"Just Fishin'" is the title of a song written by Casey Beathard

Casey Beathard

Casey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...

, Monty Criswell and Ed Hill. It was recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins

Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...

, who released it in March 2011 as the first single for his second album for Show Dog-Universal Music

Show Dog-Universal Music

Show Dog-Universal Music is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was formed from the merger of Show Dog Nashville and Universal South Records in 2009...

, Proud to Be Here

Proud to Be Here

Proud to Be Here is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on August 2, 2011 via Show Dog-Universal Music. A deluxe edition with four additional tracks was also released, including a duet with Blake Shelton titled "If I Was a Woman."-Track...

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Content

"Just Fishin'" is a song about a father who is fishing with his daughter. The little daughter only worries about catching fish but father says that they are not "just fishin'" but also making memories.

Critical reception

Blake Boldt of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs up", praising the "sharp details" and "little snapshots of domestic bliss" in the lyrics. It received a four-out-of-five star rating from Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, who said that it "finds Trace comfortably back in father mode". Both Bjorke and Boldt compared the song favorably to Adkins' earlier singles "Then They Do

Then They Do

"Then They Do" is the title of a song written by Jim Collins and Sunny Russ, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in March 2003 as the first and only single from his album Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1....

" and "You're Gonna Miss This

You're Gonna Miss This

"You're Gonna Miss This" is a single by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It is the second single released from his 2007 album American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II...

". Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating, saying that he wished the song weren't "quite so heavy-handed about driving home the theme; a subtler approach could have made it a Strait-type classic."

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in June 2011. It features Trace and his youngest daughter, Trinity.

Chart performance

"Just Fishin'" entered the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts at number 40 on the chart dated for the week ending April 9, 2011. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of June 18, 2011. On the chart dated September 10, 2011, "Just Fishin'" entered the Top Ten, giving Adkins his first Top Ten single since "You're Gonna Miss This

You're Gonna Miss This

"You're Gonna Miss This" is a single by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It is the second single released from his 2007 album American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II...

" in 2008. It peaked at number 6 in October 2011.
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Chart (2011)	Peak position