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BEGINNER STUFF!
REPORT BY NICK
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are
normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching
fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling
and trapping. Fishing may include catching aquatic an-
imals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods,
crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally
applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals,
such as whales where the term whaling is more appropri-
ate. According to the United Nations FAO statistics, the
total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers
is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture
provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 mil-
lion people in developing countries. In 2005, the world-
wide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild
fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilo-
grams harvested from fish farms. In addition to provid-
ing food, modern fishing is also a recreational pastime. Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least
the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about
40,000 years ago.Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains
of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from
eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed fresh-
water fish. Archaeology features such as shell middens, dis-
carded fish bones, and cave paintings show that sea foods
were important for survival and consumed in significant
quantities. During this period, most people lived a hunt-
er-gatherer lifestyle and were, of necessity, constantly on
the move. However, where there are early examples of per-
manent settlements (though not necessarily permanently
occupied) such as those at Lepenski Vir, they are almost
always associated with fishing as a major source of food.
1.TYPES OF FISHING REELS 2.TYPES OF FISHING LURES
The next important part of your fishing outfit is your reel.
There are two categories of reels; spinning reels and fly
reels. Fly reels are for fly fishing, and fly fishing is a differ-
ent animal altogether. For now, lets stick to spinning reels. Lures are less messy than bait. Lures gut hook fewer fish
(gut hooking is when the fish takes the hook deeply, or
even completely swallows the hook). Lures allow you to
cover more water, even from shore or a pier. You can tar-
get the species you are after more efficiently with lures.
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