First of all, popularize the knowledge about oxtail fish. Oxtail fish, whose scientific name is flatfish, has a big head, a big mouth and a small tail. It has fine teeth, hard spines on its back, thin scales and brown color. It has an ugly appearance and a conical shape, so fishermen in the south call it "ox tail". In some places, it is also called "donkey tail". Oxtail fish is a shallow-sea bottom fish that moves slowly and likes to live on the muddy bottom. It lurks on the bottom for a long time and generally does not float on the water surface. It only comes to the bottom of the shore with the rising tide during spring tides; sometimes it also goes to the edges of reefs and beaches. Foraging. Due to the high temperature in the south, fishing can be done in all seasons except in winter when the wind and waves are strong and it is difficult to catch fish.

Secondly, there are many methods of fishing for oxtail, such as hand line fishing, sea fishing, hand pole fishing, floating rock fishing, etc. There are many types of fishing methods in various places. The author introduces the hand lines and hand fishing rods of local fishing methods.

(1) Hand line fishing: Prepare two hand rows, and wrap 100 meters of strong nylon line (blue) around each hand row. The diameter of the line is 0.2 mm (because oxtail fish is more sensitive to fishing lines) It is sensitive and does not have strong pulling force, so use thin wire). For the hook, use the "Haima" brand or a homemade No. 14 crooked-mouth hook that weighs about four ounces (one ounce equals about 4 grams).

Fishing points and fishing methods: Select a dock or domestic sewage outlet with silt at the bottom. After putting the line into the water, hold the fishing line in one hand and hold the fishing line in the other, so that the line sinks to the bottom as much as possible. A better method is not to straighten the line, but to have a certain amount of excess line from the line on your hand to the water surface. The excess line can lie flat on the water surface and wait for the fish. If there is no fish biting the hook for a long time, you can keep pulling the fishing line to attract its attention. The cowtail fish eats and drags and drops not aggressively, and the remaining line on the water surface often reacts with trembling and jumping. There is no need to lift the line at this time. The hook can be lifted only after the line on the water surface is found to be straightened. You cannot catch the fish directly with your hands after landing, because the back and sides of the fish have several hard spines and contain a small amount of toxins. If the pain is unbearable, you need to squeeze out the poisonous blood in time to relieve it, but it is not harmful to life. Danger. A better method is to use a cloth-wrapped fish to remove the hook. It has a large mouth and is very convenient for removing the hook. Another hand row is placed on the shore, and the method of setting out the line is the same as above.

(2) Hand fishing rod: Hand fishing rod is mostly used during high tide, so a rod that is not too long is not required. Fishing gear preparation: 3.6-meter hard-adjusted fiberglass rod, main line is nylon line with diameter of 0.37 mm, 1 vertical rod float, small figure 8 swivel, brain line is nylon line with diameter of 0.28 mm, about 50 cm long, 7- 1 bite pendant weighing 8 grams. The hook needs to be a larger Isani hook, either No. 7 or No. 8, but the hook tip needs to be facing inward and the hook strips must be thin. The food on the hook should be as full as possible so that the tip of the hook is not exposed. When choosing a beach with rocks, add a bite sinker about 20 centimeters above the hook and throw it far away. Due to the light weight and thin line, the waves will push the bait to the shore together, which plays a very critical role for the bulltails that feed on the bottom. Therefore, the float carries the bait and beats constantly under the impact of the waves. If there is a fish on the bottom of the stone, it will definitely swim out to bite the hook. At this time, the reaction of the float is to sink first and then slowly sink. Only then can the rod be lifted.

Finally, let’s talk about bait. Oxtails are not aggressive eaters, but they are not picky either. They eat almost all shrimp and crab meat, but their favorite is the all-purpose fishing bait in the sea, lugworms.