Blog 14: Third Interview Preparation

How can a sports fisherman enjoy his craft while being mindful to the enviornment?

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

- I'm not exactly sure, but I plan to interview someone from my favorite tackle shop in Santa Fe Springs since I know a lot of people there.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

- I know everyone at the shop so it's not really a bother as I'm more than likely going to interview them either this upcoming weekend or next week.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

- How can a sports fisherman enjoy his craft while being mindful to the environment?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

- What are the best approaches while attempting to catch fish?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 

- How long have you been fishing for and what are some of your best memories of fishing?

- What's the most important tip you can give any angler?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

- My mentorship location is never the same exact place except for maybe a few times or so. This is because my mentor may be at the tackle shop discussing what to do and use, or we may actually be on the water fishing getting hands on experience. Although, most of the time, we usually fish at new locations wether it's a lake, stream, or the ocean.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

- My contact is Delbert Nunez and he is licensed fisherman as well as a part of the California Department of Fish and Game, and also has 40+ years in this field.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

- I have done 34 hours in the summer and 41 hours during the school year.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

- My mentor and I went over techniques, baits, and what to use in order to catch more fish and how to keep them alive. After that, we'd often go fishing in either the ocean, mountains, or local lakes to have fun and practice. 

- As for my remaining hours, my mentor and I have set dates to go fishing and talk about fishing which will easily overlap the minimum required. 

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

- I spent some time with my mentor and we fished in the cold winter. We even attempted a trip to Big Bear to fish in the snow and we also fished at local lakes with fly fishing poles. We worked together on improving on ur fly fishing skills as well.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

- The most important thing i learned was how to get the perfect whip in order to get the most distance possible out of my cast as it is very hard to fly fish.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

- What type of fly gear should I use to catch the fish?
- What approach should I use especially with line sizes?
- What patterns would work best for certain species>
- How can you scout out a stream or lake to fly fish in honey holes.
- What type of fishing is the best? Fly, Spinning or Conventional?
- What size baits are best for certain species?
- What's the safest way to catch and release a fish?
- Why do some fly's work better at certain times than others?
- How can I revive the fish if it is dying and doesn't want to swim away?
- What's the most valuable piece of information you would tell me?

-I'm planning on asking these questions because I want to focus more on the safety of fish and also fly fishing in general.