They say that if you give a man a fish then he will eat for the day, but if you teach the man to fish then he can eat for a life time. Well, a couple weeks ago I picked up a new past time and that is fishing. The idea came to me like a cool breeze. I figured that since the summer is coming if would need something to do in the nice weather. Between nine credit hours of summer school and a part time job, I figured I needed something else to do.
The basics of fishing are not that hard actually. I find the hardest part is putting the hook on the line. Hooks are meant to be sharp and man are they. One foul move and there is a insanely sharp piece of metal in your finger (speaking from personal experience here). I tend not to use live bait because I would not want to be a worm speared several times over just to be drowned in the water or eaten alive. So I find that synthetic baits will suffice in catching fish. Speaking of catching fish the little rascals are harder to get off the hook then on. They have needle like fins they use to spear my fingertips at any given chance. But at least they get put back in to the water afterwards.
As of this given moment I have caught four whole fish. I would starve if I had to live off of that. But I am looking forward to summer and all of the good times that await me ahead. Have a safe summer y’all.
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