There is a Taiwanese phenomenon where people gather around swimming pools stocked with shrimp and "fish" for them. You see these shrimp fishing places all over in Taiwan, and some people are crazy about it. In reality, I think it's just a good excuse to drink and hang out with your buddies while catching delicious crustaceans. Because in the end, you get to cook whatever you catch right there- score!
A lot of my coworkers and I have been very curious about shrimping (what we call the process of fishing for shrimp in these confined indoor pools) for a while now. So we enlisted the help of two of our amazing office secretaries to help us experience this truly Taiwanese tradition.
I cannot even describe to you how bizarre it is! We went to one that was pretty small so you sit around this swimming pool basically with a line in the water and wait for the shrimp at the bottom of the pool to nibble. Then you yank them out! True to form we did drink some beers and had some great conversations, so I would label it a success. We also managed to bring in quite the haul of shrimp to eat at the end of the night- I caught two myself! And most importantly, we got to spend some time with our lovely secretaries outside of school which was possibly the most fun part of it all.
I have obviously fished for actual fish before, but never a shrimp. I didn't really know if they would respond to my normal techniques!
Our secretaries/shrimp-fishing-guides for the night- Sindy and Elysa.
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