I couldn't find a suitable place to cast the net in the afternoon session, so I wasted time. But there was nothing I could do about it. Even if I had a hook, I couldn't guarantee that I would get a good harvest every time I came out.
It depends on the situation at night. Fish are more active at night than during the day, and many big fish will come out to feed at this time.
After a simple dinner, Zheng Gan came to the bow again. The map showed that there were indeed more red dots in the sea.
"Uncle Wang, drive north. This area is quite ordinary."
Listening to the instructions from the walkie-talkie, Wang Yunzhou increased the speed of the boat without hesitation and headed towards the north. Others may not say it, but at least he was completely impressed by these two trips to the sea. He hit three nets in one go, which was more powerful than the experience of him, an old captain.
After driving for about half an hour, Zheng Gan found a gathering area of red dots, which was of a decent size, so he started calling for help without hesitation.
"Everyone get ready, we're about to start casting the net."
Following his command, everyone on the boat, including the two rookies Zhao Xing and Liu Feng, started moving, ready to start casting the nets at any time.
Seeing that they were almost in position, Zheng Gan started the machine and everyone lowered the net together.
"Thank God, this net is full of wild yellow croakers, each weighing more than ten kilograms." After putting down the net, Zhao Xing squatted on the ground with his hands clasped together, muttering to himself.
"Oh my God, Brother Zhao, your prayer is not entirely reliable. If all the fish were large yellow croakers weighing more than ten kilograms, I could just retire." Zheng Gan couldn't help laughing.
Zhao Xing glared at him and said angrily, "What do you know? You have to pray sincerely. Besides, I'm praying for your harvest. Get out of here right now."
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving." Zheng Gan walked away dejectedly and continued to observe the direction of the red dot. At this time, he began to envy the protagonists of other people's homes. After casting the net, they could easily catch some fish to kill time, while he could only stare here miserably, feeling really tired.
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This time the trawl net was not in the water for as long as before. This was probably because there were so many extra seafood, so the trawl net was quickly filled.
"Draw up the nets, draw up the nets." Zheng Gan was very unhappy when he saw everyone having fun fishing on the deck, so he interrupted them directly.
"Come on, come on." When they heard the word "start the net", everyone put down what they were doing and gathered together instantly.
Start the machine and the net in the water slowly begins to rise.
"Big yellow croaker, big yellow croaker, come quickly, big yellow croaker." Zhao Xing started praying again at this time.
Zheng Gan was too lazy to pay attention to this charlatan. He had already come to the side of the crane arm, waiting for the net to come up and open his pocket.
Time passed minute by minute, and the full net bag was dragged up. Everyone present cheered. Zheng Gan knew that this net must be good, so he untied the net bag with a smile, and all the seafood fell on the deck in an instant.
"Oh my god, they are all big pen tubes!" Liu Feng was the first to exclaim in surprise. He loved to eat this kind of stuff the most. He picked up one and measured it. It was almost as big as his palm.
Large pen barrel
The penfish is a type of squid with a unique shape. It is a slender cuttlefish, sometimes called the penfish. In some places, it is also called the sea hare. The penfish lives in shallow waters and is a ferocious carnivore, feeding on small shrimp and fish. Although small in size, the penfish has a large yield, and its meat is tender and delicious, usually frozen for export.
The pen tubes sold in the market are priced at around 20 yuan per pound, which is a pretty normal price, but this price refers to those very small pen tubes.
The pen tubes in their net are very large, almost as big as squids.
"It's really strange. According to common sense, this kind of pen tube or squid needs to be caught with a light boat. I didn't expect that we can catch it too." Wang Yunzhou also came out to watch the fun. Looking at so many large pen tubes, he was very confused.
Of course, he was just curious. This kind of thing would be fine as long as he said it out loud.
"Come, Xiaofeng, come and tell me what the current market price of these pen tubes is?" Zheng Gan dragged Jiang Feng to the front and asked him to give everyone some basic knowledge.
Jiang Feng picked up the pen tube, looked at it, and said, "This pen tube can be sold for at least fifty yuan."
"Hahaha, good, good, it will be no problem to catch fifteen hundred or six hundred kilograms with this net." Zhao Xing was the first one to cheer happily.
One net for shrimps and one net for big pen tubes. Today, the two nets exploded again. No one would believe it if I told them.
"Come on, everyone, work harder and hurry up to sort out these pen tubes and put them in the cabin." Zheng Gan said as he squatted down and started working.
Everyone did not waste any time and started helping to sort the seafood. There were now eight people sorting the seafood on the boat, and they had packed up 2,000 kilograms of seafood in about an hour.
So far, Zhao Xing and Liu Feng are not considered a burden, at least they have helped a lot.
Seeing ink all over everyone's faces and bodies, Zheng Gan laughed happily. The big pen tube can also spray ink. He forgot about it at first, causing everyone to get infected.
"After we finish packing, let's have a midnight snack and rest. We'll see what happens tomorrow. If there's no good spot to cast the net, we'll go back."
The midnight snack is simple. There are ready-made pen tubes here. Blanch one portion, stir-fry one portion, add some other seafood to a pot, and add some white wine brought by Zhao Xing and others. It’s so delicious.
Although life at sea is rather boring, when it comes to food, you can definitely eat the freshest food. You can't let your mouth go hungry, right? Besides, these small favors are also very good to those who work for him.
After eating and drinking, everyone started to rest. Wang Yunzhou, Jiang Feng and Jia Gui did not drink any alcohol. Someone had to stay sober, otherwise if something went wrong at this time, the whole army would be wiped out.
When Zheng Gan woke up the next day, he found that the wind had started to blow. He decisively gave up his previous plan and ordered to return. Encountering strong winds and waves at sea was no joke. Not to mention their small fishing boat of 20 meters, even a large cargo ship of hundreds of meters could have an accident.
When they returned to the dock, it had already started raining. The weather forecast had clearly said it would be sunny, but it was still rainy.
"The boat that exploded the net on the first day has returned!"
As soon as their ship docked, it was recognized and immediately a group of people gathered around it. Some of them were not there to buy things, but to watch the fun.
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