Bai Yu then took a few chicken feet from Wang Hai and started teasing the fish that had taken the bait while eating.
As for Li Shuang and Lu Sheng, they each had some braised food on them, which they bought with Wang Hai at the restaurant after the meal.
Similarly, it was also attributed to Bai Yu...
It took about twenty minutes for Bai Yu to drag the fish that had taken the bait out of the water and expose it.
This time, the fish that took the bait was a red sea bream, a huge red sea bream. Bai Yu never expected to catch a red sea bream at a depth of over 200 meters.
According to the encyclopedia, red sea bream generally live in waters above 150 meters. Beyond that depth, their numbers become very small.
Yes, it just means there will be fewer, not that there won't be any at all.
The red sea bream that Bai Yu caught this time was very large, more than half a meter long, about six or seven centimeters long, and about thirty centimeters wide, making it a true king among red sea bream.
As Bai Yu scooped it onto the deck with a landing net, he felt that the fish weighed at least thirty pounds, making it the largest red snapper he had ever encountered.
Unfortunately, they are still in the Pacific Ocean and it will be quite some time before they return to the dock.
"Brother Zhang, do you think if I put this red sea bream in the live fish hold, it will survive until we get back?"
Looking at the red sea bream in the net, Bai Yu was genuinely reluctant to kill it and freeze it.
The price difference between live and frozen red sea bream is several times. Just take this 30-pound fish as an example; the difference isn't just tens or hundreds of yuan, but several thousand yuan.
As for Brother Zhang, whom Bai Yu asked about, he was a staff member on the fishing boat who usually helped Bai Yu and his companions.
"Xiaoyu, you should know the difference between different red sea bream. This one is several times bigger than the others. And this red sea bream is really huge. I would feel it would be a shame not to bring it back alive."
As Brother Zhang said, anyone would feel it's a pity if such a large red sea bream couldn't be sold at the price of a live fish.
After all, for red sea bream, thirty pounds is already the limit for this species; it's unknown how long they would need to grow to that size.
"Then keep it! Brother Zhang, thank you for your trouble. Take this guy to the live fish hold. Whether it survives until we get back to the dock is up to its own fate."
"Xiao Yu, don't worry, there shouldn't be any problems. Our live fish hold on the boat has an oxygenator. I'll go check on it more often when I have time. This guy will definitely survive until we get back."
"Okay, then thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhang."
"It's a small matter."
After Zhang finished speaking, he took the red sea bream to the live fish hold and put it in.
On the other hand, Bai Yu got baited on the hook again, threw himself into the sea, and continued fishing.
His target today wasn't this red snapper, but rather the large fish in the sea that were over a meter long. This red snapper was just an unexpected bonus.
After all, according to the information he had gathered, there were plenty of big fish in the sea they were in, so there was no reason why he wouldn't be able to catch a single one.
Sure enough, after waiting for more than ten minutes, just as the sun was about to sink below the horizon, his fishing rod once again made the sound of a fish taking the bait.
Moreover, this time the commotion of catching the fish was very large. Regardless of whether the fish was big or not, at least this guy had a very bad temper.
After it takes the bait, it keeps darting left and right, dragging the fishing line and struggling back and forth.
As Bai Yu lifted his rod to set the hook, it seemed to further provoke the fish, causing it to struggle even more fiercely.
For a moment, Bai Yu had the illusion that the fish weighed at least 200 jin (100 kg), and that he had gotten lucky again.
In order to catch this guy as soon as possible, Bai Yu did not hesitate to ask Wang Hai for help, preparing for the two of them to work together to fight it.
But who knew that half an hour later, a bullhead trevally more than a meter long floated on the sea, and then Wang Hai looked at Bai Yu with a helpless expression.
"Brother Yu, there's only one fish. Even if you didn't ask me for help, you should have caught it yourself, right?"
"Yeah, I was sure I could have caught it myself, but who knew it was a bull trevally, and it was so small. I should have come by myself."
Bai Yu also looked helpless. The main reason was that when the guy first took the bait, he felt that it was too fierce and did not look like it only weighed about 100 pounds.
"Alright, then you can play by yourself, I'm going back to fishing."
"Go ahead, go ahead, I'll call you if I need anything."
Wang Hai then returned to his fishing spot, while Bai Yu began to process the bullhead trevally.
As Bai Yu plunged his knife into the fish below its pectoral fin, blood from the bull trevally flowed out. Then, he made another cut at the tail fin to remove the gills.
Once all the fish blood has been drained, it can be placed in the freezer.
Removing internal organs?
It's perfectly fine not to remove the internal organs from this type of bull mackerel, because the bull mackerel itself has very limited value. Even if the internal organs are included, it won't have a significant impact on its value.
Moreover, the internal organs of this large fish are useful; for example, some canned cat and dog food contains the internal organs of this fish.
Cat and dog food cans are expensive, as any pet owner knows. Even the innards of these cheap trevally can sell for much more than the fish meat itself.
Just as Bai Yu finished processing the bull mackerel and put it into the freezer, he was about to cast his line again when he heard a commotion of shouts coming from the bow of the boat.
"Brother Fisherman, have you heard shouting from the bow of the boat? What's going on?"
Bai Yu wasn't the only one who heard the sound; Li Shuang and the others nearby also heard it, and they all looked towards the bow of the boat with puzzled expressions.
"I heard it, but who knows what happened? Anyway, I haven't cast my line yet. Should I go check it out?"
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the bow of the boat. He wanted to see why these fishermen at the bow were shouting and yelling.
In his mind, there were only two reasons: one was that he had caught a big fish, a fish big enough to surprise everyone.
Another option is to catch a rare or unusual fish, such as the grouper or the large yellow croaker, and it must be a large fish among these rare species.
But when Bai Yu arrived at the bow of the boat, he realized that both of his ideas were wrong. They had not caught a big fish, nor had they caught a rare fish, but had encountered another group of fish.
Using fish to describe them doesn't seem quite accurate, because they are a group of mammals, and strictly speaking, they are not fish.
These guys are dolphins! A group of baby dolphins came to the bow of the boat!
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