On Lake Victoria, on a nearby island, next to a simple civil hut with a few tree stumps as chairs, a black old man was smoking a cigarette with great interest, and told Yang Zi about his decades of fishing career.

In Africa, the inhabitants of fishing methods are rudimentary, but they are very diverse.

Rarely, like catching barramundi during the dry season, you have to dig in the dry fields with a hoe.

In the Lake Victoria area, because of the abundant fishery resources, the means of fishing are naturally much richer.

Common ones include boat fishing, net fishing, purse seine nets, and fishing blockages.

Among them, boat fishing and net fishing are basically similar to domestic fishing methods, that is, the equipment is extremely simple, so the efficiency is also very low. Local fishermen are basically trying their luck on their own familiarity with the distribution of fish.

The two methods of purse seine nets and fish luring to block the lake are more interesting.

Purse seine nets, similar to those in domestic reservoirs and lakes or ponds, are also spread out in the depths of the water with large fishing nets, and then move closer to the shore to catch the fish along the way.

It is the results obtained by the purse seine here, which is really not flattering, often using more than ten people's manpower and material resources, spending most of the day, and finally being tired and half dead, but only a few relatively decent catches.

If you are unlucky and encounter something hanging the net, you have to send someone to dive to the bottom of the lake dozens of meters deep to dismantle the net, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the harvest is completely disproportionate.

The reasons for this are, firstly, that the lake area is too large and that the fish are not very concentrated, and secondly, it is related to excessive overfishing.

As for the last fish to block the lake, it is a literal translation of Tan Ziqing's title.

The bottom of Lake Victoria is extremely flat, and although it is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, the water level is only about 80 meters deeper, which is not even a fraction of the Baikal you visited last time.

Such a gentle topography has caused many small puddles to grow on the shore of the lake.

These puddles are only one or two meters deep and about the same size as fish ponds in China, and when there is a shortage of food in the lake, many fish like to swim in at night to feed.

Taking advantage of this, the local population invented a simple and effective way to fish.

They put the bait in a puddle, cover it in a cage so that it is not easy to swallow, and wait for several days.

When the fish in the lake get the news and flock to the lake at night, the locals will take the opportunity to cut off the way with fishing nets and completely block the entrance and exit.

Next, it is harvest time, and the residents involved in the bait and trapping begin to drag their families into the water en masse, using a kind of strainer to catch fish in the puddle.

In fact, there are many videos on domestic websites, and as long as there are no accidents, people involved in fishing can often return with a full load, which is a practical way to catch fish in the local area.

Of course, in addition to the above common methods, there are many other bizarre fishing methods, but they are much softer than those methods of domestic drug release and electrofishing.

After discussing with the old man for more than an hour, Yang Zi felt that he had gained a lot.

The other party not only introduced the fishing methods here, but also explained the details of various fish distribution, predatory habits, active time points and so on, very generously.

Of course, this is mainly due to Yang Zi's gifts.

A few cigarettes and two sets of fishing rods that looked quite good at the old black man were smiling, and his mouth was never closed.

Cigarettes are still secondary, and the locals themselves will also make simple flue-cured tobacco, which at best tastes poor.

But the two fishing rods were put away by the other party as a treasure, and the reason for this is mainly the price of fishing gear here, which is really a little speechless.

Yang Zi and his family arrived in Uganda for a few days, and when they were bored in the rain, they also went to a nearby fishing tackle shop to investigate.

With the purpose of inquiring about the local fish and learning about the special bait here, they visited several related stores, but they were disappointed.

The locals' perception of fishing is not interested in it at all, and it is all about filling their stomachs.

Under this custom, it is almost impossible to expect them to buy expensive commercial fishing tackle for fishing.

Those who are willing to buy fishing gear here, except for a large number of tourists, are foreigners who have emigrated here.

As a result, local fishing tackle shops are not only expensive, but also very scarce, and there are only some cheap and commonly used fishing tackle for people to choose from.

A stall sold for thirty or forty yuan in China, with the sign of "Madein Chana" printed on it, the other party actually asked for 200,000 shillings, which is converted into RMB is more than 300 oceans.

Such an outrageous price and quality are simply cheating people! Yang Zi originally planned to buy something to set it off, but he was so shocked by this price that he turned around and left.

The fishing tackle he gave to this black old man was a prize-grade fishing rod provided by the fishing tackle manufacturer when he participated in the fishing competition.

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Bidding farewell to the old local fisherman, Yang Zi began to have a bottom in his heart for this fishing plan.

He looked at the sky and saw that it was almost noon, so he asked Dego to drive a speedboat to a nearby inlet, while he ate simple dry food and used his mobile phone to search for information about the local Nile perch.

As one of the world's largest freshwater fish species, the Nile perch was once flooded when it was first introduced to Lake Victoria, causing a catastrophe to the ecological chain in the lake, and in just a few years, hundreds of original fish species in the lake area have disappeared.

Later, the locals took advantage of their ferocious predatory nature and fished them with fishing nets and lines, causing their numbers to plummet and they were once again on the verge of extinction.

Until now, with the intervention of the governments of the three countries in the Lake District, a number of relevant laws and regulations have been enacted, this time to curb the declining population.

Such a big ups and downs of "Yusheng" also fully verifies the proverb that has been in Hedong for 30 years and Hexi for 30 years.

Because of the sharp decline in the population, Yang Zi now wants to catch this kind of big fish, although the difficulty is not as high as that of the fish, but if the weight limit is included, it is really not so easy.

In order to increase his chances, he plans to catch some small fish in the inlet here, one as bait, and then he can add food to the evening.

In the past few days, except for the occasional visit to the barbecue restaurant last time to satisfy their hunger, the rest of the time they eat light meals in the hotel.

Although there are more varieties than in Baikal, the taste is not much better, especially the hygiene is not good, and Qiaoqiao has been complaining for several days.

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Riding the breeze, Wood steered the speedboat and stopped at a calm bay.

There are several mountains around here, and when it rained heavily a few days ago, a lot of dead branches and leaves washed down from the mountains, as well as some unlucky insects, so there should be more fish coming here to feed in the next few days.

Yang Zi combined with the old fisherman's guidance, and after selecting a circle of nearby fishing spots, he quickly determined this water.

He took out a light boat rod, and instead of using a fake bait, he tied a set of string hooks, then hung up the earthworm and threw the fishing rig into the lake.

Lake Victoria is home to a wide range of freshwater fish, and even the fact that it is home to a species of scavengers like the Nile perch does not detract from its claim as the largest freshwater fishery.

In addition to the common tilapia and catfish, various branches such as dace and carp can be found here.

Yang Zi doesn't pick the species, and the bait used is relatively simple, since the most of them are tilapia, so just use their favorite earthworms for fishing.