Tuesday Afternoon: Hunting for Fish in the Bush

Tuesday Afternoon: Hunting for Fish in the Bush

Today we went outside of town looking for fish. We carried several cane poles and a mosquito net. The scenery out in the bush was beautiful. As we walked down to the creek, we waded through a rice patty field with thick black mud between our toes. After arriving at the creek, it was easy to see that the depth would not be enough for any cane pole. That did not deter a couple of the locals who took the mosquito net and stretched it across this small ditch of water while the other locals went upstairs to scare the fish downstream to the mosquito net, Miraculously, we aught nearly 60 fish of all types. We caught the cherished tilapia (mekuba), African walking catfish and other unnamed species. Not to mention there was a four-foot monitor lizard in the stream with us the whole time. Although we struck out the first day of hunting for fish, the second day was a homeroom.