Peter Perez
05-28-2007, 03:37 PM
Westerners have their own way of Fishing, such as Reel and Rod and artificial baits, etc.
Cubans fish both for sport and food.
The way I learned with an older feller in the Gibara area was a lot of fun.
First we went at night along the shore with a Coleman lamp and a large net and we caught shrimp and also took the floating grasses from the water and shook them on the sand and got quite a few shrimp that way.
Which he cut in in small pieces. I asked why and he said this is for catching bait, all along I thought this was the bait, he said "it is the bait bait".
Then we got into his wooden boat and small 7HP engine and and went slowly to where the water seem a little deeper, then he gave me 2 very small hooks and said "attached it to your small fishing rod", 2 hooks at a time, no weight, cast it an let it float", which I did.
Almost as soon as it hit the water, I had a fish on, it didn't feel like much but soon I got another hit and now I was fighting something heavier.
To my surprise ,I had 2 pin fish 1 on each hook.
"He said Buena Carnada"(Good Bait).
We continue to fish and I quickly got the feel for it, soon we had 25 Pin fish ranging from 4 ounces to 8 ounces. We kept them alive in his live well in the bottom of the wooden boat.
Then we headed out about 2 miles where we could see rocks, then I changed gears and got into my 7 foot spinner Rod.
He hooked a live pin fish Just behind the head and a 1 OZ lead weight and he said drop it and when you hit the bottom reel up about 2 feet off the bottom. it took about 1 minute and wham ! I got hit hard, the battle was on, after what seemed like an hour ,but really was about 5 minutes, I brought a black grouper, 11 lbs.
We repeated the action about 15 times and ended up with Groupers and Snappers and a few moray eels, which he cut the head off and said it was good bait also.
4 hours later we were back with all those fish and had a hell of a meal.
I never had so much fun catching fish ,Cuban style.
I spent about $5 US for gas, can't fish any cheaper than that.
Cubans fish both for sport and food.
The way I learned with an older feller in the Gibara area was a lot of fun.
First we went at night along the shore with a Coleman lamp and a large net and we caught shrimp and also took the floating grasses from the water and shook them on the sand and got quite a few shrimp that way.
Which he cut in in small pieces. I asked why and he said this is for catching bait, all along I thought this was the bait, he said "it is the bait bait".
Then we got into his wooden boat and small 7HP engine and and went slowly to where the water seem a little deeper, then he gave me 2 very small hooks and said "attached it to your small fishing rod", 2 hooks at a time, no weight, cast it an let it float", which I did.
Almost as soon as it hit the water, I had a fish on, it didn't feel like much but soon I got another hit and now I was fighting something heavier.
To my surprise ,I had 2 pin fish 1 on each hook.
"He said Buena Carnada"(Good Bait).
We continue to fish and I quickly got the feel for it, soon we had 25 Pin fish ranging from 4 ounces to 8 ounces. We kept them alive in his live well in the bottom of the wooden boat.
Then we headed out about 2 miles where we could see rocks, then I changed gears and got into my 7 foot spinner Rod.
He hooked a live pin fish Just behind the head and a 1 OZ lead weight and he said drop it and when you hit the bottom reel up about 2 feet off the bottom. it took about 1 minute and wham ! I got hit hard, the battle was on, after what seemed like an hour ,but really was about 5 minutes, I brought a black grouper, 11 lbs.
We repeated the action about 15 times and ended up with Groupers and Snappers and a few moray eels, which he cut the head off and said it was good bait also.
4 hours later we were back with all those fish and had a hell of a meal.
I never had so much fun catching fish ,Cuban style.
I spent about $5 US for gas, can't fish any cheaper than that.