RESEARCH PROJECTBy: Hayden Reitz

HISTORY

• Fishing first started as a pole and a piece of string trying to catch a fish. Indians once used fishing to find food to eat. They used canoes and sticks to catch fish.

• The first welded aluminum boat was built in 1945 by Bill and Chick Ward.

MAIN IDEA

• Fishing can benefit you in many ways.

1. Fishing can be recreational. You can spend time with your friends and family.

2. Fishing can be very competitive. You can go to tournaments and win money and trophyies.

DISCOVERYS1. Boats are made of fiberglass instead of

aluminum so the boat last longer and can take bigger waves.

• It affects barges and other boats that carry supplies because, the can go father ways and the business that owns the barge wont have to buy lots of they.

• The boat last longer and can go father in big waves.

2. A fishing rode and reel helps you catch more fish.

• This affects the commercial anglers because they catch more fish. This helps people catch more fish and have more fun.

Relevance to my LIFE

• A fishing a lot and always want to catch more fish and have fun fishing, so I wanted to research fishing.

• Fishing is a topic that there is always going to be improvement in technology just like depth finders.

• I have the advantage of knowing the newest eguipment and to catch fish more.

VOCABULARY WORDS

1. Fishing Rod-is a long, flexible glass fibre composite, carbon fibre composite or, classically, bamboo, used to catch fish.

2. Fishing Reel-is a cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod used in winding and stowing line.

3. Recreational-is something you do when you have fun, or an activity of leisure.

4. Anglers-fisherman

PRINT SOURCETrout anglers will have more options to try when the lowland lake fishing season opens Saturday. As a bonus, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has stocked 80,000 catchable-size fish in lakes in Pierce, Thurston, King, Mason, Jefferson and Snohomish counties

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/fishingreport/#storylink=cpy

IMPORTANT INFO.• You have to have a license to fish and drive

a boat.(13 years of age)

• Make sure to always check your boat for holes and check you oil and gas.

• Be careful around hooks because they can hook you.

INTERVIEW• Huber, Bailey

• Personal Interview

• 8th day, May Month,2013 Year

• Bailey thinks that fishing is a wonderful sport because it supplies you something to do and food. Bailey has fished in Port O Conner, Seadrift, and Victoria. He has always had fun with his friends and family.

WORK CITED• www.dreamstime.com

• www.keepamericanfishing.org/the-history-of-fishing.php

• www.fishing.com

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