Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

https://soundcloud.com/mikeymellark/interview-part-4

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

- The different techniques for different species in different situations was very informational because now I can put it to my own use.

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?

- I will talk about the different techniques such as spinnerbait fishing and other techniques that can help me catch more fish which is a part of my second answer ,"Having a successful catch."

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

https://soundcloud.com/mikeymellark/interview-3

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

- To clean up after yourselves after fishing and to never to leave anything behind except fish.
- If you need food or fish then take what you need and leave what you don't need.

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
- I was more smoother during this interview and didn't have to stop and cut clips, but my interviewee was in a rush so it was a bit awkward and I didn't want to nag him as he was busy in his shop.

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

https://soundcloud.com/mikeymellark/interview-part-2-103015-1229-am

Above is the link to my interview. (I resubmitted a working one)

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

- My mentor and I are spending quality time in the place where this field takes place. In fact, we're taking part in this field in a wide range of places having to do with this field as well so we're covering a very wide range. As for others, there are very few experts such as my mentor in my location which make it hard to find one.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?   

- Well, my mentor is my father so it didn't take too long and he was't very convinced at first, but he gave in by wanting to increase my sport fishing intelligence.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?

- My comfort level is very high since he is my father and it relates to the time spent because we have spent endless hours together.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

- This interview went very well, although some of my interviewee's answer started to get a bit off topic. Maybe I can throw in more follow up questions to keep the interviewee engaged and of well knowledge of the question. That way I can get as much information as possible.

Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

Here is a picture of my interviewee (person on the right) and I (person in the middle).

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?

- While interviewing my interviewee, I learned lots of informations on laws and regulations and basics of all round sport fishing. But of next time, I think it'll be a great idea if I give my interviewee the questions a day or two ahead so that they could read the questions and come up with a good answer to give once I ask them the question.

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why?

- Yes, for a new resource, I can start reading the Western Outdoor News and I have a new contact that my interviewee mentioned whom goes by the name, John Woodrum who is the owner/operator of the Pursuit which is a well know sport fishing vessel out of San Pedro.

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?

- My interviewee is a certified and licensed fisherman.

- He is also a member of the California Department of Fish and Game.

-He also has over 45 years of experience with Sport Fishing which is 30 more years than me.


Link to my interview: https://soundcloud.com/mikeymellark/fishing-interview-91515-333-pm

Blog 3 - First Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

• I plan to interview my father.
• The reason behind this is because my father has over 40 years of experience in sport fishing, and I'm much closer to him that any other fisherman, so because of this, my interviewee will be more comfortable with my questions and give me a full answer with more detail and possibly more detail than the best fisherman could possibly give me.

• The second person I plan the interview is main owner at Sav-On Tackle because he owns a fishing tackle shop and knows not only from his perspective, but he talks to thousands of customers and other fisherman who have information to share, so he must know a lot of specific details in and out of fishing.

2.  Five questions will be assigned to all seniors to ask.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?

1. What is the most important factor when it comes to sport fishing and why?
2. How would you describe a good day of fishing?
3. Is there a difference between commercial and sport fishing? Which is better and why?
4. Why do you continue to sport fish after all these years? Do you ever get tired or bored?
5. What is the best thing anyone has ever taught you about fishing? 

Here is a picture of my interviewee while we were at           

San Clemente Island.