[Whatever, you never know when you might need a master fisherman!!]

Sorry. [He does not, for the record, sound terribly sorry.] I'm asking because I came across some freshwater fishing equipment not that long ago. I presume it means that the fish in this area can be eaten, although there's only one way to find out for sure, of course.

[He shrugs.] And because it seems a lot of people in our group don't have those sorts of skills. The kind you would ordinarily need to survive in a place like this.