Thursday, June 09, 2005
Fish Stories
My family is from Mississippi. Been there, done this.
But then we learn this.
But mostly these stories are an excuse to do this:
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HT: Scotwise for the pun.
Hand fishing for catfish, or "noodling (search)," is a tradition with deep roots among rural fishermen across the South.Great when you're a kid, too much energy when you grow up.
In the practice, catfish aren't caught with a rod, a reel or a net but with the fisherman's bare hands.
But then we learn this.
Scientists trying to study the endangered Devils Hole pupfish near Death Valley inadvertently nudged the endangered fish closer to extinction.That just makes me smile -- someday, we are going to figure out we do not have near as much power of nature as we think we do.
About 80 of the inch-long silvery pupfish died in traps set last year in Devils Hole, a limestone cavern about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists said Monday.
The total killed could be a third or more of the adult fish left alive in the wild, officials told The Las Vegas Sun in a report Tuesday.
But mostly these stories are an excuse to do this:
.HT: Scotwise for the pun.
