While taking a break from our 14 hour drive from Seattle to Lake Tahoe, Nick had the best Bat Fishing session ever tonight. As this blog is titled 'Bat Fishing in Montana' now might be a good time to discuss what exactly Bat Fishing is. Bats catch bugs using sonar, diving towards the small objects that bounce their signal back. Bat Fishing involves throwing small items like pebbles, sunflower seeds, etc up towards flying bats in hopes that they'll dive for the pebble thrown. Its pretty obvious when you've caught a bat because they nose dive directly towards your throw. There's really only a period of about 30 minutes to Bat Fish each day as you can only do it at dusk.
The point system Nick and I have worked out is as follows:
catch a bat (get a bat to dive after your pebble): 5 points
catch a bat you've been tracking: 10 points
get two bats to crash into one another: 50 points, automatic timeout.
One of the best things with Bat Fishing are all the puns that accompany it. Its amazing how versatile a word like 'Bat' is when you have absolutely no standard of humor.
Addendum: When bats are scarce, it helps to call them with the bat dance.
ReplyDeleteBat dance steps:
1. Place thumbs under armpits, flap arms gently
2. March lightly on your tip-toes, being sure to bring your knees up with each step.
3. Look to the sky, and make a quiet, but very high pitched "eee! eee!" sound.
This dance is intended to be SUBTLE and QUIET. Don't get all dance diva on us and scare our winged mammal friends away.
It should also be noted that the effectiveness of this dance in reference to actually attracting bats has yet to be officially confirmed. However, it has been confirmed that it does increase silliness and giggling a whopping 86 percent.