The brown-banded grouper, named for the brown stripes on its body, is considered a mid-level species within the grouper family.
Although it can't compete with high-end grouper like the red grouper, mouse grouper, or giant grouper in terms of price, the brown-banded grouper is undeniably large and plentiful.
While the East Star Grouper is more valuable, it is rare and its individual size is not large. The Giant Grouper, on the other hand, is indeed very large, but its numbers are even fewer.
Brown-banded grouper is different; it's quite large and plentiful, and you can often encounter it while sea fishing.
Besides, the price of brown-banded grouper is low, but it is only lower than that of red grouper and rat grouper. However, compared to pearl grouper, brown-banded grouper is much more expensive.
According to Liu Tianyu, the price of brown-banded grouper is no less than 80 yuan per kilogram. The specific price needs to be negotiated with the buyer, and the price will vary depending on the buyer.
After getting a general idea of what was going on, Bai Yu immediately put the grouper into the live fish hold, thinking that a live grouper should be prioritized over a dead one.
By the time Bai Yu returned to his fishing spot, Liu Tianyu had already caught his fish. However, perhaps because Liu Tianyu reeled in the line too quickly, the eyes of the fish he caught were bulging out, which was clearly a symptom of internal decompression.
"Cousin, you caught a brown-banded grouper? Are there many of these fish around here?"
"We might have encountered a school of brown-banded grouper. There might be more than just these two on the seabed. It's just a bit of a pity about this one. I was so focused on getting excited that I forgot to reel it in and let it rest, which caused it to lose pressure inside its body."
While Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu were chatting, the grouper that Liu Tianyu had caught stopped moving and left...
Although the grouper was dead, it still had value, so Liu Tianyu put it in the freezer. After all, it was a brown-banded grouper weighing over ten kilograms.
"A school of fish? Shouldn't we hurry up and go fishing? This kind of opportunity doesn't come around often. Cousin, do you think we could bait this spot and keep these groupers here so we can catch them all in one go?"
"Catching bait? You really dare to think that way. We're currently 60 or 70 meters below the seabed, and there are ocean currents in there. Any bait thrown in will be carried away by the currents to other places."
It's not really worth it to bait the sea just to catch a brown-banded grouper. If we were fishing for tuna, baiting wouldn't be a problem, but for brown-banded grouper, let's forget about it.
Regarding Bai Yu's suggestion, Liu Tianyu could only say that it was a good suggestion, but he shouldn't mention it again next time.
After Liu Tianyu said that, Bai Yu realized that his cousin was right; it really was inconvenient to bait the sea for fishing.
However, it's fine if he's not allowed to bait the hook; he can just use more bait when he's fishing. On his second cast, Bai Yu put three whole shrimp on the hook in order to attract the attention of the brown-banded grouper.
Perhaps it really is true that more bait makes things more effective. A few minutes later, Bai Yu's fishing rod bent, and the fishing line was also rapidly emerging, indicating that another fish had taken the bait.
Surprised by the frequency of catching fish, Bai Yu turned on the decelerator and then mentally checked his system panel to see how much luck he had left.
With just one glance, Bai Yu was stunned; his luck value instantly decreased by twelve points.
You should know that when Bai Yu caught a brown grouper, his luck value only decreased by seven points. Now it has decreased by twelve points all at once. This time, the fish that bit the hook is even better than the brown grouper.
It's been almost five months since I got the system, and Bai Yu has figured out a certain pattern to how the luck value is consumed.
That is, this luck value is not only linked to the value of the fish, but also takes into account the rarity, size and other aspects of the fish.
When a certain type of seafood is caught by a white fisherman, the luck value consumed the first time is the highest, and the luck value consumed when encountering it again will decrease accordingly.
The fish that Bai Yu caught this time was either larger than the brown-banded grouper or even rarer.
However, based on the weight transmitted through the fishing rod, Bai Yu immediately dismissed the first point: the pulling force on the fishing rod was too weak, completely inferior to that of the previous brown-banded grouper.
However, if we're talking about something even rarer than the brown-banded grouper, there are far more in the ocean. Just within the grouper species alone, there are many groupers that are rarer than the brown-banded grouper.
"What kind of fish is it, little thing? You've piqued my curiosity. When are you planning to come ashore?"
After feeling the tension on the fishing rod, Bai Yu decisively turned off the drag and began to exert force while gripping the reel with his right hand.
This time, he wasn't going to keep playing the fish. He wanted to follow Liu Tianyu's example and have a fair fight with this guy (actually, it was just because this guy wasn't as big as the brown-banded grouper, so it wasn't difficult for the whitebait to catch it).
