MY TRIP - MY ADVENTURE AT BARUMUN RIVER

MY TRIP - MY ADVENTURE AT BARUMUN RIVER
Barumun River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.^[1] Tributaries include the Bila River and the Pane River. Its source is located in North Padang Lawas Regency; the river flows northward through South and North Labuhan Batu Regency before it reaches Sumatra east coast with its estuary in Malacca Strait
Barumun river that flows in the capital of South Labuhan Batu Regency, for this is very meaningful to the public. Especially those who live on its banks, tend to use the river for everyday purposes. Start bathing, washing, and some use as drinking water.
On the other hand, the river Barumun well as the location of most of the population livelihood. The legend says that, in addition to farming, many residents who live in Kotapinang be a fisherman. At that time, the river Barumun a bottom fish and shrimp are relatively much give fortune for the locals.
Past experience about the amount of fish in the river Barumun, though a distant memory, but it is still often a nostalgic story of the fisherman. When they have guests far from out of town, would not bother entertaining guests with a menu of fish dishes were large and fresh. To capitalize a fishing pole and a fishing trip to the river Barumun for an hour, will certainly get fish like baung, bince or cloudy shrimp (prawns) which will be processed into typical dishes such as curry fish acid baung and bince. Hmm! Very tasty food menu for guests.
Now the memories of the living story engrossing. Fisherman's life has changed dramatically. In fact, many fishermen are switching jobs to other, more promising fields to meet the family income. As it became farm laborers, casual workers, construction workers until the towing beca.
The remaining fishermen often complain now because of reduced catches them. Ntah why, whether due to the rapid advancement of the environment around the river Barumun and the increasing number of population. Or habitat for fish and shrimp are disturbed by various other aspects of life around the river that suppress the proliferation of fish, an issue which needs to be assessed by the competent authorities.
The above issues make some fishermen feel bitter to continue and pursue the search for fish. As a result, in part to make the business as a fisherman additional work. While the fishermen who still survive, are now increasingly rare use of nets, nets or traps to find sustenance. Which survives only fishing activities by means of linking.
Link is one of the fishermen on the river side of life Barumun. From year to year, linking job is still cultivated a number of fishermen for generations. Their equipment is very far from a trend to link technology and even very simple, such as fishing and boat (canoe) traditional.
Linking work is synonymous with fishing. But the way the number of rods that much. Sometimes, each going link, a fisherman carrying rod which is pretty much as 50 pieces of thread and rod equipped hook and bait.
The Hook fairly simple form of twigs or branches are flat and strong timber along approximately 1.5 meters. Then at the end of the rod fastened nylon thread (fishing thread) large size (50-200 lbs) and the tip of the other threads wrapped around a hook large size as well.
At certain times, when the river overflowed Barumun to the plantation area residents, citizens and residents of several villages around Kotapinang many took linking. Moat and swamps around the farm population will be crowded into a link. Likewise artificial trenches in plantations owned by several companies, often called "bekoan" (made using beko), very loved for linking. Usually the bait worms and frogs. Linking results in the trenches and this bekoan, usually obtaining fish such as cork, catfish, momah, limbat, betik or puyu-puyu and various other fish species swamp.
While the link in Barumun river is different from link in a ditch or swamp. Demand is also limited to fishing only, because linking the river needs a boat or canoe as a means of spreading transfortasi fishing pole along the river banks. Another difference is, if in 'bekoan "is more often done during the day, while in the river Barumun besides lunch also at night. In fact, according to them linking the evenings more results.
Interestingly, activity on the river linking Barumun addition to setting up the rod, is looking for bait, such as small children river fish. To get the bait fishermen using tangguk or penilar. The fish should be in the child's living conditions at the link on the hook. That is, after a rod inserted edge of the river, the bait fish will swim child dancing in the water as bait for larger predatory fish, especially fish baung, bince and kebaro.
From dusk fishing rod installed along the banks Barumun tautnya. After all is installed, the fishermen take a break at the top of his boat while dinner. After the return paddle monitor each rod in the plug earlier, down a link-by-link on the banks of the river. Every link that managed to get the fish, the fisherman catching up the canoe.
So it went until he feels time is running ahead of Pajar, the fishermen will return with the results of the links of various types of fish, especially baung which will be sold to the traditional fish market. However, before getting to the market, sometimes it is a lot of potential buyers waiting for them in port.
Difficulty bitter shadow is difficult to link job description. Why not, by means of a simple and sober provision, the fisherman must work for a living to paddle down the river all night. While his wife and children waiting praying that her husband and father they managed to get the result that a lot of fish.
So a bit of the life of traditional fishermen linking in the evenings on the river Barumun Kotapinang. Although life menggetirkan enough, but seemed to have become without much complaining twist stick with ketradisionalannya. Although only a few left who engaged in it, a pain of life and the environment of the river that seemed like once again did not dampen the balls they continue to pursue a job link