● Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, Chunjiang, Text/Jilin, Chuntu
Heron Island is divided into new and old islands. Located in the Mudanjiang River, 0.5 kilometers west of Bien'an Village, Old Island was listed as a nature reserve in Heilongjiang Province in 1987 and later flooded by the lake in 1996 due to the construction of the Lotus Power Station. Niijima is located in the Lotus Lake, about 100 meters west of Bien'an Village. I dreamed of wild fishing on Heron Island in Bian'an, not only because of its beautiful scenery, but also because the fishing legend filled with ear drums sparked my desire to go.
There is fishing age, no fishing skills, and the philosophical view of pure wild anglers
The sun had just turned red, and the morning mist had wrapped a thin veil around Heron Island. Brother Gu and Brother Liu, who were fishing yesterday, came again. I didn't want to catch small fish, so I went to them.
Since I met yesterday, the contact today is obviously much more natural. I carefully observed the two fishing methods and found that these two are "pure wild anglers": one person has a 4.5-meter fishing rod, and there are many scratches on the rod body, and I know at a glance that I don't pay attention to rod maintenance.
The rod holder is a wooden stick that can be picked up at hand, and the front of the stick is tied with two small sticks to form a cross fork to act as a "rod holder", and the forked wooden stick is used as a "rod holder", and the old fishing line is used instead of the rod rope.
The two shared a bucket for fish; A worn-out glass wire bag was placed on the ground, presumably for fishing equipment.
I stepped forward and said, "Brother, do you two come fishing every day?" Still surnamed Gu was willing to speak, and Brother Gu said to me: "The two of us are hardcore fishing. When the farm is busy, I don't have the effort to fish, and when I am not working, I often go here to fish because it is close to home. ”
I then asked, in very technical terms, "How many are your floats?" "I thought that asking like this would at least look good, and I couldn't be underestimated by others.
After listening to it, Brother Gu said cheerfully: "What a few tunes, we are fishing at the same level, there is no fishing age and no fishing skills, throw the hook into the water and everything will be fine, the fish will lift the rod when it is gone, it doesn't matter if the fish is fishing or not, it is to fish calmly and have fun." ”
Seeing that I was still puzzled, Brother Liu, who was reluctant to squeak on the side, picked up the stubble, and he lifted the fishing rod for me to see floating. I almost laughed when I saw his floating: what kind of float is this, it is made of foam blocks cut into strips and then inserted with bamboo skewers.
Brother Liu said: "We never adjust the drift in fishing, just look at the speed of the drifting water, the slower the descent speed, the more sensitive." "Our fishing equipment is also not high-end, every time we catch fish into the grass, we only take the catch home, and the next time we come back to fish, take it out and use it, which is convenient and trouble-free."
"We envy the fishing in the city, the equipment is tall, the bait is varied, and the nest is also willing, all high-end goods. We can't bear it, the bait is earthworms all year round. ”
I asked him, "Is there a tackle shop in the village?" Where to buy earthworms? Pointing to a pointed wooden stick, Brother Gu told me, "We don't buy ready-made ones from fishing tackle shops, the earthworms we use are made from local materials."
The earthworms here are thick, and you can dig more than 20 in a while, which is enough for fishing in a day. This is the tool for digging earthworms in the wild. "I was even more curious, and looked at their line set equipment, and found that their line set did not know how long it took, the brain line was docked, the hook tip of the No. 3 hook was almost bald, and most of the fish caught were small fish.
Brother Gu said with interest: "We love to fish for small fish, the small fish fried sauce can have a taste, and the eggplant stew with gaya seeds is old and fragrant!" "Look at our fishing rods, don't see that it's a little broken now, there are many stories in it." I have to ask the truth, urge Brother Gu to talk. This urge made Brother Gu open the chatterbox and tell me the story of the fishing rod.
The touching story of Gu Ge's fishing rod
It was the summer of 5 years ago, and it was also on this Heron Island, the lake was very large, there were two cities fishing, the fishing equipment was quite exquisite, the sea rods were sent by small electric boats, and one of them was playing with hand rods on rubber boats.
