After finding a target, Bai Yu immediately opened the search function on the system panel and selected the mackerel school.
Then a coin-operated interface appeared, but instead of letting Bai Yu insert coins, it allowed him to choose how much luck value to consume, which would then allow him to explore schools of fish of a corresponding size.
This was Bai Yu's first time using the exploration feature, so he wasn't quite sure how much luck points he should invest.
However, upon seeing his luck stat for the day, he immediately had an idea: to invest most of his current luck stat to test the waters and see what kind of fish he could find.
Bai Yu's luck was pretty good today, with a total of 46 points of luck. Seeing that it was already past 8 PM, if she didn't use up these luck points...
Once it hits midnight, these luck points will be refreshed and wasted.
So Bai Yu didn't hesitate at all and directly entered the value of 40 on the panel, leaving only a fraction of 6 points of luck.
As Bai Yu invested his luck points into the search function, a radar icon quickly appeared on the system panel, scanning in circles.
Just three to five seconds later, the radar stopped, and according to the virtual map, about ten nautical miles to their right front, there was a school of mackerel foraging for food.
Furthermore, with the application of the search function, both the sailing direction of fishing boats and the movement direction of the searched fish schools are undergoing subtle adjustments.
This adjustment is a two-way process, correcting the trajectory of both sides. Bai Yu doesn't need to adjust the direction; the fishing boat will head towards the school of fish.
Moreover, this slight adjustment of the course will not be noticed by anyone. Even if another fishing boat suddenly appears in front of the fishing boat, everyone on board will think that they are lucky and that there should have been schools of fish in the course.
After all, driving a ship on the sea is quite different from driving a car on land.
Driving is about feeling the wheels pressing against solid ground; the driver can clearly feel even the slightest movement of the vehicle.
But it's different at sea. The seawater is constantly moving, especially as fishing boats travel, they are braving the wind and waves.
Even if you don't operate the rudder at all and set a cruise route, the ship will still deviate from its course to some extent due to wind and waves during the journey.
Therefore, at this time, a professional helmsman is needed in the wheelhouse to pay close attention to the course of the fishing boat. If there is a significant deviation in the course, it must be adjusted immediately.
However, for fishing boats that are operating at sea and looking for schools of fish, the deviation of their course, whether large or small, has no impact on them. As long as they can find the schools of fish, they would be willing to turn around and head back immediately.
Another point is safety. As long as there are no accidents with other ships, there are no problems.
The distance of ten nautical miles should be enough for a fishing boat to reach the fish in half an hour, given its speed.
However, with both sides rushing to the scene and the fish finder discovering the situation in advance, it only took about ten minutes for the fish finder to provide feedback on the fish school.
If there had only been one mackerel, the fish finder would not have been able to detect its presence. However, since it was a school of fish, the fish radar was able to detect it accurately from a distance due to the cumulative effect of small fish.
"Damn, the fish finder spotted a school of fish! It's only the first day at sea, and we've already found a school of fish? We're incredibly lucky!"
"Little Yu, turn right ten degrees and head forward about two nautical miles. There's a school of fish waiting for us there!"
Liu Tianyu had been standing in front of the fish finder's monitor the whole time. The moment the fish finder spotted the school of fish, he noticed the dense clusters of light spots on the screen.
He was very familiar with the existence of these points of light; each of these points of light carried one or even more sea fish.
Once a dense array of bright dots appears on the screen, there's only one possibility: they've spotted a school of fish.
Then, based on the position displayed on the monitor, Liu Tianyu instructed Bai Yu to change course and head towards the school of fish.
However, Liu Tianyu forgot one thing: Bai Yu was touching the rudder for the first time, and he didn't know how much arc the rudder should turn when turning ten degrees to the right.
Finally, thanks to my uncle's skillful maneuvering, the fishing boat's course was brought directly in front of the school of fish, with both sides heading straight towards each other.
As the fishing boat moved toward the school of fish, Liu Tianyu also called the crew on deck via walkie-talkie to adjust the depth of the trawl net.
Only by keeping the trawl net at a certain depth can the fish be caught to the maximum extent.
After all, the sea area where Bai Yu and his crew were located was more than 100 meters deep, while the trawl net used by the fishing boat was only a few meters wide, which was like a long stocking.
If you don't adjust the depth properly, you won't be able to catch any fish.
In just a few minutes, the fishing boat sped past the school of fish, and the trawl net trailing behind it rushed towards the fish.
"My goodness, Dad, this school of fish is huge! It's a large school that covers an area of about four kilometers! We're going to strike it rich!"
As the fishing boat passed over the school of fish, the fish finder gained a general understanding of the size of the school.
Most fish are arranged in a circle. They huddle together for warmth and survival, mainly because if a predator eats one of their kind, it can no longer eat them.
According to the fish finder, the school of fish they encountered was roughly a circle with a diameter of about four kilometers, which was not very regular.
At the same time, the thickness of this school of fish is not too low, so it is definitely not just a thin layer, but a thickness of about ten meters.
Within this area, there are countless sea fish.
According to Liu Tianyu's estimate, the total amount of this fish population is at least over a hundred tons, and could even be several hundred tons.
Such a large school of fish is a rare sight, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Liu Tianyu to say he's struck it rich.
As the trawl net behind the fishing boat passed through the school of fish, the journey was far from over.
The eldest uncle steered the fishing boat, and when the trawl net passed through the school of fish, he changed the boat's course, turning it around in a wide arc and heading straight towards the fish again.
