Belson

Name:Louis Belson

Guiding Question: Would i like to pursue fishing as a hobby?

(optional) Use this space to list possible activities, tasks, experiences. Remember everything you do should help you answer your Guiding Question.

(Required) This plan is a “best guess” as to what you and your mentor think you will be doing. It is not meant to be a hard and fast schedule for your Exploration. The plan should illustrate how you intend to complete a minimum of 80 hours.


 * = 5/3/11 ||= Delaware Bay- Basics ~ Learning how to opperate a boat and different types of fishing ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/5/11 ||= A Local Pond - Basics ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/10/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/12/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/13/11 ||= Pond ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/14/11 ||= Study Fishing areas and different types of fish and watch Fishing tournaments ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/15/11 ||= Pond ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/16/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/18/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/20/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/24/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 6 hours ||
 * = 5/25/11 ||= Pond ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/26/11 ||= Pond ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/27/11 ||= Pond ||= 3 hours ||
 * = 5/29/11 ||= Delaware Bay ||= 9 hours ||
 * = 6/5/11 ||= Delware Bay ||= 9 hours ||
 * =  ||> Total Number of Hours ||= 81 ||

Journal: So far we have pretty much completed the hours as planned and everything is going rather swimmingly. although except we are a few hours behind as the boat that we were going to use had some engine problems, so we fell behind just a tad. Although once it got sorted we were straight out on the water fishing. It was amazing fro me as it was my first time ever going fishing, whereas colin had done it a few times previous. Our guy showed us the whole bay and everything, and the markers which helped us know how far out we could go because very large cargo ships come through the bay. we even went up-to the lighthouse which was awesome as it was all solar powered. Our guy showed me the different sorts of bait and how to cut them up and attach them. On our first few times out we caught some decent sized fish, which was amazing as I expected to catch little to none. My least favorite part so far is having to hold up the fish and put my fingers in its mouth. One thing our mentor made sure we were aware of was the blue fish as they can bite your fingers off so when a fish was tugging on the rod he showed us how to tell what sort of fish it is.