I remember that when it was dark, I was rowing with Lao Liu back from fishing and heard the cries for help from the side of Heron Island in the distance. On the rubber boat, the man held a fishing rod in his hand, the fishing rod was bent like the moon, and the rubber boat was getting farther and farther from the shore.
The man on the shore danced and shouted for help as he ran. Later we learned that neither of them knew water, they were dry ducks. I wondered at the time, why do you take a boat to fish when you say you can't water, and what if the water leaks?
The boat was towed away by a big fish, why did you die and grab the fishing rod? What a sacrifice for life! If we hadn't rowed to catch up and tow the boat back, we wouldn't know what happened! They were really frightened at the time, and they were so grateful to us that they had to give us 2,000 yuan.
How can we ask them for money? They really didn't care, so they gave us these two fishing rods, which were quite new when they were first given to us! We quickly let the town know about our rescue, praised us at the spring plowing meeting, and gave us awards!
Brother Gu's words touched me, and I was deeply touched by their optimistic, open-minded and simple character, remembering the "arrogance" and "short-sightedness" that I unconsciously showed when we first met, which made me feel self-contained.
I turned around and took the rod bag and gave each of them two pairs of No. 5 Tea Fish Hooks, two pairs of No. 7 Iseni Fish Hooks, a floating float and a new line set to show my respect. The two of them thanked them like a treasure.
Brother Gu asked us to go to our home that night, and I politely declined his kindness and left contact numbers for each other, which was regarded as a farewell. A ray of sunset lays in the lake. Brother Zhu and I were about to make dinner, when my phone rang, and it was Brother Gu who called, telling me not to make dinner, saying that we would eat grilled carp together in the evening, and he and Brother Liu would arrive soon.
It seems that rural people are sincere and belong to the kind of gratitude that does not stay overnight. Soon they brought a large carp and cooked bud rice. We immediately divided the work, Brother Zhu and Brother Liu were responsible for collecting firewood for the bonfire, I was responsible for making four cold dishes, and Brother Gu was responsible for preparing ingredients and grilling carp.
This carp was caught in the lake by them a few days ago, and the family raised it and was reluctant to eat it, and today it was specially brought for us to taste. Gu Ge is skillful, like killing a pig, first bleed the carp, remove the gills and internal organs, then cut the spine of the fish with a knife, pass the wicker through the mouth of the fish, sprinkle with salted salt and chili noodles, and grill it on a campfire stand, and the taste comes out after a while.
Everyone sat around the campfire, drinking wine, eating delicious food, talking and laughing, and dispersed very late.
The relationship with the big fish is between fishing and release
The news of the withdrawal of the Great Lake spread all over the place, Heron Island still did not add new guests, Brother Gu and Brother Liu visited twice in three days, and Brother Zhu and I naturally became the "island owners" of Heron Island.
Anglers all feel the same way, always feel that the fishing time flies quickly, unconsciously we have been fishing on Heron Island for 7 days, the sea rod I don't know how many times the explosive bait, but it seems to be thrown into the tank, and there is no movement.
But just yesterday, Brother Zhu found that one of his sea rods was missing, presumably dragged away by a big fish, which caused us to be alerted.
At about 10 o'clock, I suddenly heard the bell ringing, and when I ran closer, I saw that it was my long-pitched sea rod shaking vigorously, the rod was bent into a bow, and the rod kept hitting the surface of the water, and I knew that this fish was not small.
I quickly grabbed the sea rod and raised it, turned on the traction force, and rocked the wheel hard. The fish started to pile still, then moved slowly, and then suddenly exerted force, rushed left and right, and almost dragged me into the water. The sea pole wheel squeaked out of the line, and the nylon wire of more than 100 meters was almost exhausted, and I quickly called Brother Zhu to help.
Brother Zhu and I held a sea rod and a half-intercepted net, one east and the other west, taking turns walking fish. I knew in my heart that the sea rod line set was Line 8 and Hook 14, and I could compete with the big fish. Big fish want to line us to put the line, big fish loose line we close the line.
The fishing line is hummed by the fish, and the ripples in the water are so large, faintly appearing from time to time, and the big fish just refuse to show their heads.
