"We're here, that's Pavey's cabin, how about it, Pavey Pada is amazing!" Pavey, who was driving, raised his arms and showed off his upper arms, which were as thick as Hong Tao's thighs.

"His house is specially built, with a sleigh underneath, and in the winter he pulls the house up to the ice with a car, sometimes he fishes himself, sometimes he lends it to friends, and when spring comes, he drags this house up to the shore of the lake, where it is much more comfortable to fish here than outside." Old Gale had obviously been here, and he explained to Hong Tao and Zhou Xiaoli.

"It seems that your company's fishing tents are not sold here, and people don't play tents anymore and build houses directly." Hong Tao spread his hands to Zhou Xiaoli and expressed regret.

"Captain Gale, do all the ice anglers here build this kind of house? What if you don't have a house? Zhou Xiaoli obviously doesn't know much about ice fishing, and she doesn't know how she has mixed up in Canada for so many years, which is obviously a bit dereliction of duty.

"Hmm...... There are many such houses, basically everyone who lives by the lake will have one, and even if they don't use it, they will rent it to people who come to ice fishing, and most of the rest will drive their cars and hide in the car when it is cold, and some people will come by snowmobile or sleigh. Pavey answered Zhou Xiaoli's question for old Gail.

"In that case, there is still a market for ice fishing tents, after all, you can't sit in the car to fish, and the sleds are not protected from wind and snow, the main thing is that the ice fishing tents are not heavy, and those who drive will not mind bringing an extra 2 kilograms of equipment." Zhou Xiaoli made her own judgment after getting an accurate answer.

The SUV stopped in front of the house and several people began to unload the vehicle, and then Hong Tao had a chance to take a closer look at how the Canadian's ice fishing equipment differed from that of China. First, they had a plastic sled the size of a bathtub, basically one for each person, and then they put all their belongings on the sled, and then hung a rope on them, and then pulled the sled on the ice.

Hong Tao looked at the set of ice fishing equipment that Pa Wei prepared for himself, most of which are no different from the domestic ice fishing equipment except for the different brands, the only difference is that a few things are missing. The fishing rod is also a one-knuckled rod about half a meter long, with a small spinning wheel; A folding chair, an ice fence, a small bucket, a thermos pot, and a fish finder.

One crucial thing missing from these devices is eye-punching equipment. Fishing on the ice, you first have to get an eye out of the ice, see the water to fish, in our country, generally use ice drills or ice rakes to do this, but Hong Tao did not see these equipment when unloading the truck.

In addition, Hong Tao also found a difference, that is, there was no floating device installed on the fishing line, and no floating was found in the equipment, Hong Tao did not ask questions, he pondered that this should not be Pavi's mistake, even if Pavi made a mistake and forgot to bring it, Old Gail should not also make a mistake at the same time, which probably shows that they do not need to float for ice fishing here.

After entering the cabin, although Hong Tao was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback: Evil capitalism, too corrupt!

The space inside the cabin is about 8 square meters, it is a square, and there are two wooden benches on the left and right sides against the wall, just like the chairs in our domestic saunas. Directly across the room was a long table with something resembling an electric heater on it, and a small bulging stove underneath it.

"This is the stove? What to burn? "Hong Tao is very curious, what is this thing burning, you can't bring briquettes and firewood.

"Gas." There was no need for veterans like Old Gail and Pa Wei to answer, Zhou Xiaoli just spit out 2 words lightly, and then glanced at Hong Tao with disdain.

"How much gas does it take to burn such a big stove?" Hong Tao was not convinced, and planned to use questions to save face.

"Don't you see two gas canisters hanging outside the house?" It was Zhou Xiaoli who answered him.

"......" Hong Tao really didn't see it, just now he patronized to check the fishing tackle.

What surprised Hong Tao even more happened, just as he was talking to Zhou Xiaoli, Pa Wei lowered his body and lifted an iron plate in the middle of the room, revealing two ice holes on the ice under the iron plate. It can't be said to be ice holes, because they are shaped like squatting pits in public toilets in Beijing in the 80s, which are elongated. By this time, the two ice caves had already formed a layer of ice, and Old Gale was holding an axe to chisel away the ice floes on the surface.

"People are in the house, sitting on wooden benches, not only gas heating but also gas stoves, drinking hot drinks, playing ice fishing, no matter how windy and snowy outside, at least the inside of the house will not be cold and biting, where is this TM fishing, this is corruption!" Originally, Hong Tao's own ice fishing tent was already very luxurious, and it could be compared with Pavi's ice fishing hut, and the tent could be thrown away.

"Let's try it here first and see if the fish are there." Pavi took out the fish finder, put the probe into the ice cave, and held the screen to carefully observe the changes on the screen.

"Why don't you do it, do you want this old guy to help you hang the bait?" Old Gale saw Hong Tao sitting there in a daze, picked up a set of fishing rods and threw them in his arms to urge.

"Our fishing methods over there don't seem to be the same as yours, I need to observe and then learn." Hong Tao is really not in a daze, he plans to see how the other two people fish first, and then decide on his own strategy, this kind of fishing method that does not need to float has also been seen in China, but it is not commonly used.

"Okay, there's a school of fish about 80 feet away, and you can go down the ditch." Pavey put down the fish finder, picked up the rod beside him, then took out a pair of sharp-nosed pliers from the toolbox, clicked and broke off the barb of the hook, handed the pliers to Old Gale, and repeated the same action.

"Why do you want to break off the barbs?" Hong Tao is a little incomprehensible, if you want to use a barbless fish hook, just buy a barbless hook, isn't it a fart by taking off your pants.

"The government stipulates that barbed fish hooks are not allowed, and they should have given you a booklet when you applied for an outdoor card, where is it written." Pavey handed the hook to Hong Tao and motioned for him to see it clearly.

"Wouldn't it be enough to just buy a barbless hook?" Hong Tao still didn't quite understand.

"That kind of fish hook is rarely sold, and even if you find it, it is much more expensive than this, as long as you click it with a skewer, it not only complies with the regulations, but also saves money and is convenient." Pavey shook the hook in his hand triumphantly, then fished out a small live fish from a small bucket next to him, threaded the hook through the fish's back, and put it in the water.

Not to mention, Pavey's fishing skills are really good, less than 5 minutes after the bait enters the water, he hit the fish, the signal of the fish is very obvious, the thin rod tip is suddenly bent, and then Pavi is very skilled in lifting the rod, reeling the line, with the brake sound from the reel, a fish was quickly pulled up.

"Unlucky, it's this guy, you have to see clearly, this fish is not allowed to be caught, put it back as soon as you catch it." Pavi handed the thin, silvery-white fish more than a foot long to Hong Tao, told him to look carefully, and then threw it back into the ice cave.

"What kind of fish is this?"

"Herring." Zhou Xiaoli directly told Hong Taoyu's name in Chinese.

"If you use bait, can you also fish?" Hong Tao probably understood the ice fishing method of the people here, which is very similar to sea fishing.

The fish they fish for are mainly predatory fish, which is very different from our China, in the natural waters of China, predatory fish are very rare, the most common are blackfish, mandarin fish and catfish, as for sea bass, herring, trout these freshwater fish are difficult to see. In Canada's waters, there are many more types of predatory fish, especially cold-water fish, so they use this small live fish as bait, instead of using earthworms or bloodworms as bait to lure omnivorous fish such as crucian carp and carp as they do in our country.

"No problem, you can use this gadget, we are all used to fishing with small fish, and it is faster to take the bait." Pavey pulled out a silvery-white metal lure from his pocket, only the length of his little finger.