Just as Bai Yu was walking towards the stern of the boat, something that looked like a cannonball flew down from the sky, and he instinctively reached out and caught it.
Then Bai Yu felt his hands sink, and a round sea fish weighing seven or eight pounds appeared in his arms.
This fish looks just like a cannonball, with a round body, a pointed head, and a tail that resembles the base of a cannonball. Calling it a cannonball of the sea wouldn't be an exaggeration at all.
"A cannonball fish? Where the hell did this cannonball fish come from? It almost hit me! Who did this?!"
Bai Yu looked at the sea fish in his arms. Sure enough, the fish's name was just like its appearance: it was called the Cannonball Fish.
However, "cannonfish" is its nickname; its scientific name is skipjack tuna, which is said to be a relative of the tuna and is also known as the small tuna.
However, what Bai Yu was more curious about was where this skipjack tuna came from. Could it really have fallen from the sky?
Just then, Brother Li walked over from the stern of the ship.
"Hey Xiaoyu, you're awake? Are you getting ready to fish on the deck?"
"Yeah, we're here to fish. Brother Li, what's going on tonight? Where are all the people from the back half of the fishing boat? They're all gone."
And just now, a cannonball fish fell from the sky, narrowly missing me from the head and almost cracking my skull open!
Bai Yu saw Brother Li and asked the question he most wanted to ask.
From the moment he arrived on the deck, an eerie atmosphere permeated the entire deck.
First of all, there are fewer people fishing on the boat. Hu Tao and the others can't be seen at all in the middle of the fishing boat. With such a good time for night fishing, surely they all went back to the crew room to rest?
"Oh, you mean those guys? They're all fishing at the stern. Come on, come on, I'll tell you as we walk. We've made a new discovery at the stern!"
After checking that no one was around, Brother Li grabbed Bai Yu and led him toward the stern of the boat, whispering to each other as they walked, just like secret agents making a meeting, as if afraid that their conversation would be overheard.
Finally, after learning the details from Brother Li, Bai Yu understood the whole story.
Sometimes you really have to say that the appearance of some people proves the saying, "It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!"
Just three minutes ago, for some unknown reason, a group of triggerfish suddenly appeared at the stern of the fishing boat, and they didn't want to leave once they arrived.
This group of triggerfish gathered on the surface of the sea to feed. Looking around, it seemed that Li Shuang and the others at the stern of the boat were not on the sea, but next to a fishpond, and it just so happened to be the time when the fishpond was feeding the fish.
For this group of skipjack tuna, Li Shuang and the others did not need to put bait on the hooks to fish. They only needed to hold the empty hooks and cast them down. There was a very high probability of catching fish. This fishing method is commonly known as "snagging fish".
Regarding the classification of fishing operations at sea, there are fishing vessels specifically designed for this method. However, most of these vessels are from abroad, and there are very few of them in China. We still prefer to use trawls for fishing.
Although we don't have many fishing boats like this around here, Brother Li has seen videos of it and knows how they hook fish.
Although the fishing rods and hooks they used were not professional fishing rods, it didn't matter. As long as there were enough fish in the sea, they could always catch fish with their hooks.
After Brother Li demonstrated it several times, Li Shuang and the other two switched from fishing to scorpion fishing.
Because Li Shuang and others used a slingshot fishing method, the fish they caught would always hit the deck and make a sound, which attracted the attention of Hu Tao and others, and they also joined the slingshot fishing.
As for the triggerfish that almost hit Bai Yu, it was the first triggerfish that Hu Tao caught. Because he didn't control his strength well and used too much force, the triggerfish flew out.
As Bai Yu reached the stern of the boat, he witnessed an incredible scene.
The fishing boat was only a little over six meters wide, but nine grown men were crammed onto the deck at the stern, making it look a bit crowded.
Then they took their fishing rods and used them as casting rods, casting empty hooks into the middle of the school of fish, and then pulling them up with all their might, trying to hook a fish.
As long as it can be hooked, no matter which part is hooked, the fish basically won't get away. Within seconds, Li Shuang and the others will fly it onto the deck.
If they didn't catch anything, Li Shuang and the others wouldn't be discouraged. Instead, they would slowly reel in the hooks and cast them out again until they caught a fish.
As for Brother Li and another staff member, they were specifically responsible for helping Li Shuang and others to pack their catch. The two of them served nine anglers, and since Li Shuang and others didn't catch fish very frequently, there were no problems.
