Barracuda is as cheap as dirt, but the pull of five or six pounds of major barracuda bulldozers always makes sea fishing enthusiasts addicted.
Barracuda (yellow-eyed barracuda)
Barracuda (white-eyed barracuda, aka mullet)
In fact, there are two kinds of barracuda. One is that the eyes are yellow, the body is slimmer, and the scales are more golden, called "yellow-eyed shuttle". One type of eye is white, the body is shorter and thicker, and the scales are whiter, called "white eye shuttle". White-eyed shuttle is also known as "mullet" or simply "white-eyed".
The two species of fish not only have almost the same appearance, but also have almost the same living habits. They are all filter-feeding fish, with dense gills and rakes, feeding on plankton algae, plankton, organic detritus, etc. Sometimes mud moss is also eaten on reefs or on the bottom of boats. Its diet is similar to that of silver carp and bighead carp in freshwater.
On the northern coast of the continent, these two species of fish are collectively known as "barracuda". On the southern coast, they are collectively referred to as "aconitum" fish.
It should be mentioned that the "barracuda" mentioned here is not a "barracuda" that only exists in the southern seas. The "barracuda" of the southern seas, also known as the "sea wolf", is a fierce carnivorous fish.
Regarding barracuda, there is a general consensus among coastal residents that they are "not tasty". Especially the barracuda in the dock, there are many fishing boats in the dock, the water surface is floating with diesel flowers, and when the barracuda filters the algae, the diesel flowers are drunk, resulting in the barracuda meat "having a diesel flavor". Barracuda also often swims into the river to eat, and if the river is polluted, it will also cause the fish to have a peculiar smell.
In addition, due to the filter feeding nature of barracuda, its intestines are extremely long. When the fish is cut, it can be seen that the intestines are full of black mud-like things, which makes the barracuda easy to deteriorate after death, especially in the summer. There is a saying along the coast that "June shuttles, stinky pots".
Northern coastal dwellers are more interested in barracuda in only one season: late winter and early spring. Because barracuda hibernates in winter and does not eat, the long winter will drain the dirt in the body, so the first net barracuda in early spring is very popular, called "Kailing Shuttle". There is a proverb that "spring eats open Lingsuo, so rare that it is impossible to speak".
The price of barracuda, north and south, is extremely low. Three or four pounds of each large barracuda is difficult to reach ten yuan / catty. Even three or five yuan / pound for smaller points.
In fact, in the eyes of the little fisherman, as long as the water quality is good, as long as the fish is fresh, I can't feel how difficult the barracuda is. Washed fresh barracuda chunks stewed sauerkraut tastes good [smile].
Netizen barracuda caught
Little fisherman barracuda caught
Sea anglers catch barracuda, sometimes maybe just to get over it. Because fishing on the shore of the northern sea, it seems that only by fishing barracuda can you catch four or five pounds or even seven or eight pounds of big fish relatively easily. Other fish species, the shore is not so large, there are very few, it is difficult to catch.
There are two common methods of barracuda fishing in the north:
The first is the anti-drift hook fishing method. It is at the figure 8 ring of the ordinary "falling hook fishing group", and a large foam drift or Awa drift is bolted. After throwing the fishing set into the fishing spot, the foam drift is sunk into the water. Its role is not to look at the bite hook signal, but to keep the hook fishing group in a roughly vertical state. Because barracuda bait is generally on the bottom floor, but it is not particularly close to the bottom of the water, it is necessary to use floating to make the hook stand up. The fish's bite hook signal is to see the rod shake slightly.
The second is the rock fishing method. It is best to make a nest first for rock fishing. With commodity nest materials, even chicken feed, dry noodles can be broken. The depth of fishing is 10---40 cm from the bottom of the water. Sometimes you can catch it on the surface of the fishing surface.
Of the above two fishing methods, bait works best with sand silkworms. Green sand silkworms or nest sand silkworms are also available. Barracuda scavenging, so fresh sand silkworms, dead sand silkworms, and even spoiled sand silkworms are eaten. Floating with No. 1.0 small float is on the line. The fish hook can be used with the 10--- 16 Marushi hook or the 2--- 6 thousand hook. However, the barracuda bite is very light, not to swallow the bait, but to beak bait, so as long as the fish floats slightly, it will immediately lift the rod.
Barracuda is known for its strength, the rod must be strong, otherwise it will encounter the big barracuda hook, a sprint big bend bow, will directly break the rod into three or four sections. The fishing line should also be thick. In addition, never forget to copy the net. [Proud].