Boy scouts when I was 14. Scoutmaster took us on a survival camp 5 days. We could bring a blanket a pancho, a canteen, and fishing tackle. Camped in the woods on the edge of an oxbow lake east of town. It was a good lesson. River was high and muddy and backed into the oxbow.
Fish wouldn't bite. We did catch a bunch of turtles on a trotline he set out. We had one pot to boil water to drink and he gave us 2 matches each for starting fires. We had no food. Ate turtle meat and turtle livers cooked on a stick. We did manage to catch a couple of grinnels so we had fish on a stick. It rained most of the nights and the.mosquitos were awful. We were all wet all night most nights. I was glad when it was over. Good experience though.
