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Upoznaju}i prirodu s kojom i od koje je `ivio, ~ovjek
je otkrio da riba u tami no}i voli svjetlo i da se rado
sakuplja pod plamenom baklje. Svjetlom omamljenu
ribu ~ovjek je mogao ~ak i golom rukom ili ostima
uloviti. Shvativ{i koliko u mraku bez mjese~ine ribu
privla~i svjetlo, ribar je na pramac barke ugradio
`eljeznu re{etku,”svitnjak”, na kojem je zapalio vatru.
Svjetlo rasplamsale vatre, naj~e{}e {mrikovine,
privla~ilo je ribu za mra~nih no}i iz morskih dubina
na povr{inu. Mukotrpno svijetljenje nad ribama,
lo`enje vatre iz koje iskre frcaju na sve strane i s usijana
ro{tilja cvr~e}i padaju u more trajalo je
stolje}ima, sve dok se krajem 19. stolje}a nije po~eo
koristiti acetilenski plin. I ve~eras su kr~ki ribari
krenuli u lov na svi}u, samo ne}e koristiti svjetlo
otvorena plamena nego elektri~nu rasvjetu, a ribu }e
opkoliti mre`om plivaricom. Tako se love lokarde,
plavice, sardele, in}uni, papaline. Nekada se u na{im
krajevima lovilo pod svi}om i pomo}u velikih mre`a
potega~a. Jeste li ikada vidjeli kako blistaju ribe pod
feralima? Kakva je to ~arolija!
Koji Kr~anin ve} u djetinstvu nije uzeo u ruke
povraz i po~eo udicom loviti ribu. Koliki Kr~ani }e
ljubav prema moru i ribolovu njegovati kroz ~itavi
`ivotni vijek, iako im ribolov nije profesija ve} strast.
Mnogi }e predve~er, tijekom vikenda i praznika
pripremiti povraze, je{ke, parangale, mre`e, vr{e i osti
te isploviti put morskih {irina gdje }e baciti povraze,
tunje i panule prepu{taju}i se ribi~kim strastima i
u`icima plovidbe.
Kojem ljubitelju mora ribarenje nije gu{t? Tko mo`e
zaboraviti izvla~enje mre`a u rumenilu zore, podvodni
ribolov, lov u vr{e ili ostima pod svi}om, lov parangalom,
tunjom ili panulom? U ti{ini bonace isploviti do
Plavnika u lov na lignje pravi je u`itak! Kome nije san
uloviti oradu ili zubaca? Tko mo`e opisati radost koja
~ovjeka obuzme kada osjeti trzaj najlona u ruci i
radosno usklikne: ”Evo ga” ili “Imam ju!”. Kolika
napetost struji u vama dok ribu niste privukli do
barke i kona~no je zahvatili sakom. A tada odjednom
slijedi ono silno olak{anje i zadovoljstvo kada je orada
ili zubatac kona~no va{.
was, on the stem of the boat the fisherman built an
iron grate on which he lit a fire. The light of the burning
fire, most often of juniper, attracted the fish from
the depths of the sea to the surface during the dark
nights. The painstaking lighting above the fish and
keeping up the fire from which the sparks flew in all
directions falling into the sea from the incandescent
grate, had lasted for centuries, until the acetylene gas
came to be used at the end of the 19 th century. Tonight
again the fishermen from Krk have gone candle fishing;
they will not, however, use the light of an open
flame but rather electrical lights, and will surround
the fish with a swimming net. This is how the mackerel,
Spanish mackerel, pilchards, anchovies and
sprats are caught. In earlier times in this region candle
fishing used to be done also with trawls. Have you
ever seen how the fish glint under the light of the
lamps? What a magical sight it is!
Which resident of Krk hasn’t in his childhood
taken the fishing line in his hands and started
angling? Many of them would nurture the love of sea
and fishing throughout their lives, although fishing to
them is not a profession but passion. In the evening on
weekends or holidays, many will prepare the fishing
lines, baits, long lines, nets, traps and spears and sail
out to the seas where they will angle or hand troll,
abandoning themselves to the passions of fishing and
the pleasures of sailing.
To which sea lover is fishing not a pleasure? Who
can forget the pulling of the nets at crimson dawns,
underwater fishing, trap or spear fishing under the
candle, long line fishing, angling or hand trolling? It
is a true pleasure to sail out to Plavnik when the sea is
dead calm and go squid fishing. Who does not dream
of catching a gilthead or a dentex? Who can explain
the joy which engulfs a man when he feels the tug of
the line and merrily exclaims: “There it is!” or
“Gotcha!” How much tension streams through the
body until the fish is drawn to the boat and finally
caught in the hand. Then follows the enormous relief
that the gilthead or the dentex is finally caught.
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