Fishing is a long way of fishing, and now the rapid development of society has given birth to a large number of fishing tools, fishing has been purely mechanical, and many traditional fishing methods have disappeared.

The last time Ao Muyang saw foot-to-foot fishing was a few years ago, and until he was in high school, he would fish in this way with Ao Fugui and other friends.

For children, they don't do this for gain, but mostly for entertainment.

People who live on rivers and lakes for food don't do this, because it's best done in winter, when it's bitterly cold, and when it's close to sub-zero, most of your body is in the water and you have to step barefoot in the mud, which is torture.

As we all know, water temperatures below zero will freeze, so the weather is cold but the river water is still above freezing. However, the silt at the bottom of the lake is not at this temperature, and the temperature of the silt can be below freezing.

In the past, there was an old man named Ao Guangli in Longtou Village, and Ao Muyang's father called him grandpa.

The old man Ao Guangli was a disabled person, and he lost half of his left foot, which was the result of fishing with his foot.

When he was young, Ao Guangli was forced to make a living, and he had to go to the river to find fish in winter, so there would be no saying that electric fish poisoned fish, even if there were fishermen, he could not do this, he could only use his ancestors to go to the old business to carry out foot fishing.

As a result, once his feet were numb and numb, and he lost consciousness, and in his words, 'I feel hot when I step on a fish', and I use my feet to find fish in a mud pit, and when I step on the fish, I hook it up with an iron hook.

At that moment his foot was numb, and the hook penetrated the fish and hooked his foot, and he exerted his strength, and the ball of his foot was pulled by the hook.

The poor family had no money to treat, so they had to wrap it in a cloth, and then the inflammation of the soles of the feet was life-threatening, and a doctor in the town kindly helped him cure, and the treatment was to cut off half of the soles of the feet......

Speaking of this incident, several old fishermen present sighed again, they had all seen Ao Guangli's broken foot.

But now it's okay, although the temperature has dropped, but the lake is still not cold, and the foot fishing is not torturous at this time.

Speaking of this, an old fisherman named Ao Zhike wondered: "Village chief, I know that I have to wait until the weather is cold, it must be very cold, so that our feet are hot, and the nest we step on is also hot, so that there are fish to warm up in the nest." Now, on this day, it won't work, right?"

Ao Muyang said with a smile: "Fish don't go into the nest for warmth, but by nature, they naturally like to hide in the mud nest." ”

"Even so, how do you catch crabs?" the old fisherman wondered.

Ao Muyang said: "Because crabs also have this nature, they will also drill into the mud nest, and the mud nest is a hiding place for them. ”

Someone in the old fisherman nodded: "That's such a reason, isn't it said in the old way, there are many shrimps and crabs at the bottom of the river." ”

"The problem is again," Ao Zhike touched his beard and said, "There are a lot of mud nests in Ambergris Lake, crabs, fish and shrimp, why do you have to drill into our drows?"

"Oh, how can there be so many whys? This is teaching? Are you a teacher like Zhisheng?" an old fisherman was dissatisfied," the village chief said, and he listened to the village chief. ”

Ao Muyang smiled and waved his hand: "Uncles, let's not worry, in fact, I don't want to catch all the crabs in this way, and the fishing must mainly rely on crab pots." I wanted to use this as a gimmick, first, to show tourists that we were having fun here, and second, I contacted reporters and asked them to report on us. ”

The old fishermen suddenly realized, and Ao Zhike smiled: "You asked our old man to do this job, also to make a gimmick?"

Ao Muyang gave a thumbs up: "Yes, Master Zhike, I declare to the outside world that this is a lost traditional crab fishing stunt, and when the time comes, we will follow the method of foot fishing, and we can catch as much as we can." ”

At the end of the day, it's a posing event.

However, Ao Muyang is a good guy with a face after all, and he decided to mobilize the whole village to cooperate with the pose, so that it doesn't look like a pose.

Of course, crab fishing from ambergris lake is a village-wide activity.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mighty crab fishing operation began, and the good days of the free-range night county crabs and Nanhu crabs came to an end, they were happy for a year, and now they are about to be sent to the table.

Ao Muyang convened the village cadres around Ambergris Lake to chat, and their village would only catch their own free-range crabs this time, and they would not move the native crabs in Ambergris Lake.

If someone touched their crabs, he wouldn't be polite.

Poor mountains and bad waters make people miserable, and the problems between the villages have to be solved by fists, and it is useless to talk about them.

From the morning, the women of the village went to the lake with rubber bands, buckets and wooden basins, and the big ones sat together in groups of three or five, waiting for the crabs to come out of the water.

The strong young men followed the old fishermen into the water, because they wanted to be on camera, Ao Muyang specially told everyone to dress uniformly, all old-fashioned white fish suits.

It's dirty at sea, but the traditional fish suit is white, probably because white is particularly bright on the green or blue water, and someone can find out in time if something happens.

Ambergris Lake is very deep, and the water level in a large area is more than 20 meters, but fortunately, this year's drought has lowered the water level of the lake, and the surrounding area has become shallower.

Crab fishing has to be carried out in shallow water, Ao Muyang was the first to enter the water, he did a survey at the bottom of the lake in advance, and chose a place where the crab group is densely distributed to lay his feet.

Hundreds of men and young people snapped into the water, everyone was wearing swimming trunks, and under the clear lake water, the big shaggy thick legs were even darker......

It's as simple as stepping on the bottom of the lake after entering the water.

The old man Ao Zhike took the lead in demonstrating: "Remember, walk in a straight line, you must walk in a straight line! Otherwise, you won't be able to find the way back, and don't take a special step, just use the usual steps to walk, otherwise it will be difficult to find the underwater pit when you turn back." ”

Some tourists were not fooled and said: "The crabs that can be attracted by stepping on the mud pit in such a shallow water place are also the surrounding crabs, right? This means that there are crabs around, so why don't you just find them and catch them with your hands?"

Fortunately, Ao Muyang made a lot of preparations in advance, and when someone in the village heard it, he said: "You must have just come to us, right? You can go to the lake and take a look around, there are a lot of aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, and there are lotus leaves and water chestnut leaves on the water surface, so you can't see what is at the bottom of the lake." ”

Hearing this, the tourists suddenly realized that this really made sense.

It's not easy to step on the mud with your feet, and the big guys have to ventilate with each other to prevent them from stepping on it.

In fact, when stepping on the mud nest, some people feel that they have stepped on crabs, but fortunately, freshwater crabs are not as fierce as sea crabs, and they will be frightened to run away after being touched, instead of showing their big claws to start a war.