There were three other people in the car. Zhou Xiaoli gave everyone a brief introduction. One of them, Hong Tao from Gangshi Village, had met yesterday. His eyes were still bloodshot. It seemed that he was indeed very drunk last night.
The other two people are also fishermen participating in this competition. One of them has gray hair and looks to be 5 or 60 years old. The expression on his face is very serious. He looks like a master at first glance. Faced with Hong Tao,
The young man just nodded slightly and didn't even look at him.
Hong Tao has long been accustomed to this kind of look, but he does not feel uncomfortable. Fishing is closely related to fishing age and experience. It does not mean that older fishermen must be skilled, but fishing age
A fisherman who is long and good at summarizing must have his own unique skills. This kind of thing cannot be learned through training. It is accumulated bit by bit by fishermen in ordinary fishing activities. Sometimes it is just what he wants to do.
Even if I teach you, there is no way to teach it. It belongs to the category that can only be taught but not expressed in words.
The location of this sweetfish fishing competition is not close to Tokyo. According to Zhou Xiaoli, it is about 80 kilometers away. It is a place called Tochigi County in the central part of Honshu Island, Japan. This county is the largest county in the Kanto region of Japan.
There are many mountains and rivers, the population density is not large, and agriculture is the main focus. Moreover, the northwest part is included in Nikko National Park, which is considered a nature reserve.
Speaking of Tochigi Prefecture, we Chinese may not be familiar with it, but it has a neighbor that the whole world may know, and that is Fukushima Prefecture. The leakage accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant occurred in the north of Tochigi Prefecture.
Hong Tao had only heard of fishing, a unique Japanese fishing project, in his previous life, but had never seen it with his own eyes, let alone fished it with his own hands. Anyway, it was okay to stay in the car. Hong Tao gave full play to his eagerness to learn.
Talent, through Zhou Xiaoli's translation, asked the village captain sitting in front of him in detail what fishing for Japanese sweetfish is.
First of all, let’s talk about ayu, which is a freshwater fish that is closely related to salmon. Most of them live in rivers with clear water, fast currents, low water temperatures, sand and gravel at the bottom, and pollution-free rivers similar to the sea.
The living habits of this fish are very special. It is different from the ordinary fish we see. It is an annual, which means that its lifespan is only one year. Every autumn from September to October, groups of adult sweetfish will emerge from the river.
The upper reaches of the stream gather at the junction of salty and fresh water at the downstream estuary to lay eggs. Then the mother fish and the father fish die. The eggs naturally hatch into small fish and then follow the water flow into the sea to overwinter.
The following spring, when the water temperature in rivers and streams rises above 10 degrees, the young fish in the sea have probably grown to about 6 centimeters in size. They will migrate to the rivers and streams to continue growing, and then after a summer of fattening, they will eventually grow to 20
Adult fish, which are about 20 centimeters in size, die immediately after spawning in autumn. Therefore, the largest size of ayu is about 20 centimeters and weighs no more than 3 taels. Even if it is artificially fed, it is at most slightly larger than the fish grown in the natural environment.
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Even though this fish can only live for one year, its short life is very tortuous. First of all, it has to grow in the sea from an early age and feed on various rotifers and copepods in the sea water; when it succeeds,
It avoids natural enemies and spends its juvenile period. After migrating into fresh water, its food changes and begins to eat fish, insects and algae in fresh water. When it enters adulthood, it becomes completely vegetarian and only eats algae in the water.
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The reason why it is called ayu is that its meat has a fragrance similar to that of cucumber. It is said to taste very fresh and tender. Not only Japanese people like it, but even Europe, America and China have records of eating ayu. In ancient China,
There are also records of fishing and eating sweetfish in many books.
According to the "Wenzhou Prefecture Chronicles" written by Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, sweetfish are "three to four inches long, with good taste and no fishy smell. They only appear in clear streams in October, which is slightly different from Lechan." "Yandang Mountain Chronicles" also records: "Fandang
It can be found wherever the water enters. When the water flows westward to Yongnan River, it can be found in the maple forest, Fangxi, Xiatan, and the ancient temple pond."
