I noticed my brother had moved closer to wall. He did finally catch a few skipjacks. I did NOT catch one fish with all my efforts of trying all different lures and rigging. In mean time Dennis just kept on pulling them in. His rig was a string of 4-5 1/8 oz. jigs with white grub tail. I did not have such a rig in my fishing bag.

My brother finally came up by us and he did catch a few skipjacks. Then we finally packed it in for day. When we got home, total was around 30 fish. I would say Dennis gave us over 20 of them. I cleaned 6 of them in to chunks for catfish bait. I only had space in my freezer for that much bait.

I did use a small package of skipjacks next morning. Caught one blue cat that weighed in at 5.4 pounds. Also had 2 very hard bait clicking runs, one got my line wrapped around a snag and lost him. The second dropped bait and just did not come back for it.

Odds are once Ohio River settles back down, my brother & I will be back at Meldahl. I will also get those rigs that Dennis had in my fishing bag when I cast my line up there again. Tight lines to all.

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Danger Alley is a simple and easy obstacle course in which child goes from station to station. At each station child must perform a “self-defense” or marital arts technique to stop an “Attack or Danger”.

A minimum of four stations with various situations is recommended.

Station One (The Escape) An instructor or parent will subdue child by grabbing and holding on to child’s wrist. The child must then perform an escape maneuver. Once child escapes they proceed to Station Two.

Station Two (The Block)

When child proceeds to station two, they encounter a would be attacker, attempting a punch or strike. An instructor or parent using a padded foam blocker will attempt to strike child. The child should attempt to block strike using a martial arts technique and then proceed to station three.

Station Three (The Punch)

When child proceeds to station three, they encounter another would be attacker. The child performs a martial arts punch technique to stop attack. An instructor or parent would hold a padded target square, which child would punch. The child then proceeds to station four.

Station Four (The Kick)

When child proceeds to station four, they encounter another would be attacker. The child performs a martial arts kick technique to stop attack. An instructor or parent would hold a padded Body Shield, which child would kick. After completing four stations child has successfully conquered Danger Alley.

Martial Arts trainings can be fun for children just by incorporating techniques and skills into activities and games.

Eric Gehler AIM USA Self Defense Programs www.aimusainc.com

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