Good morning Camotes!
The first thing we did when we woke up in the morning was to run to the seashore. The water was so clear and the rocks were not able to stop some of us from swimming. Though we needed to be extra careful because these rocks could hurt us anytime.
The children wanted to swim but it was not safe for them. We tried to convince them that anytime sharks could appear as they were living somewhere near the shore. Their grandfather, too, told them that Camotes was known for schools of sharks and that somewhat discouraged them to do so. Haha!!
We were not able to buy some fishing rods so they had to improvise. They patiently waited for the fishes to bite the bait but it just took so long. We also had a hard time finding a bait for the fishes. We decided to try any meat we could get from the snails living in those rocks. The snails were scarce to find and I even tried to help.
Another issue was that we had a hard time keeping the bait attach to the lure. The meat we've got was not that strong and can be teared into pieces easily. The bait kept on falling out from the lure and they had to checked the lure from time to time. When your lure seemed untouched that simply means that your bait was gone. Yes, catching fish is a difficult job!
Fishing equals patience. One needs to be patient and wait for the fishes to bite. When you feel the bite you get excited and your first reaction is to withdraw your lure from the water. But most of the time you find it empty and it breaks your heart. Sometimes you can feel the fish is already in the lure but after raising it from the water the fish wiggles and twitches and all of a sudden it jumps back to the water celebrating the sweet escapade.
But in spite of countless failures, we were still able to enjoy fishing. We were not able to capture them but we enjoy playing with them. I realized that these were the kind of failures that we enjoyed so much. This feeling comes naturally and you will just love it!
Even watching them fishing gave us joy. We laughed at their misfortune and even wish for them to miss more. We were cheering for the fishes so we were not that bad, okey. Once again we were amazing for we were still able to find ways to enjoy this rocky shoreline.
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