Conquering Fear Fear can hold a person back from accomplishment. My first experience fishing has allowed me to do things I couldn’t before it. Going on my first fishing trip has taught me the value of trust and to conquer my fears. The roar of the twin outboards pierced my ears amidst the screeching of seagulls, the hum of the distant freighters waiting to enter the Delaware channel, and my own screaming. We were en route to a spot by Fourteen Foot Bank lighthouse. My father had the “Carol-Lin”; a 22 foot Johnson center-console, wide open throttled. The Carol-Lin was skipping across the bay like a stone. At the console was my dad and his friend Don, and up front were my sister, mom, and I. Don is an older retiree who lives in a