After dinner, Bai Yu and the others rested in the rest area for a while, browsed short videos online, and then came out of the cabin.
The group that returned to the deck were dressed in updated attire, and this time their protective gear was even better.
In addition to various windproof clothing, Bai Yu and his team also put on goggles, head coverings, masks, gloves, and so on.
The life jackets they were wearing had all been changed to fluorescent ones, so they were glowing whenever the light shone on them.
The reason for this is that it is already dark on the sea, and it has been dark for a long time. There is a time difference between here and in China.
For one's own safety, some necessary protection should still be taken.
Bai Yu and Li Shuang then boarded the rubber boat, which they hadn't put away before and had been leaving on the side of the yacht.
They can simply go down the rope ladder, then get on the rubber boat, start the boat, and head towards the spot where they set the crab traps earlier that day.
While Bai Yu and his group were collecting the crab traps, Wang Hai and the others were also busy on the deck, reeling in the fishing lines.
The six of them, along with a few staff members to help, divided into three groups, each holding one of the three longline fishing lines, to see what their catch was like.
Bai Yu and Li Shuang drove their rubber boat toward a red dot on the sea. The red dot was either the light from a buoy on a crab trap or the light from a buoy on a gillnet.
They were all prepared, just in case they couldn't find the float when they collected the crab traps at night.
While Bai Yu and his crew were working, the security personnel and staff on the deck were also working, and they also had crab traps soaking in the sea.
"Brother Yu, move a little to the left. The hook I have is a bit short and can't reach the buoy."
Soon, Bai Yu and his companion arrived at the first buoy. Li Shuang held a hook in his hand and reached out to hook the buoy.
As Bai Yu moved the rubber boat closer to the buoy, Li Shuang quickly hooked a rope and pulled it up from the sea.
"The fisherman's rope is for the crab trap, and the one over there should be for the gillnet. Let's go take a look."
Li Shuang pointed towards the second light and then started the rubber boat and headed there.
Li Shuang also untied the bundle of rope in his hand and let it be dragged behind the rubber boat.
This rope connects ten crab traps, and its total length is a full kilometer, enough for them to get back to the yacht.
They quickly used the same method to retrieve the gillnet's tow rope from the sea, and then sailed towards the yacht with the two ropes.
They quickly returned to the yacht and brought back the two ropes as well.
When Bai Yu and the others returned, Wang Hai and the others were still reeling in the line. They weren't using the winch on the yacht, but were reeling in the line purely by manpower, which was definitely not fast.
Moreover, there were fish that had taken the bait hanging on the fishing line, and their weight made it difficult for Wang Hai and the others to reel in the line.
However, Bai Yu didn't pay much attention to Wang Hai's situation, as he had his own things to do.
In any case, Bai Yu and the others all have something to do right now.
After Bai Yu returned to the yacht, he took a rope and went to the winch. He first tied the crab trap rope to the winch, and then prepared to start the winch to retrieve the line.
Compared to the catch from the gillnet, Bai Yu was more interested in looking inside the crab trap to see if he had caught the king crab he had been longing for.
After all, the waters they are in are very close to the Bering Strait, where king crabs can be caught.
With this hope in mind, Bai Yu started the winch and began to pull the crab trap back.
With the winch rumbling, several crab traps on the seabed were being pulled back little by little. After about ten minutes, the first crab trap was finally brought out of the water.
Bai Yu had been eagerly anticipating this crab trap. The moment it was loaded onto the boat, he rushed over to carefully examine the catch inside.
"We have stock! We have stock! There are crabs in here!"
With just a glance, Bai Yu made a discovery by following the mesh of the net.
Those were creatures with long legs. Bai Yu was extremely familiar with these things; he had just shown off several of them before setting sail!
Those are king crabs! There are several in one cage!
"Where? Where is the king crab, Brother Fisherman?"
Listening to Bai Yu's voice, although Bai Yu didn't say that the crabs inside were king crabs,
But Bai Yu didn't need to say anything; Li Shuang had already identified it as a king crab!
"Look, they're staying in the cage right now. Look how fat these king crabs are! Each one weighs four or five pounds or even more!"
Bai Yu also pointed out the king crab he had found to Li Shuang, who could also see it through the mesh of the net. Although it wasn't particularly attractive...
They're not as pretty as mud crabs or swimming crabs, but they're really expensive, ridiculously expensive.
Then Bai Yu and Li Shuang dragged the crab trap together, struggling to get it onto the deck.
This crab trap, to Bai Yu, seemed incredibly heavy, weighing at least several tens or even over a hundred kilograms.
That's why they had a winch behind them; otherwise, it would have been really difficult for the two of them to move this crab trap.
As the first crab trap was loaded onto the boat, the rest of the traps slowly emerged from the sea. Bai Yu then called over a few helpers to assist them in retrieving the crab traps.
Otherwise, it would be too much of a hassle for the two of them to set up ten crab traps.
After all, the weight of the crab trap itself, the weight of the king crab and snow crab, and a significant amount of seawater also need to be taken into account.
They were already being clever by using the entrance to the yacht where tourists get on and off; otherwise, the two brothers would have had to work much harder.
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