Nothing was said that night.
As seasoned sailors, Bai Yu and his companions slept very soundly this time, sleeping until five o'clock the next morning.
Of course, at such an early hour, they certainly didn't wake up naturally; they were woken up by Brother Li because they had arrived at their destination.
The reason Brother Li woke them up at this time was to get them to have breakfast.
That's right, they eat breakfast at five o'clock!
The people who made this request were naturally the owners of the chartered boats. They demanded that they be woken up when the boats arrived at the fishing grounds so they could start fishing immediately.
After all, compared to other fishing boats, they arrived relatively late, and nobody knew how many tuna were still left for them in the sea. Relatively speaking, they didn't have much time left.
Fortunately, Bai Yu and the other three had gone to bed early enough last night, and even though it was only five o'clock now, they still walked out of the crew room full of energy.
After a quick breakfast, Bai Yu and his three companions took their fishing gear bags and went up to the deck.
As soon as they stepped out of the cabin, they witnessed an unforgettable scene: there were so many boats drifting on the waters. It was the first time Bai Yu had ever seen so many boats outside of the dock area.
At that moment, within Bai Yu's field of vision, he saw dozens of fishing boats or dinghies of various sizes, densely packed all around.
The closest boat to Bai Yu and his group was a large fishing boat about twenty meters long. It was at most a hundred meters away from their fishing boat, and Bai Yu and his group could see the movements of the people on the other boat very clearly.
"Brother Yu, isn't this distance a bit too close? The book says that on the open sea, the safe distance between two ships should ideally be more than 300 meters."
But look at that fishing boat over there. It's not even 200 meters away, let alone 300. Even assuming we're both anchored now, the boats are just too close together. Can you really fish here?
Looking at their surroundings, even though Bai Yu and the others were mentally prepared, they were still speechless when they actually saw it.
Is this school of tuna really that attractive? Looking at the surrounding boats, many of them aren't even from Hainan Province, but rather from Guangdong and Fujian Provinces.
This is only what Bai Yu and his group can see. They don't know how many ships are in places they can't see.
The main concern regarding whether fishing is possible here, as mentioned by Li Shuang, is the issue of line breakage.
Don't be fooled by the fact that there are a hundred or two hundred meters between each boat; the water here is also hundreds of meters deep, and they're catching huge fish.
If a big fish bites the hook, this guy can easily run hundreds of meters away with the fishing line. In this situation, he might accidentally cut the line with other anglers on other boats.
"Sigh, who knows what's going on? We can only say that money is tempting! But that doesn't seem quite right either. Most anglers are not short of money. They probably seek the thrill of catching a giant fish. They don't care if the line breaks. They only care about whether they can catch a big fish."
But since we're already here, let's just go with the flow. Who knows if we can catch any fish if we don't try? What if we do manage to catch one!
"Let's go, let's head to our usual spot. There are fewer boats there. Time to get fishing!"
Led by Bai Yu, the others, each carrying a fish box on their back and the bait they had ordered the day before, walked toward the stern of the boat.
Although the fishing spots at the stern are slightly worse than those at the bow, with less visibility and space, there are also fewer boats around the stern.
After all, their fishing boat arrived relatively late, and the central area of the fishing grounds had already been occupied. So, they could only fish on the edge of the fishing grounds.
However, this is not a big problem, since it's not that there are necessarily big fish in the center of the fishing grounds; they can have them here too.
The reason why fishing grounds are divided in the ocean is simply because the seabed resources in a certain area are relatively abundant, making it easier to attract large fish to come and feed.
For his first fishing rod of the day, Bai Yu used the same rod provided by Tongzi Ge, but he bought the fishing line and hooks himself.
The fishing line used first was 500 meters long. This set of fishing line was a little cheaper, so I used it to test the waters. The fish hooks were huge, almost the size of his palm, and were specially designed for catching big fish.
The bait was a snapper, a yellow snapper weighing about a pound but less than two pounds. Its scientific name is something like yellow snapper, but I don't remember the exact name. Anyway, it's not very expensive.
Fish that are too expensive wouldn't be used as bait, and fish that can be used as bait are definitely not expensive.
Bai Yu pierced the fish's body with a fishing hook and then threw it into the sea.
Bai Yu was still full of expectations for today's gains, after all, the first thing he did after waking up was to take a look at the system panel.