As Bai Yu exerted his strength, the fishing rod in his hand bent down instantly, almost reaching the arc of a full moon.
Bai Yu's arm muscles tensed up immediately. She really enjoyed the feeling of this contest between forces.
Regardless, Bai Yu was a sports student, and with the support of his training since childhood, he wouldn't give an inch when this guy tried to escape. This guy must be out of his mind to try to pull the fishing line away from him.
After gaining the upper hand, Bai Yu was no longer satisfied with just wrestling with the fish; he also started casting his line.
With each jerk of the rod, Bai Yu could reel in several turns of the fishing line. Listening to the sound of the rod cutting through the wind and the 'swish' of the line cutting through the water, Bai Yu experienced the joy of fishing for the first time.
Remember, this is the joy of fishing, not the joy of catching fish, selling them, and receiving money.
From that moment on, Bai Yu truly fell in love with fishing.
From that moment on, he understood why the angler was so passionate about fishing; neither wind nor rain could stop the angler's pursuit.
What they enjoy is the process of fishing and the joy of a good catch; they can't do without either.
Under Bai Yu's powerful attack, only two minutes had passed before the fish that had taken the bait was exhausted and looked like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
During this process, Bai Yu also pulled back more than ten meters of fishing line, in order to prevent the fish that had taken the bait from losing pressure due to the rapid movement.
Bai Yu deliberately slowed down during the initial process, which could be considered as giving this guy a chance to rest and recover his strength.
It doesn't matter. Even Bai Yu is afraid of fish in its prime. So what if he recovers his strength for a while? He still has no hope of facing him.
Five more minutes passed, and Bai Yu looked at the sea in front of the fishing boat. The fish that had taken the bait was about to surface.
As a red glow appeared on the sea, the red shone like blood under the sunlight.
At first, Bai Yu thought he was seeing things. The red was too bright, so bright that Bai Yu instinctively thought he was seeing things. After all, in his memory, apart from some ornamental fish, there were very few fish in the ocean with such bright colors.
After all, the ocean is blue, and red is far too conspicuous, which is deadly for sea fish; the brighter the color, the faster they die.
As Bai Yu continued to reel in his fishing line, the red object on the sea surface drew ever closer to the fishing boat. Only then did Bai Yu realize that the red object was the fish he had caught.
As the creature approached the fishing boat, Bai Yu finally saw its true form.
"Holy crap, what kind of fish is this? It's so beautiful, with such a long tail fin! Could it be a phoenix of the sea?!"
Looking at this red creature on the sea, besides its striking color, what's most eye-catching is its long, red tail fin.
"Cousin, I caught another fish I don't recognize, but it's so beautiful. Can you help me identify it?"
Bai Yu called out to Liu Tianyu beside him while picking up the net again and attacking the guy.
Don't let its smaller weight fool you; this guy is much longer than a grouper. If you include its tail fin, this red one is twice the length of a grouper.
To avoid damaging the creature's tail fin, Bai Yu was extremely careful when scooping it up with the net, afraid of breaking it.
"Holy crap, a longtail snapper? Xiao Yu, you caught a longtail snapper? This guy is known as the dream fish of the ocean. Is it still alive? Is it still alive?"
"Damn, cousin, when did you come here? You walk so quietly, you scared me!"
But is this fish called a longtail snapper? Well, it does live up to its name, its tail is indeed quite long. But isn't "dream fish" a bit of an exaggeration?
I admit it's quite pretty, but I doubt it's as beautiful as Dreamy.
Looking at the longtail snapper in the net, Bai Yu's first reaction was that Liu Tianyu was exaggerating a bit; this creature didn't look particularly fantastical.
"Whether it's a dream or not isn't up to us to decide. You quickly check if this guy is still alive. If you need to deflate it, do it quickly. If not, put it in the fish hold. Make sure it's still alive when we get back to the dock."
"Let me tell you, Xiaoyu, longtail snapper is a truly high-end seafood. If you can bring this longtail snapper back to the dock alive, it'll start at three or four hundred yuan per jin (500 grams). If you find a good buyer, it can easily sell for over five hundred yuan per jin."
"How much? Three or four hundred per jin? Maybe even five hundred? Cousin, are you sure you're not lying to me? How can one fish sell for such a high price? You know, this one weighs about ten jin, that's five or six thousand yuan?"
Upon hearing the price Liu Tianyu quoted, Bai Yu's hand trembled, and the longtail snapper in the landing net almost fell onto the deck. Is this thing really that expensive?
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