Just a couple days ago I came back from a 5 day backpacking trip into the great wilderness to participate in one of my very favorite American Outdoor Sports, fishing!!!!!!!
Obviously not everyone is made to be a fisherman, it takes patience and just a liking for catching fish. A lot of people don’t have those traits, like my older brother for example. It also takes some practice, casting a pole isn’t necessarily simple and reeling in a big fish takes the right form or else the fish will either break the line or even possibly pull the pole from your grasp. A certain amount of strength is needed to catch bigger fish as well, especially when sea fishing.
Now I will be COMPLETELY honest with you, fishing can be harmful. Just this week my uncle caught a fish that had bitten the hook in a horrible spot, in which case the fish died. The hook was lower in the throat and hooked it in the gills, which are almost equivilent to lungs for a mammal. This doesn’t happen extremely often or anything, but life isn’t always fair. Now, good fisherman who respect the dangers of fishing can do the right thing, we snagged the fish and ate it that night which is a good way to make sure the fish wasn’t wasted. For those vegetartians out there, sorry. The fish was tasty though.
I can see how people believe fishing to be inhuman, it does seem that way sometimes. But most of the time people catch fish they release them and almost no harm is done to the fish at all, really. There are also laws to protect fish from extinction and all. In many places, there are laws that prohibit not releasing fish that are of a certain size. This way it makes sure that the mothers and fathers capable of creating more large fish are kept alive.
For those people who don’t believe in fishing, I can understand, however I will explain why I as a fisherman choose to partake in the sport:
1) Fish are extremely energetic and make it exciting and fun
3) It is one of human’s oldest ways of capturing food
2) Fish are beautiful colors and shapes to look at, it is nice to enjoy the beauty of nature
4) I LOVE the taste of fish
This is all my opinion, but who cares what I think, I care about your opinion. So what do you think about fishing?
