Minnow Fishing on a Grassy Sidewalk Island

Their pink net lying on the grass above the sidewalk, 
the minnow fishers pose. © SB  

Underwater sidewalks rise, grow into fishing islands where girls net minnows in the park. In their bucket, tiny fish wriggle through dead grass, dirt. One girl says she saw a huge fish swim across a nearby field — two feet long, an ugly bottom feeder. A canoe would be fun, too, she says, if the channel flow was not so strong, the water cold, the current to the bridge so treacherous.

Where is Wascana Creek? © SB

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