An interesting story about fishing in the heart ditch and catching fish.

Riding a bicycle through the heart-piercing dike, we often see many fishermen standing quietly on the bank of the heart-piercing river, fishing with long fishing rods in their hands. I really envy them when I see their carefree appearance. In fact, many people don't care whether they can catch fish, but the leisure and process of fishing. As for fishing skills, I know very little. Let me tell you something about taking fish through the heart ditch and share it with you. ? Our family lives right next to the heart-piercing ditch. When I was a child, I saw people older than us fishing in the ditch, so we just watched. It's best not to make any noise when watching the fish, or the fisherman won't let you watch it, so as not to scare the fish away. We learned to fish by ourselves when we grew up. At that time, we didn't have the patience to catch big fish, so we only caught those little cops. Here we call this kind of fish wool. Whitebait is the kind of small fish that is 10 cm long and floats on the water. To catch this kind of small fish, you need a short, thin and elastic bamboo pole of about 2 meters.

? Where do bamboo poles come from? One is to cut from the bamboo forest, and the other is to use local materials and find them on the private plots. Usually we go to the village plot to find suitable small bamboo poles. In order to find a suitable small bamboo pole, we had to walk around the village plot and see that the bamboo pole with cowpea shelf was good. When no one is around, let's look at what we like, one for each person, pull it out and run. As for other people's cowpea shelf, it is not something we consider. Fishing bamboo poles are available. Find some long goose feathers to make floats, buy a 20-cent hook from the vendor who changed the goose feathers, cut the goose feathers short, weave 5.6 silk threads together to make floats, and tie small hooks. The distance between the float and the hook is about five centimeters, and a device for fishing slender fish is ready.

Everything is ready except the east wind, and there is still one thing missing: bait. Earthworms can't catch a slender fish. The slender fish mouth is too small to eat. The best bait for catching lean fish is flies. Cut a small square out of cardboard and insert it on a small stick, and a simple fly swatter will be made. We don't usually pat flies on the stove because it's too dirty. I think the flies on the tree are cleaner. There are trees in front of and behind the house, but there are too few flies on them. It took an hour or two to catch more than 50 flies. They set off in matchboxes, carrying buckets and fishing rods.

? Usually fish with many tendons at the water's edge. Open the matchbox, gently lift the fly with two fingers, carefully hook the hook off the fly's head, and don't show the hook, so the bait is installed. Staring at the water like a radar, I found a fish swimming fast and moving quickly. Throw the hook gently to the fish's mouth with the strength of the wrist, and the position and strength should be just right. If you throw it next to or behind the fish, the fish will be scared away: not too hard, a little movement will scare the fish away. Staring nervously at the water surface, the float suddenly sank, and it was necessary to take back the fishing rod gently at once, and bring back the fishing line and fish with the strength of the wrist, and a small fiber fish was caught. If you lift the pole faster, the filamentous fish will not be completely hooked. Even if it comes to the surface, sometimes the filamentous fish will fall into the water again. If the pole is lifted slowly, the filamentous fish will eat the flies and run away. After catching a filamentous fish, take it off, put it in a small bucket, quickly press down the fly, hold the fishing rod, keep your eyes on the water, and wait for the next filamentous fish to arrive. Usually you can catch more than twenty fish in one morning. If the weather is sultry, all the filamentous fish float on the water, and hundreds of them form a circle. At that time, it was the best time to fish. You can fish with your eyes closed.

? The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is less and less water in the trench. In order not to dry up the heart-piercing ditch and affect the agricultural water use, everyone in Dafeng Health Bureau will open the floodgates at the gate of Dadou and put some water into the heart-piercing ditch from Luxi River. The water level in Luxi River is higher than that in the gully. As soon as the gate is opened, the Luxi River will rush to the heart-piercing ditch, and the water flow is very urgent. Fish like swimming against the current, and they also like to jump out of the water in the process of swimming against the current, so there is a skill to catch fish.

