| |
NEW
ZEALAND PREPPERS
Disaster
Survival Guide!
|
|
|
If
you have fish hooks and line you're way ahead of the game.
You can bait a several hooks, string them on a line across
the waterway, and then walk away. Tie it between a couple
trees a couple of feet above the water, and then you can
either rely on the water flow to keep the bait near the
surface, or simply put just enough line down to your hooks
to not allow them to sink.
|
|
If
you have fish hooks and line (in your survival kit), then
you're way ahead of the game. You can bait a several hooks,
string them on a line across the waterway, and then walk
away. Tie it between a couple trees a couple of feet above
the water, and then you can either rely on the water flow
to keep the bait near the surface, or simply put just enough
line down to your hooks to not allow them to sink. If the
water is moving, your bait will be dancing to entice the
fish. If there's little or no movement, you can tie some
leaf covered branches to the paracord to catch the wind,
which also makes your bait look lively. |
Fish
Spears
Fish spears are used to stab fish while they are still in
the water. It can take a lot of patience to utilise this
fishing method successfully, as one has to wait rock still
for the fish to swim within range.
Another factor complicating this method is that of the refraction
angle of an object when it is in the water. Objects in the
water appear much closer than they actually are.
|
|
1.
A stout stuck is split down the middle at one end. The resulting
2 stick ends are made into points by sharpening. A small
stick is wedged into the bottom of the crack to force the
pointed ends apart. |
|
2.
A piece of sharpened bone splinter is affixed to each spear
point, just down from the end. You will likely have to cut
a small slot in the wood to help keep the bones pointing
down towards the center of the split. The idea here is that
when you spear a fish with this tool, the fish will be gripped
on each side by the bone pieces, and will not simply slide
away. The main wood ends are sharpened in case the fish
doesn't slip neatly in between them. |
|
3.
A larger piece of wood has been wedged into the crack, to
force the ends apart even further. Note that the main stick
is bound just below the crack to prevent it from splitting
apart below that point. The bone fragments have been tied
on with heavier cordage as well. |
 |
Tickle
A Trout
The technique was a common practice used by boys, poachers
and working men in times of economic stress. Poachers using
the method required no nets, rods or lines or any other incriminating
equipment if apprehended by the police or gamekeepers.
The fish
are watched working their way up the shallows and rapids.
When they come to the shelter of a ledge or a rock it is their
nature to slide under it and rest. The poacher sees the edge
of a fin or the moving tail, or maybe he sees neither; instinct,
however, tells him a fish ought to be there, so he takes the
water very slowly and carefully and stands up near the spot.
He then kneels on one knee and passes his hand, turned with
fingers up, deftly under the rock until it comes in contact
with the fish's tail. Then he begins tickling with his forefinger,
gradually running his hand along the fish's belly further
and further toward the head until it is under the gills. Then
comes a quick grasp, a struggle, and the prize is wrenched
out of his natural element, stunned with a blow on the head,
and landed in the pocket of the poacher. |
|
Fish
Traps
Fish swim next to banks at night or move from deep holes into
shallow water to feed. They can often be directed into traps
from which they are unlikely to escape.
-------------------------
Funnel Trap
Make the walls of the funnel trap with piled-up stones or
tightly spaced sticks driven solidly into the river or lakebed.
Close the entrance to the trap, roil the water, then either
spear the fish or net them with a seine made by tying a shirt
or other cloth between two stout poles. |
|
| |
New
Zealand Disaster
Survival Guide!
New
Zealand, Preppers NZ, Survival, Doomsday Preppers NZ, Emergency,
Earthquake,
Storm, Flood, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Landslide, Pandemic,Fire,
Emergency Survival Skills,
Disaster Preperation, Economic Disaster, Survival NZ |
 |
|
