“At first, I wanted to know how deep the water was before finding a good spot to fish, so I used a paddle to get an idea where the ground was,” stated Tyler while mimicking what he did with his pencil,” I was actually quite nervous too because it was a lot deeper than I thought as the whole paddle was in the water.”
After doing so, Tyler, floating in the calm waters in his canoe, would cast his fishing line towards the water and wait for something to get hooked. It later led to him casting the line into a different spot where he could hope there was a higher chance of getting a catch. He later did manage to feel a hook, but mentions that it “felt more like a rock than a fish”.
Tyler with a growing expression of excitement says,” The first cast didn’t lure anything, but the next one ended up hooking a rock, or so I thought it did,” as he pointed out continuing,” It moved from being very content to adrenaline-pumping really quickly right when I saw the line taking off away from