Right, sort of .... However, cities are increasingly recognizing fishing as family friendly recreation that can draw people to otherwise underutilized public parks. As a result, many towns are incorporating ponds and playa lakes into their parks. These cities encourage fishing and even have the ponds stocked with fish.
The result is, at times, an odd mixture. Geese can be heard honking right along with car alarms. Ducks float on the water while a city bus passes in the background. Then there's this.
I'm enjoying a care free afternoon of fishing while there's some poor sap just a few hundred feet away holding his wife's shopping bag!
It may not be a wooded area with a river, but there are advantages. For instance, easy access to restrooms. If you've ever taken your daughter fishing, you come to appreciate this immensely.
Then there's bait. If worms aren't working and you don't have corn, guess what? There's a store a block away with corn!
Now you do have to remain aware of your surroundings, especially if you're in a city and especially if you're in a less than great neighborhood. For instance, as many times as I've been night fishing on a lake, I wouldn't go fishing at night in the "rough" part of a big city.
Check the parks and recreation department of your city. Find out if there are lakes in which citizens are allowed to fish. Follow all rules, regulations, and laws ... and HAVE FUN!
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