Happy Tycoon

According to the Jones Brothers, the cold wave that came a few days ago was both routine and not routine.

In Montana, basically every year in late October, the first cold wave will come, so this cold wave is basically a routine situation. But the intensity of this cold wave is too great, it is almost a strong cold wave once in decades, so this cold wave is not considered a routine situation.

But after all, it is not yet November. To use the old Chinese saying, it is not really cold yet. Therefore, after four days of the cold wave, the temperature here gradually began to rise.

But even if the temperature rises again, the highest temperature here is still below zero, and the temperature at night is still 15 to 16 degrees below zero, so the surface of the Missouri River is frozen very hard.

Standing on the shore, Yang Jing was not in a hurry to get on the ice. He didn't know the situation on the ice. If he went up rashly, if the ice wasn't thick enough, he would be the one to be unlucky.

But Yang Jing couldn't help it. He had already learned how to judge the thickness of the ice layer when he was playing with his uncle when he was a child. It's very simple, that is to find a stone that weighs one catty, and then throw it high. When the stone falls on the ice, you can judge whether the ice layer can support people by listening to the sound.

If the sound made by the stone falling on the ice is that kind of dull sound, it means that the ice layer is either not frozen solid, or the thickness of the ice layer is relatively thin, which is usually unbearable.

But if the sound is very clear and has a long echo, then such a person on the ice is absolutely fine.

After the stone fell on the ice, it made a series of crisp echoes while smashing a small white spot on the ice. Obviously, at least the ice on this section of the river had been completely frozen The whole piece, otherwise the ice surface would not have such a crisp echo.

In fact, there is another way to judge the strength of the ice layer, and that is to look at the color of the ice layer.

Generally speaking, the bluer the ice layer, the higher the intensity, and the lighter the color, the lower the ice layer strength.

Another method is that usually when the temperature drops rapidly, the surface of the river or lake freezes quickly and then continues to be cold for several days, the ice layer formed at this time is the strongest. And as time goes on, if the temperature does not continue to drop, the ice will become less and less strong.

The section of the river where Yang Jing is now is covered with a layer of frozen snow, forming the so-called snow ice, but by listening to the sound, Yang Jing can clearly tell that the ice on this side is People are absolutely fine.

Sure enough, when he stepped on the ice layer, he stepped on the ice layer under his feet with a little force, and as a result, the feeling from the soles of his feet was as if he was stepping on a concrete floor.

Then, after wiping off the snow on the surface of the ice layer with boots, the slightly blue ice layer below was immediately exposed.

The color of the ice immediately made Yang Jing feel at ease and boldly walked all the way to the middle of the river, and then stopped the cart at a random place.

Taking down the steel brazing rod from the car, Yang Jing pounded it down with all his strength. Although Yang Jing didn't use the skill of back-feeding, Yang Jing's own strength is still not small, but this steel drill only made a small white nest on the ice surface, and shook his hand alive. pain.

Damn! This ice layer is really strong! Yang Jing muttered in satisfaction, raised the steel drill, and then activated the back-feeding skill. The next moment, the steel drill was inserted into the ice layer hard.

After repeating this two or three times, Yang Jing only felt a sudden lightness in his hand, and knew that he had smashed through the ice.

Following this operation on the ice layer N times in a row, a circle of ice eyes formed a circle with a diameter of about one meter. Then Yang Jing picked up the sledgehammer and hit the center of the circle hard. With two blows, an ice cube about one meter in diameter was smashed down.

Picking up the hook and dragging the ice cube directly onto the ice surface, Yang Jing discovered that the thickness of the ice here was actually more than ten centimeters.

According to the thickness and strength of the ice layer, such a thick ice layer is no problem, let alone a snowmobile!

To Yang Jing's surprise, just after he dragged the piece of ice onto the ice layer, water splashed in the ice hole, and a half-meter-long big fish jumped out of the ice hole

Damn! This fish is fierce enough! Yang Jing scolded with a smile, although he often followed his old uncle to break the ice and fish when he was a child, but he had never seen a fish jumping out of the ice hole by itself.

That fish definitely did this because of lack of oxygen, but I'm afraid that fish would never have imagined that its jump would directly determine its life and death.

The fish was struggling desperately on the ice with the heat all over its body, obviously trying to struggle back into the water again. But who made the jump just now too coquettish? You say a fish, why do you have to jump so far like a kangaroo? Can't go back now?

And to Yang Jing's surprise, it turned out to be an out-and-out big carp!

Could it be that all the Asian carp have invaded here? Yang Jing also shook his head secretly. Before, he knew that Asian carp had invaded the Great Lakes region, but he really didn't expect that Asian carp could travel upstream along the Missouri River and directly invade the upper reaches of the Missouri River. You know, there are several large hydropower stations along the way. How did these Asian carp cross the dam of the hydropower station and come here?

Tsk tsk, this carp has become a master! Yang Jing muttered, while picking up the net, and picked up the carp that was gradually immobile.

Little guy, you can't die now. If you die, the meat won't taste good. Yang Jing said to the carp while smashing a steel nail into the ice, and then Tie the nylon rope of the net to the steel nail, and put the net containing the carp directly into the ice hole.

Sure enough, this Asian carp was full of vitality. As soon as it entered the water, the energy that was about to die just now disappeared immediately, and it began to thump in the water. It's a pity that there is a net bag outside, no matter how much it thumps, it can't escape the palm of the Tathagata Buddha.

After tossing for a long time, it seems that all the physical strength has been exhausted, and it may be that he has understood his fate, the big carp stopped tossing, and the ice cave gradually returned to calm.

In fact, if you really want to fish through the ice, you cannot throw the net containing the fish into the ice hole, otherwise the fish under the water will not dare to come.

But Yang Jing didn't care about that much at all. Ice fishing itself is a kind of pastime, and at the same time it is to relive childhood memories, whether you can catch fish or not is secondary.

The most important thing is that this big carp that jumped up by itself weighs seven or eight catties, even if it is a sweet and sour carp, it is enough for three or four people to eat.

Therefore, Yang Jing took out the horse trap and the fishing rod, and started to hang the bait slowly, preparing to fish.

As a result, Yang Jing once again underestimated the fierceness of freshwater fish or Asian carp in these rivers in the United States.

Americans themselves don't like freshwater fish, and almost no one eats freshwater fish, otherwise an Asian carp would not toss the whole North America. If it is placed in my big foodie empire, just order Asian carp, and it will be eaten clean for you in minutes, and it will be flooded, go to hell!

This is the difference between the United States and China.

It is almost impossible to catch a big wild carp in Huaxia now. But here, in the upper reaches of the Missouri River, before Yang Jing put the hook into the ice hole, he saw a burst of waves rising from the water surface of the ice hole, followed by another wave more than half a meter long. The big carp jumped out of the hole in the ice