The Passion of Fishing is Gender Blind

AUGUSTA,GA / LINCOLNTON, GA - Some would consider fishing merely a sport or a hobby, but to Paula Alexander of Lincolnton it is more than that.

“Fishing is a passion,” she said. “I quit teaching school. I told my own children I was born for this. I have never in my whole life been happier.”Although as a child she fished, it was not until much later that she took it up as a sport. After a tough divorce and an invitation from a friend to go on a bass fishing trip, she was hooked.“Now I don’t have anything else, no other hobbies,”Alexander said.

“I quit painting and drawing. I want to be the female that everyone says ‘I want to be like her.’”Alexander is especially excited about fishing this year because Bassmaster has opened up a whole new opportunity for women.

The Women’s Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year will earn a spot in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic, competing against 50 men.“One of us is going to go down in history as the woman who fished against the men,” Alexander said. “I want to be the female to compete against all those guys.”

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