Chapter 593 - 258: Fishing for Salmon_2
They swim fast, are adept at chasing and preying on fish, and eat throughout all four seasons, still having a strong appetite in winter. They only reduce their feeding intensity or even stop eating in the summer when the water temperature rises or during the breeding season when they cease feeding.
Feeding usually occurs before sunrise and after sunset, when they move from deep to shallow waters near the shore to hunt for fish or active water creatures like snakes, frogs, rodents, and waterfowl (mostly cold-water fish species, with varying diets depending on the ecological environment they inhabit). At other times, they often lurk at the bottom of streams where there is shade from the banks, and Taimen juveniles primarily feed on benthic invertebrates.
Taimen are large, typically weighing over 3 kilograms, with the larger individuals reaching up to 50 kilograms and a length of over 1 meter. There have been discoveries of giant specimens measuring up to 4 meters long and weighing up to 90 kilograms.
They are mainly distributed in northern Asia, ranging from the Volga River basin in the west to the Bolshaya Chulym River basin in the east, the Heilong River basin in the south, and the Lena River basin in the north. In China, they are found in the upper reaches of the Heilong River, the upper Nen River, Mudan River, Wusuli River, Songhua River, Jingpo Lake, and the Erqisi River...
Seeing the Taimen that Lin Yang reeled in, the live chat also became lively.
"Wow, is this a Taimen? Isn’t it said that this fish can grow to dozens of pounds?"
"We have this fish in Heilongjiang too. I’ve heard the older generation say that they’ve caught Taimen weighing over a hundred pounds."
"This thing is really ferocious, it even attacks small mice. It’s pretty much the same habits as dogfish and blackfish."
"Stop talking so much nonsense. Take it back to camp, get the pot boiling, and stew it with sauerkraut. The kid next door is already drooling...."