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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Foraging.

For this BB you will catch, butcher, and preserve 5 pounds of fish or 10 pounds of shellfish!



To complete this BB, the minimum requirements is:
      o o catch, butcher, and preserve at least five pounds of fish or ten pounds of shellfish

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - A picture of the fish or shellfish with your catching gear and where the fish or shellfish came from in the background
 - A picture of the cleaned/gutted/filleted or otherwise ready-to-cook fish or shellfish
 - A picture of the finished preserved fish or shellfish
 - A brief description of the preservation method used

Clarifications:
 - This is "Foraging" so the fish or shellfish can't come from your aquaponics system, nor an aquaculture system, nor a store, nor your fish pond
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Hello, SkIP team! I'm not a great fisherwoman. So when I said 'hello' to a friend at the store, and he told me about a great fishing spot, my SKIP antennae started tingling. I bought a fishing license and tried out my friends' suggestion to visit the dock at Littlewood Reservoir.

The first miracle fish I reeled in was lost to my inexperience pulling a fish out of the water. Darn! But after a couple hours, I improved enough to reel in a teensy rainbow trout. By the end of the day on the reservoir, I had caught 8 fish in a regular pole. Some big, some teensy; but 7 pounds altogether!

Back home, I removed the fins and heads off the trout I caught and cut them into "steaks" for pressure canning. Google said not to add water to the half pints jars, and leave plenty of headroom. (1 inch) I did add a little salt. They cooked under pressure for 90 minutes.

They look good! Can't wait to try them!
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The pole that caught 8 fish
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The new fisherwoman in town
The new fisherwoman in town
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7lbs, more than the required 5 lbs
7lbs, more than the required 5 lbs
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The prepared fish, in jars, ready for the pressure canner
The prepared fish, in jars, ready for the pressure canner
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Finished jars, zoomed in to show cooked texture
Finished jars, zoomed in to show cooked texture
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I got this tall by not having enough crisco in my diet as a kid. This ad looks like it had plenty of shortening:
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