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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
40 | April 2021
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Russell Bergantino waits for a bite while shing a backwater area.
As the weather warms, many people start thinking about getting outdoors. Most people probably
started shing because a family member, neighbor or close friend loved the sport and wanted to share the experience with a new generation.
From a very early age, I grew up shing and hunting with my Dad. He always used to say, “You can either go shing or take small children shing, but you can’t do both at the same time. Decide what you are going to do and stick with it.”
By that, he meant that if adults want to go shing, they should go with
some likeminded friends and enjoy themselves. However, if they take
young children shing, the adults should focus on making
story and photos by
John N. Felsher
Landing Memories!
A young angler shows o the cat sh he caught in a park pond.
