Sun Guidong, chief reporter of Peninsula All Media
Since the beginning of this year, coming to Qingdao to experience sea tourism has quickly become popular from a niche group's hobby and has become a new trend of mass tourism. The anchors who catch the sea have changed careers to become "tour guides" and lead groups to experience the sea. The surrounding B&B hotels are in demand, and it is difficult to find a room during the peak period.
What is the magic of catching the sea, and can you really catch seafood? On the evening of October 1, the reporter followed the anchor to the sea area near Shazikou for a visit.
Experience:
followed the anchor into the deep water and caught 4 crabs in half an hour
Is it so close to the shore that you can catch crabs? At the beginning, the reporter also had such questions. In particular, some anchors who catch the sea will put the crabs in a fixed place in advance, and then pose for photos.
"If you want to go to the deep water, catching crabs can only be experienced by adults, and children can occasionally pick them up on the shore," said Mr. Wang, the anchor of the sea catch, while instructing tourists on how to use the equipment.
In deep water, wear a leather jacket and bring a large net bag and headlamp. The anchor Mr. Wang said that because the sea water is relatively turbid in the past two days, he can only use a net to fish, otherwise he can use a diving lamp to pick it up in the sea.
The lowest tide is around 10 p.m. At about 8:20, more than 30 tourists put on their equipment and set off for the deep water area.
On the beach, there are also many people wearing headlamps to catch the sea. Some are nearby villagers, while others are individual visitors.
Under the leadership of the anchor, the reporter walked into the deep water area, about 20 meters from the shore, and the sea water can reach the waist.
The principle of catching crabs is very simple, that is, use the net bag to drag all the way forward in the sea, and the crabs hidden in the sea will be fished up. In half an hour, the reporter caught 4 crabs, including pike crabs and stone clip red.
Mr. Wang, the anchor of the sea, said that from September to the end of October, it is a good time to catch crabs nearby. At this time, crabs gather on the shore and will come out to feed at night, as long as they are dragged on the bottom of the sea with a net, there is a high probability that they can be caught. By the beginning of November, when the temperature starts to drop, the crabs return to the deep water, and the shore is no longer caught. You can only dig some clams and razor clams nearby during the day.
Explosion
Thousands of miles from Shanghai, just to experience catching crabs
"I didn't expect to catch crabs, I'm so happy," said Ms. Cao, a tourist from Shanghai, who wanted to come to Qingdao a long time ago and came with friends this time during the National Day holiday. Through a short video, they contacted Mr. Wang, a blogger who caught the sea, and went to the sea together in the evening to experience the fun of catching crabs.
Ms. Cao said that it was more interesting to be so close to the sea and feel a different Qingdao at the same time. That night, she spent more than three hours in the sea and caught four crabs and several large conchs.
Mr. Wang, a blogger who catches the sea, said that they have grown up in the neighborhood since they were children and are very familiar with this sea area. What tide goes to the sea, where there is seafood, follow them can be found. This is also the reason why it is becoming more and more popular to lead a group to catch the sea. Tourists who come by themselves often can't find the pattern and have no sense of experience.
Not only that, but they mainly rent out a full set of equipment and all kinds of tools. The cost is not high, 100 yuan for adults and 50 yuan for children.
Especially for tourists from other places, you don't need to bring anything, and you can experience the fun of catching the sea empty-handed.
Mr. Wang, the anchor of catching the sea, said that now leading a group to catch the sea has become a new job, and there are more and more anchors in Qingdao, and many people are just rushing to experience.
Drainage:
It is difficult to find a bed in the surrounding hotels and B&Bs, and there are two or three hundred people a day during the peak period
Mr. Wang, a blogger who catches the sea, said that the peak season in this sea area is from May to September, which coincides with the peak tourist season.
Previously, he rented tents near the beach, but as more and more people traveled to the sea, he basically went from part-time to full-time. At its peak, there were two or three hundred people every night, and he hired eight team leaders.
These tourists prefer to stay nearby, and some of them directly help find hotels through him. "It's hard to find a bed here during peak hours, and I want to open a homestay myself." Mr. Wang said that he has cooperated with surrounding hotels to integrate play, eat and stay to enhance the experience of tourists.
Mr. Wang said that in fact, doing this is to bring everyone to play together, and tourists are willing to travel here when they are happy, and it also drives the development of surrounding catering and accommodation.
Out of the Circle:
Catching up with the sea has become a new business card and excavating the connotation of urban tourism
In Qingdao, each sea area has different characteristics. For example, the beach of Tuzhai Village in Jiangjia, which exploded this year, was originally an area where villagers raised razor clams, but it was no longer contracted and has become an Internet celebrity check-in point, with thousands of people at the peak. In the venue of the sea garden, you can also dig up a lot of clams and razor clams.
Clams can also be dug near the Gangdong fishing wharf, and some villagers can dig 50 catties at a time. In the vicinity of the Red Rock Cliff, there is a concentration of gobies, and during peak times, hundreds of people cross the mudflats to catch gobies near the sea-crossing bridge.
"Some people come here just to catch the sea," said Mr. Wang, the anchor of the sea, who received several groups of such tourists this summer, living near the beach and joining groups twice a day. Some people often come to Qingdao to visit, and many attractions have already been there. Catching up with the sea seems to open up a new world for them and give them a different experience.