Delayed release

My grandpa loves to fish. He passed this down the family including to myself. So we tend fishing a lot. Some of my earliest memories are times when the family would go fishing. Tutu, which is what we call him instead of grandpa, is always trying to get the family to fish more and more. So none of us were really surprised when he developed a new hobby: bow fishing. Bow fishing is a good mix of hunting and fishing. One uses a bow and arrow with a string attached to the arrow to shoot fish. where…

Overfishing As our population grow the resources decrease one of those resources is fish. Fish is one of the big parts of our food source as the numbers of fish is dropping fast each day passing the less fish there will be in the future. Another example for over fishing is the business. The business takes the fish by pounds they sent out boats or ships to catch fish. They could catch about thousand pounds of fish each day or other weeks. As we people or business people take lots of…

CHECK TIPUPS OFTEN TO TRIGGER MORE STRIKES There's no doubt that ice anglers are some of the most dedicated of all outdoorsmen. Sitting patiently out on a cold frozen lake in search of a few fish is dedication. No argument there. However, in many cases these anglers do too much sitting and not enough moving around. A lot more gamefish can be taken on tipups by simply checking them more often. Yet the majority of ice anglers make the critical mistake of setting their tipups at the beginning…

Commercial overfishing is a problem that is often discussed and scrutinized, with improvements made to fishery sustainability and methods of practice. While this may be considered progress, few species suffer the same peril that the sharks of our oceans do. Sharks are the apex predators of our waters, and if we continue our ways we run the risk of threatening our entire oceanic food chain. One may ask how this has become such a real possibility, and the answer is both simple and disturbing –…

Many people have stress relievers, whether it be running, music, or even retail therapy. However, for me, nature is where I can be myself, the place I can forget about life’s problems and struggles. Although you can do many things in nature, fishing suits me the most. Fishing is calming, stress relieving, and overall therapeutic. Waking up at 4:30 in the morning is something few people will do no matter the reason. As often as I am able, I wake up an hour before sunrise. I get out of bed and…

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I am reading, “The Bass, the river and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Watherell. The story is about a boy who takes his summer crush on a date, but is faced with the struggle of choosing Sheila or the biggest bass he has ever hooked. In this journal I will be questioning and evaluating. While reading this short story I am left to question will the Narrator pick the bass or Shelia Mant. I believe he will pick the bass. One reason I believe this is because the amount of time he spends fishing. In…

Our Favorite Fishing Cooler We are a family that spends a lot of time in the great outdoors. We love taking our boat out for the weekend and during the summer, we spend even more time out on the open water. For us, there is nothing better than the thrill of catching the big one, even when we do end up with just as many fish tales about the ones we almost caught. However, our fishing trips out would not be worth much if we didn’t have a good cooler along on the trip with us. That is why when we…

Last year I went on a fishing trip that would change my life. I was extremely excited to go fishing because I had only done it a few times before. But, the bad part of it is the nine hour drive to the cabin we would be staying at. I dislike long car rides very much so I was not looking forward for that part of the journey. I had to pack a bunch of clothes and supplies that I would need for the adventurous week in front of me. Before we left for the long journey I said goodbye to my mom and made…

My family and I started out the weekend by going fishing. We fished many hours and we hooked into some nice crappies. Our family’s seasonal camper on Lake Shamineau is where we spent most of our time fishing. Routinely spotted were large northern pike and muskies all while looking for schools of crappies and walleyes. Quietly trolling for walleyes, I happened to snag a small fishing rod. By the looks of it, that rod had been at the bottom of the lake for years. Our keep of walleyes was held to…