Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or even her dog in going fishing with her, Lana creates her own boat and lake in her bedroom and soon has all the company a girl could want.

A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.

A young fisher expresses enthusiasm for the sport while acknowledging the many potential distractions surrounding it.

A child tries to catch a fish using such bait as hot dog meat, cookie dough, and spaghetti.

Gus goes fishing for the first time and receives expert guidance from his grandfather.

Young Makoa must have faith in the strength of his aging grandfather.

After having competed with each other in everything and been outwitted by Methuselah, best friends Ivan and Olaf finally find something on which they can cooperate.

Each summer, a young girl and her family travel to remote Egegik, Alaska, where they join a salmon fishing crew.

When Reenie and her mother, who are African Americans, go fishing, Reenie decides to share the secret of their success with their needy white neighbors.

Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.