My dad, 
Hive account@realtreebivvy, is super into fishing. He’s taken me fishing many times and I’ve always enjoyed it - just not enough to purposely go out fishing of my own accord. Last year though I was out walking along the Port River with my friends and they found a really long piece of fishing line that someone had left there. We ended up searching around some more, and within a few minutes found a hook! Someone had been feeding ducks earlier so there was bread all over the floor. We moulded some around the hook and in went our handline! It must’ve been a minute at most before we felt something biting. It took a while before we were able to catch a fish, but I’m pretty proud that we only needed bread, line and a hook!
It was a grunter, and when you held it to your ear you could hear it doing just that! (grunting).
The next day we came back, and had a handline each. This time we cycled to a nearby gas station and bought some squid to use as bait. We ended up catching so many this time! I also found a weight, which made things even more efficient. One of my friends ended up getting their line caught though, so I had to hang down from the side and try to untangle it which was terrifying!
More recently I’ve gone back to the Port River and tried hand line fishing again. We had way more success this time! I went with my cyclist friend.
The river
Us with a little fish
