Only half an hour after lunch, he had already served two more sizable sea bass.
"Dad, I added something to the water I use to raise these baits; it's a family secret recipe that someone passed down to me."
Haven't you noticed? Using the live bait I soaked has significantly increased your chances of catching fish.
Let me tell you, if you don't catch any fish within two hours of casting your line, they'll eat the bait and run away.
They can't escape; if they're hooked for too long, they're likely to die.
Dead fish are worthless; they're worth several times less than live fish.
When Chen Hong's father heard that the fish were likely to die if the time was wasted, he was shocked.
He immediately became anxious, "Quickly, teach me how to drive the boat again, let's hurry up and bring the fish in."
Chen Hong's father held the steering wheel, and Chen Hong helped him set the speed. First, she went to fill the two live water tanks with space water, put on gloves, changed into water boots, and took two large water tanks and placed them beside her.
Then, prepare the hook rod, and as the fishing boat approaches the float, use the hook rod to hook onto the boat, and slowly pull the longline onto the boat section by section.
As soon as she got her hands on the fishing line and felt it vibrate in her hand, Chen Hong knew there was a fish!
The fishing line vibrates and bobs in the seawater, indicating that a fish that has taken the bait is struggling and shaking its gills.
The first branch line emerged from the water; the fishing line was stretched taut, with a strong pulling force.
There's a fish! And this fish seems to be quite big! Sure enough, the first one to come up was a great start—a large, golden-red carp!
This fish weighs a full eight pounds. Its golden scales shimmer, and its fins and tail have a light reddish tinge. It's really plump and delicious!
Sea carp are currently priced around 50-60 yuan per jin (500g). This sea carp can bring in 500 yuan. Seeing a koi carp at the door is a good omen! I'll take it!
Chen Hong deftly removed the fishing hook, and with a flick of her wrist, accurately flung the sea carp into the live water tank.
In accordance with the speed of the boat, Chen Hong kept pulling on the main line, and the longline was slowly reeled into the boat.
The second line yielded a sea bass, about four pounds, priced at thirty yuan. Hmm, not bad, maybe a little over a hundred yuan!
On the third branch line, there were also fish, a green grouper, which cost over seventy yuan per jin (500 grams). Fifteen jin would cost about a thousand yuan, which was not bad.
Pull on again, and wow! The fourth branch line brought no surprises. The fish that came up had a light bluish-green back and a silvery-white face, contrasting with the grayish-brown color. It turned out to be a pomfret weighing over five pounds.
This type of pomfret tastes better than white pomfret, and of course, it's much more expensive.
In some places it is also called eagle pomfret, but its scientific name is Chinese pomfret, which is the best of all pomfret.
Its flavor is delicious, its bones are soft and crispy, and its meat is tender, making it a rare and precious seafood delicacy.
The price of a single pomfret is around 100 yuan, and just this one is worth 500 yuan.
As the main line was pulled in longer and longer, the fish that had taken the bait gradually surfaced one after another.
Occasionally, worthless mackerel, barracuda, sea bream, flounder, and mullet are also hauled onto the boat.
There are also reasonably priced commercial fish such as red sea bream, black sea bream, mackerel, and ribbonfish.
Of course, the most reaped rewards are the high-priced, good fish.
For example, there were red sea bream, golden sea bream, red grouper, green grouper, and conger eel. In addition, five clouded grouper and two yellow croaker were also pulled up.
The abundance of reef fish was exactly what Chen Hong expected. After all, she chose this spot to cast her line because she was drawn to the seabed environment of this area.
Only in the seabed reef areas where trawlers cannot operate can relatively rare and precious large groupers and various sea bream be found.
Various groupers and prized snapper typically prefer to live in caves or rock crevices in coral reef areas.
Deep-sea reefs are a favorite target for avid sea anglers.
Experienced sea anglers will adopt corresponding fishing strategies for different grouper species.
Because the reefs where grouper inhabit have complex terrain, even when hooked, they can easily snag on the bottom and break the line.
But as long as you catch just one, the harvest is huge! Because reef fish cannot be caught with nets, and fishing with them is particularly easy to snag on the bottom and break the line.
Therefore, the market availability rate is extremely low. In addition, the taste of reef fish such as grouper and sea bream is better than that of other sea fish, which makes the price of various reef fish both high and low.
The saying that a good fish can be worth as much as a whole boatload of ordinary sea fish is no exaggeration.
The fish that Chen Hong caught this time, including red sea bream, golden eye sea bream, red snapper, green grouper, and clouded grouper, accounted for about one-third of the total, but their value was more than twenty times that of the other fish.
Chen Hong's father watched from inside the cabin as his daughter hauled various large fish onto the boat one after another, and he danced with joy.
"Wow, longline fishing catches more fish! It's so much more fun than fishing with a rod!"
I never expected there to be so many big fish in the ocean! Wow! They're all amazing fish!
Wow, I'm rich! These fish are worth a lot of money! Who said you can't make money fishing?
Is it a scam, or have they just not found a good spot with fish?
"Little Red, what kind of fish is this? Is it a grouper?"
Chen Hong removed the fishhook, grabbed the fish by the gills with one hand, and held it high for her father to see: "It's not a grouper. Its dorsal fin is wide and has thick, hard spines. It should be a tiger grouper."
This fish is priced similarly to grouper, around sixty yuan per pound.
Its flesh is tender and delicious, with few bones and plenty of meat, and is rich in protein.
I've heard that eating more of this can improve skin and complexion, and it's especially suitable for women. It's also beneficial for postpartum recovery.
"Oh! That's great! Let's see how many we can make today. If there are a lot, we'll save one small one to cook for you and your daughter when we get home."
Chen Hong threw the tiger grouper into the live water tank, continued pulling the fishing line onto the boat, and shouted to her father:
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