After waiting for a while and seeing no fish bite, Bai Yu decisively chose to pack up and stop fishing.
After an hour of hard work, Bai Yu and his three companions had a very fruitful catch, having caught nearly forty large fish, eighty percent of which were tuna.
Of the tuna, 95 percent are yellowfin tuna, with only one exception: a bigeye tuna, which is neither a yellowfin nor the most expensive bluefin tuna.
Tuna fish all look pretty much the same; the only difference might be in the details, such as the color.
As the name suggests, yellowfin tuna is yellow. Even if it's not entirely yellow, its fins are definitely yellow, unlike bigeye tuna.
The bigeye tuna that Bai Yu and his group caught was caught by Lu Sheng, and it was their biggest catch of the morning.
This bigeye tuna was the largest tuna the four of them had caught. It was a meter long and weighed over 90 kilograms after being bled and gutted. If it hadn't been bled and gutted, it would have been a giant weighing over 100 kilograms.
It was also because of this bigeye tuna that Riku wasted too much of his time. Including this tuna, he only caught four fish in a whole morning.
However, Bai Yu's answer regarding Lu Sheng's catch was that his harvest was the highest among the four of them, and that one bigeye tuna alone was enough for Lu Sheng to earn.
After all, according to the value ranking of the tuna family, the bigeye tuna ranks ahead of the yellowfin tuna.
With its size of one meter and weight of nearly 100 kilograms, this one tuna is worth as much as several of Bai Yu's fish.
After putting away their fishing rods, Bai Yu and his three companions went to the crew quarters and lay down on their beds to rest.
Although they don't fish for very long, they can keep fishing if there are still tuna in the sea.
However, the four of them expended a lot of energy. Even when they continued fishing, it was only through willpower that they persevered, unwilling to miss out on a big fish.
But now that they've finished fishing, and are lying on the bed, none of them want to move. Lying down is so comfortable.
"Brother Fisherman, how much do you think these tuna we caught today are worth? Is it enough for us to go out to sea ten or so more times?"
Going out to sea ten or so times? That would cost more than ten thousand yuan, and it would have to be over ten thousand. To be honest, Li Shuang really dares to dream big!
"I'm not too sure about that, but if you want to achieve the benefits you're looking for, I think it might be a bit difficult."
Although we caught mostly tuna, these tuna weren't very big, generally weighing only around 30 to 40 pounds. Tuna of this size aren't too expensive; we'll have to wait until we get back to find out the exact price.
Will this haul be enough to exceed ten thousand? If we include the red octopus from last night, Bai Yu is confident that it will be over ten thousand.
However, if we're only talking about today's harvest, Bai Yu doesn't have much confidence. But Lu Sheng should be able to earn over ten thousand, since his bigeye tuna is valuable.
"Shuangzi, I've realized you really chose the wrong major. You should study math. Look at you, all you do is calculate damage and health in games, calculate how much you can sell your seafood for, and even when you're fishing, you're still calculating."
How about this, Shuangzi, when you have time, you should take an accounting certificate exam. I think you're quite suited for this profession.
"Yeah, I think Ah Sheng is right. Shuangzi, you should take an accounting exam when you have time. We'll come to you whenever we need to do any accounting. Hahahaha."
As Bai Yu and the others chatted, it was noon, and they ate lunch on time.
As for meals, the staff on this fishing boat are very punctual. Breakfast is served promptly at 7:00 AM, lunch at 12:00 PM, and dinner at 6:00 PM. If you want a late-night snack, you need to tell the staff in advance. After midnight, the chefs will take a break.
The chef also accepts orders, but additional orders will cost extra; otherwise, you can have a staff meal with the staff.
In terms of service, Bai Yu was very satisfied with the service provided by the staff on the fishing boat. Of course, Bai Yu was referring to the free services; he hadn't experienced the paid services yet.
After a busy morning, and having only eaten a piece of bread in the morning, the four of them, including Bai Yu, were starving. They frantically filled their plates with food and rice.
Even the staff noticed and came over to remind Bai Yu and his companions to take only what they needed and avoid wasting food.
