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If you fish, you've always got a reason to be outdoors. You can take a lunch and picnic as you fish. You can camp near a lake. You can hike or take a canoe or boat to a fishing spot. Many people build their vacations around fishing. And be sure to take your family or your friends along, for there is no more sociable activity.Fishing gets you involved with nature. There's neat stuff to pick at and play with along the bank and in the water. Hawks and eagles soar overhead, turtles bask, frogs hop. You'll see polliwogs, crayfish, killdeer and, of course, those shiny, wriggling fish that you lure from the deep.Missouri has over 800,000 acres of surface water, and most of it provides great fishing. Our waters hold ancient paddlefish, wary largemouth bass and tasty bluegill - over 200 different species. About 40 of those fish species are the targets of anglers.Over 1.3 million Missourians fish.

Some of them fish for sport or relaxation; others fish only for food. But the majority of anglers reap all the benefits of fishing. They spend quality time on the water and then return home to a satisfying meal of sizzled or grilled fish that they have caught themselves.More people would like to fish. The Conservation Department gets countless requests for information from urban folks, rural folks, single mothers, single dads, busy executives about to retire and recent immigrants from states that don't have good fishing. Lots of people want to fish but don't know how. To hear a fishing professional or an experienced angler talk about structure, patterning, thermoclines, downrigging, flipping, planer boards, crankbaits, jerkbaits and jigs, you would conclude that fishing is an incredibly complex pastime.It doesn't have to be. One of the joys of fishing is that it can be fun and productive at any skill level.

You can complicate the sport with jargon and sophisticated equipment - and you may as you keep fishing - but the whole sport can be pared down to some basic equipment and techniques.This section presents those basics to you. It would take many volumes to introduce you to all the species of fish, all the methods and all the lures, and so much information at once would be overwhelming.Instead, we want to be your guide for your first fishing trips. Let us go with you hand-in hand - like an uncle or parent - to the water and patiently teach you how to catch some fish. We know that once you start fishing, you'll quickly learn to love the sport.