"Xiao Yu, this is a squid fishing rod, specially used for nighttime squid fishing."
You grew up by the sea, so you should know that squid are attracted to light. Every night, these squid come to the surface with the moonlight or starlight to prey on small fish, shrimp, and plankton underwater.
If we want to fish for squid at night, we just need to shine the lights on the boat onto the sea, and all the shrimp and squid will come to the surface.
See that glowing thing in the middle of this fishhook? It's fluorescent. Shine it under a light, then throw it into the sea where there are squid. It won't be long before squid come to feed on the light source.
Liu Tianyu held the squid fishing rod in his hand, explaining it to Bai Yu while demonstrating it himself.
As Liu Tianyu cast the glowing fishhook into the sea, even from the deck, Bai Yu could see a tiny glimmer of light beneath the surface.
Less than thirty seconds later, the tip of Liu Tianyu's fishing rod bent. Seeing this, Liu Tianyu took the opportunity to lift the fishing rod, and a squid the size of a skewer flew up with him.
It took less than a minute from start to finish to get a squid? Is that efficient?
"Damn, is squid fishing really that easy? Just cast and reel it in, and you've got one? Cousin, what do you say, let's do nothing else tonight but go squid fishing?"
A squid that's a handful long isn't actually that big. If you don't count squid that's just been caught and is full of seawater, a squid that's a handful long is normally only about an ounce.
After all, "a shovel" refers to the size from head to tail, including the squid's tentacles.
"It's not very good. Putting aside the fact that this kind of squid is not expensive at all, let's just say that I'm the only one among us who has a squid fishing rod. None of you have one."
Another issue is the price. Squid of this size are too small. They're not sold by weight in the market, but by the piece, and a piece only costs a couple hundred yuan, which isn't cost-effective.
After Liu Tianyu's explanation, Bai Yu finally understood why going out to sea to fish with a manned boat could not even earn back the cost of the boat ticket.
After all, given Liu Tianyu's efficiency in catching squid, any angler who's willing to work hard can catch at least several dozen kilograms of squid in one night. Catching several hundred kilograms of squid over a few days would be a piece of cake.
Even so, some people still lose money when they go fishing at sea.
On the one hand, squid fishing can only be done at night, and small squid are not expensive and too troublesome to catch. To make a profit by fishing for squid, one needs a lot of patience and perseverance.
Another point is that since they've already paid to go fishing at sea, the angler who paid for it certainly doesn't want to just catch small squid; everyone wants to take a chance and make a fortune.
If you're lucky enough to catch a big fish, you can easily earn back the cost of the boat ticket. Just look at the two fish that Bai Yu caught; each one is worth several round-trip boat tickets.
Afterwards, Bai Yu watched Liu Tianyu fish for squid for a while, and then he also tried fishing for a couple of times. This thing is really fun, and very easy and not tiring at all.
A few minutes later, Wang Hai and the others also came out of the cabin. When they saw Liu Tianyu and Bai Yu, they came over.
Wang Hai and the others tried out this new fishing method, and then took a few squid from Liu Tianyu back to their respective fishing spots.
Bai Yu took five squid, each about the size of a bundle, and immediately hooked one onto his fishing hook before throwing it into the sea.
The fishing method for the evening was the same as in the afternoon. Bai Yu still chose bottom fishing. Compared with fishing for small fish, he chose to wait for big fish, preferably the kind that could make him rich with just one.
In fact, Bai Yu's choice to bottom fish and wait for big fish is very reasonable. After all, he has already broken even. Even if he waits all night and ends up empty-handed, it doesn't matter, because he won't lose money.
Night fishing is very boring. During the day, you can at least see the sea, the blue sky, and the birds, but there's nothing like that to see at night.
Looking around, all I could see was darkness, with only a few scattered lights in the distance.
Just as Bai Yu was engrossed in reading a novel on his phone, he heard his fishing reel seem to be pulling out line, meaning a fish had taken the bait.
Bai Yu then stuffed his phone into his pocket, looked up at the fishing rod, and sure enough, his reel was pulling out line, and the speed at which the line was pulling out was unusually fast. In just a few seconds, several meters of fishing line were pulled away.
Seeing this, Bai Yu immediately activated the load shear and then tried to lift it up slightly.
Unfortunately, although he managed to lift the fishing rod this time, it seemed to have no effect on the creature on the seabed. Even the pressure from the dragger had no effect, and the fishing line still came out the same way.
"Damn, we've run into something big? The drag coupling isn't working at all, what should we do next?"
Bai Yu stared at the reel and fell silent.
At the current rate of line release, the fishing line in his reel won't last long at all, so why would he lock the reel?
