October 2nd arrived, the second day of the National Day holiday.
Bai Yu and his companions boarded a fishing boat and sped towards the East China Sea, heading there to fish for large yellow croakers.
This time, the destination is near the Zhoushan waters in Zhejiang Province. It's quite a distance to sail from Sanya to Zhoushan in a fishing boat, which is much farther than Bai Yu expected.
Although this journey is entirely by sea, there is no need to change modes of transportation along the way, and there are no tolls or other extra costs; you only need to refuel.
However, in terms of sea route alone, the journey from Haikou to Zhoushan basically covers most of our coastline.
Sanya is located at the southern tip of Hainan Island, which can be considered the southern part of the South China Sea. Zhoushan is located in the northern part of the East China Sea, and further north is the Yellow Sea.
Among our country's four major sea areas, the South China Sea is undoubtedly the largest in area, followed by the East China Sea.
What Bai Yu and his group were doing was essentially traversing the Southeast Seas just to catch a big yellow croaker.
Leaving aside how much time this voyage will take, Bai Yu has already spent 40,000 yuan on fuel alone.
When Bai Yu set off from Sanya, he filled the fishing boat with a full tank of fuel, which cost him 23,000 yuan.
Then, when they arrived in Fujian Province, Bai Yu saw that he had used up a lot of fuel, so he found a port in Fujian Province and filled up with more than 10,000 tons of fuel.
Then, with the addition of other supplies, Bai Yu's expenses have already reached 40,000 yuan. He hasn't even caught a single fish yet, and he's already spent a lot of money.
Actually, if it weren't for the convenience of using their own boat to go fishing at sea, Bai Yu and his friends would have preferred to fly to Zhoushan and rent a boat to go fishing.
After all, they spent tens of thousands of yuan just to get to Zhoushan, and that doesn't even include the cost of going back.
On the morning of October 4th, Bai Yu and his group finally arrived in Zhoushan from Sanya after two days of travel. After asking around, they found a sea area where they could fish for large yellow croaker.
Logically speaking, resource points like these, where you can catch big yellow croakers and make a lot of money, shouldn't be shared by either anglers or fishing boat owners.
However, the current situation is that the news has already spread, and many people already know about it, including some who are just there to join in the fun.
These people just love a good show; they don't care how long the large yellow croakers here can survive after the news about this resource point gets out. They simply enjoy the excitement.
That's how Bai Yu and his group found this resource point.
Actually, Bai Yu and his group didn't need to ask others. When they sailed to Zhoushan, they could clearly feel that there were more ships on the sea.
Moreover, it wasn't just one type of ship that increased in number; it was all ships, large and small, that experienced a sudden surge in quantity.
Among them are many small fishing boats, just a few meters long, the kind that only operate in coastal waters, but now they are sailing to places twenty or thirty nautical miles away from the coastline.
Meanwhile, all the ships Bai Yu and his companions encountered had one thing in common: they were all heading in the same direction. Even the ships that returned were all returning from the direction they were going.
Based on this alone, we can roughly guess that these boats are most likely going to fish for large yellow croaker. Bai Yu and his crew only need to follow them to find the resource points where large yellow croaker are produced.
"Brother Bai, there are so many boats around here, all kinds of boats, big and small. How many big yellow croakers can we catch here?"
On the deck of the fishing boat Yuxue, as soon as Bai Yu arrived, Li Xue came over and asked him a question.
"I'm not too sure about that either, but since there are so many ships gathered here, the resource situation shouldn't be too bad."
However, it's hard to say at this time. Daytime isn't the best time to fish for large yellow croaker; the best time is after dark.
Bai Yu also glanced at the surroundings and was equally moved.
To be honest, given the current situation around them, it was a scene that Bai Yu had never seen before.
Bai Yu had seen large numbers of boats at the dock before, but he had never seen so many small and medium-sized boats, numbering in the hundreds.
In any case, within Bai Yu's field of vision, including what he saw along the way, there wasn't a single large ship over forty or fifty meters long that he found; all of them were small and medium-sized vessels under forty meters.
The same applies to fishing boats that are mainly for commercial purposes; the largest of them are only about thirty meters long.
But that's understandable, since everyone comes here to fish, not to trawle. Why bring such a big boat over?
Since they are fishing, as long as the boat can provide them with a space for fishing, that will be sufficient.
Furthermore, even though it's not yet the peak season for catching large yellow croaker, quite a few anglers have already started fishing.
After all, other anglers aren't just after the big yellow croaker; they can catch other fish too, and sell them for money.
Bai Yu and the others thought the same way. There were nine people on their boat who came together, including Bai Yu and his three girlfriends, as well as Bai Yue.
Originally, Bai Yu didn't plan to bring Bai Yue with her; she wanted Bai Yue to work at the company and see how things were going.
Another reason is that all of them are going out to sea with their girlfriends. What would Bai Yue, a single person, do with them? Go and eat dog food?
However, no matter how Bai Yu tried to communicate with Bai Yue, the little girl just wouldn't agree and insisted on going to sea with Bai Yu no matter what.
In her words, it was one thing for her parents to go out and have fun without her, but why wasn't Bai Yu, her sister-in-law, best friend, and older sister, going out to have fun with her either?
If they all leave, what's the point of her staying at home alone? She wants to go fishing with Bai Yu and travel around, and Bai Yu has to pay for everything.
