Chapter 6: The Scales
It took 5 minutes to wash his face, brush his teeth, put on his clothes, and the fishing gear, and ten minutes later Hong Tao had already appeared on the shore of Houhai, but to his disappointment, there were 3 people sitting on the position of him yesterday, and obviously they also heard that there were 3 big carp connected to this position, so they got up so to occupy a good fishing position. Helpless, Houhai belongs to everyone, Hong Tao can't go to blast others away, can only be more than 20 meters away from their west side, and choose a suitable position for throwing rods, and begin to use the test to answer the questions in his heart.
This time, Hong Tao only brought yesterday's kind of particles, and then, like yesterday's Cheng Xun, soaked the particles first, then left them for a while, and then added water to adjust the soft and hard viscosity, and hung the hook after the most luke, and threw it into the waters of the selected lu, the distance was similar to yesterday, about 40 meters from the shore.
But Hong Tao waited until noon, his stomach was hungry, not to mention the big carp, he couldn't even see a single fish hair, and the 4 poles really didn't move. Anglers want to catch good fish, the most important point is patience and analysis and summary ability, Hong Tao was not discouraged at all, let the fishing friends next to him look at the pole, ran to the silver ingot bridge where to eat some steamed buns and egg soup, and then continued to return to the fishing position to wait.
For a whole 3 days, Hong Tao went out early and returned late, and tried in the same position continuously, but nothing was found, and finally Hong Tao surrendered to fate, he could only attribute the situation of connecting 3 big carp to luck, although it was a bit far-fetched, but he really couldn't think of anything else to explain this phenomenon.
Don't go to compete with fishing, Hong Tao hides at home and needs to think about his future, he didn't come up with a reason for thinking about it for a day, in his spare time, he decided to tidy up the fishing tackle left by his father, those fishing lines and hooks that have been used for too long should be thrown away, and a few hand rods are wiped and put away, although Hong Tao does not plan to use them, but keeping them is also a kind of thought.
When he buckled the bucket of water, there was a snap, and something fell out of the bucket, it was the big scale, Hong Tao patronized the bait to test the fishing bait these days, and completely forgot about this scale, but at this time Hong Tao suddenly remembered that one day this scale was soaked in the bucket, and he used the water in this bucket to adjust the softness and hardness of the pellet feed, before all the water for the bait was taken from the lake, and the water in this bucket was only used for hand washing.
Could it be that this scale has some special taste? Hong Tao put the dried scales close to his nose and sniffed hard, there was no P smell, not even the fishy smell of fish, Hong Tao did not give up, there was some water, and then smelled ...... Well, it seems to be a little faint fragrance, I can't tell the specific fragrance, anyway, it's a little tasteful, and it doesn't smell bad.
Nima...... Is this also becoming? Could it really be that it's working? Hong Tao couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and quickly picked up the pole bag and Maza, and ran to Houhai again with the bucket.
"Tao...... Do you like fishing too much? I see that he goes fishing every day, and he is more punctual than going to work. Leaning on the window, Sam said to his wife as he watched Hong Tao walk out of the yard and close the courtyard door.
"I heard the school teacher say that his parents died in a car accident last year, and he was left alone, just graduated from college, and had no job, probably because of the stimulation in his heart, I heard the old lady in the yard in front of him say that those fishing gear were used by his father, and when he was a child, his father often led him to the lake to fish, I guess he missed his parents." Mrs. Burgess was reading a book in the back room, and when she heard her husband's question, she tilted her head and thought about it, and then held back a set of her theories.
"Well, the relationship between Chinese children and their parents seems to be closer, when our school opens, many parents bring their children to school to help them sweep the floor, make beds, and fetch water, if we help Erin like this, she will definitely be very angry." Sam followed his wife's train of thought and talked about his daughter.
"It's summer vacation soon, should we go back to China to see our daughter, I always worry about Katie, I heard Erin say that she has a new boyfriend." When Mrs. Burgess heard her husband mention her daughter, she immediately put down her work and became worried.
