Looking at the slightly more normal-looking fish shadows appearing on the water's surface, Bai Yu thought that this time it should be a sure thing, right? It couldn't be some oddly shaped fish again, could it?
Bizarre-looking creatures, such as the sunfish and mahi-mahi, are strangely shaped and don't look like normal fish at all.
This time, the shadow looked much more normal. Its slender and well-proportioned body clearly indicated that it had received a good marine education and was a genuine sea fish.
Sure enough, as the fishing line was gradually reeled in, the creature's true form was revealed to him.
This is an old fish. Although this is the first time Bai Yu has caught this species, it is not the first time he has caught this kind of fish. In fact, the first big fish he caught was of this species, which is the red octopus.
The red snapper that Bai Yu caught is not very big; it is less than a meter long and weighs about fifty or sixty kilograms.
This is nothing compared to the previous sunfish; no wonder Bai Yu was able to gain the upper hand in this struggle.
This time, Bai Yu didn't need anyone's help. He used the net to get the guy onto the deck himself. The only downside was that he got splashed with seawater while using the net.
Not only him, but Bai Yue, who had come over to watch the excitement, was the same; the little girl's face was also washed by seawater.
Fortunately, Bai Yue didn't care too much about this. She was more interested in the red octopus and immediately held it up and asked Bai Yu to take a picture of it for her.
What? Wasn't this fish caught by Bai Yu? Why is Bai Yue taking pictures of it?
You don't understand, do you? This is called taking photos of fish. This method is common in the fishing world and in other industries.
For example, in the e-commerce and direct selling industries, people borrow cars to take photos to showcase the prosperity of their industry and recruit more downlines to join them.
Bai Yue was just borrowing a fish, and it was even caught by her own brother. How could that be impossible?
Bai Yu was also very happy about the red octopus he had caught. After fishing for mackerel all day, he finally had a different catch today.
The previous sunfish doesn't count; he already released that one.
With two slashes from Bai Yu, several wounds were made on the red octopus to bleed it out.
This type of fish needs to be bled immediately after being caught and then stored at low temperature to preserve its quality to the maximum extent.
It's important to know that amberjack can be made into sashimi, and there's a fundamental difference in value between amberjack that can be made into sashimi and one that can't.
Although Bai Yu doesn't like eating sashimi, that doesn't stop him from maximizing the value of his catch.
After placing the bled octopus into the fish hold, Bai Yu baited the hook with a mackerel again and continued fishing.
Perhaps Bai Yu's luck has truly turned around. Although he released the sunfish, it still brought him good fortune.
Not long after Bai Yu cast his third line, no more than ten minutes later, he caught another fish!
That night, some people on the fishing boats hadn't caught a single fish yet, but Bai Yu had already caught his third one, and the key point was that this third fish was also quite large.
As soon as Bai Yu picked up the fish, he sensed that it was about the same size as the previous red octopus, weighing around fifty or sixty pounds.
This is great news for Bai Yu, who caught two big fish in a row. Although a fish weighing fifty or sixty pounds is not considered a giant in sea fishing, who would dare to say that a fish of this size is a small fish?
This fishing trip lasted a little longer. One reason was that Bai Yu used the method of playing the fish, which aimed to catch the fish with minimal effort. As for the time spent, that was not within Bai Yu's consideration.
After all, time is never an issue when it comes to sea fishing. What else can you do on the vast ocean besides fishing? Nothing!
It took Bai Yu about forty minutes to finally drag the fish to the surface. The moment he saw it, Bai Yu knew one thing: his efforts tonight had not been in vain, and he had made a huge profit today!
Because this fish is a tuna, although it's only a yellowfin, it weighs fifty or sixty pounds. This tuna is worth at least one or two thousand yuan, or even two or three thousand yuan.
With this tuna and the previous amberjack, Bai Yu's goal for tonight can be considered accomplished.
Amberjack is also quite expensive; in fact, a fifty-pound amberjack can be more valuable than a yellowfin tuna of the same weight.
This isn't just something Bai Yu said offhand; the bigger the tuna, the more valuable it is. Smaller tuna have limited meat quality and cannot fully realize the value of the tuna.
So overall, of these two catches, Bai Yu is more optimistic about the red octopus, as its price should be higher.
At the same time, through this tuna, Bai Yu has completely turned his life around and bid farewell to the gloom cast by the mahi-mahi.
And that was exactly what happened. After the tuna was bled and sent to the freezer, Bai Yu's fishing season really took off, with fish biting the hook one after another.
Although there weren't any giants weighing over 100 pounds, and not many fish weighing over 50 pounds, his fishing situation was genuinely changing.
As midnight approached, Bai Yu and the others had been fishing for several hours, and there were not many people left still struggling on the deck.
Currently, only three people are still fishing on the deck: Bai Yu, Wang Hai, and Liu Tianyu. The other four have already gone to rest.
Although their fishing is going quite well right now, fishing is a physically demanding activity. In addition, the fish they are catching now are often over ten pounds, and some even weigh tens of pounds, which is very physically exhausting.