As a fishing boat adrift at sea, fish is an essential part of our meals. Lunch also features fish, and all three dishes are related to the sea.
One dish is spicy mantis shrimp, another is braised small silver pomfret (about four or five per pound), and the third is steamed filefish.
Although they are all inexpensive seafood, as long as the chef has good skills, even cheap seafood can be made delicious.
Bai Yu licked the rice three times and had to order more dishes four times before he was finally full.
After finishing lunch, Bai Yu went back to her dorm and lay around like a corpse.
Although it's already late October, they're in the South China Sea, where the temperature is still quite high.
In addition, they were at sea, where the sun is particularly strong, making it unsuitable for fishing at midday.
At 2 p.m., Bai Yu and the others finally came out of the cabin.
Now that they had avoided the hottest part of the day, they could finally enjoy fishing on the deck.
Upon returning to the deck, Bai Yu noticed that they seemed to have moved to a different location. Why did he say that? In the morning, there weren't many boats around them, but in the afternoon, the number of boats around them suddenly increased.
Moreover, most of these extra boats are fishing boats and fishing vessels, and there are hardly any fishing boats to be seen around.
"Hey buddy, where are we now? Why are there so many fishing boats and fishing dinghies around here?"
Asking questions when you don't understand is a traditional virtue. Never pretend to know what you don't know.
So Bai Yu asked the staff member next to him about his doubts.
"Boss, we are now at fishing ground No. 164 in the South China Sea. The fishery resources here are very rich, making it very suitable for fishing boats and dinghies like ours to fish here."
"Fishing grounds? Fishing grounds on the sea? Is that even a thing? How are they different from fishing grounds on land? And how are they defined?"
This was the first time Bai Yu had ever heard of fishing grounds on the high seas, and he was very curious about how these fishing grounds were divided.
"What's the difference? One is probably fishing for farmed fish, and the other is fishing for wild sea fish."
I'm not entirely sure how the area is divided, but I do know that we're currently in fishing spot number 164. Fishing is permitted here, but trawling with nets is not allowed.
Through communication with the staff, Bai Yu and his companions gained some understanding of the fishing spot, though not much.
Afterwards, Bai Yu and the others took out their fishing rods and prepared to fish. It is worth mentioning that the bait provided by the staff earlier was only some shrimp left, and the squid and mackerel had all been used up.
Even Lu Sheng's bait was used by Bai Yu and the others. The squid they caught last night hadn't thawed yet, so they could use shrimp as bait now.
Given that the bait used was shrimp, the four fishermen decided not to bottom fish for big fish this time, but instead chose to fish for mid-to-upper-level sea fish.
The shrimp provided by the fishing boat were not very big, so bottom fishing for big fish wasn't very effective. If their squid had thawed, they might have been able to try bottom fishing for a catch.
After some testing, Bai Yu chose a fishing depth of 20 meters, which is considered upper water level, so he even used a fishing float.
Unlike the thin, long vertical floats or seven-star floats used for freshwater fishing, whitebait uses sea fishing floats, which are shaped like a spindle.
This float is also a new purchase for Baiyu. According to the owner of the fishing tackle shop, this type of float is very suitable for sea fishing, as it has a built-in light.
As soon as a fish bites the hook and pulls the float into the water, the light on the float will flash. The red light will instantly attract the angler's attention, allowing him to react quickly.
Bai Yu also bought several of these floats for each of them on the boss's recommendation, hoping that this fishing trip would bring him a different experience.
On the deck at the stern, four fishing rods were lined up in a row, and on the sea surface, four yellow floats were also lined up in a row, waiting for fish to bite and make them move.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, Bai Yu and the other three still hadn't received a single bite.
"Tsk, Brother Yu, didn't that guy just say we were at a fishing spot? Didn't he say this fishing spot has very rich fishery resources? How come we've been waiting for more than ten minutes and haven't gotten a single bite?"
"This can be called abundant resources? Can it even be called a fishing spot? Isn't this a bit of a rip-off? Our fishing spot this morning was much better."
Waiting time is boring, especially long waits.
In Li Shuang's view, ten minutes was already a long time...
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