Dismantling the net to catch brown fish, a unique way of tourism of Ca Mau farmers

Ca Mau people are not unfamiliar with the practice of removing traps. However, for tourists, once joining the old farmers to remove traps in the shrimp ponds to catch crabs and fish will have an unforgettable impression of the unique culture of this river region.

Brown fish have a habit of living in places with shelter. The scrub in the square is an ideal place to catch fish.

Mr. Le Minh Ty, owner of Tu Ty rest stop (Rach Goc town, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province) is a person attached to the area. mangrove forest Ca Mau. His childhood was associated with wading in the square, casting nets and catching fish.

Tourists will never forget the fishing trap in Ca Mau

Wishing that many people could experience those beautiful memories like him, Mr. Ty took advantage of his more than 7-hectare shrimp farm combined with his forest plantation to do tourism.

Visitors can experience fishing for mudskippers, crabs, clams, snails, and especially fishing with farmers to cast nets. remove scrub catch fish

Mr. Ty's 7-hectare shrimp and forest farm is located near the river, so fish follow the ebb and flow of water into the farm to breed and develop naturally.

Removing the net to catch brown fish is one of many interesting experiences at Tu Ty stop, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province.

The piles of rafts are made from branches of mangrove trees and agarwood trees available in the shrimp pond. The rafters will choose quiet places with deep water to attract shrimp and fish to take shelter. After about 2 months, many fish and shrimp will return, at this time the groups tourist divided into groups of about 4-5 people to help people remove fishing nets.

Gently search for brown fish and other shrimps and crabs hiding in the rubble.

To prevent the fish from escaping, people often spread nets around the pile of fish.

To prevent the fish from escaping, people will spread nets around the pile of palm trees before dismantling them. At the same time, the person dismantling the palm trees will stir up mud or throw mud into the water to make the water cloudy, so the fish cannot see their way and hide under the tree roots. At this time, just follow the tree roots and palm branches to catch many types of fish such as brown fish, catfish, shrimp, and crab.

Mud fighting makes the water murky, fish cannot see where to run so they will hide in palm trees, very easy to catch.

Mr. Nguyen Phat Trien, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City, said it had been a long time since he had been to Ca Mau to take down the fishing net. There were a lot of shrimp, crabs, and fish here, so it was easy to catch them. Participating in this activity reminded him of his childhood following his grandparents, and he felt very happy.

Mr. Nguyen Phat Trien (striped shirt) and his friends participate in the fishing net removal session in the shrimp pond.

Brown fish in shrimp ponds often have thicker, sweeter meat than brown fish in rivers and seas.

Building and dismantling rafts is not only a simple profession for people in the Mekong Delta, but many people and localities are also trying to preserve and promote them to create unique tourism products.

This work not only preserves the community's cultural features but also creates livelihoods, improves people's lives, and contributes to diversifying the economy. tourism products local.

After each fishing trip, depending on the fishing experience of each tourist group, they can catch from 4-10kg of various types of fish.

The unique point in removing the net to catch fish is that visitors will be able to catch fish, shrimp, and crabs in the pond with their own hands. The fishermen are excited when they catch many types of brown fish bigger than their hands, each fish sometimes weighs up to more than half a kilogram.

Visitors are instructed on the safest techniques for catching and holding fish.

To catch fish, visitors need certain skills, or at least follow the instructions of the owner of the fish pond because brown fish and catfish have poisonous spines. Inexperienced visitors who are afraid of being stabbed by fish can go untangling the nets and looking for clams.

Brown fish is often processed into delicious dishes such as: Brown fish braised with pomelo, cooked in sour soup or grilled and served with raw vegetables.

In Mr. Ty's natural shrimp pond, there are hundreds of piles of palm trees scattered to meet the needs of tourists from near and far.

During the sessions of joining the locals in removing the fishing nets, visitors will learn about the characteristics of fish species in the mangrove area, how to identify areas with fish, shrimp, crabs and finally the spoils of war are a few kilos of brown fish, catfish, and if lucky, crabs, shrimps, and clams to prepare into their favorite dishes.

Catching fish this way, visitors will choose big fish, small fish will be released back into the pond.

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