His luck stat was quite high today. With Wang Hai's boost, it reached over seventy points, the highest he'd ever had on any of his many voyages.
With such a high level of luck, his haul today shouldn't be too bad, right?
With the four fishermen casting their lines, all that remained was to wait.
Just as Brother Li said yesterday, once they started fishing, their staff didn't have time to take care of them.
Since breakfast, Brother Li had only brought drinks to Bai Yu and the others once; otherwise, they hadn't come to the stern of the boat.
So what are our staff doing at this time?
There are four crew members on the fishing boat. At this moment, all four are on the deck at the bow of the boat. One of them has a box of frozen fish in front of him and a cleaver next to him. The four of them are busy chopping frozen bait.
Unlike the thrifty anglers like Bai Yu, the owners of the chartered boat each bought a box of frozen bait as soon as they arrived, preparing to bait their fishing spots.
These frozen baits are all made with mackerel. One box contains twenty pounds of mackerel. Throwing twenty pounds of mackerel into the sea at once is something that not just anyone can afford to do.
While Brother Li and his group were busy chopping frozen bait, Bai Yu and his three companions gathered together and chatted.
The group of anglers are now seasoned fishermen, and they have prepared a complete set of equipment for this trip, including tools to secure their fishing rods, which allows them to free their hands while waiting for the fish.
"Brother Fisherman, did you see what's happening over there at the bow of the boat? That guy just chopped up a whole box of mackerel like that. At the rate they're fishing like that, how much money would that cost?"
"It's none of your business if they have money. If you had told us earlier that their baiting was a good thing for us, we would have been on the same boat, only 20 or 30 meters apart. We could have caught some of the big fish they attracted."
And maybe, due to the ocean currents, the frozen bait they cast will drift over to our side. We can just relax and wait for the fish to bite.
They waited for more than half an hour, from sunrise until the sun was high in the sky, but they still didn't catch a single fish.
The most obvious thing was that they all took off their coats. It was quite cold on the sea in the early morning, and Bai Yu and the other three were all wearing down jackets.
Now that the sun is up, I've taken off my outermost down jacket and put on a windproof windbreaker.
Just as Bai Yu and the others were getting bored out of their minds, they suddenly heard the sound of the reel spinning yarn.
"Huh? A fish has taken the bait! Whose is it? Whose fishing rod has a fish on it?"
"Brother Yu, it's yours. Your fishing rod is already bent, and the fishing line is going out quickly. You'd better go and handle it."
"They're here, they're here."
In a flurry of activity, Bai Yu quickly reached his fishing rod and immediately activated the drag on the reel, putting some pressure on the rod first.
Then Bai Yu opened the clip on the fishing rod and took the rod in his hand for the next operation.
Judging from the pulling force transmitted through the fishing rod, Bai Yu determined that the creature that had taken the bait weighed at least fifty pounds; otherwise, it wouldn't have had such strength.
Fish weighing over 50 pounds are considered large fish by Bai Yu, but they are also within his range of strength to handle.
However, considering that he was lucky today and would definitely catch even bigger fish in the future, Bai Yu did not choose to confront the guy head-on, but instead slowly wore him down.
First, Bai Yu locked the drag lever to restrict the fish's range of movement. Then, by constantly lifting the rod, he caused the fish to experience continuous pain from the hook, forcing it to lose its mind and struggle aimlessly.
In this way, you can deplete the opponent's energy as quickly as possible, thus achieving the goal of catching them as soon as possible.
That's why humans are considered higher animals; when it comes to using their brains, no other creature on Earth can compare to humans.
Bai Yu's combo moves were more than the guy who had taken the bait could handle.
In just four or five minutes, Bai Yu clearly felt that the pulling force from the fishing rod had decreased, so much so that it was time for Bai Yu to counterattack.
If you want to do something, then do it. This is Bai Yu's principle in doing things. At that time, he picked up his fishing rod and started to pull the rod and reel in the line.
Hearing the familiar voice in her ear, Bai Yu became excited.
Although the fish that took the bait this time wasn't very big, it was still the biggest fish Bai Yu had caught in his last two trips to sea, and that alone was enough to excite him.
Moreover, they are currently at a fishing ground, where many tuna have been caught in the past few days. If this one is also a tuna, even if it only weighs fifty pounds, it would still be worth more than two thousand yuan.
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