I'm a simple emigrant and I don't understand the appeal of fishing

I don’t remember if I ever held a fishing rod in my hands, but fishing sounds like the most not-my-thing. You sit there in silence, a hundred years go by, it’s not certain you’ll even eat fish, but the mosquitoes and gnats will surely have their fill. But I have a couple of friends who love fishing, and recently one of them told me how to fish in Germany for locals. For tourists it’s all much simpler, if anything, but we’re not talking about them. First of all, of course, you need to join the Fischereiverein fishing community. It will cost about €100 a year; for this money you get nothing, but it’s a mandatory condition. Next, you need to obtain the Fischereischein fisher’s license, which means taking a 40-hour course and passing an exam! And also paying about €300. Where did you rush off with the rods? Do you think you’ve spent almost €500 and you can already fish? Not yet. Now roll up your sleeves, choose a specific water body where you want to fish, and buy a permit for it—Angelkarte. There are daily, weekly, and yearly cards. The price varies a lot not only by duration but also by how fancy the water body is. Some elite river or trout lake can easily cost €300 per year! Now that you’ve been ripped off like a fool, you can fish, but only for a short time! Leave some time to learn the 74837 rules about HOW exactly to fish. Here are a couple: every day you may catch only a certain limit of fish; if the fish is too small you must release it, if too large you must stop fishing and not come again for several days. Fishing during spawning season is absolutely forbidden. The caught fish must be immediately humanely killed and measured. Because later you have to enter your entire catch with details into the Catch Journal. And this isn’t a personal diary, but a register of the very owner of the water body. I think it’s overkill to say that all this must be observed. Naturally, inspectors and friendly fellow anglers won’t let you break anything. You won’t want to either, because fines go up to €5,000, and in particularly lax cases they can seize your license along with gear and start administrative or even criminal proceedings. We don’t need that, so fish by the rules! And that ukha under such rules will become a dish fit for lords, not for the poor—well, what can you do! Have you ever fished? #useful #Ordnung #money