Ebert

Name: Colin Ebert

Guiding Question:

(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.


 * = Date ||= Location/Activity ||= Number of 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 were able to fallow our plan of action well, but the engine of the boat broke for a week and a half so we have had to try to catch up to the currernt amount of hours we were supposed to have. In order to catch up this past week we have done around 25 hours which makes us only a few hours behind our expected schedule. I am coming close to my Guiding Question which was, "Would I like to persue fishing as a leisure sports or to instruct people in the future." I am enjoying my expeirence, but there are certain things I didn't expected. For example there is high maintence for the boat because after each time we went out fishing we spect 30 minutes cleaning the boat when we came back. We also learned that the boat is expensive to keep because you have to fix problems such as the engine of the boat and also gas is very expensive to run the boat. The first day we meet with our mentor he showed us how to run the boat and different radars he had to tell wether a storm was coming and a gps system to take us back to the dock. He also showed us how to use a radar which showed how many fish were in the area, which told us wether we had to move to a different section of the bay or to stay where we were. We also learned how to use the buoys as markers to keep us away from shallow water as we moved out into the bay. We have spent most of our time with the mentor because he has to take us out into the bay because you need a lisence to drive a boat. He taught us how to use the rods when we were fishing and taught us different bait we had to use to catch certain fish.