Wang Sanpao reiterated again and again that ice fishing is still dangerous, so tourists are asked to take all kinds of protection and do their best when trying.
He said in particular: "If the fish bites the hook and cannot lift the pole when lifting it, or if the fish pulls extremely hard in the opposite direction, it is likely that it has encountered a big fish. We must not compete head-on, but must do it when necessary.
Give up the fishing rod.
These fishing rods are all homemade in our village in Shantun, and the raw materials are available in the mountains. They are not worth much at all, but it will be very painful if a person falls into the water."
Narisong, who was on the side, also whispered to Sun Dahai and the others that in the past, when Kaoshantun broke the ice for fishing every winter, after catching fish with a big net, they would fish with a hand pole.
Almost every time after winter fishing, they would leave a few pairs of fishing rods in the holes they made in the ice. There was nothing they could do about it.
The ice surface is slippery, and this kind of hand rod is short. Although small pieces of bait are used, if you are unlucky and encounter a big fish biting the bait, if you don't let go in time and throw away the fishing rod, you may be taken into the water.
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In fact, it would be safer and simpler to use a dip net to catch fish at another ice break. Wang Sanpao and Na Risong had the same idea, and they both advised those who have no fishing experience to use a dip net to catch fish there.
Most of the tourists now are teachers and students of Yingcai School, and they are organized. Therefore, led by the teachers, most people went to another ice break in the distance.
Some of the remaining people here began to line up, preparing to try their own hands at ice fishing. These people were mainly school teachers and high school students, and my eldest cousin Li Hong also stood in the queue eager to try.
Some other people were not planning to participate in ice fishing in person, they just didn’t want to run around, so they stayed to watch others play and cheer them on.
Sun Dahai and the others also separated. Zhang Yujie, Su Jia and the Xia sisters went there. They all wanted to have some fun, so Wu Yan naturally followed the Xia sisters there like followers.
Sun Dahai and others stayed here.
In his previous life, Sun Dahai accompanied a client to Alaska to participate in winter fishing. The event attracted nearly a thousand people, so he had experienced a big scene.
The activities organized here, except for setting a large net to fish in an ice cave, were something he had never seen before. They were relatively new and fun, but the others were all similar, so he didn't bother to walk over and take a look.
The second primary school actually wanted to participate in both projects. Unfortunately, they were too young. Before coming, the organizer had already stated in advance that for safety reasons, students from Yingcai Primary School would not participate in ice fishing activities.
Although the second primary school student did not act with the large group, he could not openly violate the rules under the eyes of teachers and classmates.
So the two of them could only put their minds aside and stay with their brother honestly, becoming both spectators and cheerleaders.
In fact, this arrangement is a bit unreasonable. In the past, when we used to catch fish in the winter in Bayanshan Village, we would first lower two nets before starting ice fishing.
After two nets are passed, the big fish in the water are basically cleared. It is safer to catch the fish that are about two pounds and slip through the net with a hand pole. It is easy and there are no big fish to cause trouble.
However, there are too many tourists now, and it is unreasonable to have everyone freeze on the ice waiting for the second net. So after discussion, Boss Li and others decided to advance the ice fishing activity to between the two nets.
Originally, after the big net passed, there were three ways to continue fishing.
The first is to use a harpoon, and the main target is large fish weighing three to five kilograms. The second is ice fishing, and fish of about two kilograms are most suitable for this method. The last is to use a small net with a long pole to catch fish, and the fish is about one kilogram or more.
The most suitable.
As for fish under one kilogram, they are generally not considered when fishing in winter. If you have to work hard to break through the ice on a cold day, everyone will no longer compete with those small fish.
Safety must be the first priority in today’s activity, so one of the two ice breaks is used for ice fishing, and the other is used for catching fish with a dip net. The staff will only demonstrate spear fishing for tourists, and tourists will not be allowed to try it themselves.
Ice fishing tourists here quickly reaped rewards. After the bait entered the water, there was almost no pause before the fish bit the hook.
They all knew this lucky tourist, Sun Dahai, who was a mathematics teacher in the high school department of Yingcai Middle School. It is estimated that even the teacher himself did not expect that he could catch fish so easily.
The surprised teacher, with the help of the staff, took advantage of the situation and hooked up, and a fish weighing more than two kilograms was successfully caught.
This is the advantage of short rods and short lines. Fishermen can use their hands to exert strength. It is winter now, and the fish bites the bait very hard and will not let go easily, so it is not easy to detach, otherwise the fish can only slowly slide away.
Already.
The staff helped him remove the hook from the fish's mouth, then handed the fish to him and took photos of him and his trophy.
The teacher grabbed the tail of the fish with one hand, lifted it upside down in his hand, and smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. His face was red, and he didn't know whether it was from excitement or from the cold. He would probably have such an experience today for the rest of his life.
Unforgettable.
When some people succeed, there will naturally be people who fail.
Cousin Li Hong was not very lucky. She pulled all the fish that had bitten the hook out of the water. As a result, the fish flapped vigorously in the air. Li Hong's hand softened, and the fish detached and ran away. The surrounding onlookers shouted at the same time.
There was a cry of regret.
But my cousin was in a good mood. She just blushed, stuck out her tongue, and started joking with her colleagues.
The sensible second child ran over to comfort her, but found that her cousin acted like a normal person and really didn't care.
In her words, she encountered many failures when firing kilns and making pottery. This kind of recreational ice fishing is a joy whether it succeeds or fails. The important thing is to participate.
My cousin even said the slogan of the Olympic Games, which shows how peaceful she was at this time. After the furry second child was pinned down by Li Hong's colleagues one by one, he ran back with a pout on his lips.
Generally speaking, the success rate of ice fishing for tourists is about 20 to 30%. This is already a very high probability for these pseudo-fishermen with two knives.
However, unexpected situations are always inevitable.
Later, it was the turn of Li Hong’s colleague Fu Ying. She didn’t know whether she was nervous or something else. She took the hand pole with the bait hung from the staff and just walked to the ice break. Before the staff responsible for protection could give her a
She put on her seat belt, but her foot slipped and she fell into the ice cave.
Narisong was right next to the ice break. He and another staff member were using iron drills to remove the ice to prevent the ice break from freezing again.
He reacted quickly. When he saw someone slipping down, he immediately took off the sheepskin coat he was wearing, grabbed the safety rope, and put it around his waist.
Then, amid the screams of the people around him, Risong shouted to the person responsible for pulling the safety rope: "Pull the safety rope!" and jumped into the cold water without hesitation.