Bai Yu was very confident in catching this big fish, which weighed over ten kilograms, but compared to the previous grouper, he was much more serious.
Regardless, this fish is bigger than a Western Grouper. If it were also a Western Grouper, its value would be just as high.
So putting everything else aside, just considering the money alone, that's enough to make him take it seriously.
After all, no one would turn down money; making money is nothing to be ashamed of.
Then Bai Yu picked up his fishing rod and started reeling in the line. To be honest, catching a fish weighing over ten pounds is indeed more difficult than catching one weighing only a few pounds.
Every time Bai Yu pulled the rod back, he could clearly feel the pulling sensation from the rod; this guy was still trying to escape the restraint of the hook.
However, Bai Yu was not going to give it that chance. He took his fishing rod and bombarded it relentlessly, dragging it towards the sea.
Under Bai Yu's skillful handling, it only took him two or three minutes to drag the large fish, weighing over ten kilograms, to the surface of the sea.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, you're really lucky! I just went to the kitchen and you've already caught another big fish. This spotted fish must weigh about ten pounds."
Looks like you didn't catch many fish yesterday. You saved all your luck for today, huh? You came here specifically to fish for grouper, didn't you?
As Bai Yu dragged the fish to the surface and was about to grab a landing net to scoop it up, Brother Li grabbed the net first and started scooping up the spotted fish.
"A spotted tiger? I thought it was a tiger spotted tiger. I was quite excited. Everyone says tiger spotted tigers are valuable. My tiger spotted tiger weighs more than ten pounds. It must be very valuable!"
Who would have thought it was a spotted tartan? By the way, Brother Li, are spotted tartans valuable? What's the market price for one of these now?
A grouper! The fish that Bai Yu caught was actually a grouper. When he saw that it was covered in black spots and had a brownish skin, he thought it was a tiger grouper.
Although Bai Yu knew that the jujube grouper and the tiger grouper did look quite similar, every angler would naturally try to think of the best possible outcome before catching a fish.
Bai Yu was no exception. He naturally hoped that he would catch a tiger grouper instead of a cedar grouper, since there was a certain difference in value between the two.
But reality was different; he caught a spotted spruce.
"The grouper on the market now? I don't really know much about this thing. After all, it's not a common grouper, and not many people eat it."
However, before the pandemic, this thing could sell for around 100 yuan on the market, and now it probably wouldn't be much different.
As for the difference between him and the tiger grouper, wait a minute, I'll go get you a tiger grouper to look at. You can put the two fish side by side and you'll understand.”
After Li Ge got the spotted grouper onto the deck, he bled it, removed its gills, and then went to find the tiger grouper.
As for where Brother Li found it, the answer is right next to Bai Yu, in Wang Hai's fish catch box.
Brother Li opened Wang Hai's styrofoam box, took out a seven or eight-pound tiger grouper, and then put it together with the grouper that Bai Yu had caught.
These two types of fish are different, even just by looking at their skin color. The tiger grouper is slightly darker, somewhat like a dark brown, while the spruce grouper is slightly lighter.
Another difference is the spots on their bodies. Tiger stripes have darker spots and are slightly larger, while fringe spots are lighter and smaller.
The most obvious difference lies in the eyes of these two fish; their eyes are clearly different.
Tiger-striped cats have their eyes on the top of their heads, while cedar-striped cats have their eyes on the sides of their heads.
If you can't tell the difference between tiger stripes and cedar stripes by color and spots, just look at their eyes; that should be enough to tell them apart.
Regarding Brother Li's opinion that grouper is not a common type of grouper, Baiyu has a different opinion. In fact, the reason why grouper is rare in the market is not because there are few people, but because a considerable number of grouper are collected by unscrupulous merchants and sold as tiger grouper.
In particular, Hainan Province is a tourist destination, with tourist spots all over the province. Most of the tourists here are from inland areas.
Let alone whether they recognize what kind of fish these are, many tourists are seeing the ocean for the first time, let alone being able to distinguish between the spotted grouper and the tiger grouper.
In this situation, Bai Yu really couldn't say much, especially since he was wearing a camera. If all these words were recorded and edited out, he would offend far too many people.
Although Bai Yu wasn't afraid of these people and had no business dealings with these unscrupulous merchants, he didn't want to cause trouble for himself. After all, it's better to avoid trouble.
However, he was very interested in the tiger grouper that Wang Hai had caught, as well as the cedar grouper that he had caught himself, and he was even interested in trying them.
He's now quite curious about the differences in taste between these two fish that look so similar, and why the tiger grouper is worth several times more than the jujube grouper.
However, Bai Yu's idea was stopped by Brother Li, who was standing next to her.
"Xiaoyu, I know what you're thinking, but I advise you not to think so much. Xiaohai's tiger grouper is still alive. And considering its size..."
"As long as we can bring it back to the dock alive, I can't guarantee anything else, but at least selling it for that price won't be a problem. This one fish will cover half the boat fare!"
As Li Ge spoke, he gestured three to Bai Yu, meaning that this tiger grouper could sell for at least three thousand yuan.
After all, the tiger grouper that Wang Hai caught was a pure wild tiger grouper, and it weighed seven or eight pounds. The tiger groupers on the market that weigh only one or two pounds cannot compare with this tiger grouper.
If you can bring this fish back alive, there will definitely be people vying for it.
After telling Bai Yu what he had to say, Brother Li didn't give Bai Yu a chance to refute him. He took the tiger-spotted tiger and left, going back to the kitchen.
This time, however, he wasn't going to the kitchen to add food to the meal; instead, he was going to put the tiger grouper in the aquarium in the kitchen and, while he was at it, ask the chef to help take care of the tiger grouper.
As for that grouper, it's a fish that costs 100 yuan per kilogram. It can be kept refrigerated; there's no need for it to be alive.
After all, the space in the live fish hold on a fishing boat is limited, and the space in an aquarium is even smaller, so there is no need to go to great lengths for the jujube cultivar.
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