Legend of Golden Su fish on Lam river

Fishermen in the downstream of Lam River (the area adjacent to Nghe An and Ha Tinh) have been transmitted to each other for a very large and rare fish. However, only when the traders in the North find their way and give a great price, this 'gold' fish has a fever like its name.

Mr. Dau Xuan Loi, in Tien Dien, Nghi Xuan (Ha Tinh) with tens of years of fishing, was fortunate to be able to catch them continuously. Then for a moment to change life, there's the food of.

"Far away," goldfish is cheaper than herring

Lam River is downstream, wide and deep. In the past, the river was about a few dozen kilometers from Ben Thuy to the sea, which was very shrimp-fish. The land on both sides has long formed quite large fishing villages, belonging to Nghi Xuan (Ha Tinh) and Nghi Loc and Cua Lo districts. Vinh (Nghe An).

People of Lam Thuy and Tien Dien (Nghi Xuan) today do not know Mr. Dau Xuan Loi. Despite the 'farewell ' of fishing nets for a long time, the 70-year-old old man still told the story of the river, which was closely tied to his mother's heart until he became a senior.

In his life, Mr. Luoi once captured 23 Golden Squirrel.

He said, more than 50 years as a fisherman, he had 'crushed' the river. "There is no stretch of tissue that I have not yet caught the net, tossed in the fishing band, or dropped the fishing line of the big fish fin .

The pineapple but at first we didn't know the value of the Golden Squirrel. At that time, there were many shrimp and fish, the Yellow Tiger caught and sawed the meat for the wife to sell the market. To be honest, this fish's meat is not particularly expensive, much cheaper than herring from the sea " - the old man said.

Then, suddenly, after a while, the merchant from Hai Phong heard that he had come to Nghe An to find and buy Golden Sardines. Local people are 'dizzy', feverish with the terrible price given by traders.

That fever is about thirty years ago today .

Tell stories to catch 23 Golden Sardines

According to Mr. Luoi, from the 1970s onwards, the Golden Su fish have started to have a price and are also rare. On that day, people started to weave 'te nets' to hunt, but for a while they gave up.

"Golden carp is like a good fortune. Some people have been hunting for a whole year, but some people have just dropped their nets, only to catch three river fishes to eat, and to catch Golden Sardines" - Mr. Dau Xuan Loi said.

The fish costs 170 million of the 'King of the Golden Monkey' Dau Xuan Loi.

Particularly for the luck of receiving that 'heaven' , a band of Lam river is no more than Mr. La. In a few dozen years, he continuously caught the Golden Sor, a total of 23 animals. ' Unrivaled ' achievements on both banks of the Lam River!

"I caught so many but only 4 of them are valuable" - the old man said - "From 1974 to 1980, I captured 3 quite large children, in turn sold 15, 25 and 38 million. At that time, that money was great. "

The biggest fish Mr. Lu caught in his 'career' was in 1997. He recalled: "That day, 4 children and I went on a boat to catch a boat in Tien Dien commune. Before that, all the nights I slept were listening. The sound was loud and very strange, coming from the river, I guessed it had Golden Sard.

When pulling the net up, my children called for something to get in, the net was very heavy. I told them to tug on their hands when they saw a strong kick in the net. Probably have Golden Sardine, I hold a racket, one hand holds the edge of the net, pull it out of the water immediately. As expected, it is true that Golden Sardine! " - the old man gleamed in his eyes, reminiscent of a busy fisherman.

The spacious and prominent house of Mr. Dau Xuan Loi in Tien Dien.

My father happily dragged the fish into the boat and brought them home, people in and out of the commune wished to come and witness. When selling to Hai Phong dealers, the fish weighed 67kg, costing 170 million.

Receiving the 'huge' money, the old man and his family escaped poverty, built a spacious and accumulating house. Several years later, he had the conditions to run for children to export labor, the family was getting better and better.

Today, in Lam Thuy area, next to the road, there is a spacious, prominent 2-storey house, which is the home of Mr. Dau Xuan Loi, the 'king' catching Golden Su fish in Lam river.