Seriously, dude i hear you. My grandfather died like 4 years ago and i saw him at the meetings and usually once on the weekends. It was the weirdest thing knowing that he wouldn't be there for my w...
in the words of my great fisher grandfather and uncles, "the point of fishing is not to catch anything. if you think of it that way, you're gonna hate it."
then what is the point of fishing? just to relax and socialize? if that is the point there is no use in going. if you fish for the food, i guess thats a good reason but you can still buy it.
of course you can buy it. you can also watch sports on tv but you usually play them too. (incidentally you can watch fishing too.) its the experience. it teaches patience and you bond with the people around u.