Bai Yu stared at the round head on the sea surface and the scattered tentacles around it, feeling completely bewildered!
I thought it would be another moonfish, but who knew that I would end up catching an octopus!
Indeed, with its round head and eight tentacles, what else could it be but an octopus?
Moreover, it was a giant octopus. This guy was huge; his tentacles, when extended, were probably over a meter long. These tentacles looked almost as thick as Bai Yu's arm. It was clearly a formidable opponent.
As for its color, it is red all over, and its overall weight is about fifty pounds. To find out the exact weight, we need to get it onto the deck and weigh it.
"Giant octopus? Not a moonfish, you made me so happy for nothing! Brother Li, how much is the price of giant octopus here? If it's not too high, then let's feed this guy for lunch."
Bai Yu looked at the giant octopus on the sea surface and asked Brother Li beside him.
That's right, this octopus is called the giant octopus. As for whether it's its scientific name, Bai Yu doesn't know. Anyway, in their area, they call this kind of big octopus the giant octopus.
When it comes to octopuses, Bai Yu is only interested in small ones, especially the kind with rice inside their heads. They're so delicious when you bite into one after cooking them.
As for this giant octopus, Bai Yu wasn't very interested. In fact, it gave him a creepy feeling, especially when he saw the suckers on its tentacles. He got goosebumps all over his body.
That's why Bai Yu asked Brother Li if the giant octopus was valuable. If it wasn't, they would have cooked it at noon today.
"Xiao Yu, it seems your wish to eat octopus today will be in vain. This guy is worth a pretty good price. Judging from its appearance, it weighs about forty or fifty pounds. When we get back to the dock, it should be easy to sell for a thousand or two thousand yuan."
While answering Bai Yu's questions, Brother Li took out a pair of plastic gloves from his pocket and put them on. Then he took an apron from the toolbox next to him and put it on before taking the net to catch the giant octopus.
Despite its large size, the giant octopus isn't actually that powerful.
As long as you keep a sufficient distance from the other party, don't let its tentacles entangle you, and don't put your body near its mouth, there shouldn't be any problems.
Of course, the attack power is not strong because this giant octopus is not big enough. Apart from causing some minor trouble for Brother Li, it cannot cause him much damage.
The giant octopus was quickly scooped onto the deck, and then Brother Li ran towards the live fish hold with the net.
Octopuses are different from other sea fish. After other sea fish are caught, Bai Yu and his crew have to consider whether the catch can be brought back to the dock alive. If not, they have to process them into ice as soon as possible.
But octopuses are different. Octopuses are incredibly resilient. Bai Yu and his group have already been at sea for two days; they can go back tomorrow night.
This octopus has been living in the live fish hold for two days, or even two weeks, and there wouldn't be much of a problem.
Furthermore, octopuses are considered the most alien-like creatures on Earth because they have three hearts, nine brains, extremely high intelligence, can use tools, and can mimic various creatures, including humans.
What Brother Li needs to do now is to send this giant octopus to the live fish hold to be kept alive, and then sell it live when it returns to the dock.
On the other hand, after Bai Yu removed the hook from the octopus's mouth, he also chose a mackerel, hooked it, and cast his second line.
These mackerel baits were all bought by Bai Yu from Brother Li. Each mackerel costs twenty-five yuan, and the previous twenty-five yuan had already been exchanged for a large octopus worth over a thousand yuan.
With a return ratio of over 1 to 40, Bai Yu was very satisfied. This giant octopus not only made him recoup the cost of the bait, but also the two boxes of frozen bait he had previously thrown into the sea.
After Bai Yu cast his second line, he had a short break. During this time, Li Shuang and the others also started catching fish one after another.
However, the fish caught weren't very valuable, so I barely made back the cost of the bait and earned a little extra.
After waiting for nearly twenty minutes, Bai Yu was about to put his fishing rod on the holder and stretch his body a bit.
Before anyone could make a move, suddenly, Bai Yu's fishing rod sank sharply downwards, and the fishing line shot out at an extremely fast speed.
Bai Yu naturally noticed this scene as well, and his reaction speed was just as fast. After the fishing rod bent down, he also lifted the fishing rod up sharply, giving the guy a force-on-force collision.
