I went fishing as a kid (little kid, 3-5, thereabouts), because my grandfather is an obsessive sort of fisher (when we would vacation somewhere, he would leave at 5 a.m. to go fishing and not come back until 6-7 at night, when the fish stopped biting). He had this secret sauce bait he used, and he modified his fishing poles to make them more effective, that sort of thing. I enjoyed hanging out with my grandfather, but I actually hate fishing itself. In the words of Dave Barry, "Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting." I'm not so much disgusted by fishing, but I feel sorry for the fish. So overall, I didn't enjoy the experience much (and less and less the older I got), and wouldn't do it voluntarily as an adult.