Only after all six sets of longline fishing lines had been retrieved did Chen Hong slowly begin to scoop the fish out of the breeding tank one by one.

Use a fish gripper to pinch and remove the hook. After removing the fish from the rearing tank, sort them by hand, throwing the bass and snapper into the live water tank.

What bothers Chen Hong the most right now is skipjack tuna. They're not worth much and require bleeding and aging, which is a real hassle. Looking at the skipjack tuna in the tank, Chen Hong thought to herself, if I catch any more of these fish, I'll just use them all as bait.

As darkness fell, looking out over the vast sea, only faint lights could be seen flickering in the distance.

Chen Hong knew that it was a fishing boat, so she wasn't scared at all. On the contrary, she felt that this distance was the safest.

This way, she could know someone was nearby without hindering her actions. Chen Hong turned on the boat's main light and fish-attracting light; some fish are attracted by light.

Sitting on a small stool on the deck, Chen Hong slowly listened to music as she scooped the fish out of the breeding tank one by one and used a fish catcher to remove the hooks.

While I was at it, I sorted all the fish, and then removed the fishhooks from the mouths of the fish that I had stored in my spatial storage. I threw all the live fish into the live water tank, and put all four hundred-plus fishhooks into a bucket and rinsed them clean with fresh water.

When we get back to the dock, Uncle Erhu's family will reassemble the longline and reattach the hooks. All these troublesome and tedious tasks are left to Uncle Erhu's family.

With time running out and the task heavy, Chen Hong decided to catch as many fish as possible and take the sorting work home so that others could do it. It was not easy for her to leave her family and home behind.

By the time everything was finished, it was already 8:30 PM. Chen Hong finally took a shower, changed her clothes, and ate dinner. Her electric reel and fishing rod hadn't been used in a long time, so she stuck the rod on the fishing platform, baited it, and watched the sea to see if any fish would take the bait.

Chen Hong lowered a longline on the other side of the boat, with a sinker attached to the end, and let it drop directly to the seabed. It was her first time trying this, and she didn't know how well this method of casting would work, or how many fish she could catch.

A large number of squid had already gathered near the boat, swirling and dancing on the surface of the sea under the illumination of the fish-attracting lights. Chen Hong didn't use a fishing rod to fish; instead, she tied the landing net to the hook, took the extended net, and dipped it directly into the sea.

Chen Hong scooped up a net full of squid and poured it into the water tank on the deck. Looking at the net, she saw that she had caught five or six squid, each of which was not big, weighing only half a pound to a pound. Chen Hong was very satisfied.

This is so effortless; they can just cast their nets and scoop it up. The resources in the East China Sea are truly abundant. Chen Hong wondered if all the fishing boats had gone to the South China Sea, leaving the East China Sea untouched.

Chen Hong had also considered going to the South China Sea, to the East and West Sands, but after careful calculation, she was willing to spend several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan on fuel.

But time is a real concern; at her ship's speed, it would take at least 10 to 20 hours to get from here to the South China Sea.

She had limited time and couldn't waste it all at sea, so she had agreed with her family that she would return to port in no more than three days.

If she goes to the South China Sea, it will take at least a day and a half to go there and back. That means she will only have one day to fish. If she travels for a long time but has no time to fish, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

The East China Sea is already rich in resources, so there's absolutely no need to make a special trip to the South China Sea.

Unless she waits until her children are older and she doesn't have to rush home, and can freely roam the sea, she can take the time to visit Zengmu Reef in the East and West Islands of the South China Sea to experience the scenery of the tropical ocean.

For the next year or two, I'll just stay in the vicinity of the East China Sea and slowly expand my territory.

If we can plunder the area around the Sea of ​​Japan and the area around Taiwan, that would be a great achievement. For now, we'll set aside the South China Sea.

This isn't like Fujian and Xiamen in the novels; those places are close by, only three or four hours away.

"We're too far away. We'll waste all our time on the road. It's completely unnecessary," Chen Hong thought to herself.

Going to the South China Sea is not as close as going directly to the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of ​​Japan, but I've never been there before and don't know if it's feasible. I'll ask Yang Wei about it when I get back.

If it's feasible, I'll also try to take advantage of the Japanese. After all, Japan has always liked to come to China to bully and exploit us.

I myself have ethnic hatred, but my values ​​are still basically sound.

I've been busy all day and haven't found a single tuna. Could it be that there aren't any tuna in this area? That can't be right, can it? Aren't tuna fish that swim very far and very fast?

Perhaps tracking the food will lead us to the East China Sea. Tomorrow, I'll use the fish finder; I can't keep up with the ship's speed with the naked eye," Chen Hong secretly decided.

In the middle of the night, Chen Hong caught more than 400 kilograms of squid. The labor was too strenuous, and her arms were a little sore, so she reeled in the longline.

The catch was alright, although not as big as the fish I caught by casting my line across the sea during the day. But I still caught some fish, mostly medium-sized fish weighing between four or five pounds and seven or eight pounds. No big fish took the bait.

Tonight, Mr. Chen pulled up this fishing line by hand, untangling the fish without using scissors to cut the hook.

I've already used over a dozen sets of longline fishing lines today, and I haven't even sorted them yet. There are still less than 20 sets left unused, and I'll need to use them for another two days before I go back home. I need to use them sparingly.