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.

Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?

- I was very proud that I knew all of my information and spoke about everything I wanted to very clearly and smooth. I also thought that I matched my outfit perfectly for the scenario for sport fishing and I felt like every sounded pretty interesting and fun as people seemed to enjoy it.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

- I'd give myself an AE, mainly because I completed everything that was asked for and more. I just didn't go over book details such as others. I also went over hands on details that you can only get from certain scenarios, plus I give lots of information and plenty of answers for my EQ that I will soon narrow down.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

- I'd bring a fishing pole to show and I'd probably skip talking about one of the solutions and I'd show my props (lures) to others so they can see and enjoy.

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 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

- I do currently have a mentor, but I need a new one to get the maximum number of information. As for my interviews, I've completed the first one, but not the second one yet.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   

- Catch and release fishing, and Trout fishing look pretty promising as catch and release has a huge variety of species and ways to catch the fish. There's a lot to build off of that topic and as for trout fishing, trout fish are located almost worldwide and there's a lot of information behind it such as ways to catch them and different types of targeted trout.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

- I believe that more hands on experience in this field will help me a lot more within the next few months. I will go drive out to new locations to fish at these areas and I will go on my boat as well.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

- What's the most effective way to be conservative to our environment while taking part in the sport of fishing?

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

- For my 30 hours, I thought that it'd be great to film sessions of me sport fishing and talking about tips and technique as well as simple information that will all be condensed into a 10-20 minute long video that can be presented like an episode on sport fishing.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

- Well, I'll have a lot of have stored on my GoPro or GoPros as I may buy more. Plus, I will have photos and signed letters of proof by my mentor, that we actually spent a certain amount of time working on filming it all.

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

- By filming, I get to not only practice sport fishing, but review myself in the sport. I can look over the film/video and watch what I'm doing wrong and how can I perfect it such as a hook set or a perfect flip and pitch cast. Then, I can also do more research on how to do it the right way, or how can I perfect it to be done the right way. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

- This will be done immediately.