Tag Archives: Fishing

The Friday Fish

This is a fish that I somehow caught by the dorsal fin.  Props to Guy Mitrano for the sweet picture!

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Prehistoric Deep-Sea Fishermen

This article has been making the rounds on twitter, including a few re-tweets by yours truly, and it’s pretty much perfect for this site.  The combination of archaeology and angling is fairly rare, and when that combination makes it in … Continue reading

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Fishing the Parker – kind of

I needed to be out there, I needed to stand in the water and I needed to catch a fish… Due to a hectic work schedule and other commitments I was becoming an armchair angler and that had to stop. … Continue reading

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Fishing and the Eastern Cherokee

A while back I picked up a book titled, “Eastern Cherokee Fishing” written by Heidi Altman.  As the title suggests, the book focuses on the Cherokee Indians and the role fishing played in their society – past and present.  The … Continue reading

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Fish Weirs – The basics

The use of a fish weir, or fishing weir, was a technique used to catch fish in large quantity with relatively minimal effort. Fish weirs appear to have been used widely around the world with examples being found in North … Continue reading

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