Chapter 100 Losing two baits, a big loss
Now the space upgrade requires 1,300 experience points, but this time I will go out to sea for two nights of night fishing. Maybe I can directly upgrade to a level before returning after catching a lot of fish. Zhang Ze is looking forward to it.
Just as he was about to continue trolling, he was surprised to find that two people on the neighboring boat were also imitating him and trolling at the stern.
Judging from their clothes, they should be Tong Yuanhang and Tong Junqiang. Zhang Ze observed a moment of silence for the third child of the Tong family. It is true that people who are young are easy to be bullied.
After trolling for a while, he only caught a few swordfish. He felt a little sorry that there was no more fish afterwards.
It is also important to drive the boat to the fishway if you want to troll, otherwise you will just be fishing blindly and taking your chances.
Zhang Ze himself didn't know how to find the fish path, let alone teach Zhang Qinghe, so he could only put away his fishing rod and go back.
Tong Yuanhang and his friends had stopped fishing a long time ago. They also tried to cast for a while, but they didn't even catch an egg. How could they be interested in continuing? "Why don't you continue fishing? How was your catch? It will probably take another two hours to get to the fishing spot." Zhang Qinghe asked with a smile when he saw him coming back.
"There are no fish, just a few swordfish. I'll keep one as a snack tonight, and as for the rest, I'll have to chop them up and use them as bait." When Zhang Ze walked in, he was carrying a fishing line and a fish hook he had specially made.
This time when we went to Zhoushan fishing ground, we mainly fished for reefs and shoals, sea red grouper and common grouper.
Of course, he also wanted to use fishing nets to catch a large number of fish such as cutlassfish and small yellow croaker, and he could also catch some fish while fishing.
What to fish? Naturally, hairtail.
The market price of hairtail can be 45 cents, and the price at the fishery station can reach 37 cents. The reason why the difference is not big is that hairtail relies on volume.
The price of fish sold in large quantities at the aquatic station is generally not much different from that in the market, but the premise is that there are not so many that they cannot be sold.
That way, not only will the fishery station sell it cheaper, but it will also be cheaper in the market.
However, now is not the most abundant season for hairtail. Although hairtail is not as delicious as in late autumn and early winter, the East China Sea hairtail from Zhoushan Fishery is not too bad.
What’s important is that there aren’t enough hairtails in the market to justify a price cut. The advantage of not having a fishing ban these days is that you can eat fresh seafood all year round.
Since one of the targets is cuttlefish, Zhang Ze is naturally prepared.
The Tianya that he had started to customize a long time ago was finally finished. He prepared a double-hook Tianya of about size 40.
Zhang Ze drew the design of the fish hook himself and asked the blacksmith to help him make some of them. There were a total of one hundred fish hooks, and he gave fifty to Tong Yuanhang and the others.
If others are willing to do it, it means he gives enough.
Tianya is not only used to catch cutlassfish. In fact, many fish with particularly sharp teeth can be caught with Tianya, such as sea wolves and some coral fish with amazing bite power.
Then use steel wire to tie the bait tightly, and no matter how sharp the fish's teeth are, they can't do anything to it.
Zhang Qinghe showed great interest in this strange fish hook. When he heard that he could also catch cutlassfish this time, he was even more excited. He was stunned by what he saw.
He discovered that he seemed to have accidentally cultivated a novice fisherman, who would probably become an expert fisherman soon. He felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
So I enthusiastically explained to him how to use the Tianya, and we even got excited when talking to him and shared some experience in finding fish schools at sea.
Two hours passed quickly. After they arrived at their destination, Zhang Ze took over the rudder and, based on his memory, first found a reef area submerged by sea water.
This is a good place he had memorized when he rented a boat to go fishing in his previous life. It is one of the resource fishing spots for a boat owner.
There are a variety of fish species, and he can catch quite a few groupers, and he even caught a few red groupers in later years.
