Photo: Hunting for dog fish in the far end of the land

Ca Mau - Dog-catfish is similar to catfish and scad but has thin skin. This female is especially smart, fishermen find it harder to catch than other fish, on the back of the fish there are some stripes like the color of a brindle dog's fur, so people call it dog-catfish.

Dog catfish, also known as sea catfish, is a type of catfish that lives in brackish and saltwater environments along river mouths leading to the sea. This fish is very smart, hard to catch, and has sweet, fatty meat, so it is sought after by many people. In the photo: People prepare their luggage to find dog catfish in Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province.

After determining the fish flow, cast the net and fish. Ms. Do Thi Hoa, Dam Cung hamlet, Tran Thoi commune, Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau province said: To catch dog fish, you need to use a net longer than 1 km. Dog fish usually go to feed in schools along the river mouths leading to the sea. Ca Mau people often catch this species by two methods: fishing and netting. The selling price depends on the type, averaging 60,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Pham Van Phu, Dong Tam hamlet, Cai Nuoc town, Ca Mau province said: There are more fish at the beginning of the rainy season, which is also the fishing season. Due to their clever nature, to catch dogfish, people go in groups to spread nets. Nets from 1,000 m or more are spread across the river, then a tree is used to hit the net hard so that the fish will run and get caught in the net. Dogfish nets are three-layer nets with holes of 7 cm each, and are 5 to 8 inches long. The fish caught also weigh from 300 grams to more than 1 kg. Each day, a dogfish net can catch from 20 to 30 kg.

Dogfish are purchased by traders at a price of 30 to 40 thousand VND/kg. If they catch fish early, fishermen can retail the fish for 60 to 80 thousand VND/kg. People will drop and pull about 10 nets in areas with river banks, mangrove trees, and mangrove trees to catch fish. On average, each day, people who catch dogfish earn from 600 to 1 million VND.

Because it is a type of catfish, the meat is soft, sweet, fragrant, and not fishy, ​​so catfish is often processed into sour hotpot with fermented rice, or braised with soy sauce.

Fermented rice can remove the fishy smell of fish, bringing a more delicious and attractive flavor. This is a specialty dish of the people of Ca Mau that anyone who enjoys it once will remember forever, hard to forget.

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