Comments on: Survival Fishing: Top Tips for Finding Fish during a Long-term Survival Situation

By: alfie

alfie — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:35:44 +0000

Survival fishing, it depends on where you are at. My Dad use to tell about the fishing growing up next to the Jim river in the upper mid west during the late 20’s and early 30’s, how the river was nice and clear. Later when I was 10 or so, Mom and Dad caught a large cat fish in the mid to late 50’s ( and some crap, but that is another story ) from the Jim. but he put it in the stock tank for about three to four days. When I ask him why, his answer was so that the fish can get cleaned out. I didn’t understand him or what he was saying. Between the farm run offs of weed killers and bug killers and the way farming practices were being use then ( soil run offs = MUD ), so that is why that cat fish was put in the stock tank for however long it needed to clean itself ( so to speak ). And it has only gotten worse in the years since. But if a person is starving, then I guess it doesn’t really make any difference. Hmm, just saying

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:16:36 +0000

Still need help if I can buy property in mountains with a creek that carries trout. Don’t know how to fly fish, just a pond fisher from NE CO

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 06:10:50 +0000

Any help from fishermen! I have know idea how fly fish in mountains in CO. I see a heavy line with insect flies. Above this old girl how to do it, just a lake fisher. I can figure out illegal ways, but survival is the name of the game.

By: Truthseeker

Truthseeker — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:02:38 +0000

Don’t forget an old phone generator to “call” up the fish…currently not legal, but we are talking survival right?

By: TheSouthernNationalist

TheSouthernNationalist — Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:13:24 +0000

In a grid down situation the water that you are fishing from may not be any good and the fish may be contaminated, I would like to have seen some tips on that included with this article.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:53:19 +0000

Now this is a survival tip that I can endorse…learning how to fish in whatever fashion makes a lot more sense than stocking your basement with a ton of crap that you couldn’t carry! Good article! I would like to see one on edible plants/herbs, etc., because even wild meat became very scarce during the Great Depression.

By: dean

dean — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:10:46 +0000

Excellent tips listed here. Knowing how to fish is a skill that is worth its weight in gold during a survival situation. I find that the seasonal changes tend to have the largest impact on how fish bite. Thanks for sharing this valuable resource!

By: prepper

prepper — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:34:37 +0000

Here in the UK beach fishing and rock fishing would be your best bet to keep your tummy filled. If you Include the larger islands surrounding the UK we have almost twenty thousand miles of coast line. Most of the remaining resources over here are coastal making it one of the few places to go if the SHTF.

By: No Prob Rob

No Prob Rob — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:27 +0000

Survival fishing is not about rod and real. I went on a trip to Mexico many years ago and we bartered some 22 ammo and Bic lighters to use a locals fishing net and “launcha” which was just a leaky home built boat. Used a gill net across the Rio Concho and caught 20 or so fish for an all night effort. The big Gar fish were scary getting them out of the net. Staked them on a plank and roasted in front of a fire. Now that’s survival fishing.

By: B from CA

B from CA — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:47:36 +0000

Fishing. This is something I did as a child. It is something a family can do together.