As for the company, she will make all the arrangements and ensure that there will be no problems with the company during this period.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Bai Yue, Bai Yu had no choice but to bring her along as well.
To be honest, after bringing Bai Yue along, although Bai Yu had to spend more money to buy things for Bai Yue, there were also many benefits to having Bai Yue with him.
For example, everyone was tidying up their fishing rods on the deck. Wang Hai, Li Shuang, and the others were working in pairs, looking quite sweet together.
In contrast, Bai Yu and Li Xue didn't need to pack their fishing rods. It's not that they didn't fish, but someone else prepared their fishing gear for them.
This person is Bai Yue. Bai Yu only paid for a bag, and Bai Yue helped them prepare fishing gear.
"Yueyue, is the fishing rod ready? You don't need to attach a very strong fishing line, just a 20 or 30 pound tension is enough. Today, we'll fish for some surface fish during the day, since the fish at this level aren't very big."
"Here it comes, brother. Yours is all set up, and my sister-in-law's fishing rod will be ready soon too."
Here, take your fishing rod first, you can use that one now, the other one will be here soon.
Hearing Bai Yu's urging, Bai Yue immediately ran over with a pre-loaded fishing rod, put it in Bai Yu's hand, and then prepared to get the second fishing rod.
Unfortunately, she underestimated how inhuman her brother was. Before Bai Yue could leave, he stopped her.
"Yueyue, where's the bait? How am I supposed to fish without bait? Do you expect me to hook you on the hook?"
"Your service is terrible. How can you go fishing without bait? I guess you're not going to keep this bag."
Tsk tsk tsk, they're starting to threaten now. They're not going to buy Bai Yue a bag unless they prepare bait.
Fortunately, besides having a slightly sarcastic older brother, Bai Yue also has a sister-in-law, older sister, and best friend who treats her very well. The latter slapped Bai Yu on the shoulder.
"Alright, Brother Xiaobai, are you still going to keep making Yueyue do this? If you want to go fishing, go get the bait yourself. Get a lot, and get some for Yueyue too. You don't act like a brother at all."
"That's right, that's right. My sister-in-law is right. He doesn't act like a brother at all."
"Hey, sister-in-law, you're talking just like me now. That's how my mom used to scold my brother."
"Absolutely, I was raised by my godmother, so it's normal for me to resemble her."
Hearing Li Xue support her, Bai Yue felt as if she had stood up as well, and immediately gave Li Xue a loving hug.
After some joking around, Bai Yu and the other two picked up their fishing rods and bait and prepared to start fishing.
Originally, according to the plan before setting sail, Bai Yu and his group were four couples who were going out to sea to fish. They planned to arrange themselves in front, behind, left, and right, one couple per direction, so that they would not disturb each other while fishing.
However, the reality turned out to be that Bai Yu and Li Xue were fishing at the bow of the boat with a burden on them. What's worse, this burden actually stole Bai Yu's wife away.
Bai Yu had brought his wife out fishing, but Bai Yue, the third wheel, had absolutely no sense of propriety. From the moment they started fishing, she stayed right next to his wife, making it impossible for Bai Yu to have a conversation.
Of course, it's possible that Bai Yue did it on purpose; she just didn't want Bai Yu to show off their relationship.
Faced with this situation, Bai Yu really couldn't do anything about Bai Yue. After all, she was his sister, and his only biological sister at that.
Since that's the case, Bai Yu had no choice but to direct his anger at the fish in the sea and let them bear the brunt of his frustration.
Bai Yu fishes in the upper-middle waters, not very deep, and mainly targets small to medium-sized fish.
Therefore, when it comes to bait selection, we mainly use sea shrimp. Bai Yu directly took a kilogram of sea shrimp, a kilogram of 40-50 kilograms of sea shrimp, and we'll use these sea shrimp to fish today.
As Bai Yu baited the hook, he cast it down the side of the fishing boat to a depth of about eleven or twelve meters, and then activated the drag system.
It wasn't that Bai Yu didn't want to cast the bait, but the reality was that it didn't allow it!
There were simply too many boats in the waters where Bai Yu and his crew were now. The closest boats were only a few dozen meters away from them. If they cast their lines with a little force, they could easily throw the bait onto someone else's boat.
Therefore, given the current situation, Bai Yu decided to continue fishing along the fishing boat.
However, it must be said that areas where large yellow croakers are found are definitely not in bad condition in terms of resources.
After all, large yellow croakers are sea fish belonging to the Sciaenidae family, and they are also very greedy. As long as they exist, the resource situation in the surrounding waters must be very good.
For example, Bai Yu had just cast his fishing hook into the water and hadn't even put the fishing rod on the holder when he heard the reel start spinning.
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"What? A fish has already taken the bait? I haven't even started yet, they're really giving me face!"
Although Bai Yu was a little surprised, he didn't slow down.
The moment the reel started spinning, his physical instincts acted before his brain could react. He grabbed the fishing rod and jerked it upwards, aiming to hook the fish first before worrying about anything else.
The only slight pity was that the fish that took the bait this time wasn't very big; Bai Hao estimated it to be only a few ounces.
For fish of this size, Bai Yu wouldn't be polite and immediately started reeling in the line.
The fish that took the bait wasn't big, and since Bai Yu wasn't fishing at a deep depth, in the blink of an eye, he caught a silvery fish.
White-scaled fish +1.
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