Chapter 607: Catching a Big Fish
Five kilometres to the west is the Nile, four kilometres of which are desert-Gobi terrain, and one kilometre near the riverbank is an area of farmland, much of which is grown with potatoes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is a wonderful geographical environment, where there is water irrigation, there is a piece of green, and beyond a ridge is a piece of earth, there is no excess between them, and the boundary is as clear as a knife cut.
The convoy was accompanied by a local Sudanese official named Salwa, a Nubian in his 40s who was influenced by Arab culture, and his hometown was in nearby Kebushiya, and he knew this generation well.
The American sponsor was going fishing, and Salva volunteered to be his guide, knowing the Nile and knowing that fish could be caught there.
Influenced by Arab culture, Salva and his people did not eat scaleless fish, but they still did.
In the car, Adjani was curious about the question: why do you eat fish with scales and without scales?
"Quite simply, it has to do with this Nile. Four or five thousand years ago, the Egyptians were said to eat fish, but they never ate the scaleless fish in the Nile, and modern people speculate that it was because several of the scaleless fish in the Nile were either poisonous or had electricity, and they didn't want to make trouble for themselves, so they simply didn't eat the scaleless fish and stayed away.
Three or four thousand years ago, the Near East and the Middle East were still greatly influenced by ancient Egypt, and it may have been this reason at first, and finally it became like this with a little bit of religion. ”
Seeing Adjani's continued curiosity, Zhang Nan hurriedly said: "Don't ask me if those scaleless fish in the Nile can't be eaten, I don't know, I know that some catfish are electrified, the ancient Egyptians don't know the reason, we don't have to worry, we can't put it a few times, we can slaughter it when we are tired; ”
"I think you Chinese people are very good at eating fish, even Asian carp. ”
"That's because you're stupid, you can't use chopsticks, and you're afraid of stabs. In the future, you must learn to use chopsticks, otherwise you will not be able to enjoy a lot of delicious food..."
As he spoke, the car drove into the farmland area, and there was a road for ox carts and donkey carts to pass, and it was okay, and the SUV could get through.
There are also axle prints on the road, which should be tractors.
As soon as they reached the river, Salva and several military contractors had already arrived, and had set up haystacks at the selected fishing spots on the riverbank.
If there is no fire, the smoke is big, and there is a little fragrant smell.
"What are they doing?"
Hearing Adjani's words, Zhang Nan said with a smile: "Catch mosquitoes, it's the dry season, and the mosquitoes here are said to be so many that they can bite people to death!"
As soon as Adjani heard this, she immediately busied herself with applying mosquito repellent - the military mosquito repellent that William Brin had given before, and the effect was first-class.
Mosquitoes in the Nile region should not be underestimated, and some of them have infectious diseases, so they have to be vaccinated leisurely.
There were dozens of people fishing for a fish, but there were only four booms, and most of them were scattered in a farmland along the Nile to watch.
Salva came over and gave Zhang Nan a small plastic bag.
Open it up and take a look: earthworms.
The sultan spoke fluent English, and Zhang Nan asked, "Where did this good thing come from?" ”
The other party smiled and said, "Ask the children in the nearby village to dig it." ”
Without Zhang Nan to speak, Guan Xingquan on the side directly knocked Salvara aside and patted him for a hundred dollars, which made the little civil servant smile from ear to ear.
Earthworms are hard to find, and Salva asks children from nearby villages to dig them for less than 10 cents in dollars.
In fact, the income of civil servants in northern Sudan is okay, but this $100 is not a lot, especially if the cost is only a few cents.
got out of the car and gave the "strongest" sea rod to Guan Xingquan, Adjani didn't fish, Zhang Nan took a hand rod, and the other two were given to Jin Wenbo and Zack.
Guan Xingquan and the three of them are all sea rod lovers, so the bait they used didn't bother Zhang Nan to consider, so Zack divided some earthworms over.
Zhang Nan's level of playing with a hand pole is a few streets higher than the level of his own sea rod, but it has been useless for a while: this time is also rare, and it is rare to see a hand pole in the United States.
They each looked for a place along the riverbank, Zhang Nan didn't need it, the people who arrived in advance in the early stage had already helped to choose a good fishing spot, just under a few big trees, and the people who arrived in front of them pinched the time to help make nesting materials made after mixing the flour in the kitchen, the chicken liver left by the killed chickens and some smashed ones to be discarded.
The folding back chair is placed, and there are small snacks and drinks put up, and the width in front of you is more than this comfortable swing scene, and the length of the hand pole is only 3.9 meters.
Adjani is like a melon eater, Zhang Nan just got off the pole and sat on the side and asked, "What kind of fish do we catch?"
Zhang Nan laughed, "There are many fish in the Nile, we will catch whatever fish there are, don't look at the rod in my hand, it's still okay to fish a few kilograms."
But I think it's most likely to be catfish or tilapia, and there are a lot of these fish here. ”
Vertical fish floating, staring at it.
It has only been a few tens of seconds since the hook was dropped, and the fish drifted on the water more than two meters away.
As soon as the rod is lifted, the rod will be in the bay immediately!
"Hooked! There are fish and there are fish ......"
It feels very good, but I was taken aback by Adjani on the side!
The French Rose was excited like a child, screaming.
The hand feeling fish is not particularly large, so it doesn't take much effort to lift it directly.
"Tilapia. ”
African crucian carp, just lift it directly: tilapia often does not move after swallowing the hook, and the fish float only changes from upright to oblique side, so as to immediately lift the rod, pull the fish out of the den, and then lift it ashore, so as not to alarm the fish.
Put on gloves and use the hook picker to lower the fish and stuff it into a box with ice cubes.
"Tilapia is a nest, you try it, as long as the fish drifts crooked, immediately lift the rod, this fish is very easy to catch. ”
Tilapia piled up into a nest, Adjani is a novice fisherman, looking at this interested, Zhang Nan directly gave way.
This feeling is the same as fishing for Ang thorn fish in the stream pool of my hometown, as long as you find the right fish nest, the fish is like playing.
Adjani had a lot of fun, and Zhang Nan was busy luring and fishing.
Each one pound or so, when the ninth is fished, there is a major situation forty or fifty meters away!
Zhang Nan pulled Adjani and ran over there, and the tilapia didn't care!
Not only Zhang Nan, but even Zack and Jin Wenbo stopped fishing, and ran over to be the melon-eating masses: Boss Guan was on the fish, and he was fighting with the big guy at the bottom of the river dozens of meters away.
The damped winder was spinning like crazy, and Chen Hao on the side directly poured water on it with a mineral water bottle to prevent the winder from overheating.
Adjani looked at her and asked curiously, "What kind of guy could it be?"
"It's possible that it's a big catfish, and the Nile catfish can grow very big!"
Just as Zhang Nan finished speaking, a big fish hundreds of meters away suddenly jumped out of the water: it was not a catfish.
"Damn, it's so big!"
The hearts of the people were full of exclamation.