By Pete Thomas
Video showing a man ice fishing in Kazakhstan, exhibiting a style of catching that’d be illegal in the U.S., has gone viral on social media, perhaps because of its simplistic nature.
Зимняя рыбалка говоришь? Да что ты знаешь о ней?)) pic.twitter.com/BI2G5FY3mG
— Габит Рахимберлин (@Starshina73) January 12, 2020
The footage, shared Sunday by Twitter user Gabit Rahimberlin, has been viewed more than 7 million times.
The unidentified fisherman, accompanied by two white sheep, is the picture of confidence as he chops a hole in the ice, baits the water with pellets, and hurls his pitchfork through the hole to impale four hefty fish, one after the other.
The rest is a display of efficiency: The fish are quickly cleaned and hauled over the man’s shoulder, on the prongs of his pitchfork, back to the homestead. In his yard the fish are carefully seasoned, butterflied with twigs, and cooked over an open fire.
All in a day’s work, the fisherman gestures at the end, with two thumbs up and a broad smile.
–Image is a video screen grab
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