Looks like twigs that this man’s got in his boat.
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Hi, Ms. Connie!
we call that bintol in hagonoy, used to catch talangka or alimango in the fishpond.
very nice photos… thanks for sharing.
na-miss ko tuloy ang hagonoy. sarap ng fresh bangus.
Thanks, Phynkee. They did look kinda regularly shaped to be twigs.