Chapter 563 - 248: Water Monster in the River
"So the natives have an air force too, huh."
"Hearing that the locals also experience days without catching fish makes me feel much more balanced. Even with all the great resources of the Amazon Rainforest, they face blank days. It seems that going fishless is a universal experience for anglers around the world."
Lin Yang brought up a new topic and repeated the netizens’ question, asking, "Could you talk about the experience of catching the biggest fish? With so many bottom-fishing attempts, there must have been times when luck was on your side, right?"
After Sun Zheng translated, Tataro continued his story: "When I was very young, around seven or eight years old, my grandfather once caught a Big Catfish that weighed over 300 pounds!
He used the traditional handline bottom-fishing technique. Alone in a canoe, he battled the fish for more than five hours before he finally subdued it. The thing that struck me the most was the size of the fish’s mouth; it was even bigger than the basin we used for cooking at home.
My father warned me not to swim carelessly during the rainy season, as I could be swallowed whole by such a big fish. That fish haunts my childhood memories as a nightmare!
Later on, as I grew up fishing with my father and setting traps, we caught fish over 200 pounds. I remember once pulling down a branch of an acacia tree near the shore and using a little device to create a spring trap, and unexpectedly caught a big one.
The rope we used for fishing was a special type that only the locals could make, which became extremely strong after being soaked in oil. Throughout the entire night, the Big Catfish struggled with the thick branches of the acacia tree after being hooked.
When I arrived at the trap site the next morning, the Big Catfish was already taking its last breath."