"Brother Zhao, I noticed that we can longline fish on the boat." Zheng Gan found Zhao Xing who was tying the fishing line and asked.
Zhao Xing nodded, "Yeah, why do you want to try it?"
"Well, I was just scared by that great white shark, so I wanted to try a different method."
Longline fishing, also known as row hook fishing, is a fishing method suitable for large waters. Its principle is to mark many equally spaced branches on a main line, with hooks and bait on the branches. Then, the fishing line is cast into the water with the help of a float, and after a period of time, the line can be pulled to collect the fish.
This type of fishing line can be several kilometers or even dozens of kilometers long, and there can be tens of thousands of fish hooks. If the fishing boat is well automated, the efficiency can be very good.
However, the disadvantage of longline fishing is that it is very troublesome to organize the fishing line, and the fish hooks are easily worn out and need to be re-hooked every time. In addition, it is easy for the fish to come off when catching it, so tools must be used to get the fish out.
"Okay, then you can try it. However, the longline on this boat is not that big, only about one or two kilometers away. If the fishing ban period is too long, it will be easy to get caught," Zhao Xing explained.
It is a fishing ban period now, so large longline fishing is not allowed. The small ones on their boat are barely usable.
Zheng Gan only thought of longline fishing after seeing the equipment on the boat. Although sea fishing is exciting, it is also nice to change the taste occasionally.
"Then let's prepare the bait, fish hooks and so on first, then you find a place to put it down, and then pull it up before we go back." Zhao Xing looked at the time. It usually takes two hours to put it down.
They got down to work right away. The four of them put down their fishing rods and started tying hooks. Neither Zheng Gan nor Liu Feng had done this before, so the main force was still Lin Hao and Zhao Xing.
Lin Hao has gone out to sea many times with the villagers in the past few years. He has also done this kind of longline fishing and is more experienced. Zhao Xing has simply played it more.
After an hour and a half, they finally tied all the hooks, and then Zheng Gan began to look for a good location on the map.
"Keep the boat speed around six or seven knots, don't go too fast."
Zheng Gan talked to the captain while holding the walkie-talkie, saying that the speed cannot be too fast, otherwise the hook will not be cast properly, and it cannot be too slow either, otherwise the line will be too loose and will easily get tangled.
It didn't take long to find a decent spot, and the four of them were ready to start casting the line.
"Brother, where are we going?" Lin Hao asked.
There are many ways to do longline fishing, and you can choose to fish in any position, upper, middle or lower. The fish in the upper layer are generally not very valuable, they are all small goods, while the middle and lower layers are some rare fish.
"The fish on the upper layer aren't valuable, but if I put them on the lower layer, they might get stuck." Zheng Gan glanced at the map. "Let's put them on the middle layer. That way, I can catch fish on both layers."
At this time, Lin Hao had already given the order to start, and everyone threw the hooks into the sea rhythmically.
Zheng Gan finally understood that the whole longline fishing process was not difficult, except for tying the hook and bait. The rest was simple.
"Okay, just wait two or three hours for the rest." Lin Hao clapped his hands, then returned to his fishing spot, also planning to take advantage of the free time to cast two casts.
The same was true for Zhao Xing. In fact, they all knew that longline fishing, like fishing with a net, depended on luck. If you were lucky, the hooks would be full of fish. If you were unlucky, well, well, well.
But the person they met was Zheng Gan, the son of the sea who had cheats.
Three hours passed quickly, and the four of them caught a few fish during this time, but they were of average value.
"Let's go collect the longline."
Zheng Gan shouted and couldn't wait to ask the captain to drive the boat to the place where the hooks were placed before.
He hooked the float, turned on the machine, and the fishing line was pulled up.
Technology has become much more advanced nowadays. If we used to do longline fishing, we would have to pull the line up manually, which was very physically demanding. But now everything is mechanized, saving time and effort.
"Hey, brother, we are lucky. We caught a red friend fish on the first hook." Zhao Xing said with a smile, but he didn't take it to heart. Although the price of red friend fish was not bad, it was only one after all.
Zheng Gan didn't say much about this. He had already checked the map and knew that the harvest this time would definitely be good.
Red friend fish, scientifically known as purple snapper, is a very precious edible fish. The main ways of catching it are longline fishing and trawling. This fish has a strong reproductive capacity, so many people have been breeding red friend fish in recent years, which has led to its price falling again and again. Even wild red friend fish only costs sixty or seventy yuan per catty.
Lin Hao hooked the red friend fish. This kind of technical work needs to be done by an experienced person, otherwise it will easily come off the hook, which is heartbreaking to watch.
"Huh? Another red friend fish." Soon the second hook came up. Seeing that it was also a red friend fish, Zhao Xing was a little confused, but after all, there were only two, so it was nothing.
But the third, fourth and even tenth ones were all red friend fish, which shocked Zhao Xing.
"What's going on? Aren't these red friend fish always in schools? And all ten hooks are full of fish?"
Because according to the normal situation of red friend fish, they usually do not form schools, and it is rare to catch a large number of red friend fish at once. In addition, there are actually not that many that can be harvested by longline fishing. It is very lucky to catch one with two or three hooks.
Anyway, Zhao Xing had seen people doing longline fishing so many times, but he had never seen a situation where one hook caught one fish.
"Brother Zhao, why can't you understand my brother's luck?" Lin Hao said with a smile. No matter what others said, he was convinced.
"That's right. It shouldn't be strange if good things happen to him." Zhao Xing thought about it and felt relieved. He had witnessed Zheng Gan's good luck since he met him.
What are schools of red snapper? Have you ever seen a group of killer whales come to help kill a great white shark?
Zheng Gan was too lazy to pay attention to the two of them. He was always observing the situation around him. It seemed that he was frightened by the great white shark. Anyway, he decided that whenever he saw a black spot in the future, he would run away immediately without stopping.
The boat was moving slowly, and the longline was pulled upward at a constant speed. One red friend fish after another came onto the boat very generously, occasionally mixed with a few other garbage fish.
"Wow, we finally finished the harvest. This must be around 400 to 500 kilograms." Liu Feng couldn't help but click his tongue. It was really exciting to catch so many fish without even casting a net.
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