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30,000 BCE
First time fishing
Humans started fishing for food around 40000 years ago. the first fish caught was in a river in Germany by a group of Neanderthals.
https://www.reelcoquinafishing.com/blogs/florida-fishing-blog/the-history-of-fishing#:~:text=It%20is%20believed%20that%20early,activity%20to%20a%20leisure%20pursuit. -
1400 BCE
Fishing hooks
The hook was invented. At first it was just a bone but now it is a piece of sharp metal. https://lecomptoirgeneral.com/en/magazine/fishing-culture/article/fishing-in-prehistory/ -
Fishing nets
In the 1800s fishing nets started to become widely used it was a much more efficient way to catch more fish https://www.reelcoquinafishing.com/blogs/florida-fishing-blog/the-history-of-fishing#:~:text=It%20is%20believed%20that%20early,activity%20to%20a%20leisure%20pursuit. -
Bass fishing
As early as 1850 the USA started to stock large and small mouth bass into 29 of the states and it started to become ore popular after that. https://onthewater.com/a-timeline-of-u-s-bass-fishing#:~:text=Wealthy%20merchants%20and%20anglers%20like,national%20and%20even%20global%20level. -
Fishing rods
It the 1900s a man named Charles Volmer invented the first rods. He realized that adding a reel to a rod could be easier to control. https://www.reelcoquinafishing.com/blogs/florida-fishing-blog/the-history-of-fishing#:~:text=It%20is%20believed%20that%20early,activity%20to%20a%20leisure%20pursuit. -
First outboard for fishing
in 1909 a guy named Ole Evinrude unveils a 1.5 horsepower outboard that becomes the first commercially successful engine. https://onthewater.com/a-timeline-of-u-s-bass-fishing#:~:text=Wealthy%20merchants%20and%20anglers%20like,national%20and%20even%20global%20level. -
world record bass
George W Perry caught a 22 pound 4 ounce large mouth bass on this day in Montgomery lake. https://luckylures.com/shop/index.php?route=blog/article&article_id=17 -
carbon fiber rod
In the 1960s the carbon fiber rod was the new big deal because it was a lot lighter and much stronger then the wooden ones. https://whiteknucklerbrand.com/blogs/wk-blog/history-of-the-fishing-rod?srsltid=AfmBOoowpYFAkiz8M_O8yaymr4tpV9ABWYz4mtZromLaWtyhJEZrsfxl -
tuna sold for 1.3 million
A 608 pound tuna was sold for 1.3 million dollars which is the second highest riced tuna in the world. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/prized-tuna-fetches-usd-1-3-million-at-toyosu-new-year-auction -
fish magnet smell
This will be a actually working fish scent unlike the ones we have today it will attract the fishing in less then 5 minutes.