Has anybody ever been cut by breaking fishing line?
They make edge trimmers for lawns that just spin around a short piece of fishing line at high speeds, so it's well known that the stuff can cut. With monofilament, the stuff stretches before breaking, so when it breaks it can whip back awfully fast and cause some serious damage. You learned that 4 pound can cut you, 80 pound is 20 times as strong, so it'll whip back 20 times faster. (It's thicker so it isn't as "sharp" as 4 pound, but it'll still hurt a lot more.) When I snag bottom in the ocean and pull to break off (usually 20 to 40 pound line) I hold the rod tip down, pull it tight, and walk backwards, so if the line breaks near or above the surface it won't shoot back and hurt me (or an innocent bystander). (A question about line breaking and whipping back and a whole bunch of answers about cuts caused by wrapping line around fingers. Am I the only one here who actually read the question?)
Why would anyone use a lizard as a fishing bait?
Bass, pike and many similar fish are carnivores and will often jump at the chance to eat a decent-sized animal swimming at the surface. Lizards and salamanders commonly find themselves treading water, where they are prey to many underwater hunters. Salamanders and newts actually spend much of their time in the water, where they search for small insects or bits of detritus.Most of the time, artificial lizard lures are used. These not only save actual lizards from use, but they sometimes come with neat little additions like flashy speckles or enticing scents. Their tough, rubbery nature means you can easily reuse them. Some are also somewhat buoyant making it easy to simulate a small swimming lizard, though most ‘lizard’ lures seem to be used to simulate salamanders searching for detritus.There are some, and I should hope relatively few in comparison to the larger fishing community, who do use live lizards they caught and hooked onto a line. The rationale here is live bait moves in the most convincing way to a fish because it’s actually alive, literally the reference point for realism. However, I find this both incredibly unnecessary, unethical, and, the factor the people who do this may deem most important, ineffective. Not only is this a grueling final experience for the lizard, but you will get only a short period of actual ‘lively movement’ before it bleeds out, runs out of energy or collapses from shock.If you are a good fisherman, it’s relatively easy to realistically simulate the movement of a lizard across the water or a salamander underwater using an artificial lure . It’s even a good portion of the fun of fishing. You don’t need to bring in animal torture to enjoy yourself on the water.Top-water lizard actionUnderwater ‘lizard’ action test simulating a salamanderMore of the same, but go to 1:09 to see the action.
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Have you ever had to fish something important out of a toilet?
Yes, I dropped my wedding ring in the commode. It wouldn’t have been so bad if that was all there was to it. The ring was surrounded by an ominous looking #2, ugh. What would I do? I thought about it for a few minutes, weighing my options. I put on my big girl panties along with the rubber gloves I had retrieved from the kitchen. I held my breath and went in for the kill. I was so grossed out due to my very sensitive gag reflex. Mission accomplished I began the cleaning commencement . 5 rinses later I let out a sigh of relief. From that day forward I’ve kept the toilet seat down unless It’s in use, ugh!
Did they ever go fishing during the potato famine?
They DID go fishing. As much as they were able to. 'Fishing' is a logical step in times of famine, and there is absolutely no reason they would not have tried it, to the best of their resources. Several factors would have stood in their way, however. First of all, fishing from the shore is not highly productive. Second, most farmers would have lived a long distance from the sea, or from convenient lakes and rivers--Many of which were state-owned or owned by landlords, which made them inaccesible. This left, as the only possibility, learning how to get out on a ship and go fishing; which is not easy to do. (If you've never gone fishing before, ask anyone who's done so.) It's something that requires a fair amount of skill. And then, they would be in competition for fish with all the other highly-skilled fishermen. Finally, it must be noted that 'food security' is something that belongs to modern times. Until the 19th century (or possibly later) famine was a regular event in Europe, occurring every 5-10 years. (Which is one reason why, if you walk into a historic graveyard, you'll find many deaths of people who are very young.) Europe was not able to cure previous famines with fishing; nor could it by this means cure the Potato famine.
Has anybody ever caught a fish using broccoli as bait? Is this extremely unusual?
Depends on what kind of fish it was. Sailor's choice (pinfish, whatever) will hit just about anything you put in front of them, and there's other fish that are the same way. It's interesting, and I'm curious as to what kind of fish it was, but am I struck speechless? Not quite.