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Is fish tickling a reliable survival skill?

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The practice of tickling fish in an attempt catch and eat them has a long history, and is often mentioned in passing in some circles.

If I was going to focus building a single skill, I wonder if making nets or hooks and line from native material might be a better choice.

In reality is fish tickling a dependable way of feeding yourself in a survival situation?

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If you were looking for a single skill in general then i would suggest Wild Food, finding plants that you can safely eat in the wild is definitely the best option i know its not quite as exciting as tickling a fish but it will serve you a lot better in the wild.

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Fish tickling is not great when your outdoors in general in my opinion. You end up spending a lot of time with your hand in the water, which may not be a problem in high summer but doing so in winter for most of the world will be a bad plan if not dangerous, and you need to be 100% about that fish and not doing other things

Learning to make line and hooks on the other hand means you can set up a net/trap/line, and then go about your day improving your shelter or boiling water etc. then come back later and see if you caught a fish

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