Have you ever heard the expression "go fish?" Well you may be surprised to learn it isn't just a card game, but a reference to an activity that millions of Americans enjoy every year - fishing! But how can the average kid learn about fishing? Through what may be the exact opposite of fishing... comic books.


Yes, fishing fun is just around the corner. Also just around every single corner in 1980 was the artwork of Dan DeCarlo! In between his work for Archie Comics, his corporate stuff for Kool-Aid and Carvel, and these educational giveaways, that guy was certainly getting a lot of work in this time period!


Ah yes, the age old problem of kids on summer vacation, there's nothing to do. How awful, having to deal with long stretches of unscheduled time. It must be really terrible for you kids, dealing with such a crisis, he said sarcastically.


You don't know anything about fishing? Well, first you get a really powerful magnet from the Harbor Freight, attach it to a length of cable or strong rope, find a bridge over a body of water in an urban area, and then... wait, there are other kids of fishing?


Fishermen love explaining what they're doing, as long as you accept "be quiet, you're scaring the fish" as an explanation.


The greenish color of the water is caused by harmless algae. On the other hand, the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, found in some lakes and ponds, is invisible! Enjoy rolling them dice, kids.


Oh sure, nothing better than listening to some stranger tell us how nothing's biting today, things here aren't like they were when he was a kid, they were jumping out of the lake into his basket back in the old days, let me tell you...


The can rig is better, because an empty soda can is absolutely free, while a cane pole might run you three or even four dollars!


Any sheltered place is a good fishing spot? Bus shelters, picnic shelters, fallout shelters? Got it!


Sir, just hold that same pose while you explain what a bobber is and why you have to keep changing the depth of the bait until the fish start biting, that's all there is to it, finding the correct depth, fishing is an exact science, sure buddy.


Basically if you can jam a hook through it, some desperate, exasperated fisherman somewhere has tried to use it for bait.


So we have to throw hooks into the water and then stand around on the creek bank until something bites, and after we haul it in, we need to look out for its dangerous sharp spines? Why are we doing this again?


"I don't get a lot of dinner guests, so I'll take whatever companionship can help ease my painful loneliness!"


No sir, no veneral diseases among the fish in THIS pond! Now make a circle with your thumb and fingers for some reason.


Not sure what a fish is? Check with your local conservation agency, or a dictionary or encyclopedia, I suppose.


You find a good fishing spot and it's only a matter of time before the hipsters and the casuals start moving in.


First you flip the little bail lever over and then you hold the line with your finger, and then you cast, and you forget to let go of the line, and the tackle swings around and you get whacked in the face with the baited hook. At least that's my experience.


Or this, this is bringing back some real golden fishing memories too. Those sinkers ain't cheap!


It wouldn't be a fishing story if some old guy with a hat and a pipe wasn't challenging some young whippersnapper to a knot tying contest. Next he's going to be telling us how the USS Indianapolis sank.


"What, this? Just a top from Nordstrom's, and I found these jeans at a vintage store, and... oh, the fishing pole!"


The spincast with the thumb button is the easiest to use, except when the line gets snarled up inside the housing. That's when things get complicated.


Sure, it's definitely a whopper, and certain to increase in size every time you tell anyone about it later!


Don't give that rod any slack! If it has time to lean, it has time to clean!


It's easy to skin bullheads with a sharp knife and pliers! You know what's also easy to skin with a sharp knife and pliers? Anything else with skin.


Bob just wanted to spend a day fishing in the park, he didn't want to have to spend his afternoon explaining to dim children that a "sinker" is a... thing that sinks. That's what a sinker is.


Next up: "let's give these kids a chance to paint this fence!" followed by "These kids would love to help mow the lawn!" and "Boy, I wonder if these kids would like to find out what it's like to take out the trash!"


Quick, comp his room and meals, make sure his bar tab is covered, and send him some complimentary champagne! With luck we can get him to drop ten or fifteen large tonight!


Carp. The trophy fish for when there aren't any other fish around anywhere!


The most rewarding part of any fisherman's day - surprising the wife with a bunch of slimy, smelly fish for her to clean and cook! For extra credit bring along some neighborhood kids who will also need feeding. Wait a minute honey! What are you doing with that fillet knife? Keep back!


Fish are easy to prepare and are delicious! Just make sure you use enough corn meal, flour and seasoning. Lots of corn meal, flour, and seasoning. No, keep going. I'll tell you when to stop.


Fishing is fun for everyone and it's right in your own neighborhood! Just check with your local fish and game commission about licences and permits, and with the regional conservation authority about water quality. And with your mom before you come home expecting her to gut and scale a string of whatever's been biting today that you didn't throw back! Also, look out for those snapping turtles. You need all ten toes!


So if you have to get hooked on something, get hooked on fishing! It - or rather one of the many hooks involved - will undoubtedly get their hooks in you!

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