"Ah Hang, go to the other side and place the hooks and shrimp cages first. There are many reefs here, so the resources should be good. After the hooks are placed, we will go find a suitable water area nearby and then cast the nets."
Zhang Ze used radio commands to arrange the three brothers of the Tong family who were on another boat. They had never been to the high seas, so he had to lead them for a while.
After they are all familiar with it, he will let them go out to sea on their own and there will be no need for them to follow them anymore.
Tong Yuanhang and his two brothers were actually feeling a little embarrassed. When they were in the production team, they just did whatever others assigned them to do and had no experience in learning how to find fish resources.
Of course, there is actually nothing wrong with this. Most fishermen have gone through this process and will naturally understand it over time.
But among the three brothers, the eldest, Tong Yuanhang, had actually only been a fisherman for three years and knew more.
The youngest, Tong Guoqi, had just joined the production team in the first half of last year. He was only slightly better off than Zhang Qinghe, in that at least he didn’t need to be taught how to do his work.
They originally thought that Zhang Ze was also a novice and would have to be led by them to fish in the future, but they didn't expect that he was so good at finding resources and fishing spots.
They didn't notice or discover this reef area, but they knew that there were indeed a lot of groupers in such places.
They obediently drove the boat to the other side and began to set hooks along the waters outside the reef.
Zhang Ze also drives the boat, and today he lets Zhang Qinghe do the work.
On the first day, he didn't plan to use the magic bait because the bait was too attractive to fish and would seriously affect the harvest of people around him.
Since they have been out for two nights, Zhang Ze also wants them to gain more.
This time, Zhang Qinghe prepared fifty hooks for himself, and then helped him add twenty-five more, making a total of fifty.
After a hundred hooks were cast, a long dragon made up of small bubbles appeared on the sea surface.
The same is true for Tong Yuanhang's side, they even have more people and more hooks.
After the hooks were in place, Zhang Qinghe lowered his own and Zhang Ze's shrimp cages. This time, there would probably be a lot of lobsters left overnight.
As for the ground trap, Zhang Ze forgot to bring it.
There is only one crab anyway, so it doesn't matter whether you take it or not. But you don't know how many dead blue crabs there will be when you get back, so there will probably be a lot of fighting.
After everything was laid, Zhang Ze drove the boat to the nearby deep water area to lay the nets.
Zhang Qinghe also bought a net, but it was not a Korean net, but an ordinary fishing net. He bought the largest mesh as he requested, but it was still much smaller than his Korean net.
Zhang Ze couldn't tell how many fish the fishing net could catch.
He had been a fisherman in his previous life, so based on his experience he judged that there should be a catch if he cast his net in this area.
But after thinking about it, he felt it was not safe, so he spent ten experience points to buy ordinary bait, and then secretly threw two of them into his fishing net.
But as soon as it was thrown down, the space immediately gave a prompt.
[The bait can only be activated when the host is fishing, longline fishing, etc. Other capture methods cannot activate the bait function. 】
[The fishing space only provides convenience for the host in fishing. All functions are based on assisting fishing. Please keep this in mind.]
Zhang Ze's face suddenly turned dark. If his golden finger had a physical body, he would have wanted to strangle the other person to death.
The restrictions were not disclosed earlier, causing him to lose two baits in vain.
Fortunately, he didn't consider the exclusive bait of the sea grouper just now, otherwise he would have lost a lot! Zhang Ze was indeed a little regretful that he couldn't get a bug, but he wasn't too disappointed.
He has made a lot of money from fishing. It is estimated that he will become a millionaire in two months, so he should not be too greedy.
After setting up the two nets, Zhang Ze looked at the sun and estimated that it was already past five o'clock. He simply went back to the fishing line, turned off the fire and made dinner. After eating, he would take a rest and then start night fishing again.
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Sizzle~ The chopped blue-spotted mackerel was poured into the pot and immediately made a pleasant sound.
The fish meat was cooked almost instantly, and the hot oil gave off a pleasant fishy aroma.
