Astrakhan and professional fishing

Pischel Sergey Dolya:
In Astrakhan, the fish are caught not only amateurs but also professional fishermen. They can be divided into two types - those caught in the channels and those on catches peals. The technology is very different from each other and give different results ...

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The first type of fishermen fishing in the bayou. They cover all the mainstream seine:



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Pull the network using a block and Winch:



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The whole structure looks like this - there is a boat hoist and a pontoon from which shed Network:



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The catch is different. That day he was very young:



This 2 biggest fish:



And that's all that we could catch the 11 strong men at a time. Considering that on the day they were casting a net 5-6 times get a little ...



And that is another team. They were lucky a little more:



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On the river the whole team moves on the pontoon with the network:



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While away the time for mending nets:



Use the "shuttle" darn ruptured cell:



The second type of fishermen - those who put the "secrets" to peals. The secret - a network, similar to a pipe, consisting of several sections. Fish comes in through the narrow opening, and find your way back can not. These networks are arranged along the pins and make the guide, in which the fish swims along and buries them until they go down into the secret.

These secrets and bringing in large quantities into the boat and then carried about their fishing deuces on budarkah (boats similar to the Indian cakes) on peals:

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All the fishermen caught fish pass' acceptance »:



At the bottom of the boats acceptance has done numerous holes that water could come inside. These boats are called "slots»:



Fish in these slots remains alive:



Special nets called "zyuzga" fishermen fish scooped from the bottom of his budarok and pour in boxes:



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Then it is sorted into 3 types - small, medium and large fish are weighed and dumped in the appropriate compartments of the slots:



And now attention. Do you know how much to buy fish from the fishermen? And I'll tell you. Compare the price in the store:

Rudd / bass - 5 rubles per kilogram
Lin / carp - 6 rubles
Bream / asp - 9 rubles
Catfish - 12 rubles
Carp - 18 rubles
Pike without eggs - 19 rubles
Pike caviar - 22 rubles
Roach - 25 rubles
Large catfish (over 12 kilograms) - 35 rubles

Large catfish is the most expensive because it is made from sturgeon, which are sold well:



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But professionals are not the only ones caught networks. Cheap Chinese disposable network, sold in stores, causing a huge temptation among the local population, and they are often included in this fun:



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On the other hand, looking at the face of the man realizes that maybe poaching - it is the only way for him to feed his family ...



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