Sunday, November 27, 2016
Angling for birds?
Super-random thought while listening to a radio show about fishing.
I've never gotten into fishing or hunting. I'm non-interventionist. When mice or insects invade MY house, I pull out all the stops to slaughter them. Self-defense. But I've never had any desire to invade the OTHER critter's territory and kill it. Not fair.
So the details of fishing are unfamiliar, which tends to spawn crackpot ideas.
Crackpot idea: Birds go after specific insects in the same way that fish do. Has anyone ever tried fishing for birds? Use a small hard-shell helium balloon to hold the lure and hook 30 feet up. Bait it with an iridescent Jap beetle or ladybird. Or simpler, use a fake Jap beetle filled with helium. Instead of a hook, maybe a glue pad that would grab the beak.
Labels: coot-proofing
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