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Bourdain and andres -- >> anthony: you're looking to get me into this? >> jose: "b" and "a". el campanu. between you and me we can afford it, no? >> anthony: all right, i'm in. i'm in for 50% of this fish. now what's the highest price paid for the first fish of the season? >> jose: for a campanu, 6, 7, 8,000? >> angel: 18. euros. 18,000 euros. >> anthony: 18,000 euros? i'm out. some local guy is going to jack the price. we're going to keep bidding until you're up to like 22. >> jose: you are anthony bourdain. what are you talking about? what are you doing with your money? >> anthony: what am i...

Fishing? >> angel: only the campanu. ♪ >> jose: the old days, salmon was plentiful. the first salmon is called el campanu, and el campanu means really from the bells that would ring on the churches near the river where the salmon was caught. not as a celebration of the salmon, but as a way to tell everybody that salmons are back. let's go back to the river and fish them because that is the food that we are waiting for. i get super emotional when i think, take a look at all these photos. i remember watching these same photos of my grandfather hunting and fishing and catching salmons. and this...

>> angel: only the campanu. ♪ >> jose: the old days, salmon was plentiful. the first salmon is called el campanu, and el campanu means really from the bells that would ring on the churches near the river where the salmon was caught. not as a celebration of the salmon, but as a way to tell everybody that salmons are back. let's go back to the river and fish them because that is the food that we are waiting for. i get super emotional when i think, take a look at all these photos. i remember watching these same photos of my grandfather hunting and fishing and catching

♪ ♪ >> anthony: so please explain to me -- this gentleman caught the fish last year? is that correct? >> angel: 2014. >> jose: in 2014 you caught el campanu. >> angel: yes, yes. >> anthony: so that means what, the first salmon caught on the river? >> jose: el campanu. the first salmon of the season. campanu. today, for the entire day, around the rivers of asturias, hundreds of fishermen trying to get the permit in kind of an auction, in kind of a lottery where they are going to grant them certain parts of the river, and only for 30 minutes, 1 hour at a time depending how many fishermen sho...

This moment, becomes really personal. >> anthony: i hear a rumor you're looking to buy a fish today? you're looking to bid on the first? >> jose: i mean, listen to me, bourdain and andres -- >> anthony: you're looking to get me into this? >> jose: "b" and "a". el campanu. between you and me we can afford it, no? >> anthony: all right, i'm in. i'm in for 50% of this fish. now what's the highest price paid for the first fish of the season? >> jose: for a campanu, 6, 7, 8,000? >> angel: 18. euros. 18,000 euros. >> anthony: 18,000 euros? i'm out. some local guy is going to jack the price. we're go...