樊玉川20世纪70年代初出生于大别山脚下的湖北英山县杨柳镇三门河村。高中毕业后,因家贫没能上大学的樊玉川只好选择了出门打工。他一边打工赚钱,一边学习技术。他先后进过砖厂、搞过搬运、蹲过车间,后来进入一家养殖场当一名水产养殖工。由于他肯吃苦,人灵活,师傅们愿意把技术传授给他。一个偶然的机会,他听到师傅们谈论养殖鲟鱼市场前景看好,并且他在网上也了解到离家乡不远的麻城市有人鲟鱼养 Fan Yuchuan Born in Sanmenhe Village, Yangliu Town, Yingshan County, Hubei Province in the early 1970s at the foot of the Dabie Mountain. After graduating from high school, unable to go to college because of poverty Fan Yuchuan had to choose to go out to work. He works while making money, while learning technology. He worked in the brick factory, engaged in handling, squatting the workshop, and later entered a farm as an aquaculture worker. Because he is willing to endure hardship, flexible people, the teachers are willing to pass on the technology to him. An accidental opportunity, he heard the master talked about farmed fish market prospects, and he also learned online that not far from home in some city Sturgeon