Curious about fishing in Russia. How common is it for a few of the guys to go out to a lake or seaside to go fishing? OK, drinking and lying with fishing poles. Is there anything like the BASS fishing culture in the US? How common are small pleasure boats? Sport fishing is a big part of the tourism industry (the biggest industry locally) here on Cape Cod. My Russian and Eastern European friends think it's a bit obsessive until I bring them along.