Fu Laoda held the fishing line tightly with both hands. Because the fish under the boat was pulling hard, several red marks were quickly drawn on his hands.
That's a fishing line.
This fish was greedy; it bit several hooks at once. It was precisely because there were so many hooks that the fishing lines couldn't hold it back, given its strength.
"Dad, let me try!"
Wearing gloves, Fu Wan took the fishing line from Boss Fu's hand. Playing a fish is a skill. Even though Fu Wan hadn't fished many times, she had heard Fu Ming and the others talk about how to play a fish many times.
Don't pull against it. Be patient. When the fish is exerting force, don't pull against it. When the fish runs out of strength, start pulling it in your direction.
However, the fish under the boat was really persistent, and Fu Wan only lasted for more than ten minutes before Fu Ming took over.
Fu Ming is a seasoned angler. Although he is only in his twenties, he has been fishing for almost twenty years.
When he and Fu Liang were at an age where they couldn't control their bodily functions, they knew how to steal their own embroidery needles, bend them with fire, and use them as fishhooks.
You should know that they have been frequent visitors to the ocean trenches since they were young.
Fu Ming also fished for more than ten minutes. When the fish was finally handed over to Fu Liang, it was exhausted and floated to the surface, dragged by the fishing line.
Boss Fu was experienced and had been waiting with a big fishhook. When he saw the big fish appear, he first used a big stick to catch it, then hooked the gills with the hook, and with a strong pull, the fish was on the boat.
What kind of fish is this?
Fu Ming and Fu Liang were dumbfounded. They had never seen this fish before, and neither had Fu Wan. The eldest brother Fu wiped his face and removed the fishhook from the fish.
"This is a moonfish."
Moonfish?
"Father, this?!"
Boss Fu nodded, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.
Fu Wan stared in shock, her mouth agape, and it took her a long time to calm down.
"We're really going to make a fortune this time!"
The moonfish has a laterally compressed body and is entirely silvery-white. Its belly is light rose-red, and it has silvery spots resembling the moon on its body. Its fins are also scarlet.
Moonfish are not only beautiful, but the longest they can reach two meters in length. The one that Fu Wan and her friends caught was about one meter long, but it was still considered quite huge.
Moonfish have an exceptionally good taste and are considered a very, very precious edible fish.
"Uncle, how much can this thing sell for?"
Fu Liang's eyes were shining brightly at this moment. If vision could be visualized, he would probably see nothing but large unity symbols.
"I don't know. I've only heard of this fish, but I've never seen it before."
If he hadn't often heard the village elders describe the fish's appearance, he probably wouldn't have recognized it.
"This fish will definitely fetch a good price!"
Fu Wan was absolutely certain that, not to mention how rare this fish was, just based on its taste alone, any grouper would be nothing compared to it!
It's a pity I'm destined not to be able to taste this fish myself!
With this fish, the trip was definitely worthwhile for the group.
Although I don't know how I caught this moonfish while fishing in the extended range, the fish is now in the cabin, which means what? It means luck!
All the extended hooks were retrieved. With the enormous moonfish around, the few groupers weighing a pound or two that were caught later were no match for it.
Fu Wan couldn't stop smiling happily. She took out her watch and saw that it was already past 2 a.m.
"Dad, let's take the bamboo tube back and go check the coconut crabs on the deserted island. If we don't find anything, let's go back."
Besides the nearly 100-pound moonfish, today's harvest included six baskets full of yellow croakers. This doesn't even include the fish and shrimp that Fu Wan caught; it's already a bountiful harvest.
Fu Laoda listened to his daughter and turned the rudder to head towards the deserted island.
Fu Ming and Fu Liang were both very happy, humming a song as they tidied up the fishing net.
As the boat approached the bamboo tube markers they had placed, Fu Wan quickly used a fishing hook to pull the long rope tied to the bamboo tubes. Fu Ming and Fu Liang also came over to help, one after the other. Because it was for practice, they only threw out less than fifty bamboo tubes this time.
"Wan, there really is an octopus inside!"
Fu Liang touched the small opening of the bamboo tube with his finger; otherwise, he would have been entangled by the octopus's tentacles.
"I told you, this thing would definitely work!"
Fu Liang was now truly convinced of Fu Wan's abilities. After all, Fu Wan had always been the best student among them since childhood, and only she could have come up with such an unprecedented method.
Fu Wan, flattered, didn't blush at all. These bamboo tubes were modeled after modern aluminum cans, with a small hole the size of a coin on each tube. Octopuses like to crawl into these dark little spaces.
Fu Wan took advantage of this characteristic, and the octopus reaped a small harvest.
In order to successfully remove the octopus from the bamboo tube inside the can, Fu Wan specially made a small hook to stick in. She would insert the hook, stir it a couple of times, and then pull it out.
However, be careful, as some octopuses will spray ink as soon as they emerge. Fu Ming was ambushed by such an octopus and ended up with his face covered in ink.
"Ah Wan, let's wash this bamboo tube a couple of times before throwing it into the sea, and we'll collect it next time we come!"
Fu Ming washed his face with seawater, gritting his teeth as he prepared to catch all of the octopus's relatives and friends in one fell swoop.
Fu Wan didn't care. Anyway, there was no use for taking the bamboo tube back. As long as she remembered to come back and retrieve it and didn't pollute the ocean, that was fine.
After taking out more than fifty bamboo tubes, they finally retrieved a large bucket of octopuses, all about the size of a fist. The smaller ones were thrown back into the sea by Fu Wan, to be allowed to grow bigger before being retrieved.
After collecting the bamboo tubes, Boss Fu brought the boat closer to the deserted island, took a flashlight, put on a pair of water shoes, and followed Fu Liang to the place where he had just set up the coconut crab trap.
After searching two or three places, the uncle and nephew came up empty-handed. Just when Fu was about to give up, the two of them finally caught a coconut crab that was even bigger than the two they had caught last time at the entrance of a crab hole under a big coconut tree.
Fu Liang didn't see it clearly at first, thinking it was a big rock, and almost tripped and fell to the ground.
If they hadn't gotten close enough to see the crab claws as thick as their arms, the two would have almost been fooled by the coconut crab, whose color blended in with its surroundings.
Getting this one is a good result!
Fu Liang took out a snakeskin bag, while Boss Fu grabbed a coconut crab and threw it inside.
Good heavens, this thing weighs at least thirty pounds!
The deserted island was a bit eerie in the dead of night, so the two of them didn't linger and carried the sacks to the boat.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming were still sorting the fish when they saw how quickly the two of them had done it.
When Fu Wan saw the snakeskin bag on Fu Liang's back, she smiled broadly.
"Brother Liang, did you find anything?"
Fu Ming nodded emphatically, then took the snakeskin bag off his shoulder and showed it to them.
Boss Fu then strode briskly to start the diesel engine.
"Time to go home!"
It's already past 3 a.m., and after a little over an hour's boat ride, we'll arrive at the dock at exactly 5 a.m.
"Which ship is coming back?"
"The red flag means that Master Fu has returned!"
Fu San was dozing off leaning against the tricycle when the shout startled him awake.
Today is the first time that Master Fu has gone out to sea in the past few days. He has been looking forward to it for a long time and wonders what surprises they will bring him!
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