This last weekend I decided to pull a Forest Gump and go shrimping--shrimp fishing that is. It is a very Taiwanese activity to do. Throughout Taiwan there are businesses that are set up like this.
They build several big pools (~20 feet long or so). Then fill them with shrimp (ranging in size from large to gigantic), lobster, or crab. Then you charge people a fee per hour to come in and catch them. Once they are done catching their fill you provide a place to clean and cook the catch on a little grill. Most also have a little refreshment stand or small kitchen at which you can order some food.
There are a few problems though. First, the prices tend to be expensive. Second, the shrimp are quite hard to catch when it is colder since they are cold blooded and don’t move or eat as much in the cold. But the plus side is the shrimp are big and incredibly good to eat.
Still I went this weekend with my girlfriend and a few others despite the cold. It was expensive and we only got a few shrimp. But damn those things were tasty.
That would be the first one I caught. Notice that massive single claw (the other likely got taken off in a fight).
They build several big pools (~20 feet long or so). Then fill them with shrimp (ranging in size from large to gigantic), lobster, or crab. Then you charge people a fee per hour to come in and catch them. Once they are done catching their fill you provide a place to clean and cook the catch on a little grill. Most also have a little refreshment stand or small kitchen at which you can order some food.
There are a few problems though. First, the prices tend to be expensive. Second, the shrimp are quite hard to catch when it is colder since they are cold blooded and don’t move or eat as much in the cold. But the plus side is the shrimp are big and incredibly good to eat.
Still I went this weekend with my girlfriend and a few others despite the cold. It was expensive and we only got a few shrimp. But damn those things were tasty.
That would be the first one I caught. Notice that massive single claw (the other likely got taken off in a fight).
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