Outdoor Survival Info

If you don’t know how to fish, take the time to learn the basics. It may save your life one day. That’s important, isn’t it? Fishing is fun and relaxing, but besides that, it’s a way to fill your belly when there’s not much else to eat.

When in a survival situation, you’ll need to find three things: Shelter, water, and food. Shelter you can build, water you can find and collect, but what will you eat? Twigs aren’t really fit for human consumption, regardless of how many there are lying around. Hunting is a great source of meat, but in an emergency, animals can be scarce and hard to pin down. But fish seem to be everywhere. Anything from a small pond up to the ocean is a fine place to find fish.

Now, if you’re stuck in an urban environment, you probably won’t have anywhere to get fish. But if you’re in that kind of environment, there’s probably other food sources available. If, however, you are anywhere on the outskirts of the city, head to the hills for refuge. Unless the hills are on fire, of course.

You should keep many things in your emergency supply kit. Among those items should be some simple and portable fishing tools. You don’t need fancy equipment, but you do need some basic skills. You should know the types of fish you can find in your area, what they typically like to eat, and where they usually hang out in the water. This basic knowledge and gear can help you snag a fish to eat when you would otherwise go hungry.

Get some gear and put it in your pack.