"Wow, this is the path to wealth! The crabs here are huge! These are all achievements!"
Ah Hai, Shuangzi, Ah Sheng, come quick! I've found something good, hurry over there!
Upon seeing the lobsters and crabs, Bai Yu immediately called out to Li Shuang and the other two, saying that good things shouldn't be kept to oneself, and that it's important to share.
When he shouted, he only managed to get Li Shuang to come over. The other two weren't unwilling to come, but they were currently fishing and a fish had taken the bait, so they couldn't leave.
"Hey fisherman, what's up? Did you call us with some good news? Did you find a school of fish?"
"I didn't find any fish, but I did find a bunch of lobsters and crabs!"
"Look along this beach, especially in the gaps between the bushes. Look for the entrails we threw away earlier. They've attracted a lot of crabs and lobsters. If we can catch those, that would be a great achievement!"
Bai Yu pointed in a direction for Li Shuang to look in, and Li Shuang exclaimed in surprise, staring at the mangrove forest in shock.
"Damn, are these innards really that effective? Brother Yu, does this count as baiting? But what we're attracting isn't fish, but lobsters and crabs."
But if we're going to fish for them, what should we use? Our old squid and octopus bait? Those things don't seem as appealing as their innards.
Although Li Shuang was also surprised by the lobsters and crabs, there was still one problem before they could fish for them: what kind of bait to use.
Before this, squid, octopus, or shrimp would have been sufficient, even excellent, bait for catching lobsters and crabs.
However, with the marlin entrails as a prime example, these other types of bait may not be enough, because the blood and fishy smell of these baits are far inferior to that of the entrails.
Lobsters and crabs prefer to eat things with a strong fishy smell.
"This is not a big problem. Even if our bait is not as good as the entrails, it doesn't matter. We just need to put the bait in front of these lobsters and crabs, and I don't believe they won't take the bait."
Once they bite the hook and are trapped, they will become our prey.
"That's true, that's all we can do for now. Fishing for these visible guys is definitely better than fishing."
Then Bai Yu and Li Shuang came over with their fishing rods, ready to begin their lobster and crab fishing adventure.
At this point, some of you might be wondering, since Bai Yu and his friends have already spotted the lobsters and crabs, why don't they go into the water and catch them?
Catching them yourself should be more efficient than fishing, right?
Even in this mangrove forest, since there are so many lobsters and crabs, there must be lobster burrows and crab burrows. They can even dig burrows to improve their performance.
If this were a normal day for beachcombing or fishing, Bai Yu and his friends would definitely choose to go into the water to catch them. However, they are in a competition now, and there are rules to follow.
Although this fishing competition does not restrict what kind of fishing rod the contestants can use, there are very strict requirements for the competition's criteria.
That means only the fish caught with a fishing rod count as part of the competition results; all other catches are excluded.
Even if a contestant catches a big fish on the shore while looking for a fishing spot, no matter how big it is or what species it is, it cannot be counted as part of the competition results.
However, as long as it is caught by fishing rod, regardless of species or size, as long as it is not a protected animal and has some economic value, it can all be counted as a competition result.
Even if a contestant catches a large conch or scallop, the entire shell, including the scallop, is counted as part of the score.
That's why, when Bai Yu and his crew saw these lobsters and crabs, all they could think about was how to catch them.
Bai Yu took his fishing rod and then took out five squid from his bait bag at once. He hung one on the hook and put the remaining four on the ground to be exposed to the sun.
Given the scorching temperature of over 30 degrees Celsius that day, it wouldn't be long before these squid were roasted until they emitted a fishy, foul odor.
Once these squid start to smell fishy, they will become even more popular with lobsters and crabs, and there will definitely be a lot of crabs and lobsters biting the hook.
After baiting the hook, Bai Yu cast it through a gap in the bushes, placing it directly in the middle of a group of blue crabs.
This pile of blue crabs was enormous. In all of Bai Yu's business, he had never seen a single blue crab weighing less than a pound; they were all over a pound.
And there's something really amazing about this place: the lobsters and crabs are very clearly distinguished, and no two species are mixed together.
The area where Bai Yu was fishing seemed to be the liver area of the sailfish, attracting only blue crabs, with no other crabs or lobsters.
On the other hand, where Li Shuang was fishing, there were only a bunch of small green dragons, not a single crab.
Perhaps it's because no one has visited this island in a long time, or perhaps it's just that the people who come here are mostly anglers who aren't particularly interested in these lobsters and crabs.
This has caused the lobsters and crabs here to grow very large, each one plump with meat and rich in roe and fat.
In addition, October is the season for eating crabs, and the sea crabs in this season are also very good.
Soon, Bai Yu caught his first crab. He watched as a large blue crab took a bite out of the squid on the hook.
Then he gently lifted the fishing rod, trying to catch the crab quietly.
Fishing for crabs with a hook is definitely not easy, since crabs have rather unique mouths and won't easily bite the hook.
If he wanted to catch the crab, he could only do so while the creature was eating, taking advantage of the moment when its large pincers were gripping the squid tightly to lift it up.
As he pulled the fishing rod up, he also turned the reel handle, just like drawing water from a well, and reeled the crab in.
During this process, the only thing the white fisherman needs to be careful of is not bumping into crabs when passing through bushes.
After all, crabs are focused on eating right now, and they won't let go easily as long as you don't disturb them. But once you do disturb them, things can get complicated.
With careful maneuvering, Bai Yu successfully caught the crab. The only price he paid was a few more teeth marks on the squid bait on his hook.
It would take a crab quite a while to finish eating this squid. In such a short time, it could only leave a few teeth marks and gnaw a few holes in the squid.
After the first crab, there was a second, a third, a fourth, and oh dear, the fourth one fell in halfway through being lifted!
The crab that fell landed directly among the crabs below, but even so, the crabs below, who were eating, seemed oblivious and continued to feed themselves.
Bai Yu was initially worried that she would scare the crabs, but after seeing the current situation, she became much bolder in her subsequent actions.
Each time I went crab fishing, I dared to be bolder, and the speed at which I caught crabs increased.
Before long, he had caught more than ten crabs, and his catch increased by more than ten kilograms.
It was at this time that Wang Hai and Lu Sheng also joined the ranks of crab fishermen, each finding a spot to start fishing for crabs and lobsters.
By noon, Bai Yu's catch had increased by twenty or thirty jin, all thanks to catching crabs.
While this score isn't particularly high, it's still considered average.
Judging from the competition over the past few days, a catch of 20 to 30 kilograms of fish can be caught in an hour. In 11 hours a day, that's 200 to 300 kilograms, which is not a low number.
If this level of performance can be achieved every day, then the contestant's score in this competition will definitely not be low; at the very least, it will be among the top-ranked scores.
However, as it approached midnight, Bai Yu and the others could pause their fishing for a while; it was time for them to eat.
However, in order to ensure that they could still catch crabs and lobsters after lunch, they took out a lot of their bait and threw it directly into the nearby mangroves, providing the lobsters and crabs with a second food source.
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