On May 30, 2019, a fisherman from the Tiger Forest of Heilongjiang was paddling a boat to fish.
The place where he fishes is Songacha River, which is considered the upper reaches of Ussuri River . He was so lucky that he had just started fishing and encountered a big fish. Because he was alone and the fish was big, he had to slowly close the net and put it in. He only took the fish back and forth for more than an hour, and finally got the fish on the fishing boat.
caught a big fish, and it was a good harvest. Go home directly!
big catfish
Heilongjiang 80 kilograms of catfish are rushing to buy, why are the southern regions very reluctant to eat catfish?
After the fisherman returned home, he caught the big fish and heard it everywhere.
I heard that the big catfish was caught, so someone contacted him soon and was willing to buy the big catfish he caught.
How much should this big fish be sold?
After negotiation, the big catfish was sold for 1,000 yuan.
Fishermen feel that they are selling well, and they have been drinking for a few months; people who buy fish also think that they have made a big profit. Such a big fish only costs more than 10 yuan per pound.
Besides, catfish is a delicious fish. After the buyer returned home, he called his friends and stewed catfish and eggplant in a big iron pot, and drank a small wine.
Of course, this is in Heilongjiang. If it is in the southern region, it is generally more resistant to catfish. Why?
actually because of the different varieties of catfish.
In the northern region, the catfishes are basically local earth catfish , with only two beards, and they use small fish and shrimps as food.
For example, in Liaoning, if you want to catch catfish, there are not many fishing spots. If you fish for a reservoir, it belongs to the line Magou waters of the Tieling Hazelnuling Reservoir. If you are fishing for rivers, it is better to compare in the area of Mahushan, Liaohe River, the northeast bank of the Lujia Bridge in Liaohe River, the area of Nanyanghu Bridge in Hunhe River, and the area of Mingfa Square in Puhe River.
Liaohe catfish are generally large, and there are quite a few dozen kilograms. Hunhe and Puhe are relatively small, almost all of them are around one kilogram.
Liaohe
In the southern waters, it is the Egyptian bearded catfish introduced in 1981 from Egyptian .
Egyptian bearded catfish have small eyes compared to other fish, so it hardly relies on its eyes to distinguish food. However, Egyptian bearded catfish is not tolerant of low temperatures and is difficult to survive if it is below 7℃. It also has the advantage that it can survive very low dissolved oxygen conditions.
Even water conditions where crucian carp and tilapia cannot survive, it can survive. It is also this characteristic that it can survive in waters of all sizes in the south, especially in places where other fish are difficult to survive, even in sewage.
Of course, there are good waters, which fish is willing to live in sewage? Because cannot catch fish that can adapt to such a harsh environment in sewage, and just happened to catch Egyptian bearded catfish in sewage, it spread. This fish is very dirty and likes to live in sewage and cannot be eaten.
After the introduction of my country, Egyptian bearded catfish raised under artificial breeding conditions are also the ingredients for thousands of tables.
There are many types of catfish, with more than 2400 species worldwide. In terms of individuals, weight records and body length records are also the giant catfish in Southeast Asia.
Egyptian bearded catfish
How to eat catfish to taste good?
Eating catfish should be done in the Northeast. Catfish Stewed Eggplant is a famous dish in Northeast China, to be precise, a famous dish in Jilin.
In the Northeast region, eating catfish must be stewed eggplant , and then serving wine and rice. Stewed catfish with eggplant, eat it to the end. Let’s take a look at the entry of catfish stewed eggplant in headline encyclopedia .
Toutiao Encyclopedia - Catfish Stewed Eggplant
Why can catfish grow to a big size, some even hundreds of kilograms?
In fact, how big a catfish can grow depends mainly on the breed . For example, Mekong giant catfish , European giant catfish, etc.
For example, American fishermen caught a 112-pound catfish in North Carolina . To convert it, it is 101.6 pounds.
