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Raymond in 1990, has "Binga" at the end of his cane, the fish starts the thread of the cane has the speed "big V" with the deep in the mouth, he goes through about a hundred of metres in 5 seconds and of blow turned around shortly in 180 °, falls to the water by relaxing completely... Raymond grinds still grind and he does not succeed in tightening this thread!! Raymond does not know any more where is his "Benga"?? it takes 4 - 6 seconds when!! all at once this "Benga" come into sight out of the water the opened big face, is facing surprised Raymond, this jump takes place in 3 metres of the boat and "Benga" falls again by hitting its jaw on the frank edge of the boat in 30cm of the knees... Raymond is pallid and does not come back there he was really afraid,"Benga" leaves again as for its first running and does again the same diagramme more than ten times in a row. Raymond is confronted for the first time with this type of battle and persuaded that "Benga" attacked him, he came back every time and exactly to the place where the thread was tense, phew him not there that "Benga" who yielded but Raymond has never forgotten this nice struggle; this type of battle which makes you take the adrenalin up.... This "Benga" weighed only 17 kg but this instant its nicest memory will remain engraved in the memory of Raymond as.
Raymond works "Benga" and a battle always differs every time. This one comes gaffed in the boat, pretty stupid, registered on the soil, "Benga" makes around thirty kg, Raymond this day there, had guests aboard and knowing this fish very well, it never takes him down of its hooks when he is still even alive in the boat... Therefore, Raymond standing in about 50 cm of the fish tightens the arm and the finger to show to his guests how the fish is hung and at the same time spots the eye of Benga which moves in its direction just as to look at it... It is as a flash of lightning, "Benga" jumps on Raymond, by opening every big its face, catch the hand in more than than one metre high, a tooth enters the hand, Raymond has just had the time to withdraw it by reflex before "Benga" closes again its face and before he could cut him other fingers...Phew!!! Raymond loses blood as much as gaffed "Benga", the attack was so quick and so unthinkable!... Raymond still has memory of it. It is again possible to see the scar on the left hand, a tendon had however been severed!! As Raymond never leave his etui of great help equipped well it is necessary to admit it, it sewed up its wound after disinfection itself.!! Raymond says to me that a tremendous number of wounds become with even died "Benga"!!! because the fishermen do not pay attention when they walk in the boat and bash bare feet against the mouth of "Benga" or then these venture touching teeth too fast and without taking precautions. There has been never"Benga" who attacked Europeans swimming in the water, we are too big for him, but by misfortune many Congoleses had accidents, Raymond explains me: the river is a water which is not very cloudy by alluvium in suspension and the sand which is moved by a current which is often of a speed varying between 11 and 15 km / h and the Congoleses of dark skin is not that can be spotted for "Benga".. BUT!!! the palm of hands and of feet of these being more clear, "Benga", by accident grows see a small fish and makes only an attack first because he is very fearful then because he does not return when he smells a resistance... The attack is always very destructive and generally all at once of jaw, hands or feet are definitely lost. A priest of Mossaka in the top of the river in the north came to see Raymond often to buy from him of the fibre polyester and resin to make wrong feet in these mutilating of "Benga". Accidents are often made when the living Congoleses at the edge of the river have a swim for their toilet or when they are allowed to derive on their pirogues by letting trainer the hand in the water. Thing not to be made!
Raymond wondered how attract Benga very close to his boat to catch it more!! knowing painting well bodywork, he starts to paint the bottom of his boat in black so that this one does not see himself too much in comparison with canes put down on the sides of the boat and this during drift along the cliffs which edge the river whereBenga is caught. Another idea comes to it has mind: why not to attract Benga by drawing a bench Mormyrops longirostris under cockle of the boat and idea comes true, Raymond draws a shoal of fish under the cockle of his boat.. Very proud to have found an ideal solution to attract "Benga" to its vivoses hung on its canes, next weekend, Raymond puts its boat in the water and leaves to the peach. The day is very hot, even too hot for the peach in "Benga", it has been two hours since Raymond derives with his canes put down along the green shores, is of benefit to listen to the nature which sings "birds and "Ploufs" of fish who fights in the submerged grasses when suddenly... A BIG BANG on the cockle of the boat, this one wobbles from the left to the right. That takes place t-il? Raymond thinks in succession that the boat by diverting in affected a rock, he starts the engine and moves away from the place slowly because the boat makes in glass fiber will not make weight against rocks. While moving away, Raymond knowing very well the traps of the river, looks around him and tells himself "M there are not rocks HERE, they are in " high water " and even in " low water " I never touch anything!!..... HAVE OUCH OUCH that did it pass? He thinks immediately of fish drawn under his cockle, of damage? Raymond does not know damage caused to his cockle and decides to come back not to take risks because he knows, that it is unhealthy to swim to this place visited by "Benga" and there more around, there is too many of whirls in the water which would prevent the best of the swimmers from joining one of the banks in swimming. Once taken in in the boat club, Raymond takes his trailer down to the water and takes back up his boat in dryness the footprint of the teeth of "Benga" in full on one of Mormyrops longirostris hastens to go under the cockle to see damage and determines, Raymond shudders, he has gooseflesh and determines by seeing the state of his cockle that alone " Benga " d' a weight about from 15 to 20 kg could make this attack a piece about 5cm on a depth of 2cm in the centre of the boat towards a drawing of mormyrus was bluntly taken away and of traces of teeth planted all around. Good blood, and if "Benga" would have been bigger my cockle? Raymond's comments: I think that this "Benga" had to nevertheless eat "of the purée with a straw" during long instant because this one, seen shock on boat and footprints that he left, Raymond is sure that this "Benga" owed destroyer all the dining room.:-)) "danger! Raymond did not bear a grudge any more, he repainted immediately the bottom of his cockle in white and recommends to person to venture taking the same risks as him. Since 2002, Daniel constructed a true camp of peach to accept fishermen from the whole world (for weekend or a week) this camp is called "Tiger Fish Camp Congo".