As the fans started fishing, Bai Yu and Wang Hai also came out with their fishing rods.
They chose the same spot as before, returning to the stern of the boat to begin fishing.
The fishing rod is the same as yesterday's, and the fishing gear is also the same; nothing has changed.
Yesterday, Bai Yu and Wang Hai were aiming for big fish, and they're doing the same today.
In places with many reefs, it would be impossible for Bai Yu and his crew to catch big fish, as there wouldn't be any fish weighing over 100 pounds here.
Bai Yu hooked a shrimp onto his fishing hook and then lowered it down along the side of the fishing boat.
In areas with many reefs, try to avoid casting the rod as much as possible.
After all, you can't guarantee that you won't snag the bottom after casting your fishing rod.
If the line gets snagged, then his fishing line will be damaged. Besides breaking the line, what other good solutions are there for a snag?
After casting the bait, Bai Yu tested the water depth to determine the optimal fishing depth.
This area, with its many reefs, is quite deep; the fishing boats are moored at depths of over twenty meters.
But when Bai Yu finished testing the depth and was about to pull the bait up a little, the fishing line didn't move at all and couldn't be pulled up even a little bit.
At first, Bai Yu thought he had caught a fish and was not even happy about it when he realized that it was not a fish at all. No matter how he pulled on the fishing line, it did not budge.
What else could this feeling be but a bottoming out?
"Holy crap? It's already stuck on the bottom? How unlucky can I be? I just got here!"
After trying several more times, Bai Yu complained as she silently took out a small pair of scissors from her pocket and cut the fishing line.
OK, the fishing trip had just begun when Bai Yu lost 22 meters of fishing line, a hook, and a 20-gram sinker.
Before even making a single fish, they've already lost money.
Bai Yu then put down his fishing rod and told the fans at the bow of the boat about the situation, reminding them to be more careful when fishing to prevent snagging.
It's worth mentioning that the fishing party was quite complete today, with all eight fans participating. The three fans who were seasick were noticeably more accustomed to the weather after a day of seasickness.
Then Baiyu returned to his fishing spot, re-attached the sinker and hook, and started casting again.
For Bai Yu, even if he lost 22 meters of fishing line, the remaining line would still be enough for him to use.
This fishing line is 100 meters long. Even after losing 20 meters, there are still more than 70 meters left, which is more than enough for this depth.
This time, he controlled the fishing depth to between 20 and 21 meters, bottom fishing but not too deep, maintaining a certain distance from the seabed reefs.
This time, he didn't have to wait long. Soon, the tip of the fishing rod bent down, which was a clear sign that a fish had taken the bait!
Then Bai Yu suddenly lifted the fishing rod upwards, and the weight on the rod was transmitted, and the fish was hooked!
According to Bai Yu, the fish that took the bait this time wasn't very big. Judging from the force of the rod's return, the fish was only about two or three pounds at most.
Bai Yu was not going to be polite to fish of this size; fish of this size could not pose any obstacle to him.
Bai Yu then took his fishing rod and began casting and reeling in the line. He cast the rod more than a dozen times and reeled in four or five meters of line before stopping to rest for a bit.
Bai Yu wasn't quite sure what the water pressure would be like at a depth of 20 meters. But for Bai Yu, diving to a depth of 20 meters was no problem.
However, while some sea fish are fine, others can be harmed by changes in pressure.
Reel in four or five meters of fishing line and then pause; this will help the fish adapt to the current water pressure.
Then, after a short break of a few tens of seconds, the line is retracted.
In just three or four minutes, a fish covered in spots, reflecting a faint blue light in the sunlight, appeared on the surface of the sea.
"Blue melon seeds? They're alright, better than nothing."
Bai Yu looked at the blue grouper on the sea surface and gave it a rating: better than nothing.
That's a very low rating, because this kind of fish isn't very popular in Hainan Province, and it's even farmed.
Even though the blue grouper that Bai Yu caught is a wild grouper, it is not very popular or expensive in the market.
If you go to a different place, such as Shanghai or a coastal city in southeastern China, the price of blue grouper is still quite good, and it can sell for hundreds of yuan.
But let's forget about Haikou Province.
Here, farmed fish are sold as wild sea fish to tourists. Over time, no one in Hai Province is willing to eat real wild blue grouper anymore.
Only a small number of restaurants or hotels that prioritize quality continue to collect wild blue grouper.
After all, I don't need to elaborate on how high the profit margin is for many restaurants to pass off farmed seafood as wild seafood.
For tourists who know nothing and can't distinguish between farmed and wild animals, I don't need to elaborate on how businesses should choose.
Even though Bai Yu didn't think highly of the blue grouper, it didn't stop him from adding it to his collection.
After all, the flesh of the blue grouper is very delicious, whether it is steamed or braised.
After putting the fish into the fish box, Bai Yu hooked a shrimp onto the hook and then threw it into the sea.
Bai Yu had just cast his line when Wang Hai caught a fish. In no time, he had caught a red-spotted fish.
"Oh, Ah Hai, what a coincidence! I caught a blue grouper, and you caught a red grouper."
This thing does look somewhat similar to the Eastern Star Grouper, although the Eastern Star Grouper is a bit slimmer.
"Brother Yu, do you want this fish? If you do, it's yours. It'll make a perfect pair with your blue grouper."
"Why pair them up? These two fish aren't the same kind. They're just called Blue Melon Seed and Red Melon Seed, but they're fundamentally different."
"It's okay, they're all grouper anyway, there are differences, but not much."
After Wang Hai finished speaking, he put the red grouper in his hand into Bai Yu's fish box.
The red grouper he caught was a size larger than the white grouper, weighing about three pounds, and it also looked very different from the blue grouper.
The blue grouper, scientifically known as the fine-spotted grouper, was originally a very rare and valuable grouper, even more expensive than the red grouper.
However, because some people are selling farmed blue melon seeds as wild ones, they have completely muddied up the market for blue melon seeds in Hainan Province.
The red grouper, scientifically known as the red nine-spined perch, gets its name from the nine spines on its back.
Surprisingly, while blue grouper is farmed, red grouper is not.
Most of the red grouper currently found in the market can be said to be wild-caught or caught by anglers.
The reason is simple: red grouper is cheap, the profit from raising this fish is not high, and it is very troublesome to take care of, so no one raises it.
That's just how realistic it is; everything is geared towards profit. If there's profit to be made, then do it; if there's no profit to be made, then give up.
I don't know if there are more red and blue grouper here, or if the two fishermen have a special connection with these two types of fish.
In the following casts, they caught both types of fish: two blue grouper and five red grouper, bringing their total to nine.
Then they were forced to stop, and the reason for stopping was very simple: there was no fishing line in the reel, and they needed to change the reel.
While the two brothers were fishing, the fish wouldn't just give up easily; every time they took the bait, they would try every possible way to escape.
Bai Yu always tries his best to control the fish's direction, but even the best hunter can make a mistake.
And so it turned out like this: a whole 100-meter fishing line is completely ruined. The remaining ten or so meters of fishing line might still be useful when fishing for freshwater fish in the future.
As for sea fishing, it's completely useless now.
If Baiyu wants to continue fishing, he can only change his reel and keep fishing.
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