Helplessly, in order not to waste the pellet feed that had been soaked in water, Hong Tao had to add a little more water, planning to barely knead a few bait balls and throw them in to finish the job. He had nothing to do except play on the computer and watch TV when he returned home so early.
Having passed the computer games of later generations, it was hard for Hong Tao to imagine how attractive games at this time would be to him.
After mixing up the bait balls and throwing all three poles into the target waters, Hong Tao began to pack up his fishing gear. The bait basin needed to be brushed, the plastic bags containing the bait also had to be cleaned up, and the small buckets containing water also needed to be rinsed.
It's clean. We fishermen must be of high quality. We can't let people leave and leave garbage on the ground for others to point at the back and scold.
"Damn, it's broken, the fish scales fell into the water." When Hong Tao poured out the water in the small bucket, he saw that his fish scales also fell into the lake with the water, and then he remembered
, after preparing the bait for the last time, in order to avoid accidentally stepping on the fish scales when it was placed on the ground, and since my hands were full of bait and I couldn’t put it into my pocket, I casually put it into a small bucket.
He quickly lay down on the shore and reached out to pick up the fish scales from the water. Fortunately, this thing was relatively light and did not sink to the bottom. Otherwise, Hong Tao would have to say goodbye to his trophy. He was about to dry the fish scales with a towel and put them away.
, a harsh bell sound suddenly sounded, Hong Tao was stunned for a second, and after a second, he instinctively rushed towards the fishing rod a few meters away. This was the bell of his own fishing rod ringing!
Lifting the rod and stabbing the fish are done in one go, and the hand feels good. Although it is not as powerful as the big fish caught by Hong Tao in his later generations, it is not too small, and it is definitely more than 5 pounds. Because the fishing rod in his hand is
The cheap fiberglass fishing line was purchased by his father, and it was probably not a very expensive brand, so Hong Tao was not in a hurry to recycle the line. He first held the fishing rod high and let the fish that suddenly had its lip pierced twist for a while.
meeting.
"Hey, this fish is not small. Look, the tip of the rod is bent into a big bow. It weighs at least 5 pounds." I don't know when, there were several people walking behind Hong Tao. Everyone who lives in the back
There are very few people on the beach who don’t understand fishing. Even if they don’t like it, they can understand it from a young age.
"It's more than 5 pounds... let's say at least 7 pounds, and it's a carp. If you look at the direction of the line and swim sideways, it must be a carp." Another expert spoke.
"Maybe it's a silver carp, there aren't many big carps here." The fisherman next to him also ran over, making a slightly sour guess.
"Alas... alas... alas... It's out of the water. It's a carp. I've seen the red tail. It's really big. It weighs 10 pounds." Following the flood, the fish slowly slipped to the shore.
The fish appeared out of the water for the first time and turned into a big flower. Those sharp-eyed fishermen could already tell in an instant that it was a big carp.
"Tao... Where's your copy? I'll help you get the fish up." A special voice sounded, and Hong Tao didn't even have to look back. Sam and his wife came.
"The copy is still in the bag, don't worry, it's okay, the fish has lost its energy." Hong Tao led the fish to the shore and told Sam not to worry when he climbed over the railing. It would be okay if the fish ran away, but it would be a joke if someone fell into the water again.
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2 minutes later, the fish was lifted ashore by Sam with a picket. Under the illumination of the street lamp, this big carp was struggling hard. According to Hong Tao's standards, it was not big, only about 8 pounds, but the crowd watching the excitement
There is a lack of praise. Although there must be bigger carp than this in the lake, carp is the most cunning and difficult to catch. Not many people can successfully catch big carp. Most people catch grass carp and silver carp.
fish.
Just when Hong Tao put down the pole and was about to pick the hook from the fish's mouth, the other two poles placed on the railing suddenly rang at the same time, and the pole tips were still nodding sharply. They actually caught the fish at the same time!
Hong Tao turned around and picked up a pole. He first pulled it back hard to let the hook penetrate into the fish's mouth. Then he stuffed it into Sam's hand, shouted "Don't worry, shake it slowly", and picked up another pole.
They started fishing. Now there were more people watching. While watching Hong Tao and Sam holding up poles to fish on the lake shore, everyone commented on the size of the fish on Hong Tao's fishing pole and Hong Tao's sliding.
