Nerd By Northwest #282 – “Dirty Jobs”

in COMIC BOOKS fan/pro2 years ago (edited)

Good intentions, bad assumptions...

Nerd By Northwest #282 – “Dirty Jobs”
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Yes, most Alaskan fishing charters I know of typically arrange for gutting & cleaning their clients' catch (especially helpful when dealing with those monster-sized halibut!). Yet most of the fishing I did was on my own near my dad's house, so I seldom had that luxury. Yes, that memory of catching my first fish all by my lonesome is pretty vivid... as is the memory of cleaning it. I brought the fish into the house, shouting to my dad, "look what I caught!". This was before the days of helicopter parenting, so his response was something like, "Great! Now you get to clean it". After very briefly covering the basics of it, he promptly went back to his newspaper.

I'm not particularly squeamish, but I admit that first time was a bit nasty. But like Jen, I pushed through it and eventually got the job done. I'm not so sure the average American kid these days (or even some Millennials around Jen's age) has the nerve for it, though. Comfortable living has made us way too soft. I mean, there are actually grown adults out there who exclusively eat processed chicken nuggets & tenders over chicken thighs & drumsticks because "the bones are icky". 🙄

Which is why when I finally get the chance to take my kids fishing, I'm gonna be insisting they clean what they catch. I won't be totally hands-off though. After all, proximity to fish heads & guts combined with my son's proclivity for tormenting his little sister make some adult supervision a must... 😏


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how long has it been since I read these comics! oh right, almost 2 years! So good to stumble on this comic again.

I'm guessing that must have been back during the Steem days... welcome back! 🙂

Oh wow you just killed me there I am just loving this one. Phenomenal content thank you very much.

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Most of my fishing as a kid was in the local river and we put the fish back, so I never got to gut them. I've heard some can be tasty and there have been issues with people from eastern Europe who live in the UK taking fish to eat. It's just not expected here. With sea fish it's a different thing.

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Do most people over in the UK not keep the fish they catch because of local laws against it? Or because of pollution concerns? Some people here in Mongolia's capital will fish in the Tuul River running through the city, but there's some uncertainty about effects of the city's pollution on the fish here. But just about anywhere else outside the city if someone catches a fish, they're friggin' keeping that sucker! 😃

I don't think it's against the law, but if it's a private fishing area they may have their own rules. I think they care more about maintaining fish stocks and people just don't tend to each freshwater fish. People may eat trout and salmon they catch, but there may be minimum size rules then. I think some fish don't make good eating, but fishing is a very popular hobby. I used to go all the time when I was a kid and the river was nearby. Always put those fish back as that was what people did. Most of our rivers are pretty clean these days, but there are some pollution issues with farms and factories.

I never caught much when sea fishing, but we did eat some mackerel we caught. That time there were loads of them just off the beach and smaller fish were literally jumping out of the waves onto the beach.

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I will admit, I will not gut and clean a fish. Nope. It's nasty. Tasty end product, but nasty cleaning. 😃


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