Day 2




for day number 2 we set out and got a bunch of fishing gear so we could fish and hopefully get a few so we could dissect them and review what is in the fishes diet. Once we acquired all the gear we set out and went fishing for a few hours at one spot, it didn't work out very well so we ended up moving around the spot trying to find a better location of the fish. We ended up not being able to retrieve any fish so we left and went to another spot for an hour or so, no luck at all so far, but we plan on setting off later tonight and go night fishing because we've heard there has been better luck at this spot in the nighttime. About a half an hour ago or so we sorted out all of our plastics that we picked up yesterday into categories, and once we are all done with picking up trash for our two weeks we will show our progress pictures and how much we accumulated. 

( This is the next day ) - we ended up not getting any fish but we met someone at the spot we were at and he was catching lots of stripers ( the fish we were hoping to catch ) and he recommend some certain gear and lures for us, so we plan on going back there later tonight at the same spot with the correct lures and hopefully we can get the luck that the man that we met got. 

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