What we found out yesterday: mints (mentos/polo) are very poor baits for fishing. Not because fishes don't like mint, on the contrary they seem to like mint, but because mints are too big for the fishes' mouths. All they can do is nibble.
The story:
Kela, Yusuf, the wife, and myself were walking around the willowtree lake yesterday, and encouraged by the large numbers of fishes, we decided to try our hand at catching some. Armed with a piece of dead branch, some thin rope-like plant stems, and some mints (the only edible item we had on us at that time), we put our fishing talents to the test. The plan was to pull out the fishing line as soon as any of the fishes took a bite at the mint. Flock to the mint they did, but alas, none could bite and hold on to the mint.
Frustrated by our failures, kela and I resorted to throwing mint pieces into the water to attract the fishes and then spearing down on them with the dead branch. I swear I almost hit one fish. Maybe there is an injured fis limping somewhere in the lake right now.
I'm sure if our lived depended on it, we could have figured out a way to catch some fishes, even with the extremely limited resources tht we had on hand.
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hahaha..
ofcourse making somu eat the fish will be a whole another story :))
yeah i started rollerblading.. will be doing it on my cross training days (mostly sundays).
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