Reluctantly reiterating: Chapter 40 Encountering an Old Friend at Sea
This was the title of the previous chapter. I apologize to all readers for disrupting your reading pace. I am very sorry, and I am correcting it here!
Chen Hong happily wrote down the phone number. "Thank you, Uncle Yang. I go out to sea to fish alone, always leaving late and returning early. I also have to take care of my child, so I have no choice but to sell to fishmongers. I can't help earning less. But I've been lucky these past few days, catching more than 300 jin every day. It hurts to sell to fishmongers again, but I can't go to the market by myself."
If this seafood shop venture succeeds, it could bring in over 1,000 yuan more in just one go, which is no small amount. If it works out, I'll treat you to dinner, Uncle Lu, Uncle Li, and you guys can all come too.”
“Okay, we definitely won’t be left out. Let’s keep in touch. If you need any help, Chen Hong, don’t be shy about asking. Three heads are better than one, and we might be able to help you!” Old Lu said as he stood up.
"We've had our tea, chatted, checked our fishing rods, and the fish should be biting by now. Time to head back to the boat. Let's get to work, guys."
Chen Hong steered the boat to take the three uncles back to their boats, then slowly sailed around the area to find a new fishing spot, where he anchored and began fishing.
The fishing spot I found this afternoon wasn't as good as the one I found this morning. There were still quite a few fish, but there were a lot of underwater reefs and the terrain was complicated. If you were diving, you should have a good catch, but if you were fishing, you'd easily break your line.
With three boats nearby, Chen Hong decided against diving. She'd just fish a little in the afternoon and not go too far. Having just met these older men earlier that day, she didn't want to just leave in her boat, so she planned to spend the afternoon there.
Chen Hong scattered bait to create a feeding area, then cast her hook in the upper and middle layers of the sea. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the fish in the vicinity were gradually attracted, and Chen Hong began to slowly catch them.
At first, I caught some small fish from the upper and middle layers of the sea, such as mullet, barracuda, yellow croaker, and anchovies. After half an hour, almost all the fish in the middle and upper layers of the nearby sea had been caught.
The dishes started with sea bass, red snapper, mackerel, pomfret, golden croaker, and amberjack. Two red grouper were also served.
The bigger the fish, the more valuable it becomes. Turbot, sea bream, large rockfish, red eagle, and spotted grouper can be caught in groups of three.
Seeing that the fish she caught were getting bigger and more valuable, Chen Hong dared not use any more bait to create a feeding ground. She had promised to keep a low profile, but how did it turn into a bustling market with big fish?
Feeling guilty, he glanced around at the surrounding boats. Wait, only Uncle Li's boat was left. He hadn't even noticed when Old Lu and Old Yang had left.
Perhaps they were chasing the school of fish and got so far away that they didn't realize their situation!
As Uncle Li's boat got further and further away, Chen Hong thought for a moment and decided to pretend she hadn't seen it. She wouldn't go to say hello. Once fishermen start working, their eyes are only focused on the fish, and they forget everything else.
While I was fishing, I didn't even notice when Uncle Lu and Uncle Yang left!
Chen Hong stopped scattering bait and instead spotted a crab near the seabed reef. She baited her hand-casting rod with the sea cucumber intestines she had stored in her spatial storage the day before, and with a flick of the fishing line, she slowly approached the large crab on the seabed, the special bait on the hook attached.
We spotted a crab on the boat, and once the bait was brought out, it attracted several large crabs to come and snatch the food.
Seeing that the crabs had already firmly grasped and eaten the sea cucumber intestines, Chen Hong quickly and steadily pulled them up. As soon as they were out of the water, the crabs immediately tried to let go and go home, but coming here was easy, but going back was impossible. A large net was waiting for them under them.
This fishing rod caught three large blue crabs, each weighing two pounds. Seeing that the discarded sea cucumber intestines had come in handy, Chen Hong was very happy. Look, even the scraps from the space have great uses.
Chen Hong used a bag of sea cucumber sausages to fish for more than 60 large crabs, more than 40 lobsters, and unexpectedly caught 17 squid weighing more than 2 kilograms each.
This was the first time Chen Hong had caught a squid during the day. These creatures are usually nocturnal and attracted to light, so they are generally easier to catch at night.
It seems we have to thank the powerful function of the sea cucumber intestines, which are the waste material in the space, for luring the squid out in broad daylight.
Through Lao Lu and his three boats arriving at this fishing spot, Chen Hong realized that this was a place known to many people, and could not be designated as his secret fishing spot. He could only come to this trench occasionally to fish when no one was around, and it could not be used as a diving site.
Seeing that it was still early, and that she had already done most of the work, Chen Hong turned the boat around and slowly headed in the opposite direction from where Uncle Li and the others were sailing. Further south in this direction was the South China Sea. After wandering around for an hour, she finally found another good spot.
Looking at the compass, I realized this place was far from the shipping lanes, and very few ships came here anymore. The water was only about ten meters deep, and the seawater was clear. I could see fish and shrimp swimming back and forth among the reefs, and even crabs were not to be outdone, scurrying about on the seabed.
Under the refraction of sunlight, you can clearly see the beautiful and brightly colored seashells and conches moving slowly on the clean sand.
On the boat, Chen Hong could already see many abalone and oysters on the reef, and many sea cucumbers and starfish scattered on the sand in the center. Several geoduck clams were hiding by the seaweed, sneaking up to attack small fish, shrimp and tiny food passing by with the current.
Several crabs spotted them and arrogantly crawled over. But when they got closer, they found that the thick, long tube was gone. Where did it go?
It dared to run away! After circling around twice without finding it, the crab angrily went after it.
The seabed returned to calm, and thick, long pipes slowly emerged, stretching higher and higher, like bamboo shoots sprouting from the sand after rain.
Seeing the live performance of geoduck clams feeding and avoiding predators made Chen Hong feel the wonder of nature.
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