Chapter 364 Catching Plum Fish at Night
After Lin Heng and Lin Yue checked it out, they both decided on this place. They would try it at night, but they couldn't find a better place.
Lin Yue held up the chicken offal and said, "Brother, let's find a place to go to the underground cage?"
The chicken offal was left over from the chickens his family killed today to celebrate the opening of the canteen. It is used to catch fish. Even in such a cold weather, the internal organs will not go bad after being caught. You can also take them back and feed them to the dogs.
"Here we come." Lin Heng came over carrying four four-meter-long ground cages. They went down to find a few locations with lots of stones and water plants to place the ground cages.
In this weather, the effect of ground traps on other fish was average. They mainly caught yellow bonefish and catfish. Both of these fish like areas with complex underwater environments. They deliberately chose such a place in the hope of good harvests.
After finishing this, they went up and built a shelter with tarpaulin by the river with Father Lin, and then ignited the coal brought from home.
Lighting the fire, Lin Heng warmed his hands and feet and said, "It's finally getting warmer. The river wind is really strong."
Lin Yue said with a smile, "We only go down to the river at night. It's called ice, and the water in Heihe is even colder than I imagined."
"If you can't bear it, come back and warm yourself up. It won't be worth the loss if you catch a cold." Father Lin looked at the two of them and said, he made the fire because he was afraid of water. It's too cold for anyone to bear.
Putting two sweet potatoes on the side and roasting them, Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "Dad, please look at things here first. My eldest brother and I will search up along the river to see what the environment is like. By the way, see if we can What kind of prey did you encounter?"
"No problem, you go ahead." Father Lin waved his hand.
The two simply packed up, took their bows, arrows and shotguns, and walked up the mountain forest by the river.
It stands to reason that there are usually no shortage of prey along the river. The two of them searched for a long time but found nothing.
“Brother, I found wild boar poop here!”
At dusk when it was getting dark, Lin Yue spoke up.
Hearing this, Lin Heng quickly walked over to check. After looking at it, he shook his head and said: "There is no hope. It was a few days ago. Go back and see if you can find pheasants, hares or anything like that."
< br>"Okay." Lin Yue nodded, and the two of them walked back until they reached the camp where they had set up, but nothing was gained.
“It’s true to the old saying, ten days of climbing mountains and nine days of empty sky, one day can equal ten days of work!” Lin Yue said with emotion.
Lin Heng also smiled and said: "I hope I can catch fish tonight."
This is how hunting in the mountains is, the air force is the norm, but once the hunt is made, the harvest is often huge. If he hadn't had Xiongba, a very smart dog with a super-sensitive nose, the number of times he would have been in the air force would have increased several times.
Back at the camp, Father Lin smiled and said: "It seems you have gained nothing. Come over and warm yourself by the fire. We are ready to catch fish."
"Okay." Lin Heng The two sat down to warm themselves by the fire and ate the roasted sweet potatoes. It was already dark after eating, so they took the net and flashlight and set off to catch fish.
When they came to the river and took a flashlight to take a picture, the scene they imagined of being full of migratory plum blossoms did not appear. They only saw one or two sparsely.
They tried it here for a while wearing water shoes, and the fish were really stupid at night. When the net is set downstream, the fish above will be shocked by stepping on the water, and the fish will be washed down by the current, but they may not fall into the net because the river is very wide.
"It's in, it's in!!"
Lin Heng said excitedly. After trying four or five fish, he finally saw a fish enter the net.
“This one is not bad, it weighs more than a pound.” Lin Yue lifted the net and said with a smile.
"I can't stand the cold water, so I'll put the fish in the fish protector." Father Lin said, gave his net to Lin Yue, and went back with the net with the fish in it. Walk.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother cooperated to continue catching fish.
The fish here are not very easy to catch. It takes about ten minutes to catch one. However, even with rain boots on, it was very cold. After a while, I couldn't bear it anymore and had to go back to warm myself by the fire. The efficiency was much lower than expected.
“I found that places with strong currents tend to have more fish and it seems easier to catch them.” Lin Heng said while warming up by the fire.
Although it is difficult to see clearly in areas with fast currents, fish that are pushed out by the currents will be directly rushed straight down by the strong currents. If you set up a net below, the effect is often better than in places with gentle currents. good.
Where the water flow is gentle, the direction in which the fish swims can be controlled to a large extent by themselves, and they will still instinctively dodge when they see the net.
Lin Yue nodded and said: "I also discovered it. How about we take off our pants and go to the deepest part of the water to try it?"
Father Lin hesitated and said, "It's so cold, isn't it a bit dangerous?"
"The water won't rise just now due to the Waking of Insects. It's just a bit colder, so it's not a big problem." Lin Heng shook his head.