The sluice of Dadoumen is on the other side of Sancun. As soon as the sluice is opened, many fish will go upstream, and in the process of countercurrent, many fish will jump out of the water. People from Dafeng Wei Bureau are guarding the fish, but there are too many people to attend to it, so they have to turn a blind eye and ignore it. At first, we had no experience in fishing. Later, someone tied a big bamboo basket with a long bamboo pole and waited on the water. Everyone stared at the water, and with a whoosh, a 2.3-pound bighead carp jumped out of the water. A man carrying a bamboo basket quickly grabbed bighead carp, dragged it back to the bamboo basket, and bighead carp was caught. Before the bamboo basket was emptied, two or three bighead carp jumped out of the water with a whoosh, wagging their tails, and the fish pickers on the shore were anxious. The bighead fish that was not caught fell into the water again.

? Once, even the barber saw that everyone had fish to eat, so he greedily tied a bamboo basket and joined the fish catching team. That time, it was strange that a 5.6-kg bighead carp jumped out of the water, jumped too high, jumped to the shore and rolled on the ground with its tail wagging. The fishermen were in a mess, throwing down their tools to catch the rolling fish on the ground. A child rushed to catch the tumbling fish, but his hand slipped and he didn't catch it. The barber even pounced on the ground with a new hungry tiger and pressed the bighead carp firmly to the ground with his chest. Lian Xin stood up, held the bighead in his chest with his arms and ran home. Bighead carp is dishonest and struggles desperately, even ignoring newcomers. Bighead carp suddenly emerged from Lian Xin's armpit and was caught in the basket by Legon, who followed Lian Xin. Lian Xin quit and begged him to hold the bighead carp, but he refused to come, saying that I picked it up. Why should I give it to you? The two men quarreled for a long time, but they refused to give in. Later, someone came out as a peacemaker: you two divide it. Lian Xinhe cut the fish from beginning to end with a knife, which is a problem that only one person can solve half. As soon as the floodgate opened, everyone came to fish. This kind of fishing scene is often staged.

? During the day, most of the floodgates are opened to release water. At night, people from Dafeng Health Bureau will put down the floodgates, leaving only a small gap. This secret was discovered by my eldest brother, so this culvert tied by Doumen became a pickle jar in my eldest brother's house, and I could get it if I wanted to eat it. In order to catch fish better, eldest brother specially nailed a wooden frame the same size as the culvert, and one side of the wooden frame was equipped with a fishing net made of nylon rope, which was very strong.

? As soon as the floodgate was opened, his heart itched and he didn't even have the mind to go to Nanjing to do carpentry. He must catch several nets before going to work in Nanjing. At twelve o'clock at night, people from Dafeng Health Bureau went home, with special shelves on their shoulders and fishing nets in their hands, calling out to me, and we set off together. It's quiet at night, only the sound of running water. Gently enter the water from the water mound on the side of the second village and slowly swim to the culvert. At the mouth of the culvert, the water was not too deep, and I tiptoed just to my chin. When washed by water, I feel a little wobbly. He put the 7.8-meter wooden frame and fishing net into the culvert mouth and told me not to move and hold it. He went deep into the culvert himself and drove the fish out of the water.

Slowly, one or two fish passed by. After a few minutes, 7.8 fish rushed out of the culvert and passed by. Some of them directly hit their stomachs, which hurt badly. Before I could react, the sound of rushing water came from the depths of the culvert and quickly approached the wooden frame, scaring me to lean sideways towards the fish. Shit, this is a gesture to open the child's bag. It's a good thing I turn around fast. On my thighs, waist and back, the fish kept hitting me with great strength. A large number of fish rushed into the wooden frame and held them in their hands. The wooden frame is getting heavier and heavier, and it is almost impossible to hold it. I urgently called my eldest brother. Before the eldest brother arrived, several big fish rushed into the wooden frame. Now I can't catch the frame any more. The frame and fishing net are dragged to the culvert mouth by a powerful force. I choked a few times and had to put down the wooden frame and let it be dragged into the culvert by the fish. My eldest brother went out of the culvert, found the box and dragged it ashore. There were only 7.8 bighead carp in the fishing net. All the other fish have escaped. Scold by big brother. I have nothing to say, but I think to myself: life is my own.