We persistently used the tactics of "fish in and I retreat, fish retreat and I advance, fish still and I move, and fish tired and disturbed" and adopted a combination of "positional warfare," "movement warfare," and "protracted warfare" to launch a fierce mermaid war, which made both of us sweat profusely and exhausted.
We are patient and are in no hurry to get the fish ashore. It took us more than two hours of hard work, and we dragged it to get this "big thing" ashore.
At first glance, it turned out that we were competing with a fat-headed fish, which was like a piglet weighing more than 20 pounds. This is the biggest fish I've caught since fishing, and Brother Zhu met it for the first time. We slumped on the shore, panting.
The mouth of the big fish is also closing one by one, and it seems to be very tired. I leaned over and stroked the fish, and found that its belly was bulging and its scales were larger than copper coins.
Although the catch was not ideal for a few days, it looked like a mother fish from the belly of the fish, and we unanimously decided to release it and let it continue to reproduce.
The big fish put into the water, as if through human nature, never left, prodded her, swam away and turned back, looked at us affectionately, and then swung the tail of the fish to swim towards the deep water.
Catching big fish is every angler's dream. I was deeply touched by fishing this big fish, and I summed up five points while lying in the tent:
First, the bait should be selected correctly. It is necessary to adapt to the waters. Fishing in natural waters, natural bait, natural fragrance, "original fragrance" is more tempting for big fish.
Second, the line set should be appropriate. Fishing with a sea rod on the large surface, the main line is generally enough for the nylon line 5 to 8, and the hook from the 10th to 15th can meet the challenge.
Third, we must keep in mind the dragging force. The power of the sea rod is the key to mastering the big fish. The drag force can neither be tightened too tightly nor placed too loosely. If it is tight, it is easy to tug of war, and if it is loose, it will slowly run the fish.
Fourth, fish control should be patient. You can't rush things, you must be patient, not in a hurry, and use tactics flexibly until you turn the fish over.
Fifth, it is necessary to copy fish safely. Be sure to aim at the head of the fish to copy, must not "withhold", the seizure of the fish is very easy to startle the fish; It is also impossible to "copy at the end", and the copy will break the copy. The best way is to grasp the four words of "stability, accuracy, speed, and softness" to "drag and copy".
"Dog" releases fish, and all things have animism
I share a fish protection with Brother Zhu, and although I didn't catch much, I also caught nearly 30 pounds of fish.
The fish caught by Zhu Ge are quite mixed, there are 8 red tails weighing more than 1 pound, 2 carp weighing more than 2 pounds, 2 ox tails about half a pound, and many green scales, horse mouths, and gaya seeds.
I also caught seven or eight carp weighing 2 pounds. Every day after fishing, in order to avoid the water rat biting the fish protection, we deliberately tied the fish guard with a rope, tied it to a tree stump, and used a long pole to push the fish guard into the deep water, thinking that this would be foolproof.
But later, the action of "begging the dog" completely subverted the cognitive concept and made us cry bitterly. The "big fool" shakes his head and tail around us every day, and quickly wins our favor, I feed it delicious every day, and it has become our idle "companion" for relief.
But when we packed our bags and went home to the lake to load fish, we found that the fish guard was dragged ashore, and in the shallow water, the only five or six carp and crucian carp left in the fish protection were jumping in the fish protection, and the other fish were missing.
I quickly picked up the fish guard, found a big hole in the middle, remembered the "big stupid" obedient demeanor for several days, and decided that the fish in the fish protection was the "big stupid" ghost, and the fish ran away from the hole.
In this regard, we are crying and laughing, but all the fish that came this time ah, now almost the entire army is gone. I picked a large carp from it and took it home as a gift to my wife, and gave all the rest of the fish to Brother Zhu.
Thus ended the short and long life of wild fishing. As we drove away from Heron Island, the grass slanted and shimmered, and a flock of herons sprang up in unison, flapping their wings and drawing a proud and powerful arc. The deep barking of the herons, and the barking of the "big silly" dogs, all seem to be sending us off.
I am for fishing fun, I am for fishing maniac, 8 days of field battle Heron Island, there is love and dreams, it has been engraved in the depths of memory, forever. ■
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