The fish to fishing trip ratio. Calculated by dividing the total number of fish caught in a calendar year by the number of fishing trips by definition, has been nothing short of disgraceful over the past year. It’s for people like us that the japanese decided to award degrees in fishing because though some people may try & try quite hard at that, they really are hopeless. My record stood at 4/10? something like that. A .4 ratio!. And if I were to share that the 4 fish in question were composed of 2 beached 6cm long Salayas & 2 ornamental fish I shamelessly slayed on a coral reef, you might come to terms with how bad things have really been. Of course it’s not been this bad my whole life, there’s been plenty of good years (in my own opinion), but somehow I had the privilege of almost equaling the record of the Tampa bay buccaneers at 0/16 in the context of fishing over the past year.
So needless to say, when I was woken up by Mr.Fish at 3am today, I wasn’t the most optimistic fisherman on the island. But miraculously, we ended catching a good 3kg worth of fresh water fish. Of course this was the first time I’ve been on a fishing trip using a throw net (Highly effective), & though it bears no comparison to the gamesmanship provided by using a rod & reel it did solve the fish to fishing trip ratio. A bit like what screwing a prostitute must be like. Probably no foreplay, getting right down to it & finally probably not as good as the full deal. the catch was plenty, catfish, Lobster, Pethiyo?, Batto, Mal gurami (I think that’s what it was called) & some other fish I can’t name. Now to cast at this secret location during the wee hours of the morning, that’s the obvious next step i guess.
Some videos of the Throw net in action!
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