Little boys Fishing

Traditional fishing is a practice that has been around for over 40,000 years and has been an essential part of human life ¹. It is a method of fishing that relies on local knowledge, experience, and skills to catch fish. It usually uses simple, inexpensive equipment and does not require a license ³. In many parts of the world, fish was the primary food source, so local populations needed to be well versed in catching them ¹. Over the centuries, different peoples developed different fishing techniques to survive in the distinct environments they inhabited ¹. Some of the oldest traditional fishing techniques include spearfishing and angling ¹. Spearfishing is an age-old fishing method that has been used by fishermen around the world for thousands of years. The earliest records of spearfishing show the use of harpoons in India and France as far back as 16,000 years ago. The use of spears and tridents has since been described in countless stories and religious texts ¹. Angling is by far the most widespread of fishing techniques. It’s also one of the oldest. Angling employs the use of a hook (angle), which is attached to a fishing line. Historically, the hook was usually fitted with bait, which varied from locale to locale, depending on what was available. The use of fishing hooks dates back to the Neolithic age. The oldest hooks ever found were discovered in the Sakitari Cave on Okinawa Island in Japan, estimated to be more than 22,000 years old ¹. Our ancestors quickly discovered that they could submerge their fishing hooks by attaching weights (sinkers) to them. Around 800 BC, the ancient Greeks started taking fishing to new heights by examining migration patterns of Tuna and other species ¹.