In China, sweetfish is one of the eight delicacies of Oujiang. Oujiang is a river in Zhejiang that flows into the sea from Wenzhou. It got its name because Wenzhou was called Ou in ancient times. It is said that the yield of this kind of sweetfish is very high in the Nanxi River area of Wenzhou. However,
With the pace of industrialization, many waters have been polluted, and the living space of ayu, a fish that has high requirements for water quality, is getting smaller and smaller.
In this regard, the Japanese should do better, because many parts of their country are mountainous, with many fast-flowing rivers that go straight to the sea, and they attach great importance to the protection of the environment. Many places have fragrant aromas.
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When the first captain of the village took out his fishing gear from the fishing tackle bag and explained to Hong Tao the fishing method for ayu, Hong Tao felt that he had really overestimated himself yesterday, because the Japanese did not use bait at all when fishing for ayu.
They made full use of the life habits of sweetfish before spawning and adopted a very unique fishing method to lure sweetfish to the bait.
The specific method is to use two small hooks to hook into the mouth and dorsal fin of a living sweetfish respectively, and then put the sweetfish into the water as bait. There is also a set of small spear hooks beside it.
Waiting quietly.
Sweetfish in natural waters have a very strong sense of territory. Each sweetfish has a certain pasture in the water, that is, the rocks in the water. They will resolutely protect these stones from being touched by other sweetfish, because their
The food source is the algae growing on those rocks.
So when the sweetfish used as bait is put into the water and invades the ranchers, the sweetfish in the water will attack the intruder desperately. The two fish will bite together, roll back and forth, and then accidentally
I encountered the spear hook with four sharp hook points next to me, and then I was caught. In fact, according to Chinese tradition, this is not called fishing, it is called spearfishing.
As the name suggests, the spear hook uses 3 or 4 fishhooks, back to back, and welded together with solder to form a hook group similar to a ship anchor. The bait is usually not hung directly on this hook group.
Its function is to lurk in the nest, waiting for fish coming to feed to accidentally touch it or the fishing line, and then the fisherman will judge whether to lift the rod based on the movement of the float or line.
After lifting the rod, the spear hook will have the opportunity to penetrate into the body of the fish close to it, thereby bringing the fish up. There is also a more bold way to play, which is to hang a large spear hook on the throwing rod and throw it into the water.
Then the fishing rod is pulled vigorously on the shore to drive the underwater spear hook to move rapidly. If there happens to be a fish in the direction of the hook, it may be pierced by the spear hook and the fish is captured. This is commonly known as "searching for the bottom"
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However, this kind of gameplay can no longer be called fishing. It should be regarded as fishing. It is very harmful to the fish body, and many fish cannot be accurately penetrated into their body parts, but the hook tip of the spear hook will remain on their bodies.
There were huge scars, ranging from skin and flesh wounds to broken bones and muscles. He was lucky to be alive.
I won’t comment in depth on whether the Japanese’s method of playing is humanitarian. People are so cruel to their own kind, let alone expect him to be kind to animals. He can find a lot of them when needed.
The reason is that he has love for animals, and when he doesn't need them, those animals quickly become his food and playthings.
After listening to the story of the first captain of the village, Hong Tao’s first thought was not how to catch these small sweetfish, but he was glad that he did not compete for the position of the main team member yesterday. This kind of fishing method without bait is not what he is good at at all.
, without the assistance of special-effect bait, I would really be just a stick.
"It was so dangerous, I almost exposed my secret. If my eyes were exposed abroad, it would really become a big joke." After wiping a cold sweat, Hong Tao said to the first captain of the village and the other two Japanese fishermen in the car.
My opinion immediately changed. I only got to this point by relying on my true skills. Strictly speaking, I am a cheater. I really can't just get some results and be arrogant in the future. There are masters everywhere.
