The whole team ready to catch some SHRIMP!
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 a whole group of us went down to an amazing beach just south of Yamaguchi City to participate. It's an amazing event with hundreds of shrimp-catching enthusiasts lining the beach, ready to catch as many shrimp as possible within 30 minutes.
First, everyone lines up and helps carry crates full of shrimp to the ocean, which is netted off so that the little guys can't escape.
It's a team effort getting all 100,000+ shrimp into the water
Then, everyone makes a line and gets ready for the fun! When the alarm sounds, everyone does a mad dash to the ocean!
Whoever catches the most shrimp wins! The average person can catch 7-10 shrimp. If you catch 60+ shrimp, you're advised to count them all so that you can enter in for a chance to win some SWEET prizes. The record is around 118 or so I believe.
Me and Daryl looking for shrimp in the murkiest of waters!
These little critters are HUGE! At least 6 inches long. And they have a little horn sticking out from their head...like a unicorn shrimp :) Apparently, they use this horn to burrow under the sand. All you have to do is run your hand through the bottom of the sand bed and pull 'em out (kinda like weeds!) and place them in your bag. We got plastic bags, bandanas, and gloves for the event. Some people had snorkel masks, nets...all kinds of stuff!
It was such an amazing experience! AND we got interviewed by TV crews! So cool! Didn't see the segment air but I'm sure it was excellent.
So how many did I end up catching? 10? 50? ...lOl, no, I just caught one. And here he is!
I named him Willy...but sadly, I did not free him...he was delicious tho :)
And they said we could eat whatever we caught. So yup, I got to eat...one :) Delicious though! They just washed 'em and hopped 'em on the grill! It was soooo much fun! I definitely want to do it again! So glad I went! :)
Gloves...check...bandanas...check...plastic bag...check...LET'S GO!
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