This time, Hong Tao intends to use a kind of fishing bait that is often used in the three northeastern provinces - bean cake. I have to say a few words about the bean cake, some young people may not know what it is, it is not a biscuit made of beans, it is the residue left after the soybean oil is extracted.

Bean cake is generally the size of a basin, more than 1 inch thick, round like a large cake, it is mainly produced in the north, because the north produces soybeans, and the south also has another similar thing to soybean cake called rapeseed cake, which we will talk about later.

As a by-product of grain processing, soybean cake is used for feed at most, such as feeding pigs and chickens, as for who wants to use it to fish, this cannot be traced, but in the three northeastern provinces of China, it is very common to use soybean cake as the basic bait for fishing. It's no surprise that China's largest soybean producers are in the three northeastern provinces, and local ingredients are an important feature of fishing, and many places have unique local baits, which are closely related to what crops are abundant in the local area.

So why do fish love to eat bean cakes? The author of this question is really inaccurate, it can only be speculation. First of all, the soybean cake is the residue of soybeans, then its taste is similar to soybeans, we have all eaten soybeans, such as fried soybeans or something, it has a very special fragrance and fishy smell, it is estimated that the fish like this taste. Secondly, soybeans are rich in protein, and animals eat differently from humans, and their requirements for taste are not as particular as those of humans, but their requirements for nutrition are clearer than those of us humans.

Most animals know what they lack in their bodies, for example, goats will lick certain stones after eating grass, which is not idle, because they lack salt in their bodies, so they lick some specific stones to get rid of salt. Protein is an essential nutrient for the development and growth of various animals, so many animals like to eat soybean cakes, of course, if you give him soybeans, it is more willing to eat, it depends on whether you are reluctant to give.

So why don't you use soybeans as bait? Isn't that higher than the nutrient content of soybean cake? This problem again involves processing methods. Soybeans are granular, and they are so hard that even after soaking in water, they are very crispy and difficult to get on the hook, and there is one biggest difference between soybean cake and soybeans, that is, soybean cake is cooked, and soybeans are raw.

In the process of soybean oil extraction, it must be fried, and mastering a certain heat is the key to soybean oil yield. And soybeans also fully volatilize their fragrance in this frying process, which is not possessed by raw soybeans.

Hong Tao used some bean cake when configuring his special effect bait, he didn't want the fragrance of bean cake to attract fish, he mainly used the form of bean cake, because the bean cake is pressed by high pressure, so its state is very hard, once it enters the water. It absorbs water and expands, which makes the bait mass loose, which is an essential characteristic of the bait, and only then can it be used. This makes it easier for the fish to drink the bait into their mouths, and the hook is easier to drink with the bait.

Bean cakes are also sold in the Beijing market, which are roughly divided into two types, one is the bean cake that has been processed. Sellers of soybean cakes put them in a grinder and beat them into grains the size of a grain of rice. This way, the person who buys it does not have to process it anymore, because the whole bean cake is as hard as a brick, and most people who use it do not need this shape bean cake.

There is also a whole bean cake. Throwing it on the ground can smash a hole in the ground, and it has little advantage other than being easy to carry and not easy to mold. If you want to get a small piece to use, you'll have to use a hammer or a saw.

When Hong Tao bought the bean cakes at that time, most of them were loose bean cakes, but he also bought a few whole bean cakes, although they have been put for almost a year, but they are tightly wrapped in several layers of plastic bags, mainly not damp, and will not deteriorate for several years.

What Hong Tao wants to do this time is something called a bean cake hook, which is also passed down from Nagada in the northeast. The specific method is to sawn the bean cake into small pieces the size of half a box of cigarettes, and then use an electric drill to drill an hole in the middle, and then pass the hook group through the small eye.

This hook group is also special, it is made of two small round iron pieces, and put on the eyes around it, each eye is tied to a fish hook, and then the bean cake is tied between the two pieces of iron with a thread, and then connected with the main line, commonly known as the coil hook.

However, Hong Tao was too lazy to bother with that, so he replaced it with a ready-made sea rod explosion hook set, passed the line of the explosion hook through the small eye of the bean cake, and then chose two fish hooks to turn over and tie the bean cake, but the hook of this explosion hook group is best to use more than 8 hooks, because the two hooks you turn over and tie the bean cake are basically scrapped.

In addition to modifying the fishing rig, Hong Tao also worked the bean cakes, sawing them into small pieces and drilling holes, and then put them all into a three-mouthed glass bottle. Then drop some diluted flavors into the bottle, including strawberry, musk and corn, and then seal the bottle mouth, and smoke the bean cake pieces for a few days with these flavors, so that they can inhale some water in a small amount, and by the way, the flavor of the flavor is also inhaled.

The reason why Hong Tao did this was because he had a purpose. According to his experience of fishing in Qingnian Lake in his previous life, he found that the fish here are roughly divided into two categories: one is the farmed fish that the contractor buys from the market, and they will regularly sprinkle some of this fish into the water to increase the density of the fish and attract more fishing enthusiasts to fish; There is also a category of fish that already exist in these waters, don't look at the small surface of Youth Lake, but it has not been dried for decades, and there must be many native fish in it.

The feeding habits of the two types of fish are also very different, with farmed fish preferring artificial foods such as fish feed, while native fish prefer more natural and unprocessed foods. However, they are not static, those farmed fish have been put into the water for a long time, the taste has gradually changed, and they no longer like the fragrant commercial bait, and those native fish because they are often exposed to commercial bait, although they don't like it yet, but they are slowly accepting.

Fishing is a process of wit, but also a delicate work to ponder the habits of fish, Hong Tao through observation and personal experience, feel that the fishing effect with too primitive bean cake is not the best, with too advanced commercial bait to fish the effect is not the best, so neutralize the two of them, with the original bean cake plus the advanced flavor, to see how the effect is.

Smoked bean cakes take at least 2 days, Hong Tao delayed another day in order to ensure the effect, and added flavor to it again.

After preparing fishing gear and bait, it can't be counted, although the Youth Lake is not very far from home, it is only 2 kilometers away, but people have to be comfortable sitting on the shore, it is one thing to catch fish that can't catch fish, and it's another thing to be comfortable or uncomfortable in the fishing process.

Since you want to fish comfortably, a comfortable chair is indispensable, Hong Tao took this concept one step further, what chair to sit on! Straight recliner counts balls! It's better to lie down than comfortable, the ancients didn't deceive me!

It's not comfortable just to have a recliner, and you have to protect yourself from the sun, although it's early summer, but it's enough to bask in the sun for a day, so the parasol is also prepared. Hong Tao has taken this concept one step further, what kind of parasol! Directly canopy ball! Not only do you have to shade the sun, but you also have to have a large area of shade!

Lying in a cool place is not very comfortable, it is easy to fall asleep just lying down, we still have to eat and drink, so ah, you have to bring a small folding table, on which to put tea sets and various snacks.

Lying in a cool place while drinking tea and chatting while eating snacks is not particularly comfortable, you can't eat without listening, so cultural and entertainment activities also have to keep up, such as playing a few decks of playing cards, bringing a radio to listen to cross talk songs or something.

Lying in the shade while drinking tea and chatting while eating snacks and playing cards and listening to cross talk is not the most comfortable, if there is a beautiful woman on the side to beat her legs, pinch her waist or something, it will be more comfortable, but this thing Hong Tao really has nowhere to find it, that Liu Xiaomei we can't afford to provoke, we can only hide, if she knows this activity, it is estimated that it is herself who squats and beats her legs and pinches her waist, so Hong Tao does not plan to pursue the ultimate, lack is beauty! (To be continued......)