Lin Yue also said: "It's okay. If the current situation continues like this, I probably won't catch many fish tonight."
"Okay, I'll come too. I'll ride with your elder brother down there." Net, you can catch me from above." Seeing that both sons were determined, Lin's father could only agree.
After discussing it, the two of them took off their pants, put all their underwear on here, and then walked in despite the temperature of about zero degrees at night and the water temperature of four to five degrees.
As soon as he entered the water, Lin Heng screamed: "Damn it, we have to hurry up, otherwise we will freeze and lose consciousness!"
"It's so cold, the birds are frozen." Lin Yue also hurriedly He quickened his pace.
After a while, the three of them arrived at the middle of the river. The water here was nearly 70 to 80 centimeters deep. The two of them placed large nets with a diameter of 50 side by side.
Father Lin said excitedly: "Hurry up, son, there are so many plum blossoms here!!"
The dim flashlight light shines into the rapid water, and you can see plum blossoms approaching one after another. figure surfing against the current.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
Lin Heng's legs were already frozen at this time, but he still excitedly put his feet down to catch these fish swimming upstream. In the turbulent current, these fish swimming upstream all rely on their own strength. If they are interrupted, they will be mercilessly washed away by the current.
“Holy shit, there are so many fish!”
“What a great harvest, there are at least seven or eight fish in this net!”
As the fish snap in the net, The sound of jumping made Lin Heng's father and elder brother so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
"Hurry back to the water!" Lin Heng was also very excited, but also very cold.
The three of them quickly ran to the river, and after counting, they were all happy from ear to ear.
Lin Yue laughed and said: "I have eight fish here!"
Father Lin grinned and said: "I have nine fish here, which is more than what we caught in the previous two hours!"
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"And the ones in the middle are all big fish weighing two to three kilograms!" Lin Heng touched the plum blossom and said happily. These guys never thought that they would suffer such a tragedy during night migration.
The three of them put the fish into the fish protector while talking, and then quickly ran back to the camp to warm themselves by the fire.
While roasting in the sea of fire, they intensely discussed the harvest.
Uncharacteristically, Father Lin agreed: "This is a great deal. Let's bake it and try it again. It's cold, but it's definitely much faster than catching fish on the water's edge."
"You have to wait a little longer to give these migrating fish time, and then you can set up a net below, and I will catch it from above." Lin Heng put on his underwear and said with a smile.
He looked at his watch. It was only half past eight, so there was still plenty of time.
Next, the three of them tried every twenty minutes and kept harvesting. Before they knew it, it was already one o'clock in the morning. During this period, they harvested thirteen times in total.
The effect becomes worse the further you go. On average, they can catch almost ten fish every time, which is a total of one hundred and thirty fish. Including the ones caught at the beginning, the three of them caught two fish in one night. Fish weighing over 100 kilograms and almost 300 kilograms.
This is definitely a bumper harvest.
After it was warmed up, Lin Yue asked, "Do you want to continue?" "Forget it, there were only three or four fish in the net just now, and there won't be any fish left if there are too many." Lin Heng shook his head and said .
Father Lin also nodded and said: "That's enough. Let's just rest. There is no other fish in this weather."
The three of them ate a roasted sweet potato and rested against the tarp.
I didn’t get much sleep after resting like this for a whole night. Even if there was a tarp outside, I couldn’t bear it. The side close to the fire was hot and the side facing away was cold. After sleeping for half an hour, it was cold. Wake up once.
But there is no other way. If you want to get something, it is normal to be cold and hungry. It is impossible to have everything just sitting at home.
The three of them woke up at 6:30 the next morning. Lin Heng felt a little headache, and Lin's father and elder brother both had a cough.
"I'm going to collect the floor cage. Once it's done, go back as soon as possible." Lin Heng stood up and said.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded and went out with him.
The wind by the river was even colder in the morning. Lin Heng managed to warm up while walking and exercising.
“It looks unsatisfactory!”
Pull up the first ground cage, Lin Heng shook his head and said, there were three and a half kilograms of yellow pepper inside.
"I'm even worse, a little catfish weighing half a catty!" Lin Yue also shook his head.
Then the two men took back the other two ground cages. There were no fish in any of them, and the other one only had a small fish of two or two.
The two of them walked back with their things. Although they had no choice but to accept it, it was the same when fishing in a cage. Sometimes, even if you choose the right place, there may not be fish.
When the two came back, Father Lin had already packed up. The camp had been demolished, but the remaining fire had not been extinguished.
Lin Heng went to the side of the road, opened the oxygen bottle, connected the pipes and air stones and put them into three large 50-liter water tanks.