That's impossible. The fish that took the bait this time was clearly a big one. If the fisherman tries to lock the line, the line will definitely break and the fish will get away.
Unless absolutely necessary, it's best to avoid making this choice, unless you're certain the fish is too big for you to catch and you have no choice but to keep more fishing line.
However, Bai Yu didn't want to lock the line immediately. He wanted to try a little longer and see if he could catch the fish. If he failed, he would only lose a set of fishing line.
Anyway, when Brother Tongzi gave him this fishing line, he gave him a total of ten sets of fishing lines. He still had other fishing lines to use even if he lost this one.
Although Bai Yu wasn't planning to lock the line right now, he wasn't going to let the guy run so easily. He seized the opportunity and quickly grabbed the crank handle on the reel, immediately using his own strength to add some pressure to it.
"Holy crap, is this thing really that powerful? Even with the drag ring and a grown man like me, it can't withstand its pulling force?"
Even though Bai Yu was already under pressure, the current situation was that his right hand, which was gripping the crank handle, was making circles without stopping for a moment, one after another.
One minute later, fifty meters of fishing line had been let out of the reel.
Two minutes later, the fishing line in the line was less than 100 meters long.
Three minutes later, fifty meters.
Forty meters.
Thirty meters.
Ten meters.
As the fishing line is pulled into a straight line with the fishing rod, it means that there is absolutely no fishing line left in the reel.
"Oh no, the line's dead!"
With no fishing line left in the reel, Bai Yu had no choice but to lock the line; this state was essentially the same as locking the line. All he could do now was resist the guy's drag and prevent the fishing rod from slipping out of his hand.
The situation is now quite clear: Bai Yu's fishing line is beyond saving, but what he needs to do now is save his fishing rod; he can't afford to lose the rod either.
To hold onto his fishing rod, Bai Yu assumed a horse stance, leaning his upper body backward to use his own weight to withstand the force of the creature.
With a faint 'snap' sound, Bai Yu felt his fishing rod suddenly go light, and he was thrown backward uncontrollably. However, he was powerless to stop this life-or-death situation.
With a thud, Bai Yu crashed heavily onto the deck.
"Holy crap, cough cough cough, how the hell did this fishing line break so suddenly?!"
"Xiaoyu? What happened to you? How did you fall?"
"Brother Yu, are you alright? Did you hurt yourself anywhere?"
Bai Yu's fall successfully attracted the attention of Liu Tianyu and Li Shuang, who both looked at her and asked what had happened.
As for Wang Hai and Lu Sheng, they were fishing at the stern and were unaware of what was happening at the bow.
"It's nothing. I just caught a big fish that exceeded the line's capacity, and then the line broke. I tripped and fell because I wasn't paying attention. It's not a big problem."
"The fishing line broke? Goodness, Xiaoyu, what kind of fish did you catch?"
"What kind of fish it is doesn't matter anymore. The fishing line has already broken, which proves that it's not meant for me. I'll try to catch it again next time."
Bai Yu lay down on the deck and took a break.
Although only a few minutes have passed between when Bai Yu hooks a fish and when the fishing line breaks, those few minutes are really tiring for him.
Bai Yu really put in a lot of effort to withstand the pull of this thing, but unfortunately the final result was not very good.
Just after Bai Yu lay down to rest, Wang Hai at the stern also caught a fish. This guy's motto when it came to catching fish was: keep going.
The moment the line started to emerge, Wang Hai suddenly lifted the rod to set the hook, and then grabbed the crank handle to reel in the line.
However, the fish that took the bait this time didn't seem to be that small. Wang Hai's reeling in the line wasn't going smoothly. The muscles in his arms were tense, and the veins were bulging. He just couldn't seem to reel in even one more turn of the fishing line.
However, there is some good news: although Wang Hai can't retrieve the fishing line, the guy in the ocean can't pull away even a tiny bit of it either. They're stuck in a stalemate.
Five minutes later, just as Wang Hai was about to give up, he turned back and shouted towards the bow of the boat:
"Brother Yu, come help me quickly, I can't hold on any longer!"
At that moment, Bai Yu, who was changing fishing lines at the bow of the boat, looked in the direction from which the sound came.
"Cousin, did someone just call me? I think I heard Ah Hai's voice."
"Huh? Xiaoyu, what did you say? It was windy just now, and your voice was blown away. Say it again."
"Brother Yu, come help me quickly, I can't hold on much longer!"
Before Bai Yu could repeat himself, Wang Hai's voice rang out again. This time, not only Bai Yu, but all three people at the bow of the boat heard it clearly.
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