im 16 and i dont really remember the absolute first fish but i do remember the first crappie that i ever caught. i was fishing with family at a local lake (kiser lake st. paris ohio) and i was fishing with worms and a bobber. which i was young and bored with the fish not biting. when i looked down in the water and there was a dead minnow so i picked it up and put it on my hook. well in a few min.s i was reeling in the coolest fish that i had ever seen (it was shiny). And i liked it, so we went to the lakes bait shop got some minnows and didnt catch another thing. i was a good day though. and as a matter a fact i still go to this lake, im going there this weekend to try to catch that darn fish again although this time he's not being thrown back in. yummy crappie sure do taste good.