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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #75 - May 13^th, 2012, 8:41pm

Not in the "nassa", because it's a trap made for cuddlefish only. I like that trap because it does not consent unnecessary and unintended killing.
But there're other traps for other fish, like another one which purpose is to catch lobsters (and on a side, I almost got a lobster with my bare hands on a diving last Saturday - it was small but catching them on their own habitat is something really exciting!). I didn't get the lobster, but I found the piece of an amphorae 10 minutes later... will make a new topic soon

By the way I'm writing the tutorial right now, just wait a bit

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Mauro Fiorentini Slinging.org Moderator Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3072 Gender:	Re: primitive fishing Reply #77 - May 16^th, 2012, 8:18am It's the same... the food is the goal Greetings, Mauro.
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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #79 - May 21^st, 2012, 10:18am

Back when I had a nice recurve/laminate bow, I tried an afternoon of bowfishing down on the Black river. I knew from my regular fishing adventures that there was a backwater down there full of carp.
I bought one of those cheap tape-on line holders and a couple of fiberglass fishing arrows, the ones with the rubber "fletching".

That would have been in the early 70s.

I scared a lot of carp.... Trying to figure out exactly where the fish actually were took some doing....Refraction effects, you know. I think I actually got an arrow to scrape one with one shot....

Recently, I've seen video footage of contemporary archers shooting the infamous "jumping" carp in MIDAIR! Looks wild.

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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #80 - May 27^th, 2012, 7:50am

Quote from ben_banned on Sep 1^st, 2005, 1:19pm:

you can take the husks of either black walnut or horse chestnut grind them into a powder and put them into the water then wait drown stream fish will start popin up because the powder sucks the oxygen out of the water

Florida has no Black Walnut or HorseChestnut trees to suck the oxygen out of the water.
We have politicians to suck the oxygen out of the room.
Moral: live outside; there are more fish there.

Back to topic: Primitive Fishing.
1) use primitive bate.
2) swim in clear water and catch your fish by hand spear.
3) swim in murky water and let the gators come to you.
I live near Lake Jessup with about 6,000 gators available for a quick bite.

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bigkahuna Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Posts: 3687 Gender:	Re: primitive fishing Reply #81 - May 27^th, 2012, 9:10pm Great!!! So between you and Greenman we have a couple of places to get rid of the bodies.
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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #82 - May 28^th, 2012, 6:25am

'primitive' fishing usually has two components.
1) a trap for set and forget
2) either a spear of line based fishing method.

in a serious survival situation, you'd probably need both.

That is one big crocodile, I guess you could use a variation of the inuit polar bear bait trap for crocodiles.
It's a bit brutal - but if it's you or them...

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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #83 - May 28^th, 2012, 4:57pm

Hey Curious, good to see you.

I agree with the Popeil "Set-It-Forget-It" Fishmaster 2000 method but it only works when the natural wildlife isn't going to take your catch away.

Here in Florida we have Gators to pillage your traps, Bears, Otters, Hogs, Panthers too that will steal your fish. We have Snaping Turtles that can sever a leg and some kind of prehistoric fish that can walk on land and climb trees to get birds.
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No, a trap would have to be watched so you just might should just use a pole or spear or bow.

Swimming in gator infested water is not advised but in some clear spring waters you could spear dive safely. Knowing which ones is the trick. Most any spring fed flowing well is good. I've seen some BIG Tilapia in the springs so that's where I would start.

As for primitive style, I would use a 15 foot bamboo pole with a barbed and tethered head. Clear wather makes it hard to sneak up on fish but at that length you won't have too much dificulty.
The most easiest way is to just pick those tree climbing catfish off the branches although they don't taste as good as Tilapia.

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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #84 - May 28^th, 2012, 5:04pm

Quote from bigkahuna on May 27^th, 2012, 9:10pm:

Great!!! So between you and Greenman we have a couple of places to get rid of the bodies. Roll Eyes

You've been watching too much TV.
Gators don't digest human bones, they pass through too fast and leave enough DNA for any CSI to find.

If you need to get rid of bodies I suggest starting a new discussion thread.
And please don't ask me 'cause I don't give my secrets away.

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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #85 - May 28^th, 2012, 8:56pm

Quote from ChuckRocks on May 28^th, 2012, 5:04pm:

Quote from bigkahuna on May 27^th, 2012, 9:10pm:

Great!!! So between you and Greenman we have a couple of places to get rid of the bodies. Roll Eyes

You've been watching too much TV.
Gators don't digest human bones, they pass through too fast and leave enough DNA for any CSI to find.

If you need to get rid of bodies I suggest starting a new discussion thread.
And please don't ask me 'cause I don't give my secrets away.

Awwww. You spoil all my fun. embarrassed

How do you know about those bones though??? Huh

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Mauro Fiorentini Slinging.org Moderator Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3072 Gender:	Re: primitive fishing Reply #87 - Jul 8^th, 2012, 12:48pm Nice work Chris, just add a cord to it so it won't get lost Greetings, Mauro.
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Re: primitive fishing
Reply #88 - Jul 8^th, 2012, 11:32pm

Hammer net, Pennsylvania Dutch design. The operator of the net would stand in a river or stream. A helper upstream would hit the river bank with a large mallet or hammer (hence the name). The fish would be scared towards the net operator who would lift the net. The fish would drop into the sleeve and would be retreived through a drawstring at the bottom of the sleeve. Tony

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Mauro Fiorentini Slinging.org Moderator Forge your future with the hammer of your mind! Posts: 3072 Gender:	Re: primitive fishing Reply #89 - Jul 9^th, 2012, 7:09am Yeah, we have the same technique here! We call it "smazzolare", or beating the water! Lots of fish! Greetings, Mauro.
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