Great story!
I didn’t grow up by a lake. But Dad took us fishing. The earliest I can actually remember any of is a trip to Canada when I was 6.
I’d have loved to retire by a lake, but all I’ve got is a backyard that floods in heavy rains, and lots of places to fish locally. ;-)
We have a nearby lake stocked with bass and crappie. Since I do the farming and gardening, my husband has decided his contribution to self-sufficient food is to learn to crappie fish. He has been on the lake at dawn once a week and caught quite a few and cooked them. Surprisingly good!
One of my “dreams” is to dam part of our creek and raise catfish. Hubs says that if it rains they will all wash away so I’m pondering how that would work.