Russian fishing techniques
This is from our camping weekend on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Russian fishing technique: to be implemented all over the world (esp. in Canada).
Equipment needed:
1-3 Russian fishermen
High quality spring mattress (preferably king size)
Folding chairs
Bottle of wine
Rubber raft + oars
Fishing rods
Basket + jelly fishing net.
Method:
1) Russians in their natural state.
2) Head fisherman (Dima) attaches bait to the hook. Other fishermen (Boris and Alexei) doing nothing. Boris doesn't feel compelled to leave his natural state.
3) Dima takes the end of the line in a rubber raft, and rows into deeper water.
4) Fisherman #2 (Alexei) supervising Dima (seen in deep water as a small dot). Boris can't handel the stress, so he falls asleep.
5) Russians wait some more.
6) ...And more. Notice the perfect alignment - a long forgotten skill from their days in the Russian synchronized swimming team (or, maybe they were pointy dogs in a former life? hmm.)
6) Russians spring to action at the sound of a small bell, indicating that a rod is being pulled. Hurray!! Alexei reels the line, Dima is ready with the net, and Boris, realizing that his expertise "lies" in holding down the mattress, resumes former post.
7) A giant Carp is being pulled to shore (is it a carp? or a yellow dog? can't really tell from that angle). Alexei catches it in the net, and with the help of Dima, unhooks the fish and puts it in the basket along with the catch of the day. Boris, as expected, is holding the mattress. It was windy that day. Good boris!
8) Goto 1...
posted by keren @ 4:51 PM
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9 Comments:
There seem to be an unusual number of pictures of scantily clad men in this post, Keren.
Ben took most of the pictures. Should i be worried?
Believe me, I put the whole Russian fisherman thing I had going behind me. This was purely for science purposes.
Voila! More products from the science factory.
I got mixed up ! Did you go to rest at the Sea of Galilee or to give back the losted two hair.We descided that they belong to Benni the fisherman.not to Dima Head fishermen.And when we see the head of the headfishermen maybe you are right.He lost a lot of hair .
Well Jymer it looks like they all found out about your thing for Russian fishermen in speedos. Time to give it up and stop blaming science for all of your problems.
Yeah, Dima was missing some hair from his head, but not his back. I'm not sure he really lost hair. It may have just relocated from his head.
I've always been a sucker for the Russian speedo. Except when they forget that the potato goes in the front of the speedo. Eh Jymer?!
We were there. Keren and ben forgot to say that everyone developed a minor fetish for the russains everytime they managed to get something alive out the water (turnover rate - 4.5 hours). Otherwise how can you explain all of those clapping hands and amazement from the whole coast...
Yeah, that's right. And I think they liked it because when they had that catfish on the line they told us to get our cameras ready. I could sense a little disappointment from them whey say that, in fact, it was a catfish.
As one who has never fished the Sea of Gallilea (I've only read about it in a book, and there I believe they cast nets), I do not necessarily feel qualified to comment on techniques used in that ecosystem.
I have, however, been asked to comment on the adaptability of gear, tackle and technique, to the harvesting of trophy fish in the bush country of the Canadian Shield. So here goes......
1) Fishing apparrel leaves too much skin exposed, unless of course one owns a deet(that's insect repellent) factory. The black flies this past weekend would have turned the Russians into bloody pulp. I don't normally use sunscreen, but these guys need to mix it 50:50 with the bug dope and put it everywhere the sun shines. The Speedos could have been worn as undergarments, as long as no Canadians knew that's what you were wearing. Where did they keep their fishing license? Never mind, I don't want to know.
2) I am impressed with the length of their FISHING rods. Unfortunately they would not have survived even a half-mile trip through the bush on a 4-wheeler. Might as well shorten them before you leave camp.
3) I saw no mention of what the bait consisted of, and as such, assume that the carp they caught was to use for bait to catch a real fish. I have a lot of respect for an angler who catches his/her own live bait.
4) The inflatable raft is an excellent idea! Fits on the rack on the 4-wheeler and has oars for a back-up. Probably would only need a 2-horse Mercury (didn't see one in your pictures) to move it, unless of course you were fishing a river. Then the oars would do nicely. Kind of difficult to troll when you've got to paddle the boat, eh?
5) Don't need the folding chairs. Just too much gear to carry...have to travel light. And you'll just get in trouble when you leave them because you don't have room for both them and the fish that you caught, on the 6 mile 4-wheeler trip back to camp.
6)Same thing for the mattress, unless it were inflatable, in which case I would inflate it when we got to the lake, take ol' Boris for a ride and set him adrift on the middle of the lake. The hollerin' and carryin' on when he rolled off into 50 degree water from the middle of a nap would be worth the price of admission.
7) The bottle of wine is a nice touch. It tells me that their heart is in the right place. However, if this is to be a proper adventure where you leave at dawn and get back at midnight, I would replace the bottle of wine with a handle of whiskey. If you're fishing all day with Dave, I can tell you from personal experience that a bottle of wine won't reach.
8) We have a saying in Canada, especially with respect to adventures, such as this fishing trip. "If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space." As I've looked at the pictures, thought about what they were doing and how it would apply to Canada, I came to realize that the only one of the three Russian fishermen who was truly "living on the edge" was our friend Boris. He was in fact, so close to the edge that I was afraid he would roll off the mattress!
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