It would be strange if he caught this giant catfish.At that time, he randomly held the fishing rod and shook it on the water for a few times, but unexpectedly the big catfish bit the hook. The catfish with a weight of more than 100 kilograms is quite strong, but abroad usually play lure , hard fishing rod, and large line number. It was the first time he caught such a big fish. He thought he couldn't run away, so he slowly walked the fish.
just put the line back and forth like this. First of all, it took almost an hour to catch the big catfish. The catfish was almost too heavy for him to hold it, so he quickly put it down after taking the photo, feeling exhausted and out of breath. Then he put the big catfish back into the river.
American fishermen caught 101.6 kilograms of catfish
Please note that European catfish are different from the soil catfish in our country. European giant catfish has six beards, so it is also called six-bearded catfish, which is black in color. They like to stay in a fixed territory for food, lay eggs, and have a territorial consciousness. For example, if you break into its habitat, or where fish eggs are hatched, it will attack, even if it is human.
European giant catfish, if you don’t pay attention and look at the beard, it will easily be confused with the native catfish in our country. Let's take a look at a giant European catfish caught by French fishermen.
On August 12, 2020, when French fishermen were fishing in the Seine River, they caught a giant European catfish that was 2.43 meters long and weighed 90 kilograms.
French fisherman caught 90 kilograms of European giant catfish in the Seine River
European giant catfish look like two beards, but in fact there are four beards under the jaw.
From this picture, we can see that the water on the Seine River looks clear, but as you can see from the moss along the coast, the water quality is still not good enough.
The Mekong giant catfish is familiar with fishermen. At any time we can hear the news about the Mekong giant catfish of hundreds of kilograms, and we are used to it.
Mekong giant catfish caught
At present, the recorded catfish record is a Mekong giant catfish caught in northern Thailand in 2005, weighing 293 kilograms and 2.7 meters long. Although the record was later broken, the data was not updated.
Many regions in Europe are at the same latitude as those in the northeast of my country, so if the same species of fish are not pure local species, they are generally larger in the southern region. So, generally speaking, European giant catfish is not as large as Mekong giant catfish.
Mekong giant catfish
Thailand, in order to attract tourists, and in the other hand, in order to protect the Mekong giant catfish population, six large breeding sites were specially built to breed giant catfish and release them.
How big can the local catfish in my country grow?
In fact, the local catfish in my country is also a relatively small and medium-sized fish. Individuals cannot be compared with European giant catfish and Mekong giant catfish. However, the soil catfish we usually see are small individual catfish of three or five kilograms.
For catfish species, as long as the environment is suitable and the food is sufficient, the earth catfish can grow very big, with a body length of about 2 meters and a weight of about 100 kilograms, which is also possible.
In July 2014, a fisherman in Shenyang, Liaoning caught a 92-pound, 1.6-meter-long catfish on the Mahushan Bridge in Liaohe. Liaoning locally called this large catfish Huaizi.
This fisherman has very good grades. He loves to catch catfish. In addition to this 92-pound big catfish, he has also caught 63-pound catfish, 39-pound catfish, and 26-pound catfish.
Liaoning TV reported on 92 kilograms of catfish
In fact, catfish are widely distributed in our country. Except for not going to the plateau, catfish are almost everywhere in the waters of other regions. Yangtze River water system, Pearl River water system, Heilongjiang water system, and more.
Catfish, unlike other fish species, need to migrate and lay eggs, and can be bred in lakes, reservoirs and other waters. I usually eat small fish and shrimps. If I am hungry, I will also eat other live water objects such as water bird .
Catfish are still very greedy, but they mainly feed at night. We often see catfish with bulging belly, either fish roe , or eating full.
What are the tips for fishing catfish? If you are not playing lure fishing catfish, you can use a hand rod or sea rod to catch catfish, but you don’t have any tricks. Prepare enough chicken liver and chicken intestine . But the big catfish also needs a sea rod to use better.
Jiangxi fishermen caught more than 60 kilograms of earthy catfish