Bai Yue and Li Xue hadn't slept well last night due to physical exhaustion, and they had also gotten up too early this morning, so they went back to their cabins to rest first, followed by their uncle and second uncle.
In other words, Bai Yu and the other two are all young and strong men, whose physical strength and energy are at their peak, which is why they are still persisting.
This may also be related to the spirit of anglers. In the dictionary of anglers, as long as they can still hold the fishing rod and as long as there are still fish biting the hook, there is no such word as rest. They can keep fishing until they are exhausted.
"Brother Yu, are you hungry? How about we get some late-night snacks? I'm so hungry I don't have any energy left."
Just as Bai Yu was waiting for countless fish to bite his hook, Wang Hai walked over from the side.
"Hungry? Of course you are. You ate dinner around 6 p.m., and it's been more than five hours since then. Of course you're hungry!"
"Ah Hai, what do you want to eat? How about some instant noodles with some seafood? Oh, and go ask Tianyu if he's hungry. While you're at it, bring your fishing rod to the bow of the boat; we can fish here."
"Eat, as long as there's something to eat, that's fine. Brother Yu, I'll go ask Brother Tianyu now."
Under Bai Yu's arrangement, Wang Hai walked towards Liu Tianyu's fishing spot.
Liu Tianyu's fishing spot was opposite Wang Hai's, at the left stern of the fishing boat. When Wang Hai arrived there, Liu Tianyu's fishing rod had just caught a fish, and he was struggling with the fish that had taken the bait.
"Brother Tianyu, Brother Yu asked me to ask if you want some late-night snacks. How about seafood with instant noodles?"
"eat!"
When asked about Wang Hai's question, Liu Tianyu, who was fishing, only managed to squeeze out the word "eat" through gritted teeth before focusing on wrestling with the big fish.
On the other hand, after receiving Liu Tianyu's answer, Wang Hai turned around and left, showing no intention of lingering there any longer.
Right now, he only had one thing on his mind: to tell Bai Yu the news and then ask Bai Yu to make him a midnight snack as soon as possible, because he was really hungry.
After getting the results, Bai Yu asked Wang Hai to watch his fishing rod, and then he went to the cabin to boil a kettle of water to cook instant noodles.
There were only three people eating this late-night snack, but Bai Yu prepared to cook seven packs of instant noodles and added about two pounds of seafood, mainly squid.
The squid they caught tonight with their squid fishing rods—it's not even used as bait yet, it's going to end up in the stomachs of the three of them.
The three of them ate seven packs of instant noodles and two pounds of seafood. This amount was just right for Bai Yu and his companions, and it was enough to make up for their consumption over the past few hours.
Half an hour later, the seafood instant noodles were ready. Bai Yu divided them into three large basins and carried them out of the cabin to the deck.
In the past half hour, Liu Tianyu had already caught his first fish. He also moved his fishing spot to the front half of the fishing boat, forming a triangular shape with Bai Yuwang Hai's spot.
On the vast ocean at midnight, three young men were sitting on the deck of a fishing boat, eating a late-night snack while holding small iron basins.
What could possibly be the reason that the three of them were not sleeping at this time, but instead staying on the deck to eat?
Is it the pressure of life? Or dedication to work? Or oppression from others?
No, none of the above reasons apply.
There was only one reason why the three of them were left on the deck: the swishing sound they heard.
Huh? A swish sound? Where is that swish sound coming from?
"Cousin, Ah Hai, did you two hear that 'swish' sound? Is that a fish on the fishing rod, or am I hallucinating?"
"Swish? Xiaoyu, you must be hallucinating. I only heard the sound of the sea breeze and Xiaohai slurping noodles. Look how deliciously Xiaohai is eating these noodles!"
A slurping sound? Liu Tianyu indicated that he didn't hear it. His mind was filled with the sound of Wang Hai slurping noodles beside him. The slurping sound was exceptionally crisp, clearly made by someone who loved noodles.
As the one making the snoring noise, Wang Hai was engrossed in eating, oblivious to everything else, focusing solely on his rice.
However, it was obvious that this sound was different from the swishing sound that Bai Yu had heard; there was a clear difference between the two.
"No, what I heard wasn't the sound of Ah Hai eating noodles, and it's definitely not my imagination. That sound is still there."
"No, I need to go to the bow to check on things. I left my noodles there; I haven't finished eating yet, so don't give them to me, you two. Especially you, Ah Hai, you can eat as much seafood as you want, just don't touch my noodles."
Bai Yu listened carefully, and after confirming that he was not hallucinating, he put the rice bowl on the deck and prepared to check on the fishing rod.
Bai Yu and his two companions ate their meal on the deck outside the cabin, which was two or three meters away from their fishing spot.
Don't be fooled by the seemingly short distance; the sea can be rough with waves. At such a close distance, the sound that the fishing rod can transmit is limited, and you can hardly hear it unless you listen carefully.
"Holy crap, they really caught a fish!"
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