• Piranha Fishing

    May 8, 2024 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    This morning we set off sailing to fish for piranhas. We found a piranha infested spot and put our rods into the water. Both of our first time fishing and probably our last as you can't really do much better.

    I managed to catch two and bring them back into the boat whilst Dan took the moral and ethical approach of letting them off his line as soon as they broke the surface of the water (5 times). If only there were more Dan's in the world.

    We chopped up some of the piranhas to use as bate to catch further piranhas and also took a few home to try for lunch. Most however were released back into the wild.
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