After returning to Rio from São Paulo, Bai Yu and his team quickly replenished their supplies and then set sail on their yacht.
Their purpose in going out to sea this time was to fish, specifically Atlantic bluefin tuna. They wanted to catch whatever fish was valuable.
Of course, this was their first time in the Brazilian ocean, and they weren't particularly clear on where to fish or where the resources were plentiful.
So before that, they planned to find several fishing spots, starting from the nearshore areas and extending out to the open sea, in order to find a fishing spot with abundant resources.
The first fishing spot that Bai Yu and his crew chose was a sea area only a dozen nautical miles from the coastline, and not in the main shipping lanes.
Looking out from the area where their yacht was moored, there were several small islands not far away, and the yacht was located in the center of one of these islands.
Overall, the resources here are quite good, since places with small islands generally have excellent underwater natural resources.
For example, various algae, as well as some crustacean marine organisms.
For many ocean hunters, these resources are among their prey; they will appear wherever resources are abundant.
After selecting a new fishing spot, Bai Yu and the others took out their fishing gear and prepared to start their fishing trip.
Bai Yu still uses the same fishing rod as before, a 1.8-meter sea rod, paired with a giant fishing line, the kind that can catch fish weighing over 100 pounds.
The reason they used the giant fishing line in coastal waters was because they had inquired with local fishing boats before setting sail and learned that there were large fish in the Brazilian coastal waters.
Moreover, these are the kind of giant creatures that can exceed two meters in size and weigh over a hundred kilograms. Under such circumstances, do you think Bai Yu and his team could avoid using the Giant Creature Line?
If you were to give this big fish a different name or remove its prefix, you'd know that Bai Yu and his crew have actually caught it in our waters before.
That's a big bream!
However, the tarpon in Brazil is scientifically known as the Atlantic tarpon, which can grow to over 2.4 meters long and weigh over 150 kilograms, making it a true behemoth.
Bai Yu and his friends have caught bighead carp in domestic waters before, but none this big, and this kind of fish isn't actually very popular in our country.
The reason is quite simple: although this type of fish is relatively large, it is not valuable. Even if it is caught, few people will buy it. Those who will buy it are mostly people who don't know its value.
The bighead carp has a lot of bones, and when it grows up, the flesh becomes very tough and loses all its delicious flavor.
In our family, there are generally three ways to utilize the meat of the bighead carp: one is to make fish balls, another is to make meat floss, and the third is to make pet snacks.
All three of these routes have effectively capped the price of tilapia, preventing it from becoming too high.
If the bighead carp is not valuable, why do Bai Yu and others still fish for it?
While the flesh of the giant tarpon is not tasty and is not valuable, in Brazil, the giant tarpon has another valuable feature: its scales.
Unlike many other sea fish, the tarpon has hard, dense scales, which enhance its defense.
However, the scales of the big tilapia are different; their scales are characterized by their large size, they are extremely large.
Moreover, the size of the tarpon increases as it grows; the larger the tarpon, the larger and thicker its scales become.
The largest sea bream has scales that can grow to the size of an adult's palm, each one as hard as armor.
While still attached to the giant tarpon, the fish scales are worthless. However, these scales can be transformed into all sorts of works of art.
Once these fish scales are made into works of art, their price will skyrocket, completely changing their value from worthless fish scales.
Moreover, the meat of the sea bream is also useful here. Do you think that all countries in the world are like our country, having basically solved the problem of feeding everyone and starting to pursue eating well and nutritious food?
If you think that way, you're making a big mistake.
At least in Brazil, at least half of the population lives in a state where they could go hungry at any time.
Bighead carp are not commonly eaten where I'm from, but here they are considered a high-quality source of protein. A 100-pound bighead carp is enough to feed a family for a long time.
Although it's still not worth much, at least it can be sold, and you can sell it multiple times, making money from several sources.
Bai Yu and his group came to the middle of these small islands to fish for bighead carp. This type of fish usually lives in near-shore areas and doesn't go too far from the coastline.
As for the bait, the white fishermen use Atlantic mackerel, which they specifically buy at the docks in Rio.
They weren't going to use the Pacific mackerel they had on board for the time being, fearing that the fish here would be able to distinguish between the two types of mackerel and then stop biting.
Bai Yu was quite confident about his fishing today. He was sure he could catch a bighead carp because his luck stat was very high, a full 82 points.
With such a high luck stat, he didn't believe he couldn't catch a big bream today.
As Bai Yu baited his hook, he cast it out, waiting for a fish to bite.
As for fishing, Bai Yu and his companions have been at sea for several months, and they have already mastered this skill.
But I didn't get tired of fishing at all, and I didn't have any thoughts of not wanting to fish anymore.
After all, in Bai Yu's view, every fishing trip is a new exploration, and what kind of fish they can catch is an unknown outcome.
It could be a sudden windfall, or it could be a wasted effort; this feeling of the unknown can be addictive.
Bai Hao had just cast his fishing hook and hadn't had much time to wait when he felt a fish bite.
The reason why tarpon can grow to more than two meters long is because it is a ferocious sea fish and also a very greedy sea fish.
The fish that Bai Yu caught at that moment was quite interesting; it attacked the moment the bait entered the sea.
After it took the bait, it kept tearing at it, as if it wouldn't stop until it had ripped the bait to shreds.
Faced with this situation, Bai Yu suddenly lifted his fishing rod upwards, successfully keeping the creature in place.
However, after he tried reeling in the fishing line twice, he didn't feel too good about the fish; it wasn't very big.
While setting the hook, Bai Yu reeled in the line twice, reeling it in very easily, almost without any resistance.
That's why he estimated the fish to be only about 20 pounds, which is far from the 100-pound tilapia he wanted to catch.
Then Bai Yu took the fishing rod and started reeling in the line. Although the fish wasn't very big, it was still a catch.
What if it's a valuable fish? Then you could make a profit.
For Bai Yu, catching a fish weighing around 20 pounds is a piece of cake.
Moreover, the sea area where Bai Yu and the others are currently located is not very deep, only about forty meters deep.
As Bai Yu began to exert his strength, it didn't take long for a silver figure to reach the surface of the sea.
Even so, this guy was still unwilling to be caught by Bai Yu and was still making a last-ditch effort.
With a flick of its tail, the silver figure broke free from the sea and soared into the air.
Unfortunately, this method cannot free the fish from the hook; it only wastes the fish's energy.
Then it watched helplessly as it got closer and closer to the yacht until a landing net blocked its path, and the next second it was caught in the net.
This is a large silver carp, but it's not the hundred-pound silver carp that Bai Hao wanted to catch. This is a silver carp that is about 60 or 70 centimeters long and has a slightly slender body.
Unfortunately, this bighead carp is too small. Not only is the fish too small, but its scales are also too small. It has no value as a work of art.
Although the giant tarpon wasn't particularly large, Bai Yu had no intention of releasing it.
He planned to take the fish to the kitchen at noon and cook it to see the difference between the Atlantic and Pacific tarpon.
This way, all the value of this giant tarpon is utilized, and it won't go to waste.
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