Fishing with George on 3/31/2006
I had many trips with George to a smal pool of water below a unused bridge in the small creek, which originated from somewhere behind my backyard. Many times we were trying to either get some fish out for George. Most time we just fed the fish.
Summer comes. The fish comes back, too. This time, I was determined to get some fish out with Goerge. Fisrt we had to make a tool for fishing. George thought he could get fish by using the net he used to catch fake butterfly coming out of elephant nose (a toy). I told him that would not work at all. However, he believed that would work. Then I told me we both could have different tools. Jie said that it was better both tools were for George in case George got mad if one tool worked better than the other one. George likes to win. He does not feel good if he does not win.
I made a fishing net using a old fruit busket. That busket was a gift from the homebuilder from which we bought our first home in California. The busket has not handle anymore. Jie still uses this busket for fruits. However, after used for fishing, Jie does not want that busket anymore. I guess we can get a new busket for holding fruits from Costco.
I built multiple handles by using a thin but strong rope. It proved very useful in fishing. Since the busket is lighter than water, it floated at the surface of the water. It could not catch fish that way. So I had to used the bamboo pole for holding the busket under water. The bamboo pole is tied to the rope hands very tightly so the busket will not get off the pole when I take the busket out of the water surface. While the busket was under the water surface, George and I was feeding small pieces of tortia to the fish. Fish likes Bagel, bread, and tortia pieces very much. George, Jie and myself had done that last year also. We tried to throw the tortia pieces near the water surface above the busket. When several fish is near and above the busket, I withdrew back the bamboo pole, the busket floated slowly up to the water surface. When the upper edge reached the water surface, I quickly took the busket out of the water with the bamboo pole. We missed several trials. Overall, we succeeded several times, too. When I took the fish at the bridge, George picked up the fish from the busket and put them into a bucket with water. George was very happy for doing that. Since the bucket was too small, George called Jie to bring a bigger bucket. Overall, we got 15 fish out of the small pool of water.
The next question was if we should release the fish back to the pool. George was not happy about doing that. We considered several options. One was to take the fish back home and put them in the sink. We knew that the fish could not survive well. George did not like to see fish to die. Finally, we decided to release the fish in the creek in near our backyard. However, there were too much vegetation, which prevented us from getting next to the creek water. Then George and I took the bucket of fish to the water pool below the bridge supports the McDermott Road. We release all 15 fish in the shallow water. Since the water was so shallow that some larger fish could not swim out in to the deeper water. I broke a piece of tree branch. I gave the branch to George. He pushed each of the flat fish into the deeper water. Each of the 15 fish swimmed a way. We came home after that.
This was the first time for George to see how to get fish out of the water. George was really happy. Jie was happy about the project, too.
Summer comes. The fish comes back, too. This time, I was determined to get some fish out with Goerge. Fisrt we had to make a tool for fishing. George thought he could get fish by using the net he used to catch fake butterfly coming out of elephant nose (a toy). I told him that would not work at all. However, he believed that would work. Then I told me we both could have different tools. Jie said that it was better both tools were for George in case George got mad if one tool worked better than the other one. George likes to win. He does not feel good if he does not win.
I made a fishing net using a old fruit busket. That busket was a gift from the homebuilder from which we bought our first home in California. The busket has not handle anymore. Jie still uses this busket for fruits. However, after used for fishing, Jie does not want that busket anymore. I guess we can get a new busket for holding fruits from Costco.
I built multiple handles by using a thin but strong rope. It proved very useful in fishing. Since the busket is lighter than water, it floated at the surface of the water. It could not catch fish that way. So I had to used the bamboo pole for holding the busket under water. The bamboo pole is tied to the rope hands very tightly so the busket will not get off the pole when I take the busket out of the water surface. While the busket was under the water surface, George and I was feeding small pieces of tortia to the fish. Fish likes Bagel, bread, and tortia pieces very much. George, Jie and myself had done that last year also. We tried to throw the tortia pieces near the water surface above the busket. When several fish is near and above the busket, I withdrew back the bamboo pole, the busket floated slowly up to the water surface. When the upper edge reached the water surface, I quickly took the busket out of the water with the bamboo pole. We missed several trials. Overall, we succeeded several times, too. When I took the fish at the bridge, George picked up the fish from the busket and put them into a bucket with water. George was very happy for doing that. Since the bucket was too small, George called Jie to bring a bigger bucket. Overall, we got 15 fish out of the small pool of water.
The next question was if we should release the fish back to the pool. George was not happy about doing that. We considered several options. One was to take the fish back home and put them in the sink. We knew that the fish could not survive well. George did not like to see fish to die. Finally, we decided to release the fish in the creek in near our backyard. However, there were too much vegetation, which prevented us from getting next to the creek water. Then George and I took the bucket of fish to the water pool below the bridge supports the McDermott Road. We release all 15 fish in the shallow water. Since the water was so shallow that some larger fish could not swim out in to the deeper water. I broke a piece of tree branch. I gave the branch to George. He pushed each of the flat fish into the deeper water. Each of the 15 fish swimmed a way. We came home after that.
This was the first time for George to see how to get fish out of the water. George was really happy. Jie was happy about the project, too.
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