I can't remember the first fish I caught, but here is the fish that I'll remember the most. Me and dad were fishing our farm pond for crappie. I was using a cork and minnow without much luck. I had finally gotten a bite. Well by then I had about fifty feet of line out floatin on the water. I had consumed a few hot weather beverages so I didn't realize that I had that much line out. I went to set the hook and slung my rod tip up into some tree limbs. My line got tangled up in there and it slid across my cig I had in my mouth. The line burnt through and there went the fish with all my stuff. A little bit later I saw my cork pop back up against the other bank. I grabbed the pond boat and headed out. I finally snuck close enough so I could grab the bobber and line. Well it ended up being about an 8 inch bass. Boy was I ticked!:D