14th May 1945 - still waiting in Dux to get home. by quietpurplehaze

14th May 1945 - still waiting in Dux to get home.

"One day, whilst out walking we saw a pond and some youngsters fishing. That gave us an idea.

We scrounged a line and hook from some Frenchmen and soon had several small fishes.

The other side of the pond, or lake I should call it, were some Russian soldiers fishing. Their methods were not of the usual angler. They were throwing hand-grenades into the water and then along came a rowing boat with two of their pals who collected the floating fishes.

We fried our fish but none of us was experts at preparing the fish and I found the scales rather hard. However, they were quite tasty fish and made a meal."

from Bert's PoW diaries
©SWWEC
©IWM

Ahhhh, so thats how you catch fish "lol"
May 14th, 2012  
So thats what I've been doing wrong!
May 14th, 2012  
Soldiers were so resourceful - perhaps if we were starving we would be too!
May 14th, 2012  
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