Fishing without poles

Fishing without poles
When we were in the Bahamas in 2007 with Warren and Sara, the kids had made friends with some locals at the pier who were hand fishing using a single hook, a handful of line and some conch as bait. They would throw the line in with the bait and a stick attached about 4 feet from the hook to act as a floater. When the fish bit, they would haul it in using the hand over hand technique.
I told you that so that I could tell you this. The kids remembered and decided to buy some hooks and a set of hooks and after all their scholastic chores wanted to spend the days fishing off the dock. They made some minor modifications in the fishing apparatus such as attaching and using an old water bottle to the end as a handle and winding mechanism. They used bread, corn, salami and ham for bait.