"Hey, Brother Yu, you're awake! Look, we've encountered a school of fish, a school of skipjack tuna. I was just saying whether I should ask Brother Li to wake you up, but you woke up on your own."
Li Shuang quickly noticed Bai Yu's arrival. He hurriedly waved to Bai Yu, called him over, and pointed to the school of skipjack tuna on the sea in front of them.
Just as Brother Li and Li Shuang said, there was indeed a large school of skipjack tuna on the sea surface at the stern of the ship.
These schools of skipjack tuna were very close to the fishing boats, some even only a meter or two away. If the anglers wanted to, they could easily scoop them up with a landing net.
However, perhaps fearing that using a landing net would scare the fish, Li Shuang and the others did not adopt this method, but instead used empty hooks to snag the fish.
Moreover, this school of fish is not stationary; it is constantly moving.
At first, Li Shuang and the others did not know how these skipjack tuna appeared and gathered together, but as the seawater flowed, a large area of white floating objects appeared on the sea surface.
They couldn't see the exact appearance of the floating objects, but one thing they did see clearly was that they were dead fish, and one of them was the carcass of a great white shark.
This was discovered by Brother Li. The great white shark's carcass was turned upside down, and Brother Li saw the large mouth that belonged to a great white shark, thus identifying its species.
"Where did all these dead fish come from? And what happened there?"
Looking at the great white shark carcass floating on the sea, Bai Yu couldn't understand what kind of creature could kill the great white shark and so many other fish at the same time.
"It's hard to say. Great white sharks are not without natural enemies in the ocean, and killer whales are one of them."
"Furthermore, I think this might not be caused by marine life, but rather by a live-fire military exercise at sea. But that doesn't make sense either; if there were military exercises along our route, there would have been announcements already, and this area should be a no-navigation zone."
Not only was Bai Yu puzzled, but Li Ge, a frequent visitor to the South China Sea and a crew member, was also very confused.
Brother Li had several explanations for the situation on the sea, but none of them had any logical flaws.
While orcas can certainly kill great white sharks, they usually treat them as prey to be eaten, and there's no need for them to be left to drift on the surface of the ocean.
Moreover, the current situation on the sea surface includes not only great white sharks but also other dead fish carcasses.
However, it wouldn't make sense to call it a military exercise, because military exercises require demarcating areas and sealing off sea areas for the exercise.
Since these dead fish were able to drift to the vicinity of the fishing boat, it proves that the incident occurred not far from here. If it were an exercise, then they should be in a restricted area now.
Therefore, this is not reasonable at all.
So, in general, there are many reasons to explain this situation, but none of them seem entirely reasonable for the time being.
Since there was no reasonable answer, Bai Yu and the others stopped thinking about it and just let things take their course.
Anyway, they're in the South China Sea, which is our own territory. If anything happens, Mom will probably notify them in advance.
Bai Yu then joined the ranks of those fishing. Li Shuang and the others each moved him five centimeters to make room for him to cast his fishing rod.
After missing two fishing rods in a row, Bai Yu had only one thought left: their fishing rods were too short and too soft, and not as easy to handle as hand rods or professional rods for grappling.
The reason why there are so many models and classifications of fishing rods is that they are designed to cope with different fishing methods.
The fishing rods that Bai Yu and others are currently using are mostly rock fishing rods and sea fishing rods. These fishing rods are somewhat soft, but they are tough enough to withstand the onslaught of big fish.
However, when it comes to snagging fish, they are no match for some hand rods, and even lure rods are much better than the fishing rods they currently use.
After casting his line five or six times, Bai Yu finally caught his first fish, a 40-centimeter-long triggerfish. With a powerful jerk, he lifted it directly from the sea onto the deck.
It was from this skipjack tuna that Bai Yu seemed to have found some skill in catching skipjack tuna. After catching four or five skipjack tuna in a row, he put down his line.
This doesn't mean Bai Yu is going to pack up and rest; rather, he's not going to continue hooking fish. Instead, he took out a mackerel, hooked it, and decided to fish properly instead of hooking fish anymore.
This kind of fishing can get really boring and tedious if you fish for too long.
In addition, the price of skipjack tuna is not too high, and can even be said to be relatively cheap, so Baiyu is going to fish for other fish.
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