The slapping season is enough to catch copper fish and bake it fragrant in the West

In the dry season, the water in the field is dry, the fish recedes to shelter. At this time, people in the West slapped around to catch fish.
The slapping season for fishing in the West is divided into two times before and after Tet. The old farmers in the West said that this area was originally an area with lots of fish and shrimp. This place is considered “wide land with sparsely populated”, so almost every house has a large canal.

Every time before and after Tet, people in the West are bustling in the slapping season to catch fish. When the field legs began to run out, the fish retreated to the shelter, people began to slap again to harvest the field fish. Fishing is a long-standing activity in the West and has become a cultural feature of the people here. Every time we slap, everyone in the neighborhood helps, called “catching the pangasius”. At dawn, everyone took advantage of the slap. Copper fish often go very deep in the mud, hiding in caves. People are happy with their achievements. In the past, people used dandruff and barrels to slap, so it took a lot of effort and time. Currently, every slap, people use the pump to pump water, so it is less strenuous and shortens the time. While waiting for the water to run out, healthy young men and men take advantage of clearing grass, water spinach, scrub (a dry tree for fish shelter) to easily catch fish. The fish in the mud are very diverse, most of them are tilapia, perch, octopus, snakehead fish, and catfish … When the water is almost dry, people gather to catch fish. Copper fish often go deep in the mud, so people have to soak in mud, crawl in grass, in caves to catch big fish. Copper fish in the West is very plentiful, most snakehead fish, perch, waterfalls and chach. Finished slapping, the owner took the delicious fish to make many dishes, treat neighbors to thank everyone to help him. Western people think that “the fish you sell for money will use up, but if you have the heart to choose delicious fish for customers, your long-term love is hard to fade”. Among the delicious dishes from copper fish, there must be grilled snakehead fish. Snakehead fish grilled with sweet, fragrant aroma with the smell of coal fire, eaten with a bunch of copper vegetables, though simple but passionate about the taste of the countryside. Slapping a lot of fish, they also dried, made fish sauce to eat gradually. After the slapping, the owners often catch the best snakehead fish and bring them to grill, treat them to slap. Grilled snakehead fish, a specialty of the West. Pham Thi Hon (living in Khanh Binh Dong commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau) said that in recent years, the amount of copper fish has decreased sharply, but people still keep the habit of slapping. “Because copper fish is increasingly rare, very few families sell fish. If they have a lot of fish, they will sell some to familiar traders. Most of the fish are divided among brothers and friends. The most fun is the scene where the brothers catch copper fish together, then grill or charcoal in the middle of the field, “said Hon.