Rural mountains and rivers, rich in a variety of crops, fertile fields grow a variety of food crops, Clear river grows natural wild fish, they provide people with food at the same time, but also decorated this beautiful world, especially fishing is a kind of activity for people to improve their diet, in the countryside in the seventies and eighties, there are many fish in the small river, such as blackfish, carp, small carp, small carp, Ang thorn fish, etc., people use sewing needles to make fish hooks, fishing by the river, sometimes fishing with fishing nets, individual large take back to fry, fry, etc., One of them is a small fish called willow root fish, which is often thrown directly into the river, and now its value has doubled, and it may not be able to buy 100 yuan a pound.
Willow root fish for the laurel, lake tuna and the real tuna collectively, the head long mouth is small, the upper jaw is slightly longer than the lower jaw, the body side of the long many irregular black spots, the scales are very small, tightly arranged, adult fish general body length of about 12 ~ 18cm, like group activity, because it likes to inhabit the shore next to the willow tree under the root gap, so it is called willow root fish, daily flying insects, algae for food, especially like the clear water of the river, the naked eye can find their trajectory, once they come out of the water, will soon die, Because they prefer cool waters, they have high requirements for water quality.
Willow root fish must be living water to survive, and slow growth, every winter willow root fish will drill into the river crevices or rock piles to overwinter, in early spring, it will be from the middle of the river to the upstream spawning spawning spawning, and autumn before the weather turns cold, it will migrate from the upstream water to the river or river, so autumn is the best time to catch willow root fish, especially in the northeast region, especially in the small fish.
After catching them that year, because they are too small, and even feel that they are not enough to plug the gaps, most of them are directly thrown away, especially people who like to fish know that when fishing in the nest, this small fish likes to come out and make trouble, and they peck at the bait, inexperienced anglers may directly throw the hook, but because it is too small, the big fish hook can not be caught at all, even if it is replaced by a small fish hook, such a weight of small fish, fishing a day is not enough for a pound, and the previous market can not sell the price, most of the people have no one to catch this fish.
In fact, the willow root fish meat is tender, less thorns and soft, after fishing with your fingers can clean the fish belly, frying, small stir-frying, noodle steaming, do willow root fish sauce, etc., the method is more, you can also go to the chamber to wash, sprinkle some salt to dry into dried fish, in the winter to add a river fresh delicious, and fried willow root fish, crispy outside, tender inside, small thorns can be eaten, full of flavor, eat a different flavor, is a more popular delicacy at the moment.
In recent years, due to human overfishing and river water pollution and other reasons, willow root fish has rarely been seen, individuals slightly larger is more difficult to find, and its market price once sold to 100 yuan a catty, but due to the scarcity of wild quantities, it is still difficult to buy when you want to eat, and now most of them rely on artificial breeding, people can eat this delicious food, have you ever seen this small fish?