Jamaican Dogwood, Fishing Aid

Feb 03, 2009 21:11

Dogwood is a tropical shrub in the legume family with its native roots in the West Indies, Mexico, South Texas, and parts of the Pacific Northwest. It gained its nickname "fish poison tree" from the West Indian practice of filling an open container with its branches and then dumping the container into a lagoon. As the water become infused with isoflavones from the tree, passing fish "fall asleep" in the box and can be easily caught.
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