Many new anglers have many misunderstandings, which may be limited fish species or inexperienced, so there are often errors in judgment. For example, a recent fishing friend caught two fish that are very similar to carp, and the excited circle of friends said that he caught two very beautiful carp, very excited, but also very proud, because few people can catch such a beautiful carp. When I saw this circle of friends, I was happy that he had caught a good catch, but I also corrected his mistake in time and told him that it was not a carp. As shown in Figure 1, whether the fish is a carp or not can be judged at a glance.
Although observed from the appearance, this fish, like the carp, has two short whiskers on both sides of the corner of the mouth, and there is no obvious difference between the whole head and the carp. But carp's scales are not like this, and their body sizes are very different. In my judgment, this should be a catfish, which is a rare species in our local area, but there are also many anglers who catch me. I once caught in the wild river in our rural hometown, the meat quality of this fish and the meat quality of carp are also very different, people who often eat carp know that the earthy smell of carp is relatively large, but this fish is relatively fresh, almost no earthy smell.
However, I am not sure whether this is an ordinary catfish or a short-headed catfish, specifically went to the Internet to find two photos of ordinary catfish and short-headed catfish, and I couldn't see any difference. Figure 2 is the standard photo of ordinary catfish, Figure 3 is the standard photo of short-headed pike, if you are interested, you can take a closer look to see the difference between ordinary catfish and short-headed catfish, and then observe Figure 1 to determine whether the two fishing friends catch are ordinary catfish or short-headed pikes.
Of course, as a fishing novice, you must not avoid these mistakes in judgment, but you still have to continue to ask the old anglers for advice or learn a certain amount on the Internet, fishing design has a lot of things, and continuous learning is a process that must be adhered to. Just like me, I have been fishing for more than two years, and I have fished for a catfish once, but I can't distinguish the difference between ordinary catfish and short-headed catfish, and I can't find it, or I have to humbly consult and learn from the majority of fishing friends.
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