Chapter 195: Rainbow Trout with Big Effects
I chased after it and took a closer look. I found that in addition to the ribbons, there seemed to be many pockmarks on the fish's body.
Liang Ziqiang didn't look carefully. Before the fish swam away, he quickly cast the net and covered the fish.
He couldn't see clearly what kind of fish it was, and he didn't know whether there would be a large school of them under the water besides the one found on the surface.
Generally speaking, since it is the winter season, even if the fish are not densely packed together, they will be in groups of three or two, just like the last time with the big six-line fish.
After the fishing net had sunk for a while, they pulled it up, only to find that the net was unusually empty.
We did catch a fish, it was quite big, but there was only one, the one we saw on the water just now.
After looking at it carefully on the deck, Liang Ziqiang's originally disappointed face suddenly showed joy:
“You actually got a rainbow trout?!”
The fish in front of me should weigh about four or five pounds, with a laterally flattened body, a relatively large mouth, and small and round scales all over its body.
There are many tiny spots on the fish, like sesame seeds. The most special thing is that there is a wide purple-red stripe running from the fish's head to the tail fin.
"What rainbow trout? I've never seen it before!" Liang Zifeng looked at the big fish in front of him for a while and asked in confusion.
Not only was he puzzled, but even Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai, who were driving the boat closer, asked curiously after seeing the big fish:
"The grass must weigh several kilograms. What kind of fish is this?"
"Rainbow trout, also known as steelhead trout!" Liang Ziqiang replied, "It's normal that you haven't seen it. This fish is not afraid of the cold, and there are not many of them here!"
Liang Ziqiang felt that what he said was not accurate enough. Strictly speaking, rainbow trout are not only not afraid of cold, but also prefer cold water.
This fish was actually originally from abroad, and was introduced to my country in the 1950s.
After being introduced, they quickly multiplied and developed in the ocean, mainly in the northern waters where the water is relatively cold. After more than 20 years of reproduction, rainbow trout has become a relatively valuable fish there.
This kind of fish is absolutely not seen in their waters on hot days. In cold weather, one or two can be seen occasionally. It is estimated that they have spread to the South China Sea with the ocean currents, but they only appear in winter.
Rainbow trout can survive in both seawater and freshwater, but seawater rainbow trout tend to be larger. Its meat is red and can be eaten the same way as salmon. In fact, it is also considered a type of salmon.
The meat of rainbow trout is relatively tender, has no fishy smell, no small bones, and does not need to be scaled before cooking.
In addition to its delicious taste, this fish has another special feature: it is extremely effective in repairing wounds.
Normally, people buy catfish and sea bass to eat to help them recover from their wounds after surgery or injury, but that’s because they don’t get rainbow trout.
The ability of rainbow trout to heal wounds is better than that of catfish and bass.
The last time when he was selling fish at the big pier, he joked with Zheng Liu and said that if Zheng Liu saw someone coming to sell rainbow trout, he should keep it and eat it himself so that the wound on his face could heal.
Unexpectedly, not long after, I actually caught a rainbow trout when I went out to sea today.
Thinking that the price of this fish was very considerable, he immediately drove the boat around again, continuing to look for more rainbow trout in the cold water.
Seeing this, Li Liang also started his boat and followed behind.
After searching for a while, Li Liang asked curiously:
"Isn't it a winter flood? If one fish appears, there should be at least a small group!"
Liang Ziqiang shook his head: "You are wrong, what is winter flood? This fish was just encountered by chance, it is not a winter flood fish!"
Winter fish are afraid of the cold, so they swim collectively to the relatively warm deep sea.
This fish just likes cold weather. Seeing that the South China Sea has become cold recently, it occasionally moves south and was spotted. This has nothing to do with winter floods, right?
After searching for a while, Liang Ziqiang was disappointed. After all, they were rare visitors who accidentally entered the South China Sea and it was impossible for them to form a group.
Apart from the one we caught, we never found another rainbow trout.
After wandering around for a while, Deng Zhaocai pointed at the sea and shouted:
"Here it comes, the six-line fish is here again!"
Seeing six-line fish emerging from the water in groups of three or two, smiles appeared on the disappointed faces of several people again.
Although the six-line fish does not like cold water as much as the rainbow trout, it is still more adaptable to cold water than most fish in the South China Sea.
Although this fish is not as expensive as rainbow trout, it is still a relatively valuable fish. Last time, they made a lot of money by coming across a batch of six-line fish.
One of Liang Ziqiang's hopes when he came to Longjuling again this time was to encounter a school of six-line fish a little later in the flood season.
As a reef-loving fish, the number of six-line fish in shallow waters is not that large, and they do not usually like to gather in groups. The six-line fish that appeared at the moment were all sparse.
But they were already overjoyed. With this wave of six-line fish, there would be no suspense about the diesel money!
The two boats immediately headed for the fishing grounds. Liang Ziqiang threw the net toward two or three six-line fish on the water.
A little more sparse than last time. When the net was pulled up, I saw that there were only four or five fish in each net.
Liang Ziqiang poured the fish into the boat, then immediately drove the boat back after the catch and cast another net.
There are still four or five this time.
Some of the fish went directly to the deep-sea wintering grounds, but some of them, after discovering the reef belt of Longjuling, turned around and swam towards the reefs, looking for food among the reefs.
Liang Ziqiang was not in a hurry to deal with the fish that stayed near the reefs. What he needed to do now was to catch the fish that were about to leave here and swim to the deep sea.
I increased the speed of the boat slightly and caught up with the school of fish.
He kept repeating the action of casting and pulling in the net. Before he knew it, he had cast more than ten nets.
Fortunately, these fish were relatively scattered, moving and stopping from time to time, and it took a long time for them to approach the transition zone between deep sea and shallow sea.
Li Liang didn't dare to go any deeper. Liang Ziqiang, relying on the bigger boat, sailed a little further and cast two more nets than him.
When he could no longer catch up, he turned the boat around and returned to Longjuling.
At this time, they began to sort out the remaining troops that remained in the Longjuling reef zone.
As soon as a grouper comes out from the reef, no matter whether it is two or one, cast the net immediately.
Later, seeing that some fish were too close to the reefs and it was difficult to cast the net, he went back to the cabin to find a hand net.
Fortunately, he had more than one hand-scoop net at home. In addition to the one at home, he also kept one on the boat.
I picked up the hand net, which was much more flexible now. I circled around the reef and caught five or six more.
Hearing Deng Zhaocai shouting non-stop, Li Liang and his friends must have made a lot of money.
Only when there were no more six-line fish to be found near the reef did the two boats drift away and continue searching for other fish in the sea nearby.
Not far from the bow of the boat, a few more fish swam by, but this time they were obviously not six-line fish.
Liang Zifeng also noticed the dark fish in the water. He couldn't remember their names, so he shouted, "Look, second brother, they are so dark and weird-looking. What are these ugly fish called?"
Liang Ziqiang asked him to get the net and said with a smile: "You think it's ugly? Smile when you touch this fish, it's more expensive than those six-line fish just now!"
His and Li Liang's boats were heading towards this wave of "ugly fish". Seeing that the number of these fish was no less than that of the six-line fish in front, several people's eyes suddenly lit up and they began to look forward to today's income...
(Picture of rainbow trout, posted in the comments section below the previous chapter.)
(End of this chapter)
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