The happiness of a child is immeasurable when he catches fish with his own hand or tools.
My fellow Hivers, in this blog, I'll show you the experiences of my youngest boy in catching fish using the hook and line. Please come with me as I lead you to our fish Cage or a little concrete pond. Let's go.
A Brief History
Formerly, our pond was assisted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Philippines after I had attended a training on the Protocols of Freshwater Farming that they conducted.
It was in the year 2017 when BFAR gave me 500 Tilapia Fries to culture in my concrete pond that was made intentionally for the purpose of culturing freshwater fish. With the use of the water from our own motorized deep well and some heavy rains, we had almost filled the concrete pond with a dimension of 5 meters wide by 6 meters long by one meter deep.
BFAR also gave me feeds for those fishes: from the booster to the starter to the grower and finally, the finisher feeds. That was stress-relieving to take care of those fish. In the succeeding year, I bought 500 fries for 35 cents each while the BFAR gave me another 500 pieces for free to make it 1000 pieces in all.
After a few months, we sold big matured tilapia for P150.00 per kilo. Several people bought those fish for food. We were glad to have that kind of fish farming. Until all of those tilapia were sold leaving only two or three small fingerlings.
The Sad Truth
In the year 2019, I requested again from the BFAR to buy another 500 fries or fingerlings. But, they no longer addressed my requests. There was a shortage of supplies for fries and fingerlings. I just waited and made several follow-ups. But my requests were not addressed anymore. Until this time, the COVID-19 Pandemic hit not only the Philippines but all over the world. We all suffered from it.
Seems hopeless I was, I just left the pond with a lot of water in it. But to keep control of the mosquitoes, I helped my boy to release several guppy fishes and also those three young but growing Tilapia Fishes.
The Glittering Hope
Time flies for about three years or more. After the restriction of the Pandemic was lifted, we were able to buy one kilo of grown live Tilapia from a teacher intentionally for food. But my boy thought of what to do with it. After a few hours, only one survived. So, he asked my permission to release it into the pond. I was hesitant because I was thinking it would only die there. He insisted and I granted. Surprisingly, after a year, this has been the status as you will find out here. The Tilapia fishes in-breed among the guppies.
If you've noticed, two colors of Tilapia were caught. But, before it happened, let's find out what transpired in the pond.
The previous day, my little boy went fishing there using the hook and line that I bought for him. But, after an hour or more, nothing was caught. He used the young corn kernel as bait. So he was sad that afternoon. But, he was thinking of some other kind of bait. That was Saturday.
The following day, he looked for some earthworms in the soil just a few meters away. Surprised, he found a few of them. So, excited and eager, he wanted to try again. This time, he wouldn't fail his expectations. Hurray!
The face of my little boy was shining and glittering with joy when he caught one. Then, another one.
If you've noticed, hundreds or thousands of small water lilies are floating on the surface of water. These water plants give off oxygen and also their roots serve as food for the fish. But they could not consume them all because there's a lot of mosses in the walls of the pond which they consume as food. In fact, even if we don't give them feeds for several weeks or months, they're still alive and active. Maybe they eat also the guppies with them.
Realization
I've realized that fishes multiply by themselves in the course of time as long as they have water, food, and oxygen-giving plants despite the absence of an aerator and with very minimal or even commercial feeds.
Had it not for my child who loved taking care of fishes and insisted on going on with it, these fishes wouldn't exist right now. In fact, the happiness that I saw on his fish as he caught some was really immeasurable.
My co-Hivers, I think I have to park here. Thank you for following up on this part. See you on my next blog. Take care everyone.
Wow, sir, it must have been fun and fulfilling to catch a tilapia on your own. Wishing to experience the same soon.😇
Hopefully mam, if you can visit this place someday, I will let you do the fishing yourself.
Wow. Such an amazing catch. That's right sir @natsve54. The joy of catching our own is priceless. Cooking and Eating our own catch is more delightful and delicious than the expensive ones bought.
Yes sir @edver143. I've tried frying it with the spices and seasonings with lemon inside the tummy, sooo delicious that you will crave for more. I had just forgot to take photo of it.
Wow you have your own tilapia at your backyard? That is amazing! I am fond of eating tilapia but we buy it fresh from the market, that is one of my dream to catch a tilapia by my own. It must be a fun experience. Enjoy and keep safe everyone.☺︎♡
Yes mam @heyitsjian. Someday, you can do it yourself. It's fun really. My boy said that he wants to become an agriculturist when he grows up. That's why he's fond of doing things in the backyard.
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That feeling of excitement when we catch fish is immeasurable.
Yes mam @chimegipamus. Upon seeing the face of my happy kid, even if he was the one doing it himself, my happiness was immeasurable, too.
Kanindot sr oi.Kugihan jud ka. Seldom can grow Telapia in their backyard but you able to do it sr. Congratulations!
Thank you mam. Kugihan pud ni akng jr. Naliwat seguro sa sr...hehe. Mag-agriculturist gyod kono siya mam. Mao man gud na akong giingon sa iya five years old pa siya. Iyang gitiman-an.
Whoa, having a fish pond like this is so cool. But taking care of them for sure can take a lot of your timr, or maybe not? Hiow about the cleaning? Anyway po, sp happy that it has some fish again. I remember my childhood, meron po kasing ilog sa likod bahay namin, natry ko na ding manghuli ng mga dalag dun and tilapia gamit ang nylon, kawil at uod as bait. And the experience is just so fun and exciting. Its frustrating though kapag walang kumakagat. But either way, I really had fun with my friends back then. For sure what your son felt is also what I Felt before when I experience it. (✯ᴗ✯)
That's for sure mam. In fact, he'd been asking me to buy hook and like for several days until I got the chance to buy it for him. He was so eager that he tied the nylon to the hook himself. Di mahadlok mam bisan siya ra usa. Pwerte gyod lipaya sa nakakuha na siya tilapia.
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Wow😲Looking upon the picture,your son Sir @natsve54 felt so glad that moment as he caught tilapia🙂Good that you have tilapia in your backyard Sir. That's a very good idea!Thanks for sharing❤️🙂
Yes mam @lovinglymers. I was not expecting that those remaining fingerlings would in-breed and produce more fishes. So, my boy enjoyed so much. Thank you for your support mam.
You're always welcome Sir @natsve54🙂