? In order to increase the safety factor, the boss later found a big neighbor to go fishing in the culvert with us. I remember once we caught more than 30 bighead carp with a net. The big man said to me excitedly, damn, it feels good to keep hitting me with fish. The feeling that the fish keeps hitting the body is an unspeakable feeling, and only those who have experienced it can understand it.

? The deepest memory is the fishing incident in the heart ditch. I remember one year, it didn't rain for several months, the weather was dry, and the trench was almost bottomed out. The deepest part of the water guessed the waist. There was very little water in Luxi River, so it was impossible to drain water from the steep gate. People from Dafeng Health Bureau kept patrolling the trench to prevent some people from catching fish in the water. At first, only a few boys 13- 14 sneaked into the water to catch fish. They also caught a lot of fish because the water was shallow. Adults can't stand the smell of fish coming from other people's homes. Just after the farm work is finished, adults are almost idle at home.

? I don't know who leads the way, (probably spontaneously). One morning, first, several people's fishing tools went down the ditch and paddled around in the water with their own fishing gear. Then a few people went into the water, which was terrible. Adults seem to be awakened by thunder. People from the second village, the third village, the fourth village and the fifth village rushed to join the fishing army, and even many women joined the fishing army. People from a village and Qiao Feng are fishing in the river ditch in front of their village at the same time. ) Once, the trench through the heart was crowded with people, one by one, one by one. There is no gap in the trench, and it is all occupied. Everyone takes their own fishing tools and paddles around in the water to fish.

In the face of the fishing army crossing the heart ditch, the people in Dafeng Health Bureau can't control it, so they can only let everyone do it. Some people in the fishing army know each other, and some don't. Everyone cooperated very tacitly and fished according to their respective positions. One by one, the people in the fishing army team talked loudly, talked and laughed, as if they were going to the flower terrace, and slowly moved in the direction of eight characters, driving the fish in the direction of eight characters. Children and women are also standing in the trenches. Everyone pointed to the people in the ditch and shouted their names. Soon the shrimp cage was full of fish, so I rushed to the shore and fell to the ground. I immediately returned to my own territory and continued to advance with the fishing army so as not to fall behind. People on the shore put fish in baskets and ran home quickly.

? The transport team on the crossing ridge kept running, the fishing army kept advancing, and the fish were forced to flee in the direction of octagonal head by the fishing army. Suddenly, a scream broke out in the fishing army and a big fish appeared. With the roar, the fish passed through the fence of 10, broke through several nets of 10, and was finally caught by the thirteenth net. The lucky man shouted to his family for help. Two men carried the fish ashore. The big fish stopped 1 meter, estimated to be 50-60 kg. Everyone cast an envious look at the lucky man. The capture of this big fish has brought more excitement to the fishing army. Everyone kept shouting and rowing harder in the water, hoping to catch bigger fish.

People in Gancun and Bazijiao villages also learned that Liangning City in Chuanxingou was fishing, so they quit: Xuecheng people will catch all the fish in Chuanxingou soon, so they should hurry up, or there will be no fish in the future. Many Gancun people and octagonal people also formed a fishing army, launched from the octagonal top and headed for the steep gate. Some big fish can't swim back, and many big fish are caught. At noon, the two fishing troops successfully joined forces at the place where they crossed the second bay, leaving only the heart-piercing ditch of muddy candles behind them. It's still early, and the fishing army is still unfinished. They greeted each other and agreed to go to Xiaohegou in the east of Chuanxingou. In the next two or three days, the fishing army swept the small river ditch east of Chuanxinling again before retreating. That kind of scene is really exciting, and it is difficult for people who have never experienced it to understand that feeling.