Trini River lime

Trinidad and Tobago is situated in the tropics, it experiences two types of season wet and dry. In the dry season water is low in the rivers creating pond like formations or maintaining a steady but shallow flow. The environment created is conducive to family gatherings. In  the rainy season however floods occur with the river overflowing its banks and flows in the buffer zones and surrounding areas. The rural community looks forward to the flood for it is these floods that  the river cat fish locally known as the "Crabesaw" chooses to swim from the sea up river and inland. The river cat fish uses the high volumes of water to reach great distances in land to feed on the terrestrial or sweet water crayfish. These crayfish are excellent sources of amino and fatty acids that are important for egg development. Rural folks usually in groups go to the river especially where the river crosses the road and place hooks on lines floating on the high waters, the hooks are usually b