"Oh no, my dear, young people's lives should be in their own hands, they are adults, and we can't interfere with them too much...... But we can invite them to come to China for a holiday, where the house is enough to live in, and we will pay for the airfare. Sam obviously doesn't plan to return to China, he has been fighting with a group of old men on the beach these days, and is learning tai chi, but when he saw his wife's eyes, he immediately came up with a compromise.
"That's fine, I'll call them." The wife obviously missed her daughter, but she was unwilling to force her husband to return to China with her, and she also thought that it was a good idea to let her daughters come to China for the summer vacation, so she turned around and went into the house to make a long call.
Regardless of how Sam and his wife fooled their daughter to come to China for the summer vacation, Hong Tao trotted to the back seaside, the original fishing position is still someone fishing, anglers are very superstitious about the quality of the fishing position, often you have a good catch in one place, and then you will not occupy the same position for many days in a row, because there are always people who get up earlier than you.
Finding a good position to throw the rod casually, Hong Tao did not rush to mix the bait, but first filled the bucket with some water, put the fish scales in it, and then covered the bucket with a towel to wipe his hands, so as not to be discovered by others The big scales. After waiting for a few minutes, Hong Tao began to use the water in the bucket to soak the pellet feed, and then adjusted it to a suitable soft and hard, with the most glimmer of hope, he took the bait and threw the rod.
After throwing the 4 poles, Hong Tao just lit a cigarette, and before he had time to think about the scales, one of the 4 poles began to move, but this time it was no longer the tip of the pole nodding randomly, but it was slowly bent down and bent down, and the bottom of the pole on the ground was pulled a little off the ground.
"I'm ...... Big guys. Hong Tao threw away the cigarette he had just lit, picked up the fishing rod and stabbed the fish back, the fish in the water was stung by the hook, no longer swam at the same speed as before, and began to accelerate towards the large water to the west.
Hong Tao is not panicked, no matter how big the fish in the back sea is, there is no more than 20 catties, the line and hook on the wheel are newly replaced, for the fish under 20 catties, Hong Tao has rich experience in struggle, and he has judged from the action of the fish that this is probably not a carp, it should be a grass carp or silver carp and other pelagic fish, because before Hong Tao exerts his strength, the fish in the water has automatically left the bottom of the water.
"Little brother, what's the fish? So powerful? Hurry up and reel in the thread, don't let it get into the branches and cut the thread. The two anglers next to him were the first to arrive at the scene, and they asked for the details of the Hong Tao while cheering for the Hong Tao and giving them ideas.
"I guess it's grass carp......" Hong Tao didn't pay attention to the worries of these two enthusiastic anglers, the fish in the water are already out of the bottom, so there is no need to worry about them getting into the obstacles, and this fish is not a carp, only a cunning guy like a carp will drill into the branches and rocks when he feels dangerous.
"Oh, hey, master, brother, this fish is not small." Seeing the fish jumping out of the water in the distance, a fishing friend shouted excitedly behind Hong Tao, and the result was that all the people passing by were summoned, and they formed a semicircle in the back, watching Hong Tao's performance like watching a play.
In a few minutes, the fish was successfully slipped to the shore, but this time Hong Tao didn't even use a copy, he leaned down directly, half-knelt on the shore of the lake, used a medical hemostat to reach into the fish's mouth, clamped the hook handle and turned it hard, and the hook was clamped out of the fish's mouth. The big fish, which had lost its strength, was stimulated by the hook, turned around, and plunged into the water and disappeared.
"Alas...... Why did you let it go, I didn't talk about it, I have it......" A fishing friend saw this 7 or 8 catties of grass carp running away, and complained about Hong Tao with great regret.
"I'm just fishing and playing, and I can still fish after I release it, so I just want to have fun." Hong Tao replaced a new ball of bait and said to the anxious fishing friend with a grin.