What was your 1st fish

You caught?
Mine was rainbow trout. My dad wasn't big on fishing but he made time to take us individually and together.

My oldest sons was a Fluke, daughter's was a rainbow trout, youngest sons was a small trout.

Bullheads

When I was 4 or 5, I caught bluegill and orange spotted sunfish, on my Mickey Mouse pole, with my maternal grandfather and Uncle David.

Keith

A yellow perch or bluegill probably. Cane pole and worm at a farm pond most likely. Good chance I ate it too.

Bluegill

Walleye, perch or pike I would guess.

Have no idea it was so long ago. But I do remember a picture of a pike my dad was holding up beside me that was as long as I was tall. He said he held the suspenders on my bib overall while I reeled it in. Canada 1957-58

rainbow trout, green river lakes, wyoming, 1977

sunfish,rock bass,catfish.

Turtle on a cane pole.

Small pike. We ate it, mostly bones.

Shough shark 44" was5 years old and there was now way anyone was going to help me wind it in. I was 6 inches taller than it and twice the weight 50 vs 25.

I remember my first fishing pole. two piece bamboo pole, no reel. caught a lot of fish with it. don't remember getting it or my first fish. was probably just old enough to hold it up. when I was 9 I got a brand new fiberglass casting rod with a zebco 202 on it. caught a lot of fish with it too. first fish I ever caught on a artificial bait was with that fiberglass rod and zebco reel. caught a german brown trout on a spinner called a yellow shyster. I remember that day

Bullhead...might be my last as well. I'm about as good at fishing as trapping.

brooktrout with my dad I was about 5

9 1/4 inch brooky...in my mind, I can still see the rock it came out from under to grab that redworm; 48 years ago

Cane pole and small bullheads

Bryce

Could have been a bluegill, could have been a pumpkin seed, could have been a red ear sunfish.
They were all bluegills to us kids.
They were fun to catch anyhow.

Bluegill, ive got a pic here somewhere . Probably about 40 years ago

Bluegill. Caught it with a zebco 202 with my grandpa by my side on the clinch river. Eric

Rainbow trout, I was about 4, living in Portland OR, trolling out of a row boat with my dad and brothers.

My grandfather took me to his friends pond, abt an acre in size.
My dad was with us also along with my grandfathers friend.
I was using a cane pole 6 or 7 feet long with the old type braided line, had a white and red round bobber on it with a split shot 6 inches above the hook..
a wad of red worms on the hook..
I caught a little channel cat abt 10 inches long.
They told me how to grab it so it wouldn’t stick me, of course it did stick me when it started flopping around
2x..
I was 5 or 6 at the time,mid 60’s..
Never will forget it..

Bullheads out of my Uncle's sandpit. I was a teenager before I caught my first Bluegill out of an Interstate lake.



Charlie

Walleye or sauger. I cant remember. I grew up in a commercial fishing family and have been angling since I was knee high to Dad. When I was very young, 6 maybe, I could hand over hand pull a fish in through the ice. Dad taught us that. And to not tangle the line up just because it's exciting, it's, after all, just a fish.

Central Stoneroller, 1957 or 1958. Grand River, Mi. Also, on the same day, I saw my first Porcupine.

I don't remember but knowing my dad it was probably a rainbow trout.

Bluegills on a cane pole about 63 or 64 years ago from a lake somewhere close to Hayward Wisconsin. Granddad was a musky fishing guide back then and kind got me hooked on fishing..

mountain whitefish off the Hiese bridge South fork of the Snake River near Ririe Id. @ 1969
Never saw another angler on the shore, wading or boating.That will never happen again, gets a lot of pressure now.

Bluegills with grampa.

My first fish was a sucker caught in a small creek with a pole made from a dead dried up horse weed.

I wonder how many fish have been caught with a Zebco 202, and how many of those things have been made?
I don't remember my first fish, but I do remember my first rod and reel was the 202.

Bluegill

Very big carp. Pulled me around the bank, fun fish.
Jim

Probably a chub minnow in the creek. Stick with line attached to it. I can still remember the older boy that made my pole and exactly what it looked like 40 years later. Man I was a real fisherman. We used peeled crawdad tails for bait. Fished that way for 6-7 years. The chub minnows fought pretty good. Caught a fair number of bluegill. If you were really lucky you would catch a catfish. If we got bored we tried to catch big crawdads on the bait. Had to pull it up slow to keep them from letting go. Good times.

Bream with my dad. Used an old school cane pole. In the creek behind My house.

Bluegill

Horned chub from a creek that ran thru my grandparent's farm. Caught the odd rainbow in there also but chub would have been the first.


edit: actually now that I googled it I would say it was a horned Dace("creek chub")

Yellow perch through the ice

Bluegill, With my grand parents. I don’t remember if it was with a cane pole or a zebco. I don’t remember, it was over 50 years. Back in my early years of fishing. We just went after perch and catfish for a fish fry. Those were good days! It seams like we had more time to do stuff and spend time with the family.

My first while fishing was with a cane pole, but my first "real" rod and reel was the venerated 202. I believe the Zebco 202 was , without a doubt, one of the best bang for your buck outfits in the entire fishing market! You used to be able to buy the darn reels for $2-$3.

For a short while in late '81 and early '82 my Bride and I lived a short distance from that spot. We rented an "apartment" in the old converted motel located on the very west edge of town, just past the Maverick Station on the road to Rigby.

Can't tell ya what or where my first fish was caught, but could lead you to the very spot I caught my first coyote, and that was sixty years ago, last fall! I remember the important stuff! lol

Bluegill and sunfish out of the creek with my dad and grandma. Forty years or so ago.

not sure ? I would say a Bullhead

Great stories thanks for sharing.
For those with kids & grandkids what was their first fish?

chubs

My first fish caught was a Pumpkinseed Sunfish. A pretty big one. I was fishing with my step Grandfather and messed up the cast. It landed about three feet out and this big pumpkinseed came up and grabbed it. I haven't thought of that in years. I had to be 6-8 probably.

Yellow Perch during spring runs.