Chapter 121 Experimental Fishing Rods: Three Tones
The ordinary bait sank as the lead weight fell and slowly reached the bottom of the water.
Zhang Ze retracted the one-meter line and then closed the force release.
Lift the fishing rod with your wrist from time to time so that the fish can find the ordinary bait on the hook.
Unlike live shrimps that move, no matter what type or shape the magic bait is, it will not move in the water like a fake bait.
But the smell it exudes is a fatal attraction to fish of the same genus.
Without bait, the fish that were originally attracted have slowly dispersed, but now they gather again because of the bait.
Zhang Ze on the boat gently shook the fishing rod to make the bait move and further attract the fish's attention.
Suddenly, the tip of the rod bends down to a certain extent, bounces back, and then bends down again.
Zhang Ze subconsciously lifted the rod to stab the fish. He felt a heavy feeling in his hand, which was not big but not small either, letting him know that a good fish had been hooked.
The fish ran very aggressively, and even if the unloading force was set to maximum, the fish was able to pull out the fishing line, and the fishing reel kept making a "ding ding ding" sound.
Zhang Ze looked at his fishing reel suspiciously. It was clearly an old-style fishing reel, but how come it functioned exactly like a modern one?
But this bamboo pole is really good to use, and it feels even better when a bigger fish comes.
Because of its hardness, the fishing rod is not bent as exaggeratedly as before.
Zhang Ze clamped the fishing rod under his armpit, began to lift the rod rhythmically, and then reeled in the line.
The fish at the bottom of the water was not willing to be caught like this. After resting for a while, it burst out again and ran away.
At this time, Zhang Ze did not force it. He held the fishing rod with both hands, and the unloading force of the fishing reel would naturally teach him to catch fish.
The fish ran for a while and got tired, so he continued to lift the rod and reel in the line.
After only a few minutes, a red snapper of about 50 to 60 centimeters long appeared on the water surface.
Pulling the fish to the side of the boat and scooping it up with a scoop net, Zhang Ze grabbed the fish's body and immediately put it into the space.
[Successfully caught a purple snapper, weighing 8.83 catties, experience +6. ]
A red fish weighing nearly 10 jin is pretty good. In the future, he would be happy all day if he caught such a fish.
Even now, it is still sold at 45 cents per pound at a fishery station. Hongyou tastes good, the yield is much higher than that of grouper, the fat content is also good, and the price is relatively affordable, so it is still quite popular in restaurants.
After experiencing the medium-hard tone, Zhang Ze put away his fishing rod, went to the cab, started the fishing boat and went to find a deeper water area.
He came to the longline location and then drove a little further into the open sea before coming out to test the depth with a rod.
He stopped only after he found an area of water about a hundred meters deep.
Picking up the fishing rod and adjusting it to the hardest tone, then replacing it with the largest drum reel, Zhang Ze chose a fish hook that was half the size of his palm.
Such a big fishhook is obviously aimed at super large fish or king fish.
However, Zhang Ze wanted to try his luck and see if he could encounter an extra large deep-sea grouper.
In the East China Sea, there is only one species of deep-sea grouper, and it takes 200 experience points to exchange for exclusive bait.
After opening the space, Zhang Ze slapped his forehead, forgetting that he didn't have enough experience points after upgrading.
So he switched back to the medium-hard tone in dejection and started fishing for deep-sea fish to gain some experience first.
There were also eight portions of ordinary fishing bait, so he simply used them all here.
He threw the bait into the water, opened the spool and let the lead sink to the bottom. After the fishing line stopped moving, he reeled the fishing line back three meters before closing the spool.
After waiting for a while, the tip of the fishing rod trembled, and a fish was caught.
Zhang Ze was not surprised by this. He was using the magical bait produced by the space. As long as there were fish within two miles, he would definitely catch them.
But how could there be no fish in the fishing grounds? Not to mention two nautical miles, even within a hundred meters it would be impossible to have no fish.
However, the fish he was fishing for this time was deep sea, and he felt it was a bit heavy right away. The water pressure plus the depth made it impossible for him to judge the weight of the fish by the pulling force.
Under normal circumstances, deep-sea fish are caught with electric reels, which are fast and save effort, and the cost can be recovered quickly after renting a boat out to sea.
There are people like him who spend effort fishing, but they usually aim to catch big fish, challenge themselves and experience the joy of fishing.
The fish didn't struggle much. Although it was a bit heavy, I guess it wasn't big.
After a few minutes, an oversized stone fish appeared on the water.
Zhang Ze was stunned for a moment. He usually fished for stonefish weighing two or three taels or even smaller. Suddenly, a stonefish weighing more than thirty centimeters and at least two kilograms came. He didn't react at all.
But the sound of the fish struggling on the water surface reminded him. After he came to his senses, he scooped the fish up with a scoop net, and immediately put Shi Jiugong, who had his stomach vomited out at the corner of his mouth, into the space.
Miraculously, when Shi Jiugong entered the space, the stomach near his mouth shrank immediately. Originally dying, he suddenly swam his tail quickly and swam vigorously.
Zhang Ze looked thoughtful. The last time, the big sturgeon couldn't get better in the space, but this stone Jiugong could recover as before.
Could it be that he had accidentally stabbed the sturgeon's brain, causing a fatal injury? Perhaps he could do an experiment. If he came across a large fish that he wanted to keep temporarily, he could also use different methods to bring them up and store them in the space.
