1.7m long and 68kg heavy! Yesterday morning, Yang Kun, a resident of Pingsha District, Zhuhai City, caught an adult mandarin fish in a local river. Its huge size attracted the attention of netizens on Weibo, and last year it set a new record of "king of fish" weighing 36kg. A citizen who came here for a visit finally bought this huge wild fish at the price of 650 yuan.
Yesterday morning, around 10, the netizen "@ Reliable Brother Xiang" posted the above news in Weibo, saying that local residents caught a big fish weighing 68kg in the Third Team of Dongfeng in Pingsha Town. Many people may lack the concept of this number, and netizens posted a set of pictures. Compared with his height, the big fish held by a stout adult man is comparable to that of an adult man. In the thread, netizens exclaimed in unison: "It's really big".
Last night, Southern Reporter found Yang Kun, a resident who caught this big fish. He said that he raised fish in the tilapia breeding base in Pingsha. Last June, 1 1, he accidentally found a big wild fish in a nearby river, so he decided to catch it, but after staring for several months, he got off the net three times, and the fishing net was broken by the big fish and ran away.
Yang Kun said that yesterday morning, he and another neighbor put a huge shrimp cage into the river. At first, they just planned to catch shrimp. Unexpectedly, the big fish accidentally rushed into the shrimp cage, broke free and jumped on the fishing boat.
Neighbors heard the news and weighed it. The big fish was 1.7 meters long and weighed 68 kilograms. "Although Pingsha is near the sea, it is the first time to catch such a big wild fish in the river." A 47-year-old resident was surprised.
Du Nan reporter learned that in March last year, a resident caught a big squid weighing 36 pounds in Pingtang River, which was once called "the king of fish" by local netizens, but the weight of this fish was nearly twice that of the king of fish, and it was also longer.
A related person from Pingsha Town Government said that this big fish was a mandarin fish, which was later bought by a man who came here. Transaction price 650 yuan. "It's really cheap to sell." Some local residents lamented that they should stay in the local area for residents to visit. On April 9th, 20 16, it was reported that in Yichang, Hubei Province, an old man was carrying a big fish with a cigarette in his mouth. A man in front helped to clear the way, and a woman in the back was responsible for the whole process, which ushered in a return rate of 100%. It turned out that this big fish that was worshipped by everyone was caught by the old man in the Yangtze River near Sanjiang Bridge on the afternoon of the 8 th.
Residents nearby said that the big fish was chopped into pieces and sold for more than 700 yuan. Lu Lin, deputy director of Yichang Fishery and Ship Inspection Bureau, said after watching the video and photos that it should be a mandarin fish. Lu Lin said that snakehead is not a national protected fish, but catching such a large female snakehead is a loss of fishery resources in the Yangtze River.