The water tank was filled yesterday when we passed by a creek next to the road, so as not to have to go far to the river to fetch water later.
“It’s done, come here to catch the fish.” Lin Heng shouted to his eldest brother and father after he was done.
“Here it comes!”
The two agreed and went to the river to pick up the fish. From a distance, they could hear the beating of the fresh plum blossoms in the two fish guards.
Although I was too tired to sleep well last night, this big fish really satisfied all three of them.
Each plum fish was larger than the one caught last summer. They estimated that the largest one weighed more than three kilograms.
After putting the fish into three water tanks and closing the lids, the three of them got in the car and headed back.
Lin Heng drove the car, and Lin's father and his elder brother sat in the back of the wooden cart to help control it.
I didn’t dare to walk too fast for fear that the water would pour out. I walked for two and a half hours before returning to the village.
I didn’t mean to show off when I returned to the village. I quickly walked through the center of the village and walked towards Hongfeng Mountain.
Inevitably, I met a few people on the road. I asked them how many fish they had caught, and then left without showing them.
"You are back, how was your harvest?" Mother Lin asked curiously when she saw the car stopped.
"See for yourself!" the three said, and hurriedly went back to the house to warm themselves by the fire. They were almost freezing like fools.
“Oh my God, we did so much this time!”
After a while, Mother Lin’s shocked voice spread, and then she ran into the house to ask again.
After learning how they were caught, she felt a little sorry for the three men: "It's been hard work for you guys. I made rice for you, and I'm going to fry the vegetables when they're all cut."
Bake. When it got warm, Father Lin asked, "Should we just release the fish directly to the mountain, or artificially ovulate it?"
"Let's do it first, so as not to have the trouble of catching it again in two years." Lin Heng said.
"I think this is good too." Lin Yue nodded.
"Then get up and do it. When you're done, come back for dinner." Father Lin stood up and said,
After getting two more buckets and three small basins, the three of them carried the fish to the door of the hatching room.
The fish this time were very lively and none of them died.
When they arrived at the door, they brought two more large water tanks over, which they bought last year when they were packing shrimp.
Fill the water tank with mountain spring water, and the three of them begin to ovulate. Put water in the small basin, grab the fish with a towel and squeeze it gently, and the light yellow fish eggs will be discharged.
These migratory fish are basically sexually mature. After patting the eggs, pick up the male fish and squeeze out the fish sperm, and then stir to complete the fertilization of the eggs.
The fertilized fish eggs are placed in the hatching tank, separated from the previous batch.
After two hours of busy work, there were 70 female fish, and this time I got more eggs, more than 50,000.
"Including the last one, there are almost more than 70,000. It depends on how many fry can be hatched." Father Lin said with a smile. This was his first time doing this kind of work.
"It's hard to estimate. It's the first time plum blossoms are hatched, so I'm not sure." Lin Heng shook his head. He had hatched grass carp and carp before.
"What the hell, let go of the fish and let's go eat quickly." Lin Yue waved his hand and said, he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore.
"Brother, will you keep your fifty fish in a cage?" Lin Heng asked.
The fish must be divided evenly. It is impossible for his elder brother to be busy all morning and have nothing at night. He just took advantage and collected the fish eggs.
"Okay, just keep me and eat slowly." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"That's okay." Lin Heng nodded, and the three of them took the fish to the small reservoir on the top of the mountain.
The fifty male fish were placed in the cage, leaving only four of Lin Heng's and his father's fish, and the rest were thrown into the reservoir for stocking.
Four or five of these fish have not ovulated, allowing them to reproduce in the reservoir.
Later they want to eat fish, so they can just come over and catch a few. I believe it is not difficult to catch in their own small reservoir.
It was already 12:30 noon as soon as the fish was released, and the three of them went home quickly to scoop up rice.
“I’m starving to death!” Lin Heng picked up the rice and ate it to his heart’s content. His mother’s stir-fried dish was sour beans and minced meat, and he ate three large bowls of rice in a row.
After dinner, Lin Heng drove home with his eldest brother.
Lin Heng opened the door and Xiaoxia came over to greet her. Lin Heng picked her up from a distance and spun her around twice in the air.
Xiulan and her three children were the only ones in the house today, and Caiyun had already gone to school.
"You must have gained a lot last night. I saw you went to Hongfeng Mountain this morning." Xiulan said while feeding.
“Great harvest.” Lin Heng smiled and told Xiulan about last night’s harvest.
"Then it's worth it for you to go out and get cold this time." Xiulan smiled slightly and said, "Go to bed quickly. I can take care of the child by myself."
Although it was a bit tiring for her to take care of three children by herself, she felt sorry for Lin Heng even more.
(End of this chapter)