美国人钓鱼在方法上与中国人截然不同。中国恐怕从三千年前的姜子牙起就是稳坐钓鱼台，也就是说中国人从来都把钓鱼看成一种修心养性的静功；美国却恰恰相反……就让我们看一看下面的文章吧。
“Fish On!”
By Arthur Schneider
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Imagine yourself, swimming underwater, minding your own business, and you see a tasty snack dangling out in front you. You bite on it, but you then feel a hook going through your lip and you are being pulled out of water. Thankfully, this is not you, but this was a bluefish, the tasty snack was a small butterfish and this was his last supper. I encountered this bluefish on a chartered fishing boat with a party of 40 of my colleagues.

In chartered fishing boat is a pleasant way to be introduced to the sport of fishing. They supply you with a fishing rod and the bait. You just bring some food and drinks for the day, and some sea sickness medicine if required. The charter fishing industry can be a lucrative business for an entrepreneur. If you like being out on the water and you like fishing, then this business keeps you and your lifestyle afloat. You buy a boat that can carry about one hundred people, they each pay $60 a shot. So one run can bring in $6,000 as well as bluefish and other ocean fish for your customers.

Experienced fishermen own their own boats for their sport. But the charter boat experience is good for the beginner fisherman as the crew will help you bait the hook, help you reel in your catch and fillet the fish for your evening meal. As the captain and his crew want you to enjoy your experience and return as a return customer, they want to make sure you catch fish. They even have electronic devices on board to locate where the schools of fish are hanging out.

For bluefish, you cast out your line about 20 feet and slowly let out your line as the boat drifts forward. Once your feel a tug on your line you need to start reeling in the fish, otherwise he will grab the snack as well as your hook. When you feel you have a firm grip on the fish, you call out “Fish On!” to alert one of the crew members to come and help you reel in the fish.

Having never caught a fish before, it was quite a thrill to finally reel one in. As soon as the fish took the bait, I immediately pulled in my reel. I called out to the crew “Fish On!” and I started reeling in my catch. He was quite a fighter, weighing in at 4 kilograms, he put on quite a fight. The seemingly frail nylon fishing line and thin fishing rod, proved to be very resilient as I kept winding in my fishing line. I don’t know if it was fear, or the pain of the piercing or just a natural survival instinct, but this fish was not giving in. Finally, I got him out of the water and the crew member used a net to help me get the big fellow out of the water and into the boats refrigerating unit.

Americans prefer to eat the tender white meat of the fish and discard the rest. So as we were returning to port, one of the crew members took everyone’s catch and with his special fillet knife, cut off the head, cut off the tail and sliced the skin and fat off of either side of the fish. Leaving only the white meat, called the fillet. As he was flailing away, the discard was thrown on the floor of the boat and washed into the ocean merely by the slickness of the boat deck and the incline of the boat.

Tempted by the aroma of the fish, a flock of seagulls swooped behind the boat, thinking they might get dinner. But alas, the remains of bluefish sank into the ocean water. The only ones eating fish today were the paying customers.

All in all it was a very productive day for me. Leaving me with the thrill of the catch and a supply to last me a month. A much more interesting experience than a trip to the fish monger at the local supermarket.