Whether the fish movements are standard, how superb Hong Tao's fishing skills are, whether the big carp still jumping on the lakeshore should be braised or filleted... For them, this is entertainment after dinner in the evening.
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Hong Tao was slipping the fish while watching Sam's movements not far away. This bearded man obviously knew how to fish. He was not only able to use the fishing reel skillfully, but also knew how to slip the fish to the west away from Hong Tao to avoid the two people's fishing lines being caught.
The fish were pulled together and entangled. Seeing that Sam was not a novice, Hong Tao was relieved and concentrated on sliding the fish on his fishing rod to the shore. He held the fishing rod in one hand and used a super net to pick up the fish with the other hand, and then went back.
Help Sam catch the fish too.
Suddenly there were three big carps jumping around outside the fence on the lake shore. The largest one weighed almost 10 kilograms, and the smallest weighed 7 or 8 kilograms. This was not an ordinary phenomenon. There were three fish in a row within a few minutes.
The fish were hooked, and they were not too small. What's more rare was that they were carp that were relatively difficult to catch. A large crowd of onlookers had already stood up. There were two aunts who obviously knew Hong Tao and actually knew the names of his parents. However, Hong Tao could only
It's because they look familiar.
Originally, Hong Tao wanted to let go of all three fish, but when he met a neighbor or acquaintance, they kept praising us, so we couldn’t pretend not to hear it. So, let’s give two fish as a favor and give them to the aunt to take home and taste.
After tasting it, there was one left to give to Sam, who was also very greedy. Unexpectedly, Sam said that he would not eat this kind of fish. No one in their country would eat this kind of freshwater fish. There were too many spines and it was difficult to handle.
"Bitch!" In his heart, he despised Sam and their country's food culture. Hong Tao gave the fish to a middle-aged woman who looked familiar, then lay on the shore, washed his hands and super net, packed his things and prepared to go back.
Home, Sam and his wife were originally out for a walk, but as Hong Tao caught fish like this, a lot of mud and water were splashed on their bodies, and they were ready to go home to clean up, so the three of them carried the fish on their backs and walked home together.
As she was busy working just now, Mrs. Burgess forgot that she still had the spring cakes for Hong Tao in her hand. Now she finally remembered that Hong Tao happened to be hungry too, so he devoured two spring cake rolls while walking. He was the one who had enough.
, not to mention, the cooking skills of Sam and his wife are really good. You can’t even tell that the spring cakes are made by Americans. Sam was very happy with Hong Tao’s praise and kept introducing the dishes he mastered along the way. By the way,
He also praised Hong Tao's fishing skills. According to his comparison, Hong Tao's fishing skills should be a little better than his father's, because his father only caught three fish home at most one time, but the weight was not as good as Hong Tao's three fish.
carp.
After returning home, he packed up his fishing gear and took another hot bath. Hong Tao lay on the sofa and watched TV with nothing to do, but he was very confused about today's fishing process. It's fun for laymen, but it's fun for insiders.
As a senior fishing enthusiast, Hong Tao was very surprised by the situation of catching fish today. Although there is a certain element of luck involved in fishing, Hong Tao has never caught fish like this after decades of fishing.
First of all, Hong Tao determined that which kind of pellet feed would not be so attractive, because this kind of feed was bought in the fishing gear store in Gulou. Most of the people fishing in Houhai used this kind of feed. Hong Tao had not done it before.
I have tried not adding any commercial bait, but just using this feed as fish bait, and I have tried it more than once, and I have never caught a fish, because I don’t feed big fish with fish feed, and they don’t recognize this kind of thing at all.
Knowing what this kind of thing is, how can you eat it casually? The main reason why various commercial baits are added to it is to adjust the taste of the feed to a taste that fish in fishing waters are familiar with and like, so that big fish will reduce their appetite.
Eat with vigilance.
But Hong Tao was very sure that the last three poles today were made of pure feed pellets, with nothing added... With this doubt, Hong Tao fell asleep in a daze. It was not even 5 o'clock the next morning.
Hong Tao woke up automatically. This was a skill he had developed. As long as he fished the next day, no matter how late he slept the day before, he would wake up at exactly 4 o'clock, because in the summer in Beijing, the sky only gets bright after 4 o'clock.
