There are 3 people in the car, Zhou Xiaoli gave you a brief introduction, among them, Hong Tao of Gangshi Village had seen it yesterday, his eyes were still bloodshot, it seemed that he was indeed very drunk last night. The other two people are also anglers in this competition, one of them has gray hair, looks to be 5 or 60 years old, the expression on his face is very serious, at first glance, there is that kind of master style, facing Hong Tao, this young man, just nodded slightly, and did not even give a straight eye.

Hong Tao has long been accustomed to this kind of look, but he does not feel very uncomfortable, fishing this activity and fishing age and experience is very related, not that the older angler must be skillful, but the fishing age and good at summarizing the angler must have his unique skills, this kind of thing can not be trained by training, are the anglers in the ordinary fishing activities little by little accumulation, sometimes he wants to teach you can not teach, belongs to the category that can only be taught but not spoken.

According to Zhou Xiaoli, the location of the ayu fishing competition is not close to Tokyo, and according to Zhou Xiaoli, it is a place called Tochigi Prefecture in the central part of Japan's main island of Honshu. This prefecture is the largest prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan, and the entire area has many mountains and rivers, the population density is not large, and it is mainly agricultural, and the northwest is also classified as Nikko National Park, which can be regarded as a nature reserve.

Speaking of Tochigi County, we Chinese may not be familiar with it, but it has a neighbor who is probably known to the whole world, that is, Fukushima Prefecture, and the Fukushima nuclear power plant leak accident occurred in the north of Tochigi Prefecture.

For the fishing of sweetfish, which is unique to Japan, Hong Tao had only heard of it in his previous life, and had not seen it with his own eyes, let alone fished it with his own hands, anyway, there was nothing wrong with staying in the car, Hong Tao gave full play to his studious talent, and through Zhou Xiaoli's translation, he asked the captain of the village who was sitting in front of him in detail what is called Japanese sweetfishing.

First of all, ayu is a freshwater fish that is closely related to salmon, and most of them live in rivers with clear water, turbulent currents, low water temperatures, sand and gravel bottoms, and no pollution from the sea.

The living habits of this fish are very special, it is different from the ordinary fish we see, it is annual, that is to say, its lifespan is only one year. In September and October each autumn, schools of adult sweetfish gather from the upper reaches of the river to the brackish and freshwater junction of the downstream estuary to spawn, and then the mother and father die and the eggs hatch naturally into small fish and then enter the sea with the current to spend the winter.

In the spring of the following year, when the water temperature of the river rises to more than 10 degrees Celsius, the juveniles in the sea have grown to about 6 centimeters in size, and they will migrate to the river to continue growing, and then after a summer of fattening, they will eventually grow to about 20 centimeters of adults, and die immediately after spawning in the fall. Therefore, the largest size of the sweetfish is about 20 inside, and the weight is no more than 3 taels, even if it is artificially fed, it is at most slightly larger than the fish grown in the natural environment.

Don't look at this fish can only live for a year, its short life can be described as very tortuous, first of all, it has to grow in the sea since childhood, feeding on various rotives and copepods in the seawater; When it successfully evades predators, passes its juvenile stage, and migrates into freshwater, its diet changes and begins to eat fish, insects and algae in freshwater; When it reaches adulthood, it becomes a complete vegetarian and eats only algae and sponges in the water.

The reason why it is called sweetfish is that its flesh has a fragrance similar to the taste of cucumber, and it is said that it is very tender to eat, not only the Japanese like it, but also in Europe, America and China, and there are records of fishing and eating sweetfish in many books in ancient China.

According to the Ming Wanli "Wenzhou Mansion Chronicles", the sweetfish "is three or four inches long, the taste is good and there is no fish, and the raw and clear stream is only in October, which is little different from the music production". "Yandang Mountain Chronicles" also contains: "Where the water enters, the water flows west Yongnan Creek, and there are also places in the maple forest, file stream, lower pool, and ancient temple pond."

In China, the sweetfish is one of the eight treasures of the Oujiang River, the Oujiang River is a river in Zhejiang, from Wenzhou into the sea, because in ancient times Wenzhou was called Ou and got the name, it is said that in the area of the Nanxi River in Wenzhou, the yield of this sweetfish is very high, but with the pace of industrialization, many waters have been polluted, and the living space of the fish that has too high requirements for water quality is getting smaller and smaller.

The Japanese should do a better job in this regard, because many parts of the country are mountainous, there are many rivers and streams that flow rapidly and lead directly into the sea, and they take the protection of the environment very seriously, and there are many places where ayu can be found.

When the captain of the village took out his fishing rig from the tackle bag and explained the fishing method of sweetfish to Hong Tao, Hong Tao felt that he was really a little too big yesterday, because the Japanese don't use bait at all to catch sweetfish, and they make full use of the living habits of sweetfish before the spawning period, and use a very unique fishing method to lure sweetfish to the bait.

The specific method is to use two small hooks to hook from the mouth and dorsal fin of a live sweetfish, and then use the sweetfish as bait into the water, and beside it, there is a small set of spear hooks waiting quietly.

Ayu in natural waters have a very strong sense of territory, and each ayu has a certain water pasture, that is, those stones in the water, and they will be very determined to protect these stones from being touched by other ayu, because their food source is the algae that grow on those stones.

So when the ayu as bait is put into the water and violates those ranchers, the ayu in the water will attack the intruder, the two fish will bite together, roll back and forth, and then accidentally touch the spear hook with four sharp hook tips next to it, and then it will be caught, in fact, according to the Chinese tradition, this is not called fishing, it is called spear fish.

As the name suggests, the spear hook is made of 3 or 4 fish hooks, back to back, soldered together with solder to form a hook set similar to the iron anchor of a ship. The hook is usually not directly hung with bait, it is used to lurk in the nest, waiting for the fish to accidentally touch it or touch the line, and then the angler will judge whether to lift the rod according to the movement of the drift or line.

After lifting the rod, the spear hook will have the opportunity to penetrate the body of the fish close to it, so as to get the fish up, in addition to a more bold way to play, that is, to hang a large spear hook with a throwing rod, throw it into the water, and then vigorously pull the fishing rod on the shore, drive the spear hook under the water to move rapidly, if there happens to be a fish in the direction of the hook, then it is possible to be pierced by the spear hook, so as to catch the fish, commonly known as "search the bottom".

However, this kind of play is no longer called fishing, it should be regarded as fishing, it is very harmful to the fish body, and many fish can not be accurately pierced into the body parts, but the hook tip of the spear hook will leave a big scar on their body, the light is the skin and flesh are open, the heavy is broken bones and tendons, and it is lucky to survive.

We won't comment in depth on whether this kind of play of the Japanese is in line with humanitarianism, this thing is so vicious to his own kind, not to mention that he can have any kindness to animals, when he needs it, he can find a lot of reasons to prove that he has love for animals, and when he doesn't need them, those animals quickly become his food and playthings.

After listening to the story of the captain of the village, Hong Tao's first thought was not how to fish for these small sweetfish, but was glad that he did not fight for the position of the main team member yesterday.

"It's so dangerous, it's almost exposed, if this shows your eyes abroad, it will really become a big joke." Wiping a cold sweat, Hong Tao's opinion on the captain of the village and the other two Japanese anglers in the car immediately changed, people are mixed to this point with real skills, strictly speaking they are a cheater, and they really can't have some achievements in the future, and there are masters everywhere.