Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Extreme fish sports

Kevin caught a big old fish the other day. I want to say it was a five pound bass but you know my memory is not the best so we'll just say it's a big old fish. He is a catch and release kind of fellow so he pitched the fish back in so he could catch it another day. When he told me this story he told me about a study where fish in a catch and release lake were tagged and someone kept track of which fish were caught and which weren't. Something like ten percent of the fish were caught over and over, making up 90% of all catches.

I would not blame you a bit if you said damn, those fish are stupid and they deserve to be caught.

But what if they aren't? What if they are really the eXtreme Athletes of the fish world? What if they get caught on purpose for the pure adrenaline thrill. Imagine getting yanked out into the world of air, not knowing if you will come back again, what a rush! These fish get to see the sky, the trees, the grass, feel the wind on their scales, they are bold explorers going where no fish has gone before.

When you think about what some humans do for fun it's really not all that farfetched.

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