a reason for looking at a body of water and nature without getting bored or looking like your a nature-lover? What makes people doing something as inactive and boring as that?

Answer 1

imagine that fishing is like playing your favorite video game, or like playing a guitar, the more you do it the more you learn. if you make anything you do a learning experience you will find some joy in it.

I am a bass tournament fisherman, and I really enjoy it because there are so many factors that decide whether you do well or poorly. there are different challenges to every body of water that you fish, so your learning curve, and how large or small you you make that curve is going to be a factor in how well you do. For instance, if you go bass fishing with one rod and only one color of one type of plastic worm, you are making the curve too small. Sure sometimes you might catch 10 fish, and others you may catch none. but imagine this. You research the body of water that you are going to fish, find out what the structures are that are present. you then decide on different colors and different types of lures and presentations to use, and then you have a successful fishing trip no matter how many fish you caught but the quality of the fish was exceptional. Because you were able to learn what the fish were biting and why they biting that particular lure or lures you are able to relate that to other fishing trips and make them successful also.

Weather, water clarity, time of year, current or no current (movement of water), water temprature, and physical atributes of the lake all have a bearing on fishing. Each time I have a new partner at a tournanment i learn something about these things that I did not know before.

It is like a chess match. you make a move the fish make a move. the thrill is in figuring them out. and it is a continual learning experience. that's my 2 cents for what it is worth!

Answer 2

Fishing like anything else in life is as boring and inactive as you want to make it. There are extremes from driving right up to your fishing spot and staying there all day - to hiking miles through the countryside to get somewhere completely away from it all. It is often about the challenge and often about being part of the environment. There is a huge variety of options and each will suit different people. If you are curious you should talk to various people and give different types a try. Boring/inactive - that sounds like a description of certain people rather than a hobby!!

Answer 3

I've hiked over 7 miles in a day just to catch 3 trout. How is that inactive? Also, it is a great excuse to get outside and enjoy nature. I have a good day fishing whether I catch something or not. If I do catch something it is a bonus in the form of a healthy meal that I procured for myself. What is not to like? Seriously.

Answer 4

Sounds corny, but if you've ever seen the sun come up (or set) over the ocean while your far offshore on a boat with some good friends, you'd get it. It's like an escape from the crazyness of the regular world. And if you've ever been sportfishing, you'll never call it "inactive" again.
By the way, I catch and release close to 100% of my fish.

Answer 5

Yeah, what an insulting question...

I fish tournaments, and it is far from sitting on your bum and drinking beer all day and staring at a pole stuck in the mud. (That would be bank fishing, and yes...you can drive right up to do it, or hike for miles to a certain cove, if you don't have a boat.)

It is a test of mental and physical endurance, while maddening yourself with the frustration of trying to figure out where they are at, and which color/ type of lure they will hit.

Once you get a monster to hammer down on your lure, you'll know the thrill of what draws us into fishing. Is it hooked, will it stay on, is the line strong enough, is the drag set right...HOW BIG COULD IT BE??!!! You don't know until you boat it!

And yes, "Geting away from it all." Even if we catch nothing that day, it is time away from work, the screaming toddler child, and the Mrs. PRICELESS!!! (Well, not priceless...it can get rather costly, but worth it!!!) :)

My 2 cents...you can keep the change!

Answer 6

i always put my fish back so its not that cruel i am disabled and get a very good adrenalin rush when i catch a big fish its a good pain killer. me and my partner sit and watch the wildlife as well as fishing its amazing how close some of the birds and animals will come to you if they know you have food we have fed mice and voles by hand and some of the finch bird family babies. you also forget about things like your bills and any worries you may have you just think about catching the next fish. hope this helps

Answer 7

Fishing is a brilliant sport and very often catching a small but wild brown trout can be much better than going and catching a specially reared fish thats 20lb

Answer 8

Everyone has already answered well!

Couldn't add much more, but here is my 2 cents-

Like any hobby, it is "fun" (for me) and eating a nice fish dinner that I caught is a bonus!

Explain why anyone would want to bang on a drum all day?

Bottom line-It's just personal preference!

And until you try it , you should not condemn it.

(PS: Smiley-Well said!)

Answer 9

The catching & reeling in of the fish is the best!! Especially if you know where to go fishing. I like going fishing when I am camping and then cooking the fish on the fire!!

Answer 10

Fishing is a philosophical experience. When the fish aren't biting one sits and ponders plenty. When the fish are biting the action and the quick movement of life becomes intense.