Then he focused his attention on the prompts given by the space.
[Successfully caught a three-colored scorpionfish, weighing 2.91 catties, experience +8. ]
It turns out that its scientific name is Ichthyophthirius tricolor. Of course, Zhang Ze has caught this kind of deep-sea stonefish before, but it is usually called differently, so he really doesn't know what its scientific name is. He only knows that this is the largest stonefish he has ever caught, and it is a species unique to the East China Sea.
This fish is good. Although its dorsal fin is poisonous, the fish meat is tender and very nutritious, and tastes better than most groupers. I won't sell this fish. I'll put it in my space for my wife to eat.
Continuing, Zhang Ze thought he would catch some other deep-sea fish, but after using up eight ordinary baits, he caught eight three-color scorpionfish and gained 64 experience points.
Shi Jiugong does not like to swim and usually hides in the crevices of rocks. He only comes out to look for food when he is hungry, or waits for food to come to him.
But they do tend to cluster together. Sometimes Zhang Ze’s first cast is Shi Jiugong, and the ones that follow are all Shi Jiugong.
After catching a plate, when it’s time to eat, just give it to the food stall to cook it and pay some processing fee.
However, he has hardly ever seen such large-sized stonefish at the fishery station. If he catches enough, his wife will definitely not be able to eat them all in a short time.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ze felt that maybe he could go to a restaurant to promote his product.
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The value of deep-sea fish should be improved. The high-end fish market cannot always be occupied by grouper.
So Zhang Ze exchanged ten ordinary baits and continued fishing.
As he expected, after this round of bait was used up, he interspersed a few live shrimps and caught a total of sixteen tricolor croakers.
Adding the few fish I caught with the experimental fishing rod near the isolated island just now, my experience points just exceeded two hundred.
But Zhang Ze didn't care. He wanted to catch all the three-colored croakers at the bottom of the water before considering anything else.
I continued to exchange for ordinary bait for the next round, but something was wrong with the first fish in this round. The fishing rod in my hand was pulled unexpectedly forcefully.
Zhang Ze had to grab the fishing rod with both hands to keep it steady. It was obvious that a big one had come this time.
But that's true. We had been using ordinary bait just now, so the nearby fish would definitely be attracted to compete with the three-colored angelfish for food, and even the big fish would swallow them directly.
The bait is only 30% attractive, so most of the three-colored angelfish will definitely hide, and the remaining ones will not be able to snatch the bigger fish.
The fishing rod squeaked under the heavy load, the fishing line was taut and vibrated, the waves had just wet the fishing line, and the vibration of the fishing line would immediately shake off the remaining water droplets.
Zhang Ze placed the tail of the fishing rod against his stomach, and using the strength of his waist and abdomen to lift the rod up suddenly, then grabbed the crank and quickly reeled in the line.
But as the fishing rod was slowly pulled down by the fish, he grabbed the rod tightly and exerted force again.
He doesn't need the fishing rod and fishing line to break, the only thing he is a little worried about is whether the fish hook will be too small, making it easier for the fish to get off the hook.
Although his stomach hurt a little, Zhang Ze still sped up to catch the fish as soon as possible.
It was still a bit difficult at the beginning, but as more fishing line was reeled in, the fish's resistance became weaker.
It should be the change in water layer and the different water pressure that caused the fish's internal organs to be squeezed. The fish is half dead, so how could it have much strength to struggle?
Zhang Ze himself didn't know how much time had passed, but he was sweating from fishing, and the fish was finally pulled to the surface.
It turned out to be a bigtooth mullet, also known as emperor fish. It looked to be at least 30 kilograms. No wonder it was so difficult to catch.
Originally he wanted to use a large scoop net to scoop up the fish, but suddenly he thought of the recovery effect of space.
After thinking about it, he pulled the fish to the side of the boat and picked up the hook there.
This time he aimed at the back and stabbed it hard with the spike on the hook.
The emperor fish suddenly twisted its waist and flapped its tail violently, making the sea water splash. Zhang Ze held the hook tightly and waited until it calmed down before using both hands to pull it up.
After putting the emperor fish into the space, he carefully observed the condition of the fish.
It turned out that the stomach that the fish had spit out at the corner of its mouth had shrunk back, and the fish was indeed more energetic, but the wound on its back had not healed.
So, the space does not heal external injuries, or it does not heal the wounds he created?
Zhang Ze was completely confused.
But the fish still has strong vitality, and the emperor fish did not lose its life immediately because of the wound on its back.
Whether it lives or dies next depends on whether its wounds can heal naturally.
[Successfully caught a croaker, weighing 35.27 catties, experience +5. ]
Seeing the experience value, Zhang Ze curled his lips. It was not as high as the tricolor caltrop. Fortunately, this fish was heavy enough, so the overall selling price would be higher.
The emperor fish does not have rough meat due to its large size, so it is very popular in restaurants and can be used to make fish balls and the like.
There were more types of fish next, including tricolor caltrops, toothfish and red friend fish. The fish that Zhang Ze scooped up with a scoop net regained their vitality after being stored in the space.
But the emperor fish he had in his hand eventually died due to excessive blood loss and was kicked out of the space, so he had to put it in the freezer to preserve it.
(End of this chapter)
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