Chen Hong has been searching for yellow croakers lately, and has even taken them to Japan, but has never found a single one.

Unexpectedly, the surprise came too quickly; we caught up with a large group of yellow croakers, which consisted of more than twenty fish.

Five of them were over a meter long and weighed over 100 kilograms. There were a dozen or so medium-sized ones, each weighing around 70 or 80 kilograms and nearly a meter long. The smallest ones weighed around 30 to 50 kilograms and were over half a meter long.

Could this be a large family of yellow croakers? Yellow croakers are fish belonging to the genus *Croton* in the family Sciaenidae of the order Perciformes. They look largely the same as yellow croakers, but are named for their yellow lips.

This type of fish is mainly distributed in the Pearl River Estuary, Zhoushan waters, and Quanzhou Bay areas of China. At this moment, Chen Hong suddenly realized that his fishing boat was currently located between the Yangtze River Estuary fishing grounds and the Lüsi fishing grounds.

It's perfectly normal to see schools of yellow croakers here; it's rare to see them in the open sea. This is the true home of the yellow croakers.

Since this group of yellow croakers has come to her door, they must be seeking her protection. Can Chen Hong turn them away? Of course not!

Chen Hong acted quickly, mixing fish paste with water from her spatial storage to make a large bucket of bait. She also scooped out a large bucket of fresh sardines from her spatial storage.

This time, I absolutely cannot let these yellow croakers escape. My grand plan to breed yellow croakers will begin with capturing this group of yellow croakers.

First, a large bucket of sardines was released, leaving the yellow croakers behind to chase and devour the sardine bait. Chen Hong quickly set up the fishing net traps, and in less than half an hour, six fishing nets were set, forming a large ambush.

Seeing that the yellow croakers were still chasing and devouring the sardines and had no intention of leaving the encirclement, Chen Hong was very excited. She then continuously scattered a whole bucket of bait into the ambush area to lure the yellow croakers into the net quickly.

Seeing that all the yellow croakers had been caught in the net, Chen Hong quickly pulled the net back onto the boat. Without even having time to look closely, she put the fishing net and all the yellow croakers into her spatial storage.

Li Daitao awkwardly took out several fishing nets from his spatial storage and threw them on the deck to cover his tracks. He also used a scoop net to scoop up some random seaweed from the sea and threw it on the deck, then casually tossed some sardines and mackerel into the fishing nets.

Just as Chen Hong finished putting all the fishing nets containing the yellow croakers into his spatial storage and completing his concealment actions on the deck, he saw two fishing boats approaching. It turned out they were Zhejiang fishermen fishing in the nearby fishing grounds.

From a distance, they watched as Chen Hong hauled the fish into the boat. The fish looked like yellow croakers, but their size suggested they were yellow croakers. Curious, they spun their boat closer to get a better look.

When Chen Hong discovered the school of yellow croakers, she had already nervously observed the situation of the fishing boats in the nearby sea.

Chen Hong's experience as a thief has increased dramatically during this period. Observing the environment before doing anything bad has become a habit for her.

At that time, Chen Hong was also feeling uneasy. In 2005, the country had already listed the yellow croaker as a protected animal.

If you catch yellow croaker yourself and someone reports it, the fisheries authorities won't care whether you want to breed them or sell them for money; they'll definitely catch you red-handed immediately.

Furthermore, he could not provide any evidence to prove that he had good intentions in breeding yellow croaker.

At this time, although the regulations were not too strict, and they would not make you operate the sewing machine, they would still impose a hefty fine and a public reprimand.

He originally intended to do a good deed, but he didn't want to lose face and be severely punished by the national fishery administration department.

Fishing for yellow croaker must be done secretly and clandestinely, and must not be discovered by anyone.

When two fishing boats from Zhejiang surrounded them, they spotted a beautiful woman cleaning fish on board. Upon closer inspection, however, they found no yellow croaker or large yellow croaker, only a deck full of seaweed, sardines, and mackerel.

They were puzzled. Were they seeing things, or was the morning sun too strong? From a distance, it clearly shimmered with golden light, and they thought it was the color of yellow croaker and yellow croaker. But up close, it turned into sardines.

But the fishing boat is only so big, with several fishing nets laid out on the deck, and there's only one woman on board. Even if there are yellow croakers, they won't just fly out of thin air, will they?

The man on the fishing boat shouted towards Chen Hong's boat, "Boss, have you caught any yellow croakers?"

Chen Hong looked up and replied, "I didn't find any yellow croakers. I just went out to sea and saw a group of sardines. I was thinking of casting a net to catch live bait."

"Look, where are the yellow croakers? Not even any yellow croakers. This net is barely enough for live bait. The coastal resources are depleted. If we want to fish, we have to go to the open sea!"

The people on the two fishing boats observed for a while but found nothing, so they turned around and went to look for fish.

After they left, Chen Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief. If she hadn't taken precautions beforehand and pulled off a clever switcheroo, she would have been caught red-handed this time.