I started going fishing with my parents when I was only 4 years ancient because we lived on a piece of property with a small lake at that time.
It was freshwater plus had mostly largemouth bass plus yellowgill inside.
When I moved with my mom to the Gulf Coast down south, I finally got a option to do onshore saltwater fishing, catching everything from catfish to baby sharks. Originally my mother would take myself and others to one of the jetties along the waterway inlet in our town. The two of us caught sheepshead plus yellow snapper in those waters before the town built a brand current fishing pier when I was in middle college. The fishing pier was fun to use because it stretched about 100 yards into the ocean plus afforded all sorts of fishing opportunities. While this was good for catching fish that normally don’t come close to the shoreline, the walk back plus forth to the convenient store next to the pier was arduous, especially in the summer. Thankfully a bait, tackle, plus snack booth was built in the middle of the fishing pier to accommodate all the people out there. The two of us could purchase live shrimp or gatorade if we truly wanted it. The small booth had a window with plexiglass plus a little compartment to exchange money. Inside the booth was a window air conditioning system to keep the clerk cool in the sizzling summer time weather. Not only is the bait shop clerk protected from the sizzling rapidly decreasing temperatures outside, but also from any rain or precipitation. I miss fishing on that pier all of those years ago. Hopefully someday when I have my own kids I can take them to the nearest pier to wherever we end up living for the long term.