It seems the fishing here is still as good as in her previous life. Only a few old fishermen know about this fishing spot. Chen Hong overheard a drunk fisherman telling her about it in her previous life. Because it was too far from home, Chen Hong had only come once, but her catch was quite considerable.
Because of the complex seabed topography and numerous reefs, large ships generally dare not approach. Small boats must also navigate with caution, and those without sufficient skill will not cast their lines here, as a moment's carelessness can easily lead to snagging and breaking the line.
Chen Hong's eyesight is much better now than in her previous life. The water depth near the reef area is generally 15 to 50 meters, and the deepest part is less than 100 meters. With Chen Hong's current eyesight, she can see the situation on the seabed clearly, making it much easier to fish.
Chen Hong slowly steered the boat to the top of a small trench and anchored it. He attached electric reels and hooks to both fishing rods, baited them, set 2-meter fishing lines, pressed the drag switch, lowered the hooks to the seabed, manually cranked the 2-meter fishing line to lock the drag, and then inserted the fishing rods into the fishing holes.
Chen Hong hooked a live bait onto her rod and cast the line. She mixed fish meal, flour, minced pork liver, and salt with water from her space, stirred it until it became sticky, shaped it into small balls, and scattered them into the sea to create a feeding area. "If you don't use a feeding area, you won't catch many fish." Using a feeding area significantly increased the speed at which fish were caught.
Seeing the fish swarming for food underwater, growing larger and larger, Chen Hong's fishing rod jingled as she hooked a fish. She inserted the hand rod into the fishing hole, lifted the rod to set the hook, tied the safety line to the boat railing, inserted the sea fishing rod into the fishing hole, pressed the reel-in switch, and the automatic reel slid in the line with a whooshing sound.
A moment later, the fish surfaced. It was a red snapper. The fish was scooped onto the boat with a landing net, and the hook was removed with a fish catcher. Chen Hong then threw the fish into the live water tank.
It seems there are many red snapper on the seabed. I baited the hook and cast it into the sea, and the sinker with the hook went down into the sea.
Chen Hong used two electric reels and a casting rod to catch fish in turn. After an hour, he estimated that he had caught more than 60 fish. Seeing that the fish on the seabed had dispersed, Chen Hong packed up his rod and sailed to another place.
After driving for 20 minutes, Chen Hong spotted another school of fish, a school of golden pomfret. Although golden pomfret only sells for about 15 yuan at the market, this school of fish was huge. If they were kept, catching dozens of them wouldn't be a problem.
Chen Hong stopped the boat, dropped anchor, and scattered bait to create a feeding area. He cast three fishing rods into the water at the same time, and only after he had caught two-thirds of the fish did the rest realize what was happening and scatter in all directions.
Seeing that the fish had scattered, Chen Hong threw out another handful of bait, which only attracted two or three small fish. Only then did Chen Hong realize that it was almost 1 a.m. and the fish were no longer biting.
Letting the small boat drift on the sea, Chen Hong took out a porridge pot and bowls from her spatial storage. She ladled out a bowl of porridge to fill her stomach, and when her stomach wasn't so empty, she took out two steamed buns and ate them, then finished the rest of the porridge.
Just as she was about to wash the pots and pans, she saw the electric reel creak and squeak as it pulled up a large conch. The conch weighed more than 2 pounds. Chen Hong thought to herself, she had been focused on fishing and hadn't paid attention to the other shellfish on the seabed. She hadn't expected there to be such a large conch down there.
After reeling in the two electric reels, Chen Hong attached a sea silkworm soaked in the space water to the hand-casting rod, cast it into the sea, and started bottom fishing to see if she could attract shrimp and crabs to bite.
After tying the safety rope to the ship's railing, Chen Hong took off her gloves and sat down on the side of the ship to rest. She was used to taking a nap and didn't feel it when she was busy, but now that she had some free time, she felt sleepy and tired.
Fortunately, a gentle breeze was blowing across the sea, making it quite cool. Looking at the small reefs in the distance, several seabirds were taking off and landing. The sky and water met, making it seem as if the white clouds could be touched. The seawater was lapping against the surface, creating fine white foam.
At this moment, the small boats in the distance appear so tiny, and the sea is as calm as a mother's gentle embrace.
The jingling of bells woke up Chen Hong, who was a little sleepy. She snapped back to reality, grabbed her gloves, put them on, and lifted the fishing rod. It was very light and didn't struggle. When she pulled it up, she saw that it was a lobster. It seems that the space water does have some effect on animals. Generally, shrimp and crabs rarely eat actively during the day, and they are more active at night.
He brought the live bait bucket to his side, hooked a sea worm onto the hook, threw it into the sea, and pulled in the line as soon as it touched the bottom, waiting to see who would take the bait this time. Chen Hong leisurely watched over a fishing rod, observing the seabed while resting. In a short while, he caught two lobsters, two blue crabs, and three palm-sized scallops.
Seeing no fish approaching, Chen Hong weighed anchor and started the small boat, slowly heading back while searching for fish. After more than half an hour, Chen Hong stopped the boat above a large trench. Seeing only one fishing boat nearby setting crab traps, he decided to try his luck at that spot first.
The ocean currents converge here, providing abundant bait, so the fishing should be good. Although I didn't see a school of fish, various types of fish were constantly moving around in twos and threes, indicating that the resources are quite good.
After anchoring and preparing fresh bait, Chen Hong cast all three fishing rods, using two electric reels with multiple hooks to let the fish bite automatically. Chen Hong was just waiting for the harvest.
Chen Hong stood by the boat with a casting rod in hand, waiting for a fish to bite. When she turned around, she saw that both electric reels were catching fish with a creaking sound. Suddenly, the fishing rod plummeted and almost slipped from her grasp.
Tighten the safety line, Chen Hong grabbed the fishing rod and gave it a sharp jerk to set the hook, then vigorously spun the reel. "Wow, this is a big one. Looks like you're the boss today." Chen Hong spun and released the line intermittently, finally pulling the big guy to the surface.
It turned out to be a Spanish mackerel. They caught it with a net and pulled it onto the boat. When Chen Hong saw it, she realized that the Spanish mackerel weighed about 20 jin (10 catties), making it the biggest fish they had caught that day.
The fish were placed in the cold water tank to keep them fresh. First, a landing net was used to scoop up the fish one by one from the electric reel. One fishing rod caught two fish: a bass and a pomfret. The other fishing rod caught a grouper weighing over 2 pounds.
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