Personal Narrative Essay About Fishing

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Prompt 1
It was a sunny day, the creak of a boat below me gave me rhythmic music to listen to while learning this new experience. I smelt the scent of fresh fish and my pudgy hands gripped the pole that strung to my first catch. It quivered and twitched in the alien air that singed its lungs. In the corner of my eye I could see my father’s smile and approval.
It was my first day fishing. My father’s favorite pastime was fishing, and would find himself either talking about it, or increasing to his haul for the summer. Today would be the first day for him to take me out on the family boat on Lake Linka, hand me a pole, and let me try my hand at casting for a prey. Already in the moment of completion, I found myself too, with a smile equal of size to my father’s.
I did not think of the events that were to occur after the catch, and when it finally hit me that the fish dangling on my pole does not equal a cooked …show more content…

I slowly slid my fingers around the sunny. Its scaly skin met my soft, fear and fat filled hand. I drew it towards my face and became face to face with my irrational fear. I took my other hand and gripped the neck of the hook asked my dad the technique for removing the hook. He gestured a scooping motion, showing that the hook must be removed at an angle.
I followed his gesture and yanked in several ways, all of which covered my head with the grimy interior of the fish. Soon enough the hook would be dislodged in a quick almost popping motion. The fish would for a second time hit the floor and would be swept up by my dad, quickly examined and thrown over the boat, “Wait, we are not going to keep it?” I yelled. My dad responded promptly “It’s too small, Alex.”
And on that day I learned how to deal with irrational fear and unhooked a fish. Although the concept was simple I found myself in legitimate panic. Disregarding the rage that occurred after my dad threw the fish, I reflect on that day and find it as a valuable lesson from my

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