The final result, naturally, had no impact on the speed at which the line came out. What Bai Yu did was not to put pressure on the guy, but simply to make the hook hold tighter.
Bai Yu then turned on the drag and, after feeling the tension on the fishing rod, decisively gave in and let the guy pull the fishing line away, coil by coil.
Bai Yu had already assessed the situation; the fish likely weighed over 200 pounds, and the force transmitted through the fishing rod exceeded his tolerance. Recklessly engaging in a struggle with it would be too risky.
Besides the risk of failure, Bai Yu also risked muscle strain, so he decisively chose to let the line go.
Anyway, Bai Yu's fishing line is a full kilometer long. He chose this guy because he is relatively big and strong. A kilometer of fishing line is enough for him to drag for quite a while.
Five minutes later, there were still more than 300 meters of fishing line left in the white fishing reel, and this guy had only dragged away more than 600 meters of fishing line.
This was only because Bai Yu would occasionally cast a line to put pressure on the guy; otherwise, if the guy had been left to run on its own, it probably would have stopped long ago.
After dragging such a long fishing line, the fish that had taken the bait noticeably slowed down, but that didn't mean it was exhausted.
After all, as fish weighing over a hundred pounds, how could they possibly only last five minutes? They still have energy left to spare.
However, compared to five minutes ago, the strength was slightly less, just a tiny bit less, which gave Bai Yu the opportunity to wrestle with this guy.
The most important part of fishing for big fish, besides enjoying the financial benefits, is the struggle with the fish itself – a thrilling and adrenaline-pumping experience.
Then, Bai Yu seized the opportunity, grabbed the reel handle, and used his right arm to try to resist the force of the guy pulling on the fishing line!
Just as Bai Yu had expected, he withstood the first wave; this guy's strength was indeed not as great as it had been five minutes ago.
However, Bai Yu's actions may have provoked the creature, as the fishhook hooked deeper into its flesh, causing unparalleled pain!
Then this guy started to exert his strength again. Faced with the sudden increase in power, Bai Yu gritted his teeth, his face turned red, and the veins on his right arm bulged as he tried to withstand the opponent's burst.
This is only what can be seen. In places unseen by others, such as Bai Yu's waist and legs, he is exerting force from all of them.
At that moment, Bai Yu felt the blood flowing through his entire body, a flow that he could feel!
It was thanks to Bai Yu's efforts that he was able to withstand the opponent's strength and prevent the opponent from pulling away even a single bit of the fishing line.
The two sides then reached a stalemate, with Bai Yu unable to reel in any fishing line and the guy who had taken the bait unable to drag away even a centimeter of line.
After a minute of this stalemate, Bai Yu suddenly felt the tension on the fishing rod loosen, and the previously taut fishing line also loosened, causing the fishing rod, which had completed a semi-circle, to straighten out.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Bai Yu remained completely calm and began reeling in the line with the reel.
As for the creature he had struggled with earlier, Bai Yu was certain it was still on the hook. After all, the feeling it gave him just now was nothing like the sensation of it being unhooked or having its line cut.
It's highly likely that this guy changed direction and started running in a different direction.
Since that's the case, Bai Yu wouldn't miss this opportunity, so he naturally wanted to retrieve the line as soon as possible.
Thirty seconds later, Bai Yu sensed something was wrong.
Even after so much time has passed, his fishing line is still slack.
What's going on here? Where did this guy change direction to? Is he heading straight for the fishing boat?
Were they after the fishing boats?
What kind of fish is this?
Could it be a swordfish or a marlin?!
Could this be a prelude to their arrival?!
If it were any other fish, Bai Yu wouldn't be too worried, but he was afraid that the fish that took the bait this time might be a swordfish or a marlin.
These two types of fish are very aggressive. They have one thing in common: they have a long upper jaw, and they will jump out of the sea and use their long upper jaw to attack fishermen.
This isn't just Bai Yu scaremongering; it really can happen. There have been fishermen who got stabbed in the upper jaw of swordfish before, but that guy was lucky; it only pierced his thigh.
After considering this possibility, Bai Yu immediately notified Li Shuang and the others, telling them to keep a close eye on the situation on the sea and to take cover if they sensed anything was wrong.
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