Fishing, Be Smart to Eat, (Final)

In the summer, it is very hot and humid in my city , Saihat,. The first thing that you can think of is falling in the sea which is near the house. Second thing is fishing, since the smell of the sea gives the desire to eat seafood. So, that’s why we love fishing in Saihat. In fact, when I was borne, I opened my eyes seeing myself in a boat with my brothers who were trying to catch fish in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. My city, Saihat, is near the sea. So, Fishing is the best sport there. However it is not just a sport it is a way for the people to fill their stomach by the delicious special types of fish that we have in the Arabian Gulf. Before more than 60 years the people in Saihat ether live by fishing or farming Nakhlah trees. My history with fishing is the most things I’m proud with. Indeed, it is the smartest way to eat. Each type of fish has its own way of challenging the fishermen. In addition, each type characterized by special taste. On the other hand, Shrimp is an important kind of seafood that the people like in Saihat and it needs a spacial instruments to catch it.

I have a huge history of fishing with my brothers that I'm proud with. Since I was nine years old, I started the real fishing with my big brothers. Sometimes we go fishing near our house. But, usually we go by car to other sites that contains spacial types of fish. OmHuwaid is a very good site for fishing that is in Saudi Arabia and very close to Qatar. In There, we have our own wooden Hut called (Barasti) that we stay in for couple of days for fishing in OmHuwaid. I don’t like this site, because there are lots of bugs (big beetles).And, there are some Jin (Jinny). And they are really scarey and can do lots of troubles. Also, we go fishing in RasBuAli. There are lots kind of fish. Besides, RasBuAli is almost in AlJubail city which is very modern, beautiful and contains lots of facilities. I remember once our car was broken in the middle the way between RasBuAli and Saihat. So, we were stuck with the car that we pushed until we found a Gas station that includes an Auto work shop. Fortunately, the fish was in a box filled with iced that keep it fresh. However, it was a funny memory.

In the Arabian Gulf, there are many kinds of spacial fish that the Gulf characterized with. These types may be occurred in other places but for sure its not the same taste. The very hot and humed wather we have gives the fish it's full fat that gives the special taste. Moreover, each sites in the sea contains a spacefic types of fish. For example,in Saihat there is lots of shrimp and very good fish called (Made). Both the shrimp and (Made) grew near the muddy area. Also, in OmHuwaid there is the most famous fish in the Gulf called (Hamor) that lives near the rocky area. In RasBuAli there is a very bad fish that I don't like called (Hagool) has a long sharp mouth. This fish from my boint of view has a bad taste. Moreover, it is crazy, it just like to hit any light it can see. I remember ones we were 6 members fishing togather at night inside the sea. And our fishing tool were stuck in the rocks, so, we used a light. Suddenly a big Hagool with his long sharp teath was swimming too fast in order to jump into our light. As a result we all fall down in the water and drop all the fish that we caught.

In the Arabian Gulf, There are many instruments and tools that are used in fishing. We dont use fishing rod, we uses (Jallah) which is close to the fishing road. However for catching lots of fish in one time we uses spacial type of niloan robbar that are fixed as big network called fishermen net. this can be distributed in the sea in a way that the fish attached to it. But, there is a smart fish in the Arabian Gulf called (Subaiti) that feel the fishermen net and jump. So, In order to catch this fish we need to put the the tripled fishermen net that contains another net directly after the the first misrepresentative net in which (Subaiti) will attached to after jumping. Moreover, we uses a tool called (shakkah) instead of holding the fishing rod. It is just a long transparent thread that contains lots of hocks. For Shrimp, we used tool called (Kofeiah) that catch the shrimp while the boat is moving like filling a spoon.

As a conclusion, I love fishing as I love eat fish. Because, in both you need to be smart. You must be smart to catch fish. However, you need to be smarter in cocking and eating the fish. Many people dont like fish, surly, not because it is bad. But, they dont know how to cock it. Each type of fish has its own way of cocking depending on its percentage of fat, percentage of bones and more. So remember if you want to eat fish you need to think.

fish cocked by my lovely wife: Banana split style :)