While the conversation may seem fast, the process is actually quite lengthy. Turning a fishing boat around is not like driving a car, especially for a large vessel like the Yuxue, which is 75 meters long. Changing direction is even more slow.
Yes, it's just slow, not difficult.
The fishing boat made a large arc, drawing a circle on the spot, before turning its bow back towards the school of fish and charging towards them again.
For some small boats or dinghies, turning around is very easy, and it's even possible for them to drift at sea.
However, for heavier and larger vessels, suddenly turning the rudder while stationary is not only unlikely to correct the direction of the fishing boat, but the act itself is extremely dangerous.
If operated improperly, the boat will be at risk of capsizing.
Just imagine what would happen if a ship capsized on the vast ocean. I don't need to elaborate on that.
However, as for my uncle, he had been working as the first mate for over ten years and had plenty of experience in fishing at sea.
He was especially familiar with the tactic of relentlessly targeting schools of fish while piloting his fishing boat.
Under his command, the Yuxue fishing boat drew a right-angle arc, then aimed its bow at the school of fish once again, and launched another attack.
Then, after passing the fishing boats again with the trawl net, the same operation was performed: a sharp turn was made to adjust the direction of the fishing boat before charging towards the school of fish.
After running back and forth twice, and drawing a cross shape with his fingers over the fish, he picked up his walkie-talkie and called the person in charge on deck, instructing them to start hauling in the nets.
Meanwhile, the eldest uncle was steering the fishing boat, closely following the school of fish. This was only the first round of fishing; once the catch in the nets was cleared, the second round could begin.
The two rounds of fishing may seem short at the same time, but in fact they took more than an hour to complete the first round of fishing.
"Xiao Yu, would you like to see what it's like to catch fish with a trawler? You can see it now from the deck."
Just then, Liu Tianyu suggested to Bai Yu that they should go and see the catch from the bursting net.
According to him, given the size of this school of fish, four rounds of fishing should, barring any unforeseen circumstances, fill the trawl nets with fish.
"We can see it now just by going up to the deck? No, cousin, you're probably making Ah Hai and me do all the work. If we catch a whole net of fish, we'll definitely have to work on the deck!"
But it's alright, since this ship is ours anyway. We can do some work as long as we can make money.
"Ah Hai, let's go, let's get to work on deck!"
Bai Yu then left the captain's cabin with Wang Hai. The two brothers first went to the storage room to change into wading pants, and then took two large baskets before leisurely making their way to the deck.
By this time, the crew on the first deck had been rotated. They rotate crew every eight hours, and it was almost ten o'clock. The first batch of crew had long been replaced and were resting.
This batch of crew members was one person fewer, only five. When the Bai brothers arrived on the deck, they had already started working and had moved the No. 1 trawl net to the stern, with the head of the net already on shore.
The deck at the stern is like a slide, but the trawler's task now is not to slide down this slide into the sea, but to go upstream and come to the deck.
The trawl net, which is a full seventy meters long, only had a dozen or so meters of empty net left this time, less than twenty meters long. The rest of the trawl net was filled to the brim with fish.
"Brother Huang, what kind of fish did we catch in this net? What kind of school of fish did we encounter? How many fish will we catch in this net?"
The foreman of this group of crew members was surnamed Huang. Bai Yu dragged a basket to his side and asked about the current situation.
Although Bai Yu knew perfectly well that most of the fish caught in this net were Spanish mackerel, others did not know that he did, so he still had to ask the questions that needed to be asked.
"Hey, our little boss is here to help again. I heard from Old Li that you two were helping out when the person disappeared. He thought something had happened to you two. He was so scared, he broke out in a cold sweat!"
"Brother Huang, the responsibility for the previous problems lies with me. I will definitely pay attention next time. If you are leaving, I will let you know before I go."
To be precise, what Brother Huang said was a misunderstanding.
The incident happened just a few hours earlier, when the fishing boat had just hauled in its first catch. Bai Yu and Wang Hai had picked up quite a few red sea bream and were taking them to the kitchen to prepare for a meal.
The crucial point is that they didn't tell anyone else on deck when they went to the kitchen, especially since it was already dark and no one noticed that they went to the cabin.
When Lao Li, the leader of the previous shift, realized what was happening, he discovered that Bai Yu and his companion, who had been helping them, were gone, as if they had vanished into thin air.
It would be terrifying if this happened at sea, because no one would know what happened to you, whether you went to the cabin or slipped off the deck and fell into the sea.
If it's the latter, then things will be in serious trouble.
Finally, after Lao Li inquired for a long time via walkie-talkie, he finally obtained news of Bai Yu and his companion from the processing plant inside the ship's cabin.
After Bai Yu's repeated assurances, Brother Huang started chatting with him and commented on the catch.
First, let me answer a few questions from Bai Yu. This catch mainly consisted of mackerel, which alone accounted for more than 90% of the total.
As for the total catch of this net, according to Brother Huang's estimate, a full one-meter trawl net would contain between 1,500 and 2,000 jin (approximately 6500-1,000 kg) of fish.
The catch in this net is about fifty meters long. Except for the loose catch at the head of the net, the catch at the back is completely full.
So, according to his estimate, this net would yield about thirty to forty tons of fish.
Thirty or forty tons! Tons!! The unit of measurement is tons!!!
One ton is two thousand catties, and even if we calculate based on the minimum of thirty tons, that's sixty thousand catties!
Moreover, the current market price for Spanish mackerel is as high as sixteen or seventeen yuan. If it were a larger Spanish mackerel with a better appearance, the price would be even higher.
A 60,000-jin mackerel would be worth over a million!
This single haul of fish alone brought in a million!
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