Fishing is a fun sport to enjoy, because it is easier than La Cross, and you can fish with your friends. This story tells you what you need to know about fishing.

Tools for fishing

When fishing, you need a fishing line, a net, a rod with guides, a reel, a hook, a bobber, a weight, a bucket, and tackle box. Sometimes you do not have all of these tools, but you can still fish. For example, if you do not have a fishing rod you can use a bamboo stick instead.

Good locations to fish

In America You can go to these locations: In Michigan, there are many lakes including Seven Lakes, Case- Lake, Hammond Lake, Lake Michigan; In North Carolina there is an Atlantic Ocean with lots of fish. I like seven lakes the most.

The kinds of fish you can catch

In North Carolina you can catch lots of fish. Some of the fish are odd, Some are deadly And some are tasty.

In the north Carolina you can catch these fish: Odd fish: Sword Fish, Sea Horse, Deadly fish: tasty fish: Angel Fish, Stone Fish, Tuna, Cat Fish, Whale, Shark, Batfish, Flying Fish, Dog Fish, Sea Weed Fish, Dolphin, Flatfish, Australian Lungfish, Eel, Sting Ray, Boney Fish, Salmon, trout, an American anglerfish, hagfish, and herbivorous fish.

How to fish

Just use a fork and find a fish and kill it. First you need a string to put it throw the guides then tie the bobber then tie the weight one three times. Once you finish tie the hook on about 5 times. Then hold the reel and open the metal and hold the string and cast. Then wait for a fish to pull on the string and reel it in.

Laws for fishing

If you catch a fish under than 14 inches you cannot keep it. If it bigger than 14 inches you can keep the fish. If you catch a fish that is big, some men trough it back to the ocean.

How to cook the fish

When you bring the fish home you put it in the refrigerator for it to freeze. Once it had frozen you bring the fish to your kitchen you get a big clear boil and a clear corer and put the fish in and start twirling the fish. When you are doing this you can see fish bones are flying all over the place. Then once you’re done get the fish and put it into the oven. The needs to be 400’f.

Cool facts of fishing

1. When a brown trout swims in the river it sometimes goes to the ocean and the trout becomes a salmon.
2. About twice or once a year there is a tournament on fishing. There are so many people who come and go fishing. A lot of people enjoy it. At the end the judge gives trophies and medals to the winners. Only kids under 20 years old don’t need a license. Under 20 years old kids can fish anywhere they want.
3. There are over 30000 known species of fish.
4. Some flat fish hide under the ocean floor and they fish this way. Tuna’s swim 60 m pr. Tuna’s always swim and never stop but if they stop swimming they will die. Tuna’s also sleep when they are swimming. All the sharks losses teeth and grows about 100 more teeth. Fish has a very small brains compared to humans. A fish such as a shark has no bones. Catfish have over 27,000 taste buds. Humans have around 7,000. The most poisonous fish in the world is the stone fish. Its sting can cause shock, paralysis, and even death if not treated within a few hours. The slowest fish is a seahorse. It swims so slowly that a person can barely tell it is moving. The slowest is the Dwarf Seahorse, which takes about one hour to travel five feet. It even looks like it is simply standing up, not swimming Unlikely most other fish, the ocean sunfish does not have a tail. A female batfish can lay 300 million eggs each year. Each egg is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence. Unlike bony fish, sharks and rays do not have swim bladders. They have to swim all the time, even when they are sleeping. Otherwise, they will sink to the bottom of the ocean. Dolphins sleep like this, they close one eye and keep it opened and then they close the other eye and open the other eye and sleep. The batfish plays dead when danger is near. It floats motionless on its side when scared, making it look like a dead leaf floating on the surface of the water. Most fish have little salt in them. Sharks, however, have meat as salty as the ocean they live in.
5. The oldest fishhook ever found dates back to about 42,000 years ago. Seahorses are the only fish that swim upright. The oldest known age for a fish was an Australian lungfish. In 2003, it was still alive and well at 65 years old. Electric eels and electric rays have enough electricity to kill a horse. Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. A seahorse can move each of its eyes separately. One eye can look forward while the other looks backward. Seahorses can also change their color to match their surroundings. Hagfish are some of the slimiest animals on earth. An Atlantic hagfish can make enough slime in one minute to fill a bucket. Saltwater fish need to drink more water than freshwater fish. Since seawater is saltier than the liquids in a fish’s body, water inside the fish is constantly flowing out. If they didn’t drink to replace the lost water, saltwater fish would dry up like prunes. Some fish, such as the herbivorous fish grazers, often lack jaw teeth but have tooth-like grinding mills in their throats called pharyngeal teeth. Most fish can see in color and use colors to camouflage themselves or defend themselves and their territory. Most fish have the best possible eyesight for their habitat and can most certainly see you peering at them in a fish tank. Some fish can see polarized and ultraviolet light. A fish does not add new scales as it grows, but the scales it has increase in size. In this way, growth rings are formed and the rings reveal the age of a fish.

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