Chapter 470: No Matter Where It Came From
Jiang Xia grabbed Zhou Chenglei's sleeve and stared at him with wide eyes.
Countless small fish jumped out of the sea surface illuminated by the lights.
They were so densely packed together, like giant water ants gathering under a light in summer.
There are more and more small fish that can be seen with the naked eye, numbering in the billions!
This was definitely a school of fish that swam past here and they encountered them.
Zhou Guodong was stunned! "Weren't you planning to take pictures of small squids? How come there are so many small fish in the picture?"
Zhou Kangping: "There are also small squids! But there are more small fish."
Zhou Guodong: "These small fish are not as valuable as small squid. If all the fish here are small squid, we will make a fortune tonight!"
"Little Fish Boy is also good."
Jiang Xia likes it very much.
Just in need of some small fish to make multi-flavored small fish!
In the distance, Zhou Guoxing and Zhou Guoye also looked over at Zhou Guodong's fishing boat, only to see a large group of mosquitoes gathered under the light.
But of course they knew it was not a mosquito, but some kind of small fish that was attracted to light.
The two brothers also quickly took out bamboo poles, light bulbs, fishing nets and other things, and used lights to lure the fish.
This kind of fish doesn't grow big and is not valuable, but it is very abundant! One cent per pound, and catching thousands of pounds can make dozens of dollars.
In less than ten minutes, the fish had gathered together, forming a large black mass.
Jiang Xia stepped aside, and Zhou Chenglei, Zhou Guodong, and Zhou Kangping began to pull up the net that had just been put down.
The three young and strong men all had a hard time pulling.
When Jiang Xia saw the big bag of fish, he felt that it was bigger than their fishing boat and wondered if the boat could hold it.
Their boat was parked here, and the two brothers Zhou Guoxing were tying up the lights and preparing to extend the bulbs.
I vaguely saw such a big bag of fish and was worried that the three of them might not be strong enough.
Zhou Guoxing said, "Three people may not be strong enough to pull it aboard. Come over and I'll go help."
Zhou Guoye drove the boat over and approached carefully.
When the two ships approached, Zhou Guoxing jumped over instantly.
After Zhou Guoye stopped the boat, he jumped over to help.
Even with the help of two more people, they finally managed to pull up a large net of small fish and dump them on the deck.
It was piled up as high as a mountain.
Zhou Guoye: "This is about five or six thousand kilograms, right?"
Zhou Guoxing: "I'm afraid it's more than that. I suspect it's as much as 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms."
Jiang Xia also felt that if it wasn't ten thousand, it would be at least eight thousand kilograms.
If there is another net, this fishing boat will definitely not be able to accommodate it.
Zhou Kangping: "We haven't seen this kind of small fish in this sea, right?"
Zhou Guodong: "Anyway, I have never seen them before, and I don't know how they swam over here."
Zhou Guoye: "It was probably lost during the winter and was about to go back when we ran into it."
Zhou Kangping: "It is also possible that the sea area where they were planning to spend the winter encountered danger, forcing them to swim over here."
Several people speculated with great interest.
Zhou Kangping has a bit of low self-esteem due to his disability and usually doesn't talk much. But tonight he was a bit excited and started talking more.
But the fish would not give them an answer.
Zhou Guoxing: "No matter how it got here, just grab it!"
Zhou Guodong said excitedly: "Yes, yes, yes... Keep going, keep going, there are still many that have not been caught!"
Jiang Xia reminded them: "You should also hurry back to your boats and use the lights to trap them!"
Jiang Xia was already very grateful that they could come to help. But everyone went out to sea to make money. They drove so far and spent a lot of money on fuel, so of course they had to seize the opportunity to see if they could also catch a net.
The three of them didn't hesitate and immediately jumped back into their boat, sailed a certain distance away, and began to use lights to lure fish.
If these fish really come here to overwinter, there should be more than one group, and they may still be caught in the next few days.
Zhou Chenglei also continued to lower a net, but this time he didn't dare to use a too large net, fearing that the two of them alone wouldn't be able to pull it up.
Jiang Xia took out a basket to put the fish in.
Then Jiang Xia discovered that there were quite a few small squids mixed in with the small fish.
It’s just that there are far fewer small squids than small fish.
Jiang Xia picked up the squids one by one and said, "We should start going out to sea at night to catch squids with lights. Look, there are quite a few squids."
Zhou Chenglei looked back and said, "Yes, there are quite a few. If it weren't for the migration of these small fish, we would probably have only caught these squids tonight."
The best time to use lights to catch squid is from March to May every year in the waters here.
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At most, more than 100 kilograms of fish can be caught in one night.
This kind of squid usually sells for one yuan to one yuan and twenty cents per pound, which is more expensive than many fish.
Therefore, many fishermen will go out to sea at night during these two months.
You can earn dozens or even hundreds of dollars a night, which is much more than what you can make from trawling.
Zhou Chenglei also plans to go out to sea at night and rest during the day starting tonight.
Under the light, small fish slowly gathered and jumped out of the water.
While waiting, Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Kangping quickly put the fish on the deck into baskets to make some space.
Both of them were good at work and soon they put one third of the small fish into the basket.
Zhou Chenglei took a look at the sea and thought it was about time, so he and Zhou Kangping pulled the net up together.
As the fishing net emerged from the water, Jiang Xia saw a lot of small squids.
If the little fish jump out of the water, they are black under the light, just like flying insects dancing under the light. The little squids gather on the water surface, their bodies are translucent, just like little elves with glowing eyes and glitter. It is very beautiful with stars.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "There are more small squids this time."
Zhou Chenglei took a look and found that there seemed to be more small squids and small fish than small fish on the fishing net.
It was probably because he had just caught a large net of small fish and scared all the other small fish away.
Zhou Kangping also laughed: "It seems that the small squid season has arrived."
Zhou Kangping also knew that many villagers had recently gone out to sea every evening to try to use lights to illuminate small squid, but they had not caught anything.
Everyone said that we would probably have to wait for a few days.
Unexpectedly, today, Brother Lei went out to sea for the first time this year and tried to use lights to lure squid, and he caught one.
This sea transportation is really beyond reach! Jiang Xia saw so many squids and small fish mixed together in this net, so she quickly went to get the basket while they were pulling up the net.
Zhou Chenglei saw her walking so fast from the corner of his eye and said hurriedly, "Slow down!"
The boat was full of fish and fishing gear. What if he fell? Jiang Xia brought over a few baskets and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be careful where I step."
She knows her own physical condition and can see every step clearly.
Jiang Xia put the baskets in place one by one and said to them, "Pour as much fish as possible into these baskets later."
Zhou Chenglei responded.
Most of the catches in this net are small squids and small fish mixed together. It is difficult to separate them, so it is better to put them in baskets.
Moreover, he watched the time to haul up the net, so there wasn't much catch, only about two or three hundred kilograms, and it was convenient to pour it into the basket.
One or two nautical miles away, Zhou Guodong and his two brothers also started fishing.
The squid and the fish together made up a big bag, if not a thousand, at least eight or nine hundred kilograms! The three brothers were all very happy.