Scouting, Volume 59, Number 2, March-April 1971 Page: 46
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LAZY DAY ON THE LAKE
By RICK COST
FOR AN easy-does-it day out with the
boys in your son's patrol, you might
all try your hand at survival fishing. The
only special equipment you'll need for the
gang is a handful of hooks and a few
yards of line.
Holy catfish, you may be telling your-
self. The only ordeal I've survived lately
is the late-late show. And my knowledge
of fishing is limited.
Great! Perfect! If you know next to
nothing about survival in the outdoors,
then your mind won't be cluttered with ex-
cessive detail. And if you are already a
fisherman of great skill, then what I am
suggesting should be second nature to
you.
First of all, here is a definition. When
I talk of survival fishing, I mean primitive
fishing—basic stuff. To be in business
you'll need green sticks—preferably
willow poles—cut from the creek bank.
Tie the line on the pole and attach a
hook to the other end. Then flip a log
and look for a grub or a worm. Or catch
a grasshopper. Or look under a rock in
a riffle for a crawfish or hellgrammite.
With the bait on the hook, find your place
to fish.
A word of caution. In the beginning a
survival fishing outing should be limited
to one day—or maybe a half-day. That
way, if you fail to catch fish to eat, then
at least the Scouts will head for home
before they get too hungry. On later
outings, when the patrol has really
learned to catch small fish by primitive
methods, don't let them go overboard and
rely on catching fish for more than one
meal a day.
Back to finding fish. If your group is
on a small creek where the water may
not be too deep, they can crawl to the
edge of the bank and quietly drop baited
hooks into the water. If they stand and
walk directly to the edge of the bank,
they'll spook the fish. In mountain country
they can catch small trout in extremely
shallow creeks in alpine meadows.
On larger creeks, seek out brushpiles
and fish near them. Big rocks above or
below riffles are almost certain to have
sunfish hanging around—or maybe even
a bass. Scouts can wade to these rocks
and stand for awhile. Eventually the small
fish that live around these rocks won't
notice the legs sticking down.
Other good places to fish are near
steep banks where the current has cut
out holes below and under the bank.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 59, Number 2, March-April 1971, periodical, March 1971; New Brunswick, NJ. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353705/m1/50/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.