| In the Ontario Fisherman, the editor and
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| | routine and graduated to the bailing-can
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| field staff have constantly promoted what
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| | approach, my Dad began taking me fishing.
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| we feel to be worthwhile ideals for
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| | In the late fifties, fishing Lake Erie
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| Ontario's two-million-plus anglers i.e.
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| | in its heyday, Dad saw to it that my
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| commitments to catch-and-release
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| | brothers and I had the necessary
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| sportfishing, support for fish-rearing
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| | tools-of-the-trade to go fishing-
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| and hatchery projects, opposition to gill
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| | whenever the mood struck us (and the lake
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| netting and incidental catches, and the
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| | let us)- rods 'n' reels, tackle, bait and
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| belief that fishing should be a shared,
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| | a small boat and motor. But he just
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| family experience. In my own fishing, I
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| | didn't turn us loose on the lake to wreak
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| have tried to put into practice a "Take a
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| | havoc. Systematically, Dad began
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| Kid Fishing" attitude.Why? That's
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| | educating us on the important skills we
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| simple. As a tot, as soon as I had
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| | would need to ensure safety, success, and
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| mastered the simple toilet-training
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| | enjoyment.
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