Prairie Fare: Get hooked on National Fishing Month

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Fishing can be a competitive sport and also a relaxing hobby.
Fishing can be a competitive sport and also a relaxing hobby.

“I am going to catch that fish!” my older daughter said, as she shook her little fist. She was only about four years old at the time. I was standing on the dock nearby, watching her fishing attempts. She dropped a line from her junior-sized fishing rod in the shallow water and watched quietly and patiently. I think the striped bass was taunting her: “Catch me if you can!”

She didn’t catch the fish,…