What did Mr. Lincoln enjoy doing?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Troy,
Michael Burlingame writes:"Lincoln's only other recorded episode [the first was about farm work] in his Kentucky youth dates from the War of 1812: 'I had been fishing one day and caught a Little fish which I was taking home. I met a soldier in the road, and having been told at home that we must be good to soldiers, i gave him my fish.'"(The quote was reported by Nicolay and Hay).
So, from where do you know how he felt about it?