christinaja
New Member
So last night I was thinking about these boards, and I got an idea. I wanted to share some of my "fishy memories" with the people here, who, unlike my family wouldn't find them extremely boring and nerdy 
But I also like reading other people's stories too, so post away btw, try to keep the stories more fish-related
Here's one I want to share:
I live in california nearish to the coast, so sometimes our family go there as a day trip. Well, when I was little (before I got into this hobby) I loved looking in the tidepools and seeing (and sometimes poking XD) all the critters and things inside. Once day, I just glanced into this deeper, narrow tidepool and saw something move very fast in the corner of my eye to I looked back and looked closely. Then I saw this what seemed huge at the time fish thingy. Oooo! I wanted to get a better look at it so I kneeled down closer. It was a light tan colored fish, then it darted over next to a dark rock and changed colors, now it was a dark gray color. Oooo now I wanted to look at it even closer, but the only way I could do that was if I caught it, so I had a butterfly net thing with me and I stuck it in the narrow tide pool. I tried to get it in the net, but the net was too big and the pool was too narrow. then, I came up with a great idea, why not just grab it? (hey, I was a little kid) Perfect, it was finally still, so I grabbed it, yes, i got it! Then I quickly let go, something pointy poked my hand! I looked at my hand quickly, saw no blood and thought I just poked myself on the rock or something. A little while later, I caught it with the net and had it in a jar my dad happened to have in his backpack. It looked like half dragon and half fish, like a fish that would be in a horror movie! It had spines all over it, small ones covering its body and larger ones in its fins. It had a huge mouth and big eyes. It was scary! I thought of stonefish in Australia and inspected my hand even closer now and wondered if I would need to go to the hospital if this fish was poisonous. Luckly, what had poked my hand was one of its small spines, and it only puntured the very first layer of skin
Yeah, I was such a smart little kid XD
But I also like reading other people's stories too, so post away btw, try to keep the stories more fish-relatedHere's one I want to share:
I live in california nearish to the coast, so sometimes our family go there as a day trip. Well, when I was little (before I got into this hobby) I loved looking in the tidepools and seeing (and sometimes poking XD) all the critters and things inside. Once day, I just glanced into this deeper, narrow tidepool and saw something move very fast in the corner of my eye to I looked back and looked closely. Then I saw this what seemed huge at the time fish thingy. Oooo! I wanted to get a better look at it so I kneeled down closer. It was a light tan colored fish, then it darted over next to a dark rock and changed colors, now it was a dark gray color. Oooo now I wanted to look at it even closer, but the only way I could do that was if I caught it, so I had a butterfly net thing with me and I stuck it in the narrow tide pool. I tried to get it in the net, but the net was too big and the pool was too narrow. then, I came up with a great idea, why not just grab it? (hey, I was a little kid) Perfect, it was finally still, so I grabbed it, yes, i got it! Then I quickly let go, something pointy poked my hand! I looked at my hand quickly, saw no blood and thought I just poked myself on the rock or something. A little while later, I caught it with the net and had it in a jar my dad happened to have in his backpack. It looked like half dragon and half fish, like a fish that would be in a horror movie! It had spines all over it, small ones covering its body and larger ones in its fins. It had a huge mouth and big eyes. It was scary! I thought of stonefish in Australia and inspected my hand even closer now and wondered if I would need to go to the hospital if this fish was poisonous. Luckly, what had poked my hand was one of its small spines, and it only puntured the very first layer of skin
Yeah, I was such a smart little kid XD
