I would like to share an observation I made yesterday with my 10 yr. old son. He wanted to shoot his 22, and I said O.K. We drove about 3 miles from our house to an old irrigation ditch used to transport water when the rice farmers are wattering their rice. He had a pocket full of shells and started to hone his marksmenship skills. I had just worked off a 16 hr. shift and pretty tired. Living on the coast I always have a piggy perch pole in my vehicle. I decided to pass the time by catching a small grasshopper and try my luck. The ditch was 90% empty except for water in the pipe crossing the road and a little in the ditch itself. Seconds after the hopper hit the water I pulled in a small perch. Everything must seem large in kids eyes. How did you catch that perch Matthew asked. With a grasshopper I replied. It took him about ten minutes to catch his first hopper, but with it he landed 5 small perch. Definately a meal if hungry. I took advantage of this situation and explained that small fish are everywhere and very nutricious. A lesson in survival he will never forget. Next time I will show him how to make the ditch water drinkable. Now I have a question for our knowledgeable forum members. If fish are eaten raw, will the worms and parasites be destroyed by our stomach acid?