Zhang Qinghe was watching from the side and was amazed: "Aze, you are really willing to use oil. I think the oil you use is more expensive than mackerel."
"It's not that exaggerated." Zhang Ze laughed. He was just making braised swordfish according to the normal method. He also poured the right amount of oil. If he added too much oil, wouldn't it become fried fish?
"Isn't this an exaggeration?" Zhang Qinghe said with his eyes wide open, "My mother may not even use as much oil in a day as you do for a plate of fish."
Not to mention his old mother in the countryside, he himself has been very frugal living on the boat these days and doesn't use oil whenever possible.
"I can make so much money at sea now, so it's normal to improve my life and eat better, right? If I don't spend the money, what's the point of making it?"
Zhang Ze understood him. He was used to the hard life in the countryside, and many things were limited.
Not to mention cooking oil, there is only so much in a month, if you don't save it, you will have no oil to eat! Zhang Qinghe was stunned by what he said, and then he fell into deep thought.
He found that what Zhang Ze said was right. Making money itself makes life better. If you make money but still live the same life as before, what's the point of making money? It won't increase if you just keep it. And as long as you have money, the limited amount of oil every month is not a problem at all.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qinghe secretly decided in his heart that he must follow Zhang Ze's footsteps.
Make a lot of money in the future, buy a big house in the city, marry a beautiful wife. Well, she must be prettier than Liu Qiaoqiao, and then eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day . In the evening, Zhang Ze made two dishes, one braised mackerel and one stewed pork ribs with corn.
As the name suggests, it is the meat on the ribs.
Nowadays, if you buy ribs alone, there is actually not much meat on them. The price of buying ribs with meat is definitely different from that of just the ribs.
"Oh, it's still more pleasant to eat with you!" Zhang Qinghe sighed with satisfaction, taking a bite of fish and a bite of meat.
Zhang Ze was busy eating and had no time to pay attention to him. These useless sighs would probably not appear again after he went back to sell the fish.
He has already started thinking about whether he should take the time to prepare the remaining three items of the three-turn and one-ring watch, especially the watch. It is not a good thing to look at the sun every day.
Unfortunately, although the market is open, items such as watches still require tickets.
Only some food items no longer require tickets, but they have to be purchased at a higher price.
After dinner, Zhang Qinghe took the initiative to wash the dishes. Zhang Ze strolled on the deck to digest the food, and then went to the lounge in the cab to take a nap.
It wasn't until it was completely dark that he came out to prepare for fishing.
The lights on the boat were bright and very conspicuous against the dark sea.
During the day he could look at the sun to accurately guess the time, but at night he couldn't guess so accurately, so when he got up, he looked at the time displayed on the navigation and was stunned.
Xiao Mi didn't expect that it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He quickly started the fishing boat and prepared to retrieve the hooks.
Noticing the start of the fishing boat, Zhang Qinghe, who was fishing, ran in quickly: "What's wrong? Where are you going?"
"Reel in the hook. It's been more than three hours since it was put down."
"Oh, yes, yes, we have to reel in the hooks." Zhang Qinghe suddenly realized that he was so excited after catching several fish in a row that he forgot this important thing.
"Aze, you drive the boat and I'll collect it." After saying that, he was afraid that Zhang Ze would ask him to drive the boat, so he disappeared in a flash.
Zhang Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He actually wanted to drive the boat in the cockpit so that he could be more relaxed.
Twenty-five hooks can be retrieved in a short time, but a hundred will take time.
Moreover, after each fish is retrieved, the bait has to be put down again because the fishing line that was broken by the reefs when the fish escaped has to be replaced.
Of course, this can be recovered. Some fishing lines are broken and the foam floats have been carried away by the waves to who knows where.
Zhang Ze brought back forty-nine hooks and caught forty-three fish, including seventeen groupers and two sea groupers.
Zhang Qinghe was unlucky. He lost three hooks and caught 37 fish, including 15 groupers and 2 sea groupers.
Due to good resources, the gains of both sides are